UPDATED: Fault fixed after blackout in Boscombe

7:00am Friday 1st February 2013 in News By Arron Hendy

HUNDREDS of people were left in the dark on Thursday night after a power cut in Bournemouth.

A total of 1700 homes and businesses were left without electricity in the Boscombe area of Bournemouth just before 7pm on Thursday.

SSE engineers investigating the problem said there was a fault on the main network.

They apologised for the inconvenience.

Some homes had power restored by 8.30pm although the fault was not completely fixed until nearly 11pm.

The Urban Reef restaurant had 120 customers arriving for a meal and quiz when the power cut started but they were among those who had electricity restored before 8pm.

Traffic lights along Owls Road at the junctions with Sea Road and St John's Road were also out.

Comments(14)

jimmy saville says...
8:22pm Thu 31 Jan 13

its annoying coz its happened 3 times tonight and everytime it happens it resets my pc......btw i cant change my username unfortunately it wont let me sorry lol

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boscombewizard says...
8:43pm Thu 31 Jan 13

Good job you're dead then.

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beachcomber1 says...
8:49pm Thu 31 Jan 13

so why is this Bournemouth and not Boscombe in the headline? when the story was about the derelict hotel in East Cliff that was headlined as Boscombe, even though it actually isn't in Boscombe at all. but i suppose "derelict hotel" pushes more buttons when paired with Boscombe than "power cut" does.

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Afcbpete says...
9:05pm Thu 31 Jan 13

jimmy saville wrote:
its annoying coz its happened 3 times tonight and everytime it happens it resets my pc......btw i cant change my username unfortunately it wont let me sorry lol
make a new account :)

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bosco1 says...
9:25pm Thu 31 Jan 13

Lights went out in The Christopher creek nearly had to drink my Pint quickly.!! Then back home sitting nice watching "Eastenders" I know its sad !! the light went out twice.! BUt I dont live in Boscombe very near it Wellington Road, so I guess it was a power cut widespread in Bournemouth.? Still not the end of the world lights all back to normal.

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verityvita says...
11:13pm Thu 31 Jan 13

yeah well, all those who 'say' they support Boscombe won't be affected any way will they cos they don't even live there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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The-Bleeding-Obvious says...
11:15pm Thu 31 Jan 13

Why are power cuts happening much more frequently in the conurbation these days? Are the lights about to go out permanently?

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cherrylightning says...
12:22am Fri 1 Feb 13

I did wonder what was happening..!

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Tom 'Boscombe' Jones says...
3:29am Fri 1 Feb 13

Great to see an article about urban reef...

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OLD MAN MICK says...
7:42am Fri 1 Feb 13

its annoying its happened 3 times and everytime it happens it resets my pc AND TV

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spooki says...
8:19am Fri 1 Feb 13

Oh, there was a fault. Duh. Some expert said that I suppose? The Echo could have gone to my friend who lives on Sea Road and gotten that quote.

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elite50 says...
11:31am Fri 1 Feb 13

It appears that the second most used language in the U.K. (after swearing) is Polish, more people speak it than any other.
I am not sure what "lights out" means in Polish but get ready to hear it!
I mean, Boscombe has to keep up its image!

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TheBigBee says...
2:42pm Fri 1 Feb 13

Afcbpete wrote:
jimmy saville wrote:
its annoying coz its happened 3 times tonight and everytime it happens it resets my pc......btw i cant change my username unfortunately it wont let me sorry lol
make a new account :)
Yeah - not exactly rocket science is it?

Then again jimmy saville can't even spell his hero's name properly, use capital letters of have a grasp at basic English and grammar.

He's like a groping child..

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Rikaroony says...
4:48pm Fri 1 Feb 13

TheBigBee wrote:
Afcbpete wrote:
jimmy saville wrote:
its annoying coz its happened 3 times tonight and everytime it happens it resets my pc......btw i cant change my username unfortunately it wont let me sorry lol
make a new account :)
Yeah - not exactly rocket science is it?

Then again jimmy saville can't even spell his hero's name properly, use capital letters of have a grasp at basic English and grammar.

He's like a groping child..
"of have a grasp of the English language" HA HA HA, FAIL!!

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