Reading back the transcript in a 21st-century, Hillsborough Inquiry environment you expect this to be the moment when Popplewell pushes Woolley to elaborate. by bfcmik Fri May 11, 2018 11:05 am, Post [10] The stand seats did not have risers; this had allowed a large accumulation of rubbish and paper waste in the cavity space under the stand, which had not been cleared for many months. Fire crews from . The Valley Parade fire took hold, it has always been said, because a match must have been dropped into the reservoir of rubbish in the dark cavity beneath the main stand's seats. Irene Mcpherson (28) Samuel Firth (86) 1 . The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused. Read more aboutresponsible gambling. One retired mill worker made his way to the pitch, but was walking about on fire from head to foot. He was actually one of the detectives involved in one of the gravest miscarriages of justices in the country, the murder of Carol Wilkinson in Bradford, where someone was locked up for 20 years for a murder he didn't commit."[60]. Peter Fletcher (32) 24 Bradford City A.F.C. Elizabeth JONES. However, the responsibility of the Club is, in my view, very much the greater and I apportion responsibility between the two defendants as to two-thirds on the first defendant and one-third on the third (sic) defendant. Amazing that just 18 days later the Heysel tragedy occured,a dark month for football. A large fire broke out Thursday morning after an apparent explosion at a commercial building complex in Bradford. by tim_noone Thu May 10, 2018 11:53 pm, Post [26], In July 1985, an inquest was held into the deaths; at the hearings the coroner James Turnbull recommended a death by misadventure outcome, with which the jury agreed. "The rumours of the fire came slowly and took hold slowly but when things became clear, I threw down my bags and ran. 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Nigel Adams who worked for 12 years as a fire investigator with a British fire service was spurred on by the book to join the call for a fresh inquiry, stating that Fletcher's book was "one of the best accounts of a fire, as seen from a victim's point of view, and as a piece of investigative writing, I have ever read". 10th Apr, 2021. And Bradford seemed happy with it: five days of testimony, a 27-page report and everyone moved on. And there are also repeated references to the smell of burning plastic. 26 years ago today. Jack Leo Coxon (76) The 1985 inquiry into the tragedy headed by Sir Oliver Popplewell concluded that it was an accident, probably started by a spectator dropping a cigarette into rubbish that had accumulated under an old timber stand. Club career[ edit] He still says to this day he cant attend another match. "[27], After controversial comments made by Popplewell about the Hillsborough Disaster, Fletcher raised further concerns about the events following the fire saying that "I have many unanswered questions still about the fire in which four of my family died, as does my mother. For the book, we are looking to hear from people who were there but were children at the time, but could tell us their story.. Our mission is to provide a safe, fun and inclusive environment to inspire, educate and enable the people of Bradford to achieve their goals to their fullest potential. Ian Ormondroyd (born 22 September 1964) is an English former professional footballer who made more than 350 appearances in the Football League and Premier League. . The fact is that no one person was concerned with the safety of the premises. [11] Those who escaped were taken out of the ground to neighbouring homes and a pub, where a television screened World of Sport, which broadcast video recorded of the fire just an hour after it was filmed. Video via Citizen. This page was last edited on 24 February 2023, at 13:41. The Bradford City stadium fire was the worst fire disaster in the history of football. He says he wants people to "look back on it in decades to come and think that somebody did some good work here and that the local fans and local people showed what the club meant to them and how much the club meant to the local community. Didn't realise gabby Logan was doing a documentary now on BT To Add there were some nice floral tributes there today. The men with no hair feeling the searing pain first; supporters entering hospital with their hands melted to their heads by the asphalt which has leaked from the stadium roof; a fan's trilby hat igniting. [46], In 2014, the theatre company Funny You Should Ask (FYSA) premiered their heartfelt tribute to the 56 people who died at the fire. [34], During the case, Sir Joseph Cantley stated that: "It is only right that I should say that I think it would be unfair to conclude that Heginbotham, Tordoff, the Board of Directors, or any of them, were intentionally and callously indifferent to the safety of spectators using the stand. Danni Phillips, the young London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art actor who spent hour after hour listening back to the scriptwriters' interviews in preparation for her beautifully observed role in The 56, hails from South Yorkshire, half an hour down the M1 and her father played football for Halifax Town. The city has seemed to want it to remain the forgotten disaster, though for many, the sense of what-might-have-been is too acute to want to block out the past. Peter Anthony Halliday (34) His son, Jack, plays rugby league for the Salford Red Devils in the Super League.