25 years this week

finlayson · Post by **finlayson** » Sat May 08, 2010 9:25 pm

Since the Bradford Fire.

No mention in the press or anything.

boltonboris · Post by **boltonboris** » Sat May 08, 2010 9:27 pm

finlayson wrote:Since the Bradford Fire.

No mention in the press or anything.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/danwalker/20 ... _fire.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8648794.stm

Tombwfc · Post by **Tombwfc** » Sat May 08, 2010 9:36 pm

There was also at least a couple of pages on it in the Mirror today.

bobo the clown · Post by **bobo the clown** » Sat May 08, 2010 11:16 pm

Tombwfc wrote:There was also at least a couple of pages on it in the Mirror today.

... & last Saturday's football preview on BBC came from there. They interviewed managers, players, fans, local reporters, Gabby & Terry Yorath (she was in that stand & escaped through a window).

So, to be fair ....

finlayson · Post by **finlayson** » Sat May 08, 2010 11:30 pm

Sorry for not seeing those specific reports.

Bad me for bringing it up eh.

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Sat May 08, 2010 11:54 pm

finlayson wrote:Bad me for bringing it up eh.

Not at all, Fella. It is, afterall, a lesser remembered event, which in itself pisses me off no end!

jaffka · Post by **jaffka** » Sat May 08, 2010 11:56 pm

Terrible incident, was one of those moments when I was watching the TV as the report came in.

mummywhycantieatcrayons · Post by **mummywhycantieatcrayons** » Sun May 09, 2010 12:07 am

The footage is absolutely chilling and should be watched by anyone who has a responsibility for fire safety.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2ic9_0oEWg

Prufrock · Post by **Prufrock** » Sun May 09, 2010 12:58 am

finlayson wrote:Sorry for not seeing those specific reports.

Bad me for bringing it up eh.

Absolutely right to bring it up, should always be remembered, though as others have mentioned, in fairness there has been a lot in the press this year, although I share Brucie's concern that there often isn't enough, this being a major anniversary. The guy who does Football focus (Dan Walker I think) wrote a blog about it and made the realistic point about how Heysel gets more coverage because it was a Champions League final, and Hillsbrough ongoing row.

I've seen the link Mummy has posted before, and I won't ever be clicking on it again, truly horrific.

perfan · Post by **perfan** » Mon May 10, 2010 12:24 pm

It has been all over the news recently, the stories are dreadful. The one in the Mirror on Saturday about the man who went with his Grandma and managed to escape while she died was just awful.

Athers · Post by **Athers** » Tue May 11, 2010 12:32 pm

Once went to fire training at work and we watched the footage. Just terrible. I was the only one who could understand why people were chanting the clubs name, but unfortunately they didn't know it was more than a stand that was being lost.

boltonboris · Post by **boltonboris** » Tue May 11, 2010 12:41 pm

Heard a story on the Radio yesterday, with a man saying he'd finally, after years of trying, persuaded his 21 year old daughter to go the Valley Parade for her first ever football match.. He managed to pull her out of the fire, but she died at the scene.. Truly, truly awful

Prufrock · Post by **Prufrock** » Tue May 11, 2010 12:43 pm

boltonboris wrote:Heard a story on the Radio yesterday, with a man saying he'd finally, after years of trying, persuaded his 21 year old daughter to go the The Valley for her first ever football match.. He managed to pull her out of the fire, but she died on the scene.. Truly, truly awful

Aye, I read that, how awful must that poor guy feel.