BBC West Yorkshire: Sport. The disaster led to rigid new safety standards in UK stadiums, including the banning of new wooden grandstands. ClaretMoffitt Posts: 3889 Joined: Fri Jan 22, 2016 7:19 pm . "The family photographs seemed to mock you, too. Family Members . Thick, black . These 2 users liked this post: Clarets4me Juan Tanamera. Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of Gerald Ormondroyd (201296072)? Derek Dempsey (46) People who had escaped the fire then tried to assist their fellow supporters. Are you sure you want to delete this comment? 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.". It will stay in my memory for ever. As Bantams Community Manager, Ian hopes it will reveal what people living around the ground really think. I was doing some research about football stadium disasters a few years ago as I find them fascinating and horrendous at the same time. 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. ? pic.twitter.com/VkqiAEXBR8, billy clarke (@billyclarke7) May 11, 2016. There are . Jane Sampson (18) Sylvia Lund Pollard (69) The fire was merciless and took victims as young as 11 and as old as 86. However, the turnstiles were locked and none of the stadium staff were present to unlock them, leaving no escape through the normal entrances and exits. Something caught my eye, he later explained. Bradford City Community Foundation is the community charity of Bradford City Football Club. Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. He went on to state: "In 1985 fire investigation in Britain was in its infancy and some would say at that time most fire investigators were not much more than dust-kickers. 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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. April 13, 2010, 07:39:58 pm The Valley Parade fire. [32] Speaking at the close of the case, the Judge said "They (the club) were at fault, no one in authority seemed to have appreciated the fire hazard. It has a black marble fascia on which the names and ages of those that died are inscribed in gold, and a black marble platform on which people can leave flowers and mementos. [11], The fire escalated very rapidly, and flames became visible; police started to evacuate the stand. [58] Following this report, Leslie Brownlie, who was the nephew in question, is reported to have said that his uncle never made such an admission of starting the fire. Didn't realise gabby Logan was doing a documentary now on BT To Add there were some nice floral tributes there today. The stand had been officially condemned and was due to be replaced with a steel structure after the season ended. I got pushed down to the front and I remember looking around and suddenly this smouldering, small fire had taken over virtually half a block and was starting to hit the roof. Bradford played its part in that. The extraordinary part of all this is that this testimony has barely been heard. It's an incredible video, seen it numerous times, but as you say never gets less shocking. Gordon Stuart Mcpherson (39) When cross examined by QC Robert Smith, then Chairman Stafford Heginbotham said he knew about the fire risk at the ground. [45] PCs Peter Donald Barrett and David Charles Midgley, along with spectators Michael William Bland and Timothy Peter Leigh received the Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct. Co-writer Matt Stevens-Woodhead had been asked to talk about the play to children at the local Parkside School a few weeks earlier and that had been the catalyst for Hazel Greenwood to return there too. Fletcher's dogged attempts to demonstrate whether that was just urban rumour included poring over 20 years of local newspaper reports and the business history of Heginbotham. Kit Manager: Dom Lister. He starts trying to explain what happened when the smoke filled the stand and he can't do it, just breaks down. The average price for property in BD6 1HR stood at 71,472 in July 2018. [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. Alexander Shaw Baines (70) We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. 1985 disaster in Valley Parade Stadium, Bradford, England. Together, flanked by undocumented supporters, they managed to clear all but one person who made it to the front of the stand. It's the Ormondroyd & Stockman names that get to me - both of them dad and two sons. New legislation was introduced with the immediate closure of all wooden stands deemed unsafe, the banning of smoking within other wooden stands and the banning of any new wooden stands being built at all sports grounds. Gerald Priestley Ormondroyd (40) The stand became an inferno in about 5 minutes. Remembering the Bradford fire. [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. This Forum is the main messageboard to discuss all things Claret and Blue and beyond . The majority of sales in Ormondroyd Avenue during the last year were semi-detached properties, selling for an average price of 130,000. 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. The unheroic obstinacy of the woman who refused to leave without her handbag "because my teeth are in it." 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. 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. "[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. 28 years today; the Bradford City fire disaster. 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. 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. This page was last edited on 24 February 2023, at 13:41. On May 11th each year a memorial service is held in Bradfords Centenary square with the Lord Mayor of Bradford being joined by The Mayor and Mayoress of Lincoln to remember those who passed away in one of the most shocking tragedies ever witnessed at a British football ground. We were sat in our football kit, we didnt know what to do. on: May 11, 2012, 10:28:10 am . A sad, sad day in the history of English football. All you could see was a black cloud, all you could hear was sirens and screams and all you could smell was burning.. Everybody in the city was devastated, but there was an amazing number of volunteers. The lucky winner will be drawn January 1, 2023, and the person will not be responsible for the sales tax. So do the sounds of some of those 150 people present, packing the little theatre's benches to capacity, needing to leave the dark space and take a moment to recover themselves. We will remember them. 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. 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. She told the schoolchildren how she had travelled widely in the years after her husband and sons had gone, how that helped sustain her, and how they must think to travel and discover the world too. As a subscriber, you are shown 80% less display advertising when reading our articles. Please use the search above if you cannot find the record you require. Peter Fletcher (32) BARRIE, ONT. 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. 18+. 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 disaster, had just concluded on the small theatre space behind her. And, before we knew it, the flames were racing down the whole stand. The JCT600 Stand will be open as well during the day to give fans the opportunity for some quiet reflection on this day of remembrance. More than 250 others were injured in one of the. I once stumbled across the radio commentary from that day on YouTube. For the book, we are looking to hear from people who were there but were children at the time, but could tell us their story.. Our mission is to provide a safe, fun and inclusive environment to inspire, educate and enable the people of Bradford to achieve their goals to their fullest potential. Death Notice. It occurred during a league match, on Saturday, 11 May 1985, killing 56 and injuring at least 265. James has 2 jobs listed on their profile. Never to be forgotten ACKROYD, John Douglas 32 Baildon ANDERTON, Edmund 68 Bingley BAINES, Alexander Shaw 70 Bradford BAMFORD, Herbert 72 Bradford Learn more about merges. by ClaretMoffitt Fri May 11, 2018 9:08 am, Post Above all else, it is a beautifully observed and incredibly detailed memoir of a son's relationship with the father he lost at the age of 12. ", ""This is more about the fans, the people and the ground - even the people who don't come to the ground."". Criticising Bradford City during the case, Mr. Michael Ogden QC, highlighted that the Club 'gave no or very little thought to fire precautions', despite repeated warnings. Gerald tragically died in the Bradford City stadium fire on 11th May 1985 along with his sons, Richard and Robert. Reading back the transcript in a 21st-century, Hillsborough Inquiry environment you expect this to be the moment when Popplewell pushes Woolley to elaborate. He was actually one of the detectives involved in one of the gravest miscarriages of justices in the country, the murder of Carol Wilkinson in Bradford, where someone was locked up for 20 years for a murder he didn't commit."[60]. [46], In 2014, the theatre company Funny You Should Ask (FYSA) premiered their heartfelt tribute to the 56 people who died at the fire. Or as a football commentator for that matter. [52], On 1 May 2010, to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the fire the football TV show Football Focus was hosted from Valley Parade by Dan Walker, the show included interviews with Terry Yorath and John Hendrie. [8][10] Three men smashed down one door and at least one exit was opened by people outside, which again helped prevent further deaths. A capacity 6,000 crowd attended a multi-denominational memorial service, held on the pitch in the sunny shadow of the burnt out stand at Valley Parade in July 1985. "Storage of paint implicated but no evidence of storage beneath the stand. However, the celebratory mood soon turned into one of shock and horror when, at around 3:40 pm, the main stand at Valley Parade became engulfed by flames which reduced the entire wooden structure to cinders. [22], Immediately after the fire, Sharpe planned and treated the injuries of over 200 individuals, with many experimental treatments being used. Woolley's notes again: "Many referred to the smell of burning plastics." They were immediately promoted back to the Football League in 1988, and survived for 23 years before being relegated again in 2011. Bradford Council has tweeted: "@WYFRS are dealing with a fire within one of the buildings at a school on Thornton View Road BD14. [36], In 2010, Susan Fletcher's son and survivor of the Bradford City fire (and witness to the Hillsborough disaster), Martin Fletcher, openly criticised the club's hierarchy at the time of the fire and the subsequent investigation. 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. That stand went up so quick youd think it was made of petrol. The horrible thing is reading that list the number of fatalities that were obviously families wiped out. "We were concerned there might be, because of the rapidity of the fire, a mechanism unknown to us." Muriel Firth (56) Steel was to be installed in the roof,[8] and the wooden terracing was to be replaced with concrete. 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. 05/12/15 AT 9:58 AM BST. by tiger76 Fri May 11, 2018 11:31 pm, Post He lost his father John, 34, his 11-year-old brother Andrew, uncle Peter, 32, and grandfather Eddie, 63, in the fire. 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. He later said: "I have never known anything like it, either before, or since. In terms of property types, flats in Ormondroyd Avenue sold for an average of 43,868 and terraced houses for 78,013. [7] As it was the first piece of league silverware that the club had captured since they won the Division Three (North) title 56years earlier, 11,076supporters were in the ground. by Herts Clarets Fri May 11, 2018 1:13 pm, Post He became famous for his height and build, in a similar manner to that of Peter Crouch. We talk in the anonymous surroundings of his publisher's, in Bloomsbury's Bedford Square. It was a disaster waiting to happen - wooden stand, no risers, smoking in the stand and the space underneath the stand full of paper - roof probably also had years of tar as waterproofing. The sling is now used internationally in the treatment of burns. We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. Lincoln City suffered two successive relegations, first to the Fourth Division in 1986, and again in 1987, becoming the first team to be automatically relegated from the Football League itself. It was a massive tragedy for everybody at the club.". Spare a thought or prayer for them today. These 10 users liked this post: Bop bobinho ashtonlongsider Rick_Muller JohnMac IanMcL ClaretMoffitt Juan Tanamera bfcjg FCBurnley. One retired mill worker made his way to the pitch, but was walking about on fire from head to foot. Three people were killed trying to escape through the toilets, while 27 bodies were found at the back of the stand by the locked exit doors and two elderly people died in their seats. Peter Anthony Halliday (34) The stand had already been condemned, and the demolition teams were due to start work two days later. 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. [1] When the association football club was formed, the ground was changed very little and had no covered accommodation. In respect to services offered in the Republic of Ireland, the Revenue Commissioners, under remote bookmakers License number 1013060 issued on 2nd July 2019. orty-year-old Gerald Ormondroyd also died that day, along with his 12-year old twin sons Richard and Robert, just two of ten families to lose more than one member at Valley Parade.. former Leeds United and England international Trevor Cherry. Forty-year-old Gerald Ormondroyd also died that day, along with his 12-year old twin sons Richard and Robert, just two of ten families to lose more than one member at Valley Parade.. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Following the hearing in 1986, a test case was brought against the club by David Britton, a police sergeant serving on the day, and by Susan Fletcher, who lost her husband John, 11-year-old son Andrew, John's brother Peter and his father Edmond in the fire. 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