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And, before we knew it, the flames were racing down the whole stand. A former Bradford City player is asking for people's memories of the club's past - both good and bad. www.fansbet.com is operated by Rush Gaming Limited (a company registered in Malta) and is regulated by the Malta Gaming Authority, Licence Number MGA/B2C/701/2019 issued on 30th March 2020. Valley Parade still marks the names of the 56 supporters whose lives were claimed in the fire: John Douglas Ackroyd (32) The Weekly Gab: Lower league sides to watch in the FA Cup. 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. This is the kind of understated remembrance we have seen in Bradford these past few months, at the onset of another significant anniversary of the 1985 fire which tore across the local football club's old wooden main stand, reducing it to a collapsing inferno in a mere four minutes and claiming 56 lives. This page was last edited on 24 February 2023, at 13:41. A further 265 fans were injured in the blazes that day, and describe it as a traumatic memory and one of the saddest days in English football. [30], The outcome of the test case resulted in over 154 claims being addressed (110 civilians and 44 police officers)[31] by the injured or bereaved. by tim_noone Thu May 10, 2018 11:53 pm, Post She said: Over the years, the story of the Bradford City fire has been told many times - the story of the supporters and the players, but one story that had never been told was the story of how the local people had helped. The House Price Index as of 1 Sep 2022 is 153.4 which is a change of 18.457%. . But Ms Ibrahim saw her husband on her TV set, on the Valley Parade half way line, helping stretcher some of the injured away to safety. Spare a thought or prayer for them today. RF 2FMDJ1J - Jake Trueman (6) of Castleford Tigers is tackled by Jack Ormondroyd (25) of Salford Red Devils. Firefighters from across West Yorkshire tackle huge blaze A large fire involving thousands of scrap tyres has forced schools to close and caused traffic disruption in Bradford. Death Notice. Hundreds of others were injured. Stating nobody could be that unlucky in regards Heginbothams history with fires. Those ads you do see are predominantly from local businesses promoting local services. 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. Jane Ashley Stockman (16) The fact the inquiry also embraced the investigation into another incident which happened on the same day, a riot in which a young boy died at Birmingham City, makes it seem more frivolous. "We're trying to find out why a lot of the Asian communities don't come to the ground, whether they feel they can't come to the games because they feel intimidated or whatever.". England won the re-match 64. by FCBurnley Fri May 11, 2018 2:53 pm, Post ", 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.". Previous warnings had also been given about a major build-up of litter in the cavity below the seats in the stand. Like all areas of forensic investigations, it has come on leaps and bounds. In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, celebrate United's League Cup win by listening to Nik (@Rood) and Imran (@Annihilate Now!) Only now, in 56: The Story of the Bradford Fire (Bloomsbury, 16.99) has he completed a 15-year quest to challenge history's interpretation of why the fire broke out. A Gannett Company. Lincoln City supporter Chris Ashton shared his experience of the disaster in an interview with the Lincolnshire Echo, saying: I remember it being just before half-time and out of the corner of my eye I became conscious of the smoke coming from a section of the stand opposite. Since 1903, when the club was formed, Bradford City Association Football Club had played their home games at the ground. [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. BRADFORD, N.H. (AP) An explosion and a fire at a school bus transportation company building in Bradford critically injured two people, the New Hampshire State Fire Marshal's . 18+. talk all about the game and how big this win is for Ten Hag's men. 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. Read more aboutresponsible gambling. Criticising Bradford City during the case, Mr. Michael Ogden QC, highlighted that the Club 'gave no or very little thought to fire precautions', despite repeated warnings. We are a self-funded charity, placed right at the heart of the city. He and the children all perished, along with the boys' father. . 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. Called 'The 56' the play dramatises actual accounts of the Bradford City Fire with the purpose of the play showing how in times of adversity, the Football Club and the local community came together. There were 49 of us who travelled to Bradford on that day and just 47 came home. The Valley Parade stadium, long-established home to Bradford City Football Club, had been noted for its antiquated design . by Spike Fri May 11, 2018 1:12 pm, Post Yeah footage is horrendous isn't it. On Thursday, department officials . Gordon Stuart Mcpherson (39) Fire crews from . As the blaze spread, the wooden stands and roofcovered with layers of highly flammable bituminous roofing feltquickly went ablaze. Christopher Hammond, who was 12 on the day, said on the 20th anniversary of the fire: "As a 12-year-old, it was easy to move on I didn't realise how serious it was until I looked at the press coverage over the next few days. ANDERTON, Edmund, 68, Bingley 25 years ago and I'm sure, like Hillsborough, it's still fresh in the mind of a . [19] One fan put his jumper over a fellow supporter's head to extinguish flames. You could hardly breathe. It has a black marble fascia on which the names and ages of those that died are inscribed in gold, and a black marble platform on which people can leave flowers and mementos. The lucky winner will be drawn January 1, 2023, and the person will not be responsible for the sales tax. It's with that in mind that Ian's Bantamspast project is underway in Bradford. [8][10] Three men smashed down one door and at least one exit was opened by people outside, which again helped prevent further deaths. Bradford played its part in that. But the scene became progressively horrendous, grotesque, and I was having to describe things you couldnt possibly imagine.. "I feel like