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Evacuation at Eden centre after fire

PART of the Eden shopping centre had to be evacuated this afternoon after a fire.

The fire brigade were called out at 3.19pm after smoke was seen coming from one of the rooms.

The upstairs area including the cinema, bowling alley and restaraunt have been cordened off.

Three fire crews from High Wycombe attended.

Crews will return for a re-inspection later this evening.

More details to follow.

5:50pm Saturday 3rd May 2008

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Posted by: Ivor on 7:28pm Sat 3 May 08
How many shoppers were evacuated? One, two or perhaps all three of them....

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Posted by: ginger on 8:54pm Sat 3 May 08
Ivor...Would you shut up about Eden> If you don't like it as much as you make out to, Then stop WASTING your and our time by commenting on it and go and devise a plan on how u can go build somrthing good for wycombe in your opinion....im getting bored of you just like the rest of Wyc.
Posted by: Mr_T on 9:15pm Sat 3 May 08
spot on ginger, i couldnt agree more!!!
Posted by: Ivor on 9:21pm Sat 3 May 08
ginger on 8:54pm:
go and devise a plan on how u can go build somrthing good for wycombe in your opinion
I have a good plan. Why not build a proper shopping centre in the town? Somewhere to be proud of that sells what we want, has doors and has a roof that covers the whole shebang so the shoppers walking in the shopping mall don't get wet when it rains.

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Posted by: ginger on 9:31pm Sat 3 May 08
Well most of it is coverd Ivor...and under new law ledgeslation you cannot smoke in a confined space therfore bo roof by the eating places, Ivor this might be a silly question but wouldyou rather stand in the old car park or walk around Eden....Knowing how sad you are then you would prob stand in the car park.....WOW you have a plan about doors and a roof. Start buliding then MATE
Posted by: Ivor on 9:40pm Sat 3 May 08
Re the comments of ginger on 9:31pm

The bit by the fountain is NOT covered which means that when it rains anyone arriving by bus gets wet if they want to go to the shops. There are big gaps where the roof does not meet the wall of the car park and water runs down the alley ways by the department store. Quite amazingly the ground level in the complex is lower than the surrounding ground level in Desborough Road which means that water can (and does) flow in!!!!

I would rather walk around in a proper shopping centre with doors, working lifts, electrical systems that do not overheat and shops that actually sell what the people of the town want to buy.

There are too many faults with the current complex. We should be thinking of what comes next....

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Posted by: Ivor on 9:43pm Sat 3 May 08
With the problems of rain coming in between the gaps in the roof and water flowing in perhaps someone should set up business selling wellington boots to the prospective shoppers in the street outside the complex?

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Posted by: ginger on 9:51pm Sat 3 May 08
Ivor...people arriving by bus get wet as they walk past the food stores.....what about the buggers by train>>>>we need undergrond tunnel....anyway im off to work better things to do than try and explain to you your a waste of server space....bye P.S and a waste of cyber space lol
Posted by: Ivor on 9:58pm Sat 3 May 08
But the bus station is supposed to be integrated into the complex where as the railway station is not! You would have thought the boffins who designed the Ł300m complex would have made the roof extend to the main shopping mall!!!!

The only waste of space is the complex itself which is wasting valuable land that could be used to build a proper shopping centre on.

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Posted by: Eris, High Wycombe on 8:16am Sun 4 May 08
Ivor, I believe people have had this discussion with you time and time again, your idea of what the people of High Wycombe 'need' from a shopping centre is greatly at odds with other people's perceptions. Personally, Eden's shops sell everything I want or need, and, on the odd occasion that I fail to find the items on my list, like lightbulbs or white goods, I go to one of the multitudes of places that sell these items,perhaps slightly out of the town centre.

What you seem to fail to realise is that white goods, sofas, etc, are things that most people do not buy every day. Therefore having a shop which sells these items right in the centre of town would be pointless and a waste of space. There is a Magnet right next to Eden, you don't exactly see it overrun by desperate shoppers trying to buy their new granite surfaces, do you?

I went to Eden after work on Friday, and I was delighted by the number of people in Eden.

I don't know why you are willing Eden to fail, but I think you need to perhaps look at a point of view slightly outside of your own; Eden caters to me perfectly, I am a resident of Wycombe, and therefore I do not appreciate you trying to speak for me, saying that Eden does not sell what the people of Wycombe want.
Posted by: *Username, High Wycombe on 10:52am Sun 4 May 08
Seeming you weren't there Ivor...I don't know how you can comment the amount of people there! and there were loads...security guards were being their butched selves and shouting at people to step away from the building!
Posted by: smokey tw at, wycombe on 12:41pm Sun 4 May 08
eden is **** and every1 knos it you bunch of kn obs
Posted by: smokey, high wycombe on 2:03pm Sun 4 May 08
smokey tw at wrote:
eden is **** and every1 knos it you bunch of kn obs
Stan - language please - anyone would think you were an illiterate moron with very little to say and therefore is able to only converse in swearing.
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