Car In The Bure Since 1991

[Snowy]

Just seen this on Twitter  from Broads beat 

Great result from last week's joint exploratory dive on River Bure #Acle - Vehicle found submerged on riverbed from Sonar scan was stolen back in 1991! Enquiries continue... @NorfolkPolice @BroadsAuth #SolebayDiving ?⚓

 

makes you wonder what else we go over while boating !!

[Guest]

One of my mobile phones is in the mud at Horning its been there since 2001.

[ranworthbreeze]

Emergency service called out the Chedgrave on Friday morning after  a car was found in the River Chet:-

http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/emergency-services-called-out-to-chedgrave-after-car-goes-into-the-river-chet-1-5271859

Regards

Alan

[Guest]

It may have been stolen in 1991, but been "in the Bure since 1991" is a bit of an assumption, for all we know it could have been driven in the day before it was discovered.

[JennyMorgan]

So that's where I left the darn thing! I wonder if there is any life in the battery?

[dnks34]

14 minutes ago, ranworthbreeze said:

Emergency service called out the Chedgrave on Friday morning after  a car was found in the River Chet:-

http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/emergency-services-called-out-to-chedgrave-after-car-goes-into-the-river-chet-1-5271859

Regards

Alan

How on earth did they manage to get a car in the river from Pits Lane, unbelievable!!  

There must be an element of undesirable living in Loddon for things to keep occuring in the area. 

[Chelsea14Ian]

29 minutes ago, 40something said:

One of my mobile phones is in the mud at Horning its been there since 2001.

As pair of my sun glasses.In Neatishead since 2015.Helped people moor and glasses fell in the water.

[TheQ]

Some years ago. One of the competitors in the 3 rivers race was along side me, going under Acle bridge. Their back stay, caught an obstruction in the water. When investigated by BA a very battered BMW was found down there that had been missing 5 years.

I think what happens is that cars dumped in the river wash around, until they hit the old ford/ remains of previous bridges and then eventually get noticed...

 

I've lost two electric shavers and numerous watches over the years. I've also been present when a soda Syphon was pulled up in the bucket of a digger, the next scoop brought up a tray and glasses..

[KaptinKev]

1 hour ago, Snowy said:

Just seen this on Twitter  from Broads beat 

Vehicle found submerged on riverbed from Sonar scan was stolen back in 1991! Enquiries continue... @NorfolkPolice

Since our boys in blue are under staffed and under paid for what they have to put up with in their job, I think enquiries will be ongoing through 2020 for this finding. But by then, alot of people will have forgotten about it.  

[BroadAmbition]

I remember the bmw being brought up years back. Seems the local pond life use ‘this stretch of river to cool down their hot wares 

Griff

[KaptinKev]

3 minutes ago, BroadAmbition said:

I remember the bmw being brought up years back. Seems the local pond life use ‘this stretch of river to cool down their hot wares 

Griff

I have to state that pond life have more intelligence than the low life in public.

[Snowy]

1 hour ago, Philosophical said:

It may have been stolen in 1991, but been "in the Bure since 1991" is a bit of an assumption, for all we know it could have been driven in the day before it was discovered.

It’s Norfolk we are talking about, to drive round in a stolen car since 1991 ?!?! Really 

[Guest]

24 minutes ago, Snowy said:

It’s Norfolk we are talking about, to drive round in a stolen car since 1991 ?!?! Really 

Does anyone know for sure when was it driven into the river?

I was simply questioning the assumption that it was driven into the river in 1991 being the year it was stolen

[Snowy]

10 minutes ago, Philosophical said:

Does anyone know for sure when was it driven into the river?

I was simply questioning the assumption that it was driven into the river in 1991 being the year it was stolen

I don’t know, I used that as a heading purely to start a topic, no truth at all in it,

I would imagine it went in the water not long after being stolen

 

[Guest]

5 minutes ago, Snowy said:

I don’t know, I used that as a heading purely to start a topic, no truth at all in it,

I would imagine it went in the water not long after being stolen

 

I would think so too.

As a heading start for a topic: well, that worked quite well

[KaptinKev]

9 minutes ago, Philosophical said:

Does anyone know for sure when was it driven into the river?

I was simply questioning the assumption that it was driven into the river in 1991 being the year it was stolen

It's like the question that, if the insurance companies know that there are more than a million motorists out there that are driving on our roads uninsured, why isn't this knowledge being used to combat it.

I know, the resource to combat this outweighs the risk.

[Guest]

A bit like the infamous quote "half the money I spend on advertising is wasted, the trouble is I don't know which half"

[lurcher]

I was toid the EA's sonar identified a Corsa in the Yare under the postwick viaduct.

[L8DAVE]

I know there's an expensive pair of hand made pike rods , and a pair of Shimano baitrunner reels in the Thurne around Repps Staithe ...... A nice considerate yachtsman , came through in the dark under sail AND power , without navigation lights ( or any for that matter ) and dragged them in ..... £500 quids worth gone for good 

[BroadAmbition]

There are two mobile phones in the drink aft of ‘B.A’ here in the wetshed (one of them being mine)  Percy Pike making fishy phone calls ever since and one expensive adhesive applicator gun, the gun fell in only last month 

Griff

[BroadAmbition]

Oh and Mum, Dad, Dusty’s ashes are in Malthouse Broad

Griff

[ExUserGone]

Many years ago a section of the nene was drained down through peterborough, along with all the cars/motorbikes/trolleys was a landrover and horsebox, unfortunately the horses were still inside, shame the thieving spineless oxygen thieves that dumped it were not.

[jeffbroadslover]

Every time I come down to the broads I manage to lose 5 or 6 specimen sized bream , roach and perch.

They seem to run away somewhere else when i'm trying to help them out of the water !!!

Jeff

[Snowy]

7 hours ago, BroadAmbition said:

Oh and Mum, Dad, Dusty’s ashes are in Malthouse Broad

Griff

Out of interest, do you need permission to place someone’s ashes on the Broads ?

and if so, who 

[MauriceMynah]

Yes, you do need their permission, and you MUST wait till they're dead.