Following his own 15 year investigation Into the fire, which killed four of his family members while he escaped, former tax accountant Martin Fletcher released 56: The Story of the Bradford Fire (2015). Performance Analyst and Player Welfare Officer: Robbie Bloodworth. Spare a thought or prayer for them today. Footage of the accident at this point shows levels of confusion among the spectatorswhile many were trying to escape or to cross the pitch to the relative safety of the neighbouring stands, other spectators were observed cheering or waving to the still-rolling pitchside cameras. Fifty-six people died. We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. As Fletcher's investigations have given his book a huge profile, so its subtler components have in many ways been overlooked. 1 . Moira Helen Hodgson (15) This user liked this post: claretjohn33505. Norman Hall (71) Ran. 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 . by ClaretTony Thu May 10, 2018 11:46 pm, Post The drawing date is Jan. 1, 2023. There is a twin memorial sculpture, unveiled on 11 May 1986, which has the names of the dead inscribed on it. Didn't realise gabby Logan was doing a documentary now on BT To Add there were some nice floral tributes there today. It was appalling that public money was given to the club while it was still owned by the same shareholders under whose direction the fire had happened. Bradford City AFC (@officialbantams) May 10, 2016, MORE : Mark Clattenburg set to officiate Champions League final, Sean Dyche says Arsenal have the look of Premier League champions after hammering Everton, No way! Darren Bent tells Chelsea star Raheem Sterling he wouldnt get in the Arsenal team amid transfer links, I love that! 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The boy Fletcher discovered soon enough how boundlessly and profoundly life-affecting the afternoon would prove to be. Some of the people in the session were not familiar with the disaster and were shocked by what they saw, most noticeably the speed in which the fire spread, as there was a stopwatch in the corner of the screen. 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. Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of Gerald Ormondroyd (201296072)? [49], Parrs Wood Press published Four Minutes to Hell: The Story of the Bradford City Fire (2005) by author Paul Firth;[50] the title refers to the estimated time it took for the stand to be completely ablaze from the first flames being spotted. Something caught my eye, he later explained. 1985 disaster in Valley Parade Stadium, Bradford, England. It was a massive tragedy for everybody at the club.". Rush Gaming Limited, Level 3, 203, BMW Building, Rue DArgens, Gzira GZR 1368, Malta. While Valley Parade was re-developed, Bradford City played games at various neighbouring grounds: Elland Road, Leeds; Leeds Road, Huddersfield; and Odsal Stadium, Bradford. The community, principally Bangladeshi, had no links then to the football club and many could not speak English, but they still helped. Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies. They reveal how experienced scientists were clearly astonished by how the spread of the fire could have been so rapid. Ran home and put the television on." [citation needed] Mathew Wildman, aged 17 at the time of the fire, commented that "I must have had five different experiments carried out on me with all sorts of new techniques for skin grafts and I had potions injected into me that helped my face repair naturally over time. The list of victims reveals the impact the disaster had on families as fathers, sons, mothers, daughters, husbands and wives went to a football game that day never to come home again. It slipped through a hole in the floorboard. 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. Peter Greenwood (46) These 3 users liked this post: Silkyskills1 tim_noone bobinho, I was closely connected to Bradford City and knew people who died in the fire. Anne Robinson (pictured with Mr Ormondroyd) moved into the family home near Bradford, West Yorkshire, to care for his wife Donna. The explosion and fire was reported shortly after 10:30 a.m. at Student Transportation of America (formerly Valley Transportation) located at 2345 Route 114 in Bradford, the state fire marshal's office said. The book also raises concerns about the speed of the inquiry and the fact that it commenced a few weeks after the fire and lasted for only a few days, whereas other inquiries into similar incidents, pre and post the Bradford fire, have taken years to come to fruition and months to be heard. May 11, 2019 #12 Erebus Full Member. David James Crabtree (30) Tributes have been pouring in from all corners of the footballing world as today marks 31 years since the Bradford City fire disaster. The foundation is funding the project through a 40,100 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. [46], In 2014, the theatre company Funny You Should Ask (FYSA) premiered their heartfelt tribute to the 56 people who died at the fire. Obviously helps cigarettes banned from football grounds now as IIRC a discarded butt caused the Bradford fire. We couldnt run back down the tunnel. Club career[ edit] In terms of property types, flats in BD6 1HR sold for an average of 44,840 and terraced houses for 78,507. Alexander Shaw Baines (70) The stand had already been condemned, and the demolition teams were due to start work two days later. All that was left of the. Above all else, it is a beautifully observed and incredibly detailed memoir of a son's relationship with the father he lost at the age of 12. If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can John Fletcher (34) [53], In 1986, a year after the disaster, Yorkshire Television aired a documentary presented by John Helm entitled Bradford City A Year of Healing. His son, Jack, plays rugby league for the Salford Red Devils in the Super League.