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Anyone know what was going on this morning. About 1.30 to 2.30 in the morning, the police helicopter was circling the nature reserve. I wouldn't normally have been up but Maddie was poorly.

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No. I was still awake then and didn't hear a muff.

Perhaps they were following some recently migrated birds from the East.

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At least it gave me and Madz something to talk about in between the barfing.

Funny thing about it was that there wasn't the usual blockade outside the entrance. If there were any criminal types in there they'd have had to wait for the helicopter to land before they could chase them.

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heard it but don't know what was going on... I think they were near to the club near the brook

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Yes, I heard it last night too.

Strangely it was about the same time that Gayle heard it...two and a half years ago.:D

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i heard it too , it was circling aroung the mill area and pickup st area for quite a while.wonder what it was?

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yeah think willow was chucking a "funny" in reply...willow for goodness sake woman...use the smilies :D

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lol I usually do have a :D in my posts - dunno where the blighter beggared off to in that one. ;)

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police helicopter was called out to find a young male who the police had chased in his car, he crashed the car into frankos restaurant then did a runner leaving his girlfriend injured in the car, what a nice lad, i think not.

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A big thank you to Lancashire constabulary for waking me up at about 5 0`clock this morning when it sounded like the bloody thing was trying to land in my back garden ,all this was going on around the `Accy Stanley` area of town.....anyone know what was going on.......?

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I know it's an old thread but they were out and about around here a couple of nights ago.

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Doing what exactly? Testing their engines? Putting the beam on Cashman after he'd been barred from another Ossy pub? Just think - it cost's about 600 quid an hour to keep one of these birds in the air so it is somewhat unlikely that the Lancashire Constabulary would have been 'Out and About' over Ossy on an aerial Country Run.

However, if it was the case then maybe you could write a letter to LCC/Police Committee and ask 'em if the next time they decide to come on a lttle jaunt over Ossy maybe they could time it with the opening night of the latest theatrical production at t'town hall. Just Imagine...red carpet, flashbulbs, noise...and then...taccy..taccy..taccy...a big chopper suddenly appears over Straits with a hugh great spotlight underneath.

That's whats called being in the Limelight.

Lovely stuff.

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I was woken up by the Police helicopter at 1.45 this morning, hovering over Bullough Park. Just checked the police website and found this;

20/06/11 01:45 Accrington Pre planned tasking Task completed

Now can somebody tell me why they need to do some form of 'exercise' in the middle of the night over a residential area. Surely they can get enough practice these days catching real criminals

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I heard it too, near Heys Ossy, about 2 am

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Think I heard it.

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to check peoples lofts with infra red this is how they catch 60% of drug growers;)

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This made me laugh, why do they need to do it at night?

Have you ever used thermal imaging? We use it to determine problems with our mechanical and electrical equipment and we don't turn the lights off :p:D

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Think they must have been practising catching um at night Dave:D

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Neil don't knock the afflicted:D

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because theyre busy during the day;)

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i would guess more likely, cos at night these places are more likely to be unattended, identify were they are n then watch during the day.

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Perhaps they were searching for any signs of intelligent life form...they can't find any during daylights hours! ;)

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Oi Mancie!

You stop whingeing about copper choppers over Accy! I am woken every night by the sound of the Met's finest flying south of the river to search out you criminals in Bermondsey.

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You'd have thought they would know where he lives after all these years Tealeaf:D