Subsequently, residents watched as a cherry-picker arrived to deliver a portion of Kentucky Fried Chicken.

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The council said the houses would be taken down "piece by piece" by workers using a cherry-picker.

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Long lines of cherry-picker trucks thundered east, to help with what is expected to be a vast clean-up operation.

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The demolition work started at roof level on the dormer window of the house at 7 Aelfleda Terrace where contractors used a cherry-picker to start by hand.

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