May 11th

It should have really

 

Possibly so. What I find much more uncomfortable is the whole 'trademarking' of 'the 56' as a 'brand'.

'Get your 56 hoodies' here. And I'm not knocking the cause of what its seeking to raise money for, but 56 clothing, trainers, mugs, flags etc. I find that classless in the extreme.

 

I completely agree. It began with a huge garish flag at one of our Wembley visits and seems to have snowballed from there. I find the brand uncomfortable in and of itself, but the fact we have fans who have monetised it is bizarre. Unfortunately it seems, certainly with our younger fans, that we are in the minority..!

 

May 11th 1985
IN MEMORIAM


On this Day In 1985 at Valley Parade a disgarded cigarette caused a fire that killed 56 people
This post is made to honor those who died and those that survived and their family and friends



IN MEMORIAM

The names of the 56 victims of the Valley Parade Fire Disaster - 11 May 1985



ACKROYD, John Douglas, 32, Baildon

ANDERTON, Edmund, 68, Bingley

BAINES, Alexander Shaw, 70, Bradford

BAMFORD, Herbert, 72, Bradford

BULMER, Christopher James, 11, Burley-in-Wharfedale

COXON, Jack Leo, 76, Bradford

COXON, Leo Anthony, 44, Halifax

CRABTREE, David James, 30, Bradford

CRABTREE, Harry, 76, Bradford

DEMPSEY, Derek, 46, Morley

FIRTH, Muriel, 65, Baildon

FIRTH, Samuel, 86, Bradford

FLETCHER, Andrew, 11, East Bridgford, Nottingham

FLETCHER, Edmund, 63, Pudsey

FLETCHER, John, 34, East Bridgford, Nottingham

FLETCHER, Peter, 32, Gildersome

FOSTER, Nellie, 64, Bradford

GREENWOOD, Felix Winspear, 13, Denholme

GREENWOOD, Peter, 46, Denholme

GREENWOOD, Rupert Benedict, 11, Denholme

HALL, Norman, 70, Bradford

HALLIDAY, Peter, 34, Bradford

HARTLEY, Arthur, 79, Bradford

HINDLE, Edith, 79, Bradford

HINDLE, Fred, 76, Bradford

HODGSON, Moira Helen, 15, Oakenshaw

HUDSON, Eric, 73, Bingley

HUGHES, John, 64, Bradford

HUTTON, John, 74, Bradford

KERR, Walter, 76, Bradford

LOVELL, Peter Charles, 43, Bradford

LUDLAM, Jack, 55, Bradford

McPHERSON, Gordon, 39, Bradford

McPHERSON, Irene, 27, Bradford

MASON, Roy, 74, Silsden

MIDDLETON, Frederick Norman, 84, Bradford

MITCHELL, Harold, 79, Bradford

MUHL, Elizabeth, 21, Leeds

NORMINGTON, Ernest, 75, Shipley

ORMONDROYD, Gerald Priestley, 40, Bingley

ORMONDROYD, Richard John, 12, Bingley

ORMONDROYD, Robert Ian, 12, Bingley

POLLARD, Sylvia Lund, 69, Bradford

PRICE, Herbert, 78, Shipley

ROBERTS, Amanda Jane, 20, Bradford

SAMPSON, Jayne, 18, Leeds

STACEY, William, 72, Sleaford, Lincoln

STOCKMAN, Craig Albert, 14, Bradford

STOCKMAN, Jayne Ashley, 16, Bradford

STOCKMAN, Trevor John, 38, Brighouse

TURNER, Howard, 41, Bingley

TURNER, Sarah, 16, Bingley

WARD, Simon Neil, 18, Shipley

WEDGEWORTH, Robert, 72, Guiseley

WEST, William James, 78, North Hykeham, Lincoln

WRIGHT, Adrian Mark, 11, Bradford


Remember 'The 56'


R.I. P
YNWA

 

Spot on Faithful
It's crass in the extreme and should be stopped
Donate to the burns unit rather than buy a hoodie
For those of us that were there we don't need reminding in this way I have the physical and mental scars for that
RIP each and every one of you

 

RIP

Always remembered with quiet dignity, never forgotten.

 

God bless the 56

From the red side of the Mersey

xx

 

A couple of doors up from me lived a guy who was the first fire crew on that fateful day, many years passed before we actually spoke about it, I said it must have been horrific for those at the back of the main stand in the passage way, to which he said it wouldn't have been the actual flames or smoke, as in a situation like that the air you're trying to breath heated up to a super heat and that would have been what killed many.
With regards your comment about the video some of that footage is used in training fire fighters.
Another great turn out today as most would expect.

 

It was a great turn out.
And lovely words from the Dean of Bradford, Bowerman.

 

Can’t read any more, sorry . RIP 56

 

I specifically went down after the service....moving.....