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.

 

[Menston4128]

Arguably a much worse disaster than Hillsborough, just does not get (or ever got) the same press.

I remember the day clearly (I was 12 years old) and living in the area have since met many survivors of that day. My brother in law (I didn't know him then) was at the game. John Hendrie who was playing that day lives in the next village down from where I live.

 

[Cooperman]

Arguably a much worse disaster than Hillsborough, just does not get (or ever got) the same press.

I remember the day clearly (I was 12 years old) and living in the area have since met many survivors of that day. My brother in law (I didn't know him then) was at the game. John Hendrie who was playing that day lives in the next village down from where I live.

I used to do some work with a company in Cleckheaton and some of their guys were there that day.

Don Goodman (who I quite like on comms) lost his girlfriend.