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Thank you for telling this," said the woman, who was perhaps 60 or so, to one of the young people whose stage play, based on football's Bradford ... The Valley Parade fire took hold, it has ...
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, pictured with Bradford City chairman Stafford Heginbotham (centre) and her husband Denis, visited Valley Parade shortly after the fire Martin Fletcher ...
Crowds on the pitch at Bradford City's Valley Parade stadium after the stand caught fire Getty Images Fifty-six people were killed, 265 were injured and thousands bore witness to the worst fire ...
Firefighters raising money for a burns research unit set up following the Bradford City fire have hit their £56,000 target ...
It started with a spark in the corner of the Main Stand at Valley Parade, home of Bradford City, catching alight the rubbish under the wooden seats of a wooden stand. Within four minutes, the stand ...
Bradford City received insurance payouts and grants totalling £988,000 as a result of the fire, around £7m in today’s terms. The fire at Valley Parade in May 1985 broke out during a match ...
City returned to a rebuilt Valley Parade 11 days before Christmas ... a repeat of the fire that ripped through Bradford’s main stand seems impossible in today’s modern stadium.
On May 11, 1985, Bradford City were also saluting promotion. Ahead of the game against Lincoln at Valley Parade, the Third ... disaster struck: a fire broke out in the venerable, creaking main ...
CCTV is being examined to find the person responsible for damaging the Bradford City fire memorial at Valley Parade. Bradford City AFC issued a statement today to say the club was "appalled and ...
HUNDREDS gathered in the city centre for a memorial service to mark the 40th anniversary of the Valley Parade fire disaster ... took place at the Bradford City fire memorial sculpture in Centenary ...
It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. BRADFORD City has described damage to the Valley Parade Fire Memorial at the University of Bradford Stadium as "utterly incomprehensible".
“It is a place of remembrance and reflection, honouring the 56 Bradford City and Lincoln City supporters who lost their lives in the Valley Parade Fire Disaster, and the hundreds more who were ...