Bomb threat in Golden Gate shopping centre?
January 24th, 201013:25 - back from an eventful coffee @ Costa (which most people know is my usual Sunday ritual when I’m at home).
I’d almost finished my cup of coffee when the evacuation alarm was sounded for the whole of the Golden Gate shopping centre. Lots of worried faces on people as they didn’t know whether it was a test, a mistake or the real thing. I initially wandered out the nearest doors and people were milling about - some curious about whether or not it was a test and they could go back in, others were man-handling prams and buggies down the stairs.
Some wandered back in, as did I, as it seemed to be switched off for a few seconds, only for it to come back on again and the shopping centre staff were ushering everyone back out again.
Most of the people decided to continue their Sunday shopping by exploring the other areas of Warrington that were still open and I popped into CEX and picked up Hellboy 1 & 2 on Blu-Ray for £8 (plus my £6 voucher I had from before Xmas) and headed on towards Asda. As I was answering a call from a fellow Rooger Hooger team mate, I over-heard a policeman tell some worried shoppers what had happened. Apparently it was a bomb threat and, due to Warrington’s prior history, it was taken as a full threat and not a hoax. Hence everyone getting evacuated
Considering this is a 24-hour news world with internet sites a-plenty, you’d think Warrington Worldwide would have something on their website but no, nothing, nada, zip! Guess their reporters were asleep 