I've been in my 20s for years," he says and his life now south-west London flatshare, single professional seems to reflect the world of a restive soul, struggling for an anchor. Gerald tragically died in the Bradford City stadium fire on 11th May 1985 along with his sons, Richard and Robert. Fifty-six people were killed in the fire that engulfed an old wooden stand at Bradford City's Valley Parade ground on the final day of the 1984-85 season. Superbly handcrafted and hand-painted for incredible detailing, this masterpiece features fully sculpted figures of a firefighter, police officer, and EMT gleaming with a hand-applied metallic bronze finish. Applying this 18.457% change to the original purchase price of 48,000 results in an estimated price of approximately 56,859. The main stand at Bradford was not surrounded by fencing, and therefore most of the spectators in it could escape onto the pitch if they had been penned in then the death toll would inevitably have been in the hundreds if not the thousands. -- Eleven people were injured, including four in critical condition, when a fire broke out at an apartment building in Bradford West Gwillimbury Monday afternoon. For the 30th anniversary of the fire a new version of "You'll Never Walk Alone" was recorded at Voltage Studios in Bradford. Peter Anthony Halliday (34) The fire of 1985 will also certainly figure highly in Bantamspast, says Ian: "A chap rang me up about a week ago and he used to live on Cornwall Terrace, just at the back of the ground. "We're trying to find out why a lot of the Asian communities don't come to the ground, whether they feel they can't come to the games because they feel intimidated or whatever.". That was nothing compared with the time it took to interview witnesses in the Hillsborough Inquiry.". That certainly changed when Martin Fletcher told his story. [45] PCs Peter Donald Barrett and David Charles Midgley, along with spectators Michael William Bland and Timothy Peter Leigh received the Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct. I also knew the Club Secretary Terry Newman very well. The director of that organisation, Dr David Woolley, was interviewed for just two hours by the inquiry team, and his private papers reveal his desperate rush to assemble information into a report for Popplewell. Eight fires in the 18 years before the Bradford City fire were identified, many catastrophic and leading to large insurance payouts. Most of those who escaped onto the pitch were saved.[10]. 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. The scene in there was one of silence and shock. He was helped out of the stand by other fans and spent a period of time in hospital. Herbert Price (78) But looking back and seeing how much it really affected my dad makes me realise what we went through." 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We were sat in our football kit, we didnt know what to do. The project, which began in February this year, is now. People who had escaped the fire then tried to assist their fellow supporters. "[16] At the front of the stand, men threw children over the wall to help them escape. That journey back to Lincoln was the quietest and most miserable I have ever known. Down there in the blackness lay tissues of debris which were testament to the ramshackle stadium's neglect. [10][16] More than 265 supporters were injured. He later said: "I have never known anything like it, either before, or since. In respect to services offered in the Republic of Ireland, the Revenue Commissioners, under remote bookmakers License number 1013060 issued on 2nd July 2019. orty-year-old Gerald Ormondroyd also died that day, along with his 12-year old twin sons Richard and Robert, just two of ten families to lose more than one member at Valley Parade.. former Leeds United and England international Trevor Cherry. On a day that should have been one for celebration, Bantams captain Peter Jackson lifted the Division Three championship trophy before kick-off. ";s:4:"text";s:3462:" Visit us for exclusive Galen Center Special Events throughout the year! Forest Green new stadium going to be made out of wood. The largest volume of evidence stored there relates to the Department of the Environment's Fire Research Council the body responsible for providing scientific evidence for Popplewell. One, now re-situated to that end of the stand where the fire began, is a sculpture donated on the initial re-opening of Valley Parade in December 1986 by Sylvia Graucob, a then Jersey-based former West Yorkshire woman. The stand became an inferno in about 5 minutes. Those are the words of David Pendleton, a survivor of the Bradford City fire disaster, which happened 30 years ago. The father whose burgeoning success as a metals stockholder, driving a BMW 323i, took him a long way from his roots, selling coach trips to Mablethorpe. Reading back the transcript in a 21st-century, Hillsborough Inquiry environment you expect this to be the moment when Popplewell pushes Woolley to elaborate. It wasnt until later on when assistant manager Terry Yorath came in and said: Its not good.'. [6], The 198485 season had been one of Bradford City's most successful seasons, ending with City clinching the championship title courtesy of a 20 victory against Bolton Wanderers in the penultimate game of the season. Two memorials now stand at Valley Parade, with another in the city centre and since that fateful day, Bradford City have played with black trim on their kit as a permanent memorial to those who lost their lives. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. by ClaretTony Fri May 11, 2018 9:05 am, Post Fletcher has taken facts and presented them in such a way that it should make it moralistically impossible for this incident not to be looked at again. ", 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.". [8], The Bradford City matchday squad of players and staff consisted of Terry Yorath, Trevor Cherry, Chris Withe, Don Goodman, Eric McManus, Tony Clegg, John Hawley, Dave Evans, Bryan Edwards, John Hendrie, Mark Ellis, Stuart McCall, Peter Jackson, Bobby Campbell, Martin Singleton and Greg Abbott. I was there 3 weeks before with Burnley. The fact is that no one person was concerned with the safety of the premises. The footage never gets any less shocking. 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