[5][6][7]. Most of those who escaped onto the pitch were saved.[10]. Horrific way to die and as ststed some of the most harrowing scenes ever witnessed. It wasnt until later on when assistant manager Terry Yorath came in and said: Its not good.'. Edmund Anderton (68) From the tragic fire at Valley Parade in May 1985 to the club's slide from the Premier League to administration in more recent years, people will obviously have many memories of Bradford City FC - both positive and negative. Regional Scout (South): Chris Finn. It was also a catalyst for the substantial redevelopment and modernisation of many British football grounds within the following thirty years. However, there is a lot in this book that troubles me about the science, or lack of it, used in the testing of the investigators' hypothesis as to the source of the ignition. The boy Fletcher discovered soon enough how boundlessly and profoundly life-affecting the afternoon would prove to be. A massive fire broke out at a factory in Bradford this morning 11 Footage shows flames erupting from the factory 11 The blaze broke out in the early hours of this morning Credit: Ben. A giant Christian cross, made up of two large charred wooden members[44] that had once been part of the stand, was constructed in front of the middle of the stand and behind the pitchside speaker's platform. Yes it is I try to leave a scarf and floral tribute on behalf of Burnley fans.and will do so tomorrow. Harry Crabtree (76) It was 30 years ago. As CT mentioned earlier it is seeing the names of family groups who perished that day,having just probably set off as normal from home around lunch time for not just the game but the joy and excitement of a promotion party, that really gets to me. Two or three burly men put their weight against it and smashed the gate open. ", Ian says he's hoping the Bantamspast project will look at a side of the club which hasn't been revealed before: "This is more about the fans, the people and the ground - even the people who don't come to the ground.". Whenever I read the roll call of the dead of this tragedy, and its inherent tales of familial loss, it truly brings a lump to my throat. It's with that in mind that Ian's Bantamspast project is underway in Bradford. A truly horrific day which should never be forgotten. The father whose attempts to make him a Bradford City fan he mischievously tried to resist, especially after the family's relocation to the detached surrounds of East Bridgford in Nottinghamshire turned the boy into a Nottingham Forest fan. Today we remember the 56 fans who tragically lost their lives in the Bradford fire disaster 31 years ago. Ian Ormondroyd, Bantamspast From the tragic fire at Valley Parade in May 1985 to the club's slide from the Premier League to administration in more recent years, people will obviously have many. Thank you for telling this," said the woman, who was perhaps 60 or so, to one of the young people whose stage play, based on football's Bradford disaster, had just concluded on the small theatre space behind her. Those who helped are reluctant heroes now. These are the kinds of loose ends which would now be investigated to the end of the earth by the Hillsborough team. The Bradford Disaster Appeal fund, set up within 48hours of the disaster, eventually raised over 3.5million (11.3million today). Share. Naquin's 3-run homer in 9th gives Reds 10-7 win over Twins The Cincinnati Reds didn't look drained to manager David Bell, despite this recent slide. Alexander Shaw Baines (70) Bradford City have announced that the JCT600 Stand will be open today for fansto come and reflect on the tragedy and pay their respects. I have an image of a man with his hair on fire, in shock. "I became an adult overnight at 12 and I'm still there," Fletcher says, and you wonder what's next, now that the book which has become his life's work is published. by LoveCurryPies Fri May 11, 2018 9:09 am, Post [2] The main stand was described as a "mammoth structure", but was unusual for its time because of its place on the side of a hill. The players were told to go to the pub at the top of the road, John Hendrie would later reveal. Popplewell's report was nowhere close to the quality of Lord Justice Taylor's report after Hillsborough, and since reading it as an adult I have always been very disappointed in it and considered it a poor piece of work. Police present in the vicinity of seats I142 and J142, where the fire was adjudged to have first taken hold, noticed it. Watching it I asked myself why people didn't use the rear exits and what those late people were doing all that time, apparently the rear exits were boarded or padlocked. by ashtonlongsider Fri May 11, 2018 6:28 am, Post He remembers people coming out of the ground and going into his house and phoning people. Simon Neil Ward (18) We couldnt run back down the tunnel. BBC West Yorkshire: Bradford City Football architect Archibald Leitch was commissioned to carry out the work. We had not been told anything. I was there 3 weeks before with Burnley. It was Fletcher's mother, Susan, who had always said that she did not believe the fire was an accident and who talked of the other blazes at businesses owned or linked to Stafford Heginbotham, the Bradford City chairman of the day. Most of those who escaped onto the pitch, but was walking about on fire from to. 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