Men, women and children all helped. Original television coverage of the fire, as caught by cameras covering the match. As Fletcher's investigations have given his book a huge profile, so its subtler components have in many ways been overlooked. The disaster led to rigid new safety standards in UK stadiums, including the banning of new wooden grandstands. What started as smoke rising from a r. After its renovation in 1990 they named the home end of their ground the 'Stacey-West Stand', in honour of Bill Stacey and Jim West, the two Lincoln City supporters who were amongst the 56 to die at Bradford. [38], The tragedy received immense media attention and drew support from around the world, with those offering their sympathy including Queen Elizabeth II, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Pope John Paul II. He is quoted as saying: "I don't believe the statement of retired Detective Inspector Raymond Falconer at all. The match was recorded by Yorkshire Television for their regional edition of the ITV Sunday afternoon football show The Big Match. 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. A minute later he saw a small plume of smoke so he poured his coffee on it and so did his son. Police worked until 4am the next morning, under lighting, to remove all the bodies. Elizabeth Muhl (21) Burnley were down south that day probably in the Midlands.we stopped off for beer in Rochdale and saw the horror on the telly box. 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[47] Scriptwriters of the play spent hours with the survivors and victims families. [13], The match kicked off at 3:04pm and after forty minutes of the first half, the score remained 00,[14] in what was described as a drab affair with neither team threatening to score. They all ventured back. 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. by ashtonlongsider Fri May 11, 2018 6:28 am, Post [15] They included three who tried to escape through the toilets, 27 who were found by exit K and turnstiles 6 to 9 at the rear centre of the stand, and two elderly people who had died in their seats. For the book, we are looking to hear from people who were there but were children at the time, but could tell us their story.. He says he wants people to "look back on it in decades to come and think that somebody did some good work here and that the local fans and local people showed what the club meant to them and how much the club meant to the local community. Three people were killed trying to escape through the toilets, while 27 bodies were found at the back of the stand by the locked exit doors and two elderly people died in their seats. Andrew Fletcher (11) Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. by tim_noone Fri May 11, 2018 10:08 pm, Post Apologies if this has been posted elsewhere. Spare a thought or prayer for them today. "I think the fire will play a big part in it. The CNN sports correspondent Alex Thomas was a school friend and he always asked Fletcher why he didn't have the ambition to make a go of it in that world. [31] In 1988, the first compensation payments were made to survivors of the fire, with over 40 people receiving up to 40,000 each. Everybody in the city was devastated, but there was an amazing number of volunteers. The fans even say, 'I'm not particularly liking what I'm seeing on the field at the moment, but I enjoy the company of Billy and John'. Revealed: former Bradford chairman linked to at least eight fires before Valley Parade disaster Read more Six years later, Martin, then 27, set out to find the truth and started the 15-year quest. Ian says that Bantamspast is about much more than just the football: "It's where people come socially. It's with that in mind that Ian's Bantamspast project is underway in Bradford. He said: We just want to try to reach out to the local community around the ground and see if anybody out there that remembers the day can come forward and talk about it.. And Bradford seemed happy with it: five days of testimony, a 27-page report and everyone moved on. The fundraising events included a reunion of the 1966 World Cup Final Starting XI that began with the original starting teams of both England and West Germany, and was held at Leeds United's stadium, Elland Road, in July 1985 to raise funds for the Appeal fund. He was evidently very successful when his mother's acquaintance with local Bradford broadcaster Tony Delahunty whose commentary of the fire is part of many Bradfordians' recollections helped fix him some work experience, as a 14-year-old. Used to go there regularly in the 70's as a student and it was just the same. Frederick Norman Middleton (84) Many were burnt to death at the turnstiles gates, which had also been locked after the match had begun. Thick, black . by ClaretMoffitt Fri May 11, 2018 9:08 am, Post 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 . Once we went out it was mayhem, manic, chaotic. A total of 56 fans died in the fire on May 11, 1985, in a match between Bradford City and Lincoln City, with around 265 more injured. Thoughts and prayers to the 56 who lost their lives in this truly awful and harrowing tragedy. Helm later described the start of the fire in an interview to the Express newspaper: .mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 40px}.mw-parser-output .templatequote .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;padding-left:1.6em;margin-top:0}, [A] man over from Australia visiting his son got two tickets to the game. The project, which began in February this year, is now looking to hear from residents who helped with the rescue effort on the day. [32] Speaking at the close of the case, the Judge said "They (the club) were at fault, no one in authority seemed to have appreciated the fire hazard. The stand had no perimeter fencing to keep fans from accessing the pitch, thus averting an instance of crush asphyxia as in the 1989 Hillsborough disaster. [11] Those who escaped were taken out of the ground to neighbouring homes and a pub, where a television screened World of Sport, which broadcast video recorded of the fire just an hour after it was filmed. by FCBurnley Fri May 11, 2018 2:53 pm, Post At 3.40pm, television commentator John Helm remarked upon a small fire in the main stand; in less than four minutes, with the windy conditions, the fire had engulfed the whole stand, trapping some people in their seats. [26], In July 1985, an inquest was held into the deaths; at the hearings the coroner James Turnbull recommended a death by misadventure outcome, with which the jury agreed. That stand went up so quick youd think it was made of petrol. As Ian puts it: "Bradford's been on a big rollercoaster over the past ten years and previously. [56], On 17 April 2015, retired Detective Inspector Raymond Falconer, in a report by the Bradford Telegraph and Argus, said the police were aware of an Australian man who admitted to starting the fire. Sarah Elizabeth Turner (16) Rush Gaming Limited, Level 3, 203, BMW Building, Rue DArgens, Gzira GZR 1368, Malta. 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. Coach Terry Yorath described the events as "the worst day in my life. 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. [10] Bradford City's coach Terry Yorath, whose family was in the stand,[19] ran onto the pitch to help evacuate people. Together, flanked by undocumented supporters, they managed to clear all but one person who made it to the front of the stand. The city has seemed to want it to remain the forgotten disaster, though for many, the sense of what-might-have-been is too acute to want to block out the past. Herbert Bamford (72) This is a rise of 0.29% in the last three months (since April 2018) and fall of 0.24% since 12 months ago. ", Bantamspast 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. "The rumours of the fire came slowly and took hold slowly but when things became clear, I threw down my bags and ran. Or as a football commentator for that matter. Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of Gerald Ormondroyd (201296072)? Fletcher's dogged attempts to demonstrate whether that was just urban rumour included poring over 20 years of local newspaper reports and the business history of Heginbotham. Are you sure you want to delete this comment? Arthur Hartley (79) No follow up question. Gerald tragically died in the Bradford City stadium fire on 11th May 1985 along with his sons, Richard and Robert. Watching it I asked myself why people didn't use the rear exits and what those late people were doing all that time, apparently the rear exits were boarded or padlocked. Chartered Management Degree at the University of Bradford, alongside working full time in an equally . He established that there had been eight other fires at businesses owned by or associated with the entrepreneur, who > died in 1995, aged 61. As he received the injured at Bradford Royal Infirmary he was able to call upon 10% of the UK's population of plastic surgeons. There were no extinguishers in the stand's passageway for fear of vandalism, and one spectator ran to the clubhouse to find one but was overcome by smoke and impeded by others trying to escape. We had not been told anything. I'm 27 and can't remember seeing it but I know there'll be people on these boards who will and can remind people of what happened on that tragic day. "[59], Raymond Falconer's reliability had previously been questioned by Daniel Taylor in The Guardian who stated that: "The Bradford Telegraph and Argus described him as a 'top detective'. Some of those back in Bradford have not welcomed his turning over of the stones. talk all about the game and how big this win is for Ten Hag's men. RM 2F7YJ1C - Eccles, UK. or "How unusual was that degree of rapidity?" Valley Parade re-opened on 14 December 1986, when Bradford City beat an England XI 21 in a friendly. She told the schoolchildren how she had travelled widely in the years after her husband and sons had gone, how that helped sustain her, and how they must think to travel and discover the world too. Bradford fan David Pendleton, then aged 21, was at the game that day in the main stand and remembers how something which initially appeared trivial quickly became a desperate situation. "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. The foundation is funding the project through a 40,100 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. 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.. If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to It's right to know why it happened." I walked past a public telephone outside the ground and there were queues of people waiting to ring home. Some of those who died were still sitting upright in their seats, covered by remnants of tarpaulin that had fallen from the roof. Otherwise, I would not have been able to get out. 25 years ago and I'm sure, like Hillsborough, it's still fresh in the mind of a . ";s:4:"text";s:3462:" Visit us for exclusive Galen Center Special Events throughout the year! Please note: census information may include figures for adjacent streets and postcodes. When Bradford City played Lincoln City at Valley Parade on May 11th, 1985, what should have been an afternoon of celebration quickly turned into one of the worst disasters ever seen at a British football ground. Bradford Fire. Although some attributed Lincoln City's sudden demise to the psychological effects of the fire on its players (together with the resignation of successful manager Colin Murphy shortly before the fire), it symbolised the wider crisis that the introduction of new safety legislation brought to Lincoln's Sincil Bank home. Please report any comments that break our rules. Richard John Ormondroyd (12) IN MEMORIAM. It was Fletcher's mother, Susan, who had always said that she did not believe the fire was an accident and who talked of the other blazes at businesses owned or linked to Stafford Heginbotham, the Bradford City chairman of the day. But looking back and seeing how much it really affected my dad makes me realise what we went through." "Take care if you are in the area and allow space for the crews . "Sometimes, it's more of a social thing than a football thing. These 10 users liked this post: Bop bobinho ashtonlongsider Rick_Muller JohnMac IanMcL ClaretMoffitt Juan Tanamera bfcjg FCBurnley. The Bradford Township Volunteer Fire Department recently announced a raffle to win a 2022 Ford F-150 XLT SuperCrew. We couldnt run back down the tunnel. The other, situated by the main entrance, was donated by the club after its 7.5million (13million today) rebuilding of the original main stand in 2002. 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. by bfcjg Fri May 11, 2018 12:56 pm, Post 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. The 1984/85 season had been one of the most successful in Bradford City's 82-year history. We didnt know at this point if anyone had been killed. HP10 9TY. England won the re-match 64. [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. On Thursday, department officials . by Lord Beamish Fri May 11, 2018 2:35 pm, Post ClaretMoffitt Posts: 3889 Joined: Fri Jan 22, 2016 7:19 pm . Danni Phillips, the young London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art actor who spent hour after hour listening back to the scriptwriters' interviews in preparation for her beautifully observed role in The 56, hails from South Yorkshire, half an hour down the M1 and her father played football for Halifax Town. A large fire broke out Thursday morning after an apparent explosion at a commercial building complex in Bradford. House Prices in Ormondroyd Avenue, Wibsey, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD6 Properties in Ormondroyd Avenue had an overall average price of 128,000 over the last year. Horrific way to die and as ststed some of the most harrowing scenes ever witnessed. He had to undergo counselling and was unable to go to another game for several years. 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The project, which began in February this year, is now. A Gannett Company. by tim_noone Fri May 11, 2018 8:54 am, Post Fifty-six people died. But a minute or so later there was suddenly a bigger whoosh of smoke so they went to get a steward. The players were told to go to the pub at the top of the road, John Hendrie would later reveal. I remember watching it unfold on tv, it was heartbreaking. by Herts Clarets Fri May 11, 2018 1:13 pm, Post The deaths were preventable . "I was out shopping in Bradford and he had gone to the match," she says. But the scene became progressively horrendous, grotesque, and I was having to describe things you couldnt possibly imagine.. It was a disaster waiting to happen - wooden stand, no risers, smoking in the stand and the space underneath the stand full of paper - roof probably also had years of tar as waterproofing. I was doing some research about football stadium disasters a few years ago as I find them fascinating and horrendous at the same time. He remembers people coming out of the ground and going into his house and phoning people. The fact is that no one person was concerned with the safety of the premises. Felix Winspear Greenwood (13) Harry Crabtree (76) 24 Bradford City A.F.C. Edmund Anderton (68) Never seen the death roll that's horrendous the Ormondroyd family looks like Father and his two twins. [10] Of those who died, 11 were under-18 and 23 were aged 65 or over,[20] and the oldest victim was the club's former chairman, Sam Firth, aged 86. My friend was there in the stand opposite that one. The speed of the fire was astonishing. When Bradford City played Lincoln City at Valley Parade on May 11th, 1985, what should have been an afternoon of celebration quickly turned into one of the worst disasters ever seen at a British football ground. But it is Bradford, so they are just lying there, dormant, on the file, along with the question of the nine Heginbotham fires. The play, entitled simply The 56, does not seek to make melodrama out of that 11 May afternoon at Valley Parade, when fans arrived to celebrate Bradford's promotion from the Football League's division 3. I've never seen anything like it. RF 2J1GRGW - Liam Byrne #20 of Wigan Warriors looks for a way past Jack Ormondroyd #19 of Salford Red Devils. The community, principally Bangladeshi, had no links then to the football club and many could not speak English, but they still helped. [57] Following the 30th anniversary of the fire, a number of news organisations named this man as Eric Bennett who was visiting his nephew in Bradford from Australia and attended the game on the day. The Valley Parade stadium, long-established home to Bradford City Football Club, had been noted for its antiquated design . Ernest Normington (74) Football architect Archibald Leitch was commissioned to carry out the work. 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). As Ian puts it: "Bradford's been on a big rollercoaster over the past ten years and previously. Lincoln City's board responded by committing 1.1million (3.5million today) to their ground's renovation in the year that immediately followed the fire at Valley Parade, and over the following decade made improvements that eventually totalled 3million. His afternoon intersected with that of Preston, who was in an ambulance on his way to St Luke's hospital to be treated for burns when a 12-year-old was bundled aboard, concerned only at the moment to know "how did Leeds United get on" that day. [45] In total, 28 police officers and 22 supporters, who were publicly documented as having saved at least one life, later received police commendations or bravery awards. 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. David James Crabtree (30) Valley Parade still marks the names of the 56 supporters whose lives were claimed in the fire: John Douglas Ackroyd (32) As many supporters still required rescue from the stand, they were unable to immediately start fighting the source of the fire. The fire destroyed the main stand completely and left only burned seats, lamps and metal fences remaining. 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. This is according to the current Zoopla estimates. Like all areas of forensic investigations, it has come on leaps and bounds. The 1984/85 season had been one of the most successful in Bradford Citys 82-year history. 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