The book and film will be released in March next year with an event at the National Media Museum, followed by a photographic exhibition at the same venue from May. Sylvia Lund Pollard (69) Steel was to be installed in the roof,[8] and the wooden terracing was to be replaced with concrete. A large fire involving thousands of scrap tyres in Bradford has caused school closures and travel disruption. [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. A discarded cigarette and a dilapidated wooden stand, which had survived because the club did not have the money to replace it, and accumulated paper litter, were considered to have conspired to cause the worst disaster in the history of the Football League. 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 half dozen walked out. Never seen the death roll that's horrendous the Ormondroyd family looks like Father and . by groove Fri May 11, 2018 10:48 pm, Post My friend was there in the stand opposite that one. John Hughes (64) Start your Independent Premium subscription today. JavaScript is disabled. After the fire, Bradford City also announced they would thereafter play with a black trim on their shirt sleeves as a permanent memorial to those who had died. To take part in the project, email paula.helliwell@gmail.com by December 16. "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.". 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. by Lord Beamish Fri May 11, 2018 2:35 pm, Post 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. It's thirty three years since those horrific scenes at valley parade.young Lads dads and grandads young girls and women perished.56.and over 250 injured lets remember and not forget them. It provides football coaching and education to young people, works with youngsters aged between 16 and 18 on the National Citizen Service and has done several projects in the local community. They reveal how experienced scientists were clearly astonished by how the spread of the fire could have been so rapid. ", Bantamspast The playing area and stands were very basic but the ground had enough room for 18,000spectators. RF 2FMDJ1J - Jake Trueman (6) of Castleford Tigers is tackled by Jack Ormondroyd (25) of Salford Red Devils. In terms of property types, flats in BD6 1HR sold for an average of 44,840 and terraced houses for 78,507. You must log in or register to reply here. The foundation is funding the project through a 40,100 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. [10][16] Geoffrey Mitchell said: "There was panic as fans stampeded to an exit which was padlocked. 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. 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. [51] Another book; 56: The Story of the Bradford Fire (2015) was written by Martin Fletcher to discuss how the disaster was caused, and follows his loss of his father, brother, uncle and grandfather. [10][16] More than 265 supporters were injured. When this house was purchased in December 2020 the House Price Index for WEST YORKSHIRE was 129.5. -- Eleven people were injured, including four in critical condition, when a fire broke out at an apartment building in Bradford West Gwillimbury Monday afternoon. 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 . "[16] At the front of the stand, men threw children over the wall to help them escape. Ian says that Bantamspast is about much more than just the football: "It's where people come socially. No one gave it the attention it ought to have received.. .. It wasnt until later on when assistant manager Terry Yorath came in and said: Its not good.'. "I think the fire will play a big part in it. 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. "I was out shopping in Bradford and he had gone to the match," she says. 6/22/2021 - AP As a subscriber, you are shown 80% less display advertising when reading our articles. The fire destroyed the main stand completely and left only burned seats, lamps and metal fences remaining. Today we remember the 56 fans who tragically lost their lives in the Bradford fire disaster 31 years ago. Rupert Benedict Greenwood (11) Martin Fletcher, a survivor who lost 3 family members is convinced of it. inaccuracy or intrusion, then please I go to the football with my two children (both adults now) and have done for many,many years. This is according to the current Zoopla estimates. Thats when everybody else had the same thought. 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. Valley Parade re-opened on 14 December 1986, when Bradford City beat an England XI 21 in a friendly. He still says to this day he cant attend another match. Yes it is I try to leave a scarf and floral tribute on behalf of Burnley fans.and will do so tomorrow. Charlotte Ormondroyd Fleet Underwriter at Axa Insurance Bradford, England, United Kingdom 336 followers 339 connections Join to connect AXA Beckfoot School Activity Great time in Leeds this. A brush fire that burned on Bradford Island in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta near Bethel Island burned 212 acres and two structures Monday, fire officials said. On Thursday, department officials . 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. With Bantamspast having been awarded a 50,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund, Ian says it's now just a matter of people coming forward with their Valley Parade memories. It was the place where her boys had been growing into their secondary education when the fire took them. 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. 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. BBC West Yorkshire: Sport. Club coach Terry Yorath incurred minor injuries while taking part in the rescue. "I think the fire will play a big part in it. Whether they don't feel welcome, for instance. "Yes you've already told us you were concerned," the inquiry's QC effectively says, before he moves the conversation along. It slipped through a hole in the floorboard. As part of Bantamspast, Ian's actually hoping to dig a little deeper to find out just why some people choose to actively avoid Valley Parade completely on matchdays: "Perhaps we'll find out why they don't come. As Bantams Community Manager, Ian hopes it will reveal what people living around the ground really think. The footage never gets any less shocking. And, before we knew it, the flames were racing down the whole stand. Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. Some had been crushed as they tried to crawl under turnstiles to escape while a man who was captured on television running across the pitch on fire later died in hospital of his injuries. ER 2005 . The blaze broke. I do not include the people currently running the club, who have always displayed a great, sensitive duty to the memory of those who died. 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. Jack Leo Coxon (76) Burning timbers and molten materials fell from the roof onto the crowd and seating below, and dense black smoke enveloped a passageway behind the stand, where many spectators were trying to escape. There was a bit of paper on fire, but it was so small. [14] It took less than four minutes for the entire stand to be engulfed in flames.[11]. "Why is it coming out now? The majority of sales in Ormondroyd Avenue during the last year were semi-detached properties, selling for an average price of 130,000. Bradford City Community Foundation is the community charity of Bradford City Football Club. But it was too late for the 56 fans that went to a football match and never returned who are still remembered, not just by those in Bradford and Lincoln, but by football fans throughout the country. A charred copy of the local paper from Monday, 4 November 1968, was among the litter. "So yes, it's right that these old questions be asked now. 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. [16] Messages of condolence were also received from Helmut Kohl, Chedli Klibi and Felipe Gonzlez. 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. As he received the injured at Bradford Royal Infirmary he was able to call upon 10% of the UK's population of plastic surgeons. We are a self-funded charity, placed right at the heart of the city. People who had escaped the fire then tried to assist their fellow supporters. He and the children all perished, along with the boys' father. The Independent Magazine's own investigations, at the National Archive at Kew, bear out the nagging suspicions Fletcher always had. The local Bradford Telegraph and Argus has found many voices to challenge his testimony, too. The project, which began in February this year, is now. Since then, it has been further re-developed and, today, Valley Parade is a modern 25,136 all-seater stadium, which is virtually unrecognisable from how it was at the time of the disaster, save for the original clubhouse that still stands beside the main stand, and the flank support wall that runs down the Hollywell Ash Lane at the "Bradford End". [10] One eyewitness, Geoffrey Mitchell, told the BBC: "It spread like a flash. A Gannett Company. City were presented with the Division Three championship trophy before kick-off and such was the air of excitement that over 11,000 people were at Valley Parade that day, almost double the usual average for the season. "A football club's an integral part of the city you're in. A large fire broke out Thursday morning after an apparent explosion at a commercial building complex in Bradford. The Bradford City stadium fire occurred during a Football League Third Division match on Saturday, 11 May 1985 at the Valley Parade stadium in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, killing 56 spectators and injuring at least 265.The stadium was known for its antiquated design and facilities, which included the wooden roof of the main stand. Most of the fans who took this escape route were killed or seriously injured. RIP. Horrendous. The aim is to preserve these memories for posterity as part of the club's museum at Valley Parade, together with a DVD, podcasts and more. 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. ", 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.". I don't see that. We stayed in the pub for hours. It was a massive tragedy for everybody at the club.". [22], Immediately after the fire, Sharpe planned and treated the injuries of over 200 individuals, with many experimental treatments being used. If you need a guest pass please contact the ticket office at 480-727-0000 to make sure your seats are together. These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience the local community. When cross examined by QC Robert Smith, then Chairman Stafford Heginbotham said he knew about the fire risk at the ground. The unheroic obstinacy of the woman who refused to leave without her handbag "because my teeth are in it." Ian says that Bantamspast is about much more than just the football: "It's where people come socially. "Take care if you are in the area and allow space for the crews . 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. 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. Kit Manager: Dom Lister. It's good that they're all remembered. Nigel Adams who worked for 12 years as a fire investigator with a British fire service was spurred on by the book to join the call for a fresh inquiry, stating that Fletcher's book was "one of the best accounts of a fire, as seen from a victim's point of view, and as a piece of investigative writing, I have ever read". by Pad1951 Fri May 11, 2018 9:15 am, Post Robert Wedgeworth (72) The Valley Parade stadium, long-established home to Bradford City Football Club, had been noted for its antiquated design . 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. Peter Fletcher (32) The Bradford Township Volunteer Fire Department recently announced a raffle to win a 2022 Ford F-150 XLT SuperCrew. Police have revealed the identity of the man who they believe was responsible for . by tim_noone Thu May 10, 2018 11:53 pm, Post Everybody in the city was devastated, but there was an amazing number of volunteers. 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. 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. Herbert Price (78) The sling is now used internationally in the treatment of burns. 10th Apr, 2021. Ian Ormondroyd (born 22 September 1964) is an English former professional footballer who made more than 350 appearances in the Football League and Premier League. A truly horrific day which should never be forgotten. [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. That duty was not a duty to the Club but a duty to the spectators and other persons in the stand. Comments have been closed on this article. 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. Bradford City players, staff and fans gathered today to remember the victims of the Valley Parade fire, which took place exactly 31 years ago. There are . The lucky winner will be drawn January 1, 2023, and the person will not be responsible for the sales tax. As CT mentioned earlier it is seeing the names of family groups who perished that day,having just probably set off as normal from home around lunch time for not just the game but the joy and excitement of a promotion party, that really gets to me. or "How unusual was that degree of rapidity?" On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. His father Tony went back the following day and said: "I wondered how anybody had got out alive, but I also began to feel guilty that I had got out when so many hadn't." 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. Police officers also assisted in the rescue attempts. 56 fans died as a fire broke out at the game at Valley Parade, 54 Bradford supporters and two from opponents Lincoln City. Irene Mcpherson (28) In the panic that ensued, fleeing crowds escaped on to the pitch but others at the back of the stand tried to break down locked exit doors to escape. ORMONDROYD, Richard John 12 Bingley ORMONDROYD, Robert Ian 12 Bingley POLLARD, Sylvia Lund 69 Bradford PRICE, Herbert 78 Shipley . Bradford Council has tweeted: "@WYFRS are dealing with a fire within one of the buildings at a school on Thornton View Road BD14. My mum said at the time of the Hillsborough Disaster, when it all came home to me, you're angry and the hate is eating you inside out.". Samuel Firth (86) ";s:4:"text";s:3462:" Visit us for exclusive Galen Center Special Events throughout the year! It was on the 10th anniversary of the fire, 20 years ago, that Mrs Greenwood set up a fund, in the memory of her sons, offering the chance for young people in this place to take a journey of educational or cultural travel as she would have wanted her own two to do. James has 2 jobs listed on their profile. 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. "[27], After controversial comments made by Popplewell about the Hillsborough Disaster, Fletcher raised further concerns about the events following the fire saying that "I have many unanswered questions still about the fire in which four of my family died, as does my mother. We had to run up the stairs, through the office doors and out onto the street. "Thank you. It seemed to put it out. The fire was merciless and took victims as young as 11 and as old as 86. [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. It's with that in mind that Ian's Bantamspast project is underway in Bradford. 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. A minute later he saw a small plume of smoke so he poured his coffee on it and so did his son. Forest Green new stadium going to be made out of wood. He had to undergo counselling and was unable to go to another game for several years. Obviously helps cigarettes banned from football grounds now as IIRC a discarded butt caused the Bradford fire. Uncensored coverage of the fire was transmitted minutes after the event on World of Sport and the BBC's Grandstand after the video cassette was physically driven to Yorkshire Television. RF 2J1GRGW - Liam Byrne #20 of Wigan Warriors looks for a way past Jack Ormondroyd #19 of Salford Red Devils. contact the editor here. Even if you're in a small town, it's the main focal point," says Ian Ormondroyd. [48] Profits from the play's run at The Edinburgh Fringe were donated to the Bradford Burns Unit. But they had done their job. ", Ian Ormondroyd is searching for Valley Parade memories, A Bradford landmark - and a focus for many memories. It's with that in mind that Ian's Bantamspast project is underway in Bradford. There is no malicious vendetta, there is no over-exaggeration, there are no trumped-up facts. He starts trying to explain what happened when the smoke filled the stand and he can't do it, just breaks down. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. 1985 disaster in Valley Parade Stadium, Bradford, England. That journey back to Lincoln was the quietest and most miserable I have ever known. Ian Ormondroyd, Bantamspast 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. The average price for property in BD6 1HR stood at 71,472 in July 2018. Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Many of the residents, who were mostly Bangladeshi, took people into their homes, brought out blankets and drinks and let them use their home telephones. [31] In 1988, the first compensation payments were made to survivors of the fire, with over 40 people receiving up to 40,000 each. The disaster led to rigid new safety standards in UK stadiums, including the banning of new wooden grandstands. Ran. . Horrific way to die and as ststed some of the most harrowing scenes ever witnessed. Valley Parade in Bradford, West Yorkshire, was built in 1886 and was initially the home ground of Manningham Rugby Football Club. It was his first and last football match. [17], One witness saw paper or debris on fire, about nine inches (230mm) below the floor boards. Interesting theory related to the cost of making the ground safe following promotion and the history of Stafford Heginbotham who's businesses were almost synonymous with fires and insurance claims. May 11, 2019 #12 Erebus Full Member. RIP. They were even quite afraid of the football fans before the fire. Amazing that just 18 days later the Heysel tragedy occured,a dark month for football. Bradford City have announced that the JCT600 Stand will be open today for fansto come and reflect on the tragedy and pay their respects. However, the fire had consumed the stand entirely by that point and they were faced with huge flames and very dense smoke. I was at a Scout camp at Bowley, we were listening to it on the radio in our tent..such a terrible tragedy. Edith Hindle (79) William James West (78) Apologies if this has been posted elsewhere. Muriel Firth (56) 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. Another player went into the office space to ensure there was nobody there. In March 1985 the club's plans became more apparent when it took delivery of steel for a new roof. Performance Analyst and Player Welfare Officer: Robbie Bloodworth. by tim_noone Fri May 11, 2018 11:37 pm, Powered by phpBB Forum Software phpBB Limited, This Forum is the main messageboard to discuss all things Claret and Blue and beyond. The children were still nestled under the warden's thick overcoat when they discovered them. The Popplewell Inquiry found that the club had been warned about the fire risk that the rubbish accumulating under the stand had posed. Didn't realise gabby Logan was doing a documentary now on BT To Add there were some nice floral tributes there today. The inquiry into the disaster, chaired by Sir Oliver Popplewell and known as the Popplewell Inquiry,[25] led to the introduction of new legislation to improve safety at the UK's football grounds. 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