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Posted: 21-12-2009 10:34 Post subject:

Bloody Health and Safety, even the Harbringer of Doom can't climb a ladder to knock on a second floor window without it being risk-assessed!

Posted: 21-12-2009 10:43 Post subject:

Posted: 21-12-2009 11:45 Post subject:

It's weird, coz if it was kids they would have repeated the excercise shortly afterwards (to much hilarity from their mates I am sure). In my experience it is unheard of for trouble makers to do it just once.

I was unaware of the 3 knocks thang until this thread. Thanks for bringing my attention to it.

Posted: 21-12-2009 12:01 Post subject:

Posted: 21-12-2009 12:01 Post subject:

Each time just before it was time for my children to be born I would be woken by knocking at the door. I would even send my husband to see who was there. I also heard knocking at the window when one of my friends went into labour.

Posted: 21-12-2009 12:23 Post subject:

Posted: 21-12-2009 13:26 Post subject:

I've just discovered that the ambulance crew went to the flat directly above me. Which raises the possibility that the lady who lives there was trying to attract attention by banging on the floor (even though each flat here has buttons in each room for emergency calls, as well as pendants for those afraid they might fall).

It's a bit disturbing that I was worrying about delinquent kids if in fact a neighbour needed help. But it did sound as if the bangs came from my window. I don't normally get much noise from upstairs, but I have heard some sound from there today, so it seems the lady didn't have to be hospitalised. I'll have to check some more...

Posted: 21-12-2009 17:08 Post subject:

Posted: 22-12-2009 13:10 Post subject:

My little mystery is finally cleared up - it was kids!

Although my upstairs neighbour had been taken ill, and called for help by pressing the button on her pendant, she also heard the bangs, and looked out of her window. Seeing kids there she told them off and they ran away. I'm a bit surprised I didn't hear this - but possibly I was in the corridor on my way to the outside door at that time.

I recently mentioned on another thread the chain-saw massacre the gardeners carried out here - it's an unfortunate fact that this has made access to the property easier for little toe-rags up to no good.

Anyway, Case Closed! Cool

(And I don't have to worry that I was imagining the sounds, or mistaking noises from upstairs for noises from my window...)

Posted: 22-12-2009 15:37 Post subject:

Posted: 23-12-2009 15:20 Post subject:

Posted: 05-04-2011 09:11 Post subject:

Yesterday I was sitting at the computer when I heard three loud clear knocks. I thought it was someone at my door (I don't have a bell) but there was nobody there.

But because I only have one ear working at present, perhaps it was a misperception to think it was the door - the sound could have come from any direction. This got me disturbed - could it be kids again, banging on my window? (See posts above.) There was no sign of anyone outside, or any disturbance to the garden.

But later I heard more banging, and it became clear that it was coming from the flat above, which has been vacant for a few weeks. Clearly workmen were in there, renovating things ready for a new tenant!

I was so pleased to have a non-weird, non-kids explanation that I happily put up with the racket for the next half-hour or so! Cool

Posted: 29-04-2011 15:47 Post subject:

Hey..I have a bit of a knocking problem too. I only heard it twice or so. Once three knocks, once one knock. Both times in the dark...once indoors, and once coming from outdoors on a glass door. I don't remember if I had enough guts to look into what was behind that glass door Razz

Posted: 29-04-2011 16:00 Post subject:

Sometimes these knocks can be as a result of a bird or large insect flying against a window.
I remember on one occasion at my parents' house, we heard a loud bang.
Going out to investigate, we found nothing and saw nobody - but we did find a greasy imprint of a bird on the window.

Posted: 29-04-2011 16:19 Post subject: