Sunday 13 October 2013

The Bradford City Stadium fire

Sunday Mirror dated Sunday May 12th 1985
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The Bradford City stadium fire on May 11th 1985 was truly horrific. Two and a half weeks later 39 people were killed at the Heysel Stadium in Brussels and 4 years later 96 at Hillsborough. All three tragedies can be watched on YouTube although why anyone would want to is beyond me. Reading about it is painful enough.
The Popplewell Inquiry that followed the Bradford fire led to the introduction of new legislation, which improved safety at many of the UK's football grounds. 

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By the time the Labour Party got back into power in 1997, Denis Healey had retired and moved to the House of Lords. This is a pro-Labour Mirror newspaper in full anti-Tory flight.

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I know the photos in this paper aren’t the clearest but on first glance I took this to be a picture of a late 18th century portrait painting. That aside I think Alf Avison is being treated a bit harshly. Surely the first requirement of a budding novelist is a vivid imagination.

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What would Mrs Waterbury think of how her little daughter Phyllis had grown up? Not to mention Chrissy who would certainly have been shocked at her ex-flatmate Jo’s attire. Sally Thomsett a few years on from 'The Railway Children' and 'Man About the House'.

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Oh, look, the Royal Family is human after all. They swear and get annoyed when they cock something up and Princesses even carry their own children. So they aren’t lizards after all.

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Presumably these look-a-like Princess Diana dolls are based on how she looked as a baby, although you can’t tell from this photo. I wonder if Lenci of Turin produced Camilla Parker Bowles dolls when the time came. I hope not.

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The good news? You have inherited £20,000. The bad news? Your father was a murderer

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The recent cooking show winner, Ade Edmondson, and the fabulous Lady Connie from ‘Blandings’ looking like impossibly young ones.

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