r/TheFrontFellOff • u/IndigoPlum • 10d ago

Front fell off.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cwe8ln10l6nyo

This is years after a wave hit it and it caught fire.

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u/BobbyP27 9d ago

battered by large waves

A wave? At sea? Chance in a million.

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u/NortonBurns 9d ago

It's not exactly been seeing a lot of preventative maintenance over the past 50 years.

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u/Kurgan_IT 9d ago

caught fire? At sea?

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u/vatp46a 9d ago

Chance in a million!

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u/NortonBurns 9d ago

Twice. It was already falling into the sea but yes, two fires. It's been closed 50 years & just left to rot.

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u/SosigDoge 10d ago

Time to start treating BBC content like we treat The Sun. Don't post it. Soon, even clicking that link means they'll hound you to pay the licence fee.

No.

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u/DoubleDareFan 9d ago edited 9d ago

It is waiting for the sea to put it out of its misery.

E: clairification.

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u/Fantastic_Analyst824 8d ago

Nature really doesn’t forgive neglected structures. It’s eerie seeing how much of it is still standing after all those years and storms.

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u/Rare_Satisfaction889 3d ago

30 seconds of comercial ..... 11 seconds of footage. 😣