[5][6][7]. Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in, Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile. There was no appetite for a re-enactment of events, such as that which Dublin embarked upon when a fire at the Stardust nightclub fire in Arcane claimed 48 lives in 1981. There was a documentary on local Yorkshire TV a couple of years ago, the guy who does the weather reports here was at the game as a youngster. But the scene became progressively horrendous, grotesque, and I was having to describe things you couldnt possibly imagine.. by Lord Beamish Fri May 11, 2018 12:44 am, Post Bradford City initially prospered in the Second Division only missing out on promotion to the First Division in 1988 after failing to beat Ipswich Town at home on the final day of their first full season back at Valley Parade. by bfcmik Fri May 11, 2018 11:05 am, Post by LoveCurryPies Fri May 11, 2018 9:09 am, Post "Yes," he told the inquiry when asked if he was "cautious" about the conclusion he had made about a match causing the fire. Death Notice. It's with that in mind that Ian's Bantamspast project is underway in Bradford. "[16] As spectators began to cascade over the wall separating the stand from the pitch, the linesman on that side of the pitch informed referee Norman Glover, who stopped the game with three minutes remaining before half-time. There are . A total of 56 people - 54 Bradford fans and two. The Bradford City stadium fire was a stadium disaster that occurred during an English League Third Division fixture between Bradford City and Lincoln City on Saturday, 11 May 1985, killing 56 and injuring at least 265.. Published: 3/3/2022 2:42:05 PM. "I think if we go out there and ask local people who've been in a house for 24 or 25 years, a lot of their memories will be about that. The Popplewell Inquiry found that the club had been warned about the fire risk that the rubbish accumulating under the stand had posed. 28 years today; the Bradford City fire disaster. 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. A sad, sad day in the history of English football. One man clambered over burning seats to help a fan,[18] as did player John Hawley,[15] and one officer led fans to an exit, only to find it shut and had to turn around. Felix Winspear Greenwood (13) It was also a catalyst for the substantial redevelopment and modernisation of many British football grounds within the following thirty years. William Stacey (72) There was talk of "a raincoat smell" about 15.40pm that afternoon, as the fire took hold. Edmund Anderton (68) 15 Dec 2020. Others werent so lucky and headed towards the exits at back of the stands which had been locked after kick-off and this is where the many of those who died perished in the inferno. Picture date: Thursday August 25, 2022. Still one of the two or three most haunting videos I've ever seen. by ClaretMoffitt Fri May 11, 2018 9:08 am, Post I dont praise the Folk of Yorkshire cheaply, but their Dignity, Self Respect, and Stoicism is a great credit to them. Most of those who escaped onto the pitch were saved.[10]. The unheroic obstinacy of the woman who refused to leave without her handbag "because my teeth are in it." Bradford City F.C. He and the children all perished, along with the boys' father. They were donated by Bradford's twin city of Hamm, Germany, and are situated in front of Bradford City Hall in both locations. He survived but clearly his life was also shattered on that day. Within a few hours of the blaze starting, it was established that 56 people had been killed, many as a result of smoke inhalation, although some of them had survived until reaching hospital.[11]. This is according to the current Zoopla estimates. 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. 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. Those are the words of David Pendleton, a survivor of the Bradford City fire disaster, which happened 30 years ago. So do the sounds of some of those 150 people present, packing the little theatre's benches to capacity, needing to leave the dark space and take a moment to recover themselves. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. [58] Following this report, Leslie Brownlie, who was the nephew in question, is reported to have said that his uncle never made such an admission of starting the fire. Probably the most horrific scenes I have ever seen in football. #RIP56 pic.twitter.com/w2OyUxT5as, Never forgotten #rip56 #bcafc ? The lucky winner will be drawn January 1, 2023, and the person will not be responsible for the sales tax. [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. "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.". I have an image of a man with his hair on fire, in shock. [3] It included a main stand which seated 5,300fans, and had room for a further 7,000 standing spectators in the paddock in front. 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. -- A hotel under construction in Bradford is considered a total loss after a fire overnight. Forty-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.. Supporters searched for fire extinguishers while the Police began to evacuate the stand withflames soon spreading to the roof and across the wooden steps as timber and other materials began to fall onto the crowd. by groove Fri May 11, 2018 10:48 pm, Post [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. The playing area and stands were very basic but the ground had enough room for 18,000spectators. Thats when everybody else had the same thought. 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