Bradford fire.

[cmajack]

40 years ago yesterday. Horrific tragedy. Saw a documentary on bbc 2 last night about it. From first noticing there was a fire, to the whole stand (running the length of the pitch) being completely ablaze was less than 5 minutes. One poor woman lost both her sons ,13 & 11 and her husband.

 

[monmouth]

40 years ago yesterday. Horrific tragedy. Saw a documentary on bbc 2 last night about it. From first noticing there was a fire, to the whole stand (running the length of the pitch) being completely ablaze was less than 5 minutes. One poor woman lost both her sons ,13 & 11 and her husband.

One of the reasons the double decker was done for, wasn't it? Mind you, that bugger felt unsafe at the best of times!

 

[Andrew - North Hill]

I watched it as well, I think over the years this one has got lost a bit amidst Hillsborough, Heysel etc but it needs to be remembered as being just as important for the improved safety measures it eventually led to.

It's hard to process that even as recently as 35-40 years ago, most football grounds in this country were death traps. When you look at the stadiums we have now it's like a different world.

 

[Neath_Jack]

Years ago this fire was a staple on fire awareness training courses, don’t hardly see it anymore though.

 

[TheLoneRanger]

Terry Yorath was never the same after that tragic day.