35 Anniversary of the Birmingham Bombings tonight

wanderer


Joined: 05/02/2009
Posts: 1653

Message Posted:
21/11/2010 21:47

I don't know if bbc i player radio works in TRNC but some very moving witness memories from that horrific night

The Carl Chinn programme

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00c54f8

a very moving account from the driver of one of the fire engines that was infront of the pub when the bomb went off

Also young journalists at the time Jim Rosenthal & Nick Owen

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
21/11/2010 22:36

i was supposed to be there that night, arranged to meet my friend bernadette there. i was working for john players as a promotion girl at the time and got caught up in store training, managed to call her to say I'm late before mobiles. We cant beleive how lucky we where

JohhnyLee


Joined: 25/04/2009
Posts: 2495

Message Posted:
21/11/2010 22:59

My friend and I got stood up, by 2 girls we had met at the Rum Runner the previous week, and we left the Tavern, about 30 mins before.



We returned to Wolverhampton and the first I new of it was when I got back to my flat and put the TV on.



Birmingham was in chaos.

LazyLobon


Joined: 21/11/2010
Posts: 14

Message Posted:
21/11/2010 23:23

terrible atrocity. RIP victims

cyprusjoker


Joined: 29/08/2009
Posts: 1107

Message Posted:
22/11/2010 08:32

I agree a terrible atrocity and R.I.P the victims but lets not forget the 6 innocent men that were banged up for 16yrs also. I personally know Gerry Hunter and is one of the niceset men you'll ever meet, he now lives in Portugal and has a cockney accent which he got from his time served in jail.