I'll never forget it

I was 14 at the time and couldn't get it out of my head.

There seemed to be loads of disasters and horrible news stories around then too - Manchester airport, Heysel.... Bad year.

Posted By: norwaay on May 11th 2022 at 10:05:44

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Bradford fire 37 years ago today. Unbelievable (n/m) (Other Football) - DiscoDale, May 11, 08:40:36
- I'll never forget it (Other Football) - norwaay, May 11, 10:05:44
- The football tragedy not cool enough for the national media. (Other Football) - Henclrikus, May 11, 09:49:01
  - There are reasons for this though (Other Football) - jamesward, May 11, 10:02:42
    - and there you have it (Other Football) - Henclrikus, May 11, 10:34:28
      - Not my attitude, the media's attitude (Other Football) - jamesward, May 11, 10:39:58
        
        Yes. And apparently this is OK (Other Football) - Henclrikus, May 11, 10:49:07
    - and to think we had our own wooden stand fire thankfully different outcome (Other Football) - Tombs, May 11, 10:27:02
      - Insurance job (n/m) (Other Football) - jamesward, May 11, 10:33:21
    - There was huge national coverage of the 20th and 30th anniversaries (Other Football) - norwaay, May 11, 10:11:45
    - The police mistakes and cover up were eventually addressed thanks to this (Other Football) - ChampsChamps2023, May 11, 10:10:52
    - Nobody was prosecuted over Bradford but surely someone should have been. (Other Football) - Adster, May 11, 10:07:49
      - I do remember reading about some scandal or other (Other Football) - jamesward, May 11, 10:09:50
        
        Here it is (Other Football) - norwaay, May 11, 10:13:01
        
        Good read, thanks (n/m) (Other Football) - Old Git, May 11, 15:47:26
        
        There's nothing extraordinary about mill fires (Other Football) - Winged Eel Creosote, May 11, 13:44:53
        
        Yep, that would have been what I read, ta (n/m) (Other Football) - jamesward, May 11, 10:18:19
  - I'm not sure that's the best choice of words. (n/m) (Other Football) - norwaay, May 11, 09:59:29

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