That was the open and shut case, the inquiry into the disaster chaired by Sir Oliver Popplewell, a High Court judge, concluded. There actually used to be an old saying in Bradford: "If you see smoke go up in Bradford after 6pm, that'll be one of Stafford's." 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. That certainly changed when Martin Fletcher told his story. Only now, in 56: The Story of the Bradford Fire (Bloomsbury, 16.99) has he completed a 15-year quest to challenge history's interpretation of why the fire broke out. Fifty-six people died. [48] Profits from the play's run at The Edinburgh Fringe were donated to the Bradford Burns Unit. The Popplewell Inquiry found that the club had been warned about the fire risk that the rubbish accumulating under the stand had posed. Police have revealed the identity of the man who they believe was responsible for . 18+. These are the kinds of loose ends which would now be investigated to the end of the earth by the Hillsborough team. "We did not know the fullness of what was happening but we could see some of them were struggling just to walk and to see," says Iqbal Qasim, one of those who helped. "We were concerned there might be, because of the rapidity of the fire, a mechanism unknown to us." The match was recorded by Yorkshire Television for their regional edition of the ITV Sunday afternoon football show The Big Match. [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. Born in Bradford, Yorkshire, Ormondroyd played for Bradford City, Oldham Athletic, Aston Villa, Derby County, Leicester City, Hull City and Scunthorpe United. Chartered Management Degree at the University of Bradford, alongside working full time in an equally . talk all about the game and how big this win is for Ten Hag's men. The fire destroyed the main stand completely and left only burned seats, lamps and metal fences remaining. [45] In total, 28 police officers and 22 supporters, who were publicly documented as having saved at least one life, later received police commendations or bravery awards. "I feel like I've been in my 20s for years," he says and his life now south-west London flatshare, single professional seems to reflect the world of a restive soul, struggling for an anchor. 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. Once we went out it was mayhem, manic, chaotic. 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. Jack Ludlam (55) Gambling can be addictive. He agreed that the inquiry into Bradford, led by the judge Oliver Popplewell, was inadequate and that there are many unanswered questions. 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. It wasnt until later on when assistant manager Terry Yorath came in and said: Its not good.'. Peter Charles Lovell (43) Derek Dempsey (46) Peter Fletcher (32) Published on 28/02/2023. The play reflects that it had been "the Yorkshire way" not to make a fuss, to bear a loss and move on. We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. The players were told to go to the pub at the top of the road, John Hendrie would later reveal. It is Mrs Ibrahim's sentiment which seems to be most prevalent in Manningham, the British Asian district bordering Valley Parade, where many locals took injured and traumatised people into their homes that day. Registered in England & Wales | 01676637 |. 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. He says he wants people to "look back on it in decades to come and think that somebody did some good work here and that the local fans and local people showed what the club meant to them and how much the club meant to the local community. Share. There were 49 of us who travelled to Bradford on that day and just 47 came home. Please note: census information may include figures for adjacent streets and postcodes. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. So many youngsters died..very very sad. Peachs Picks: Five managers under pressure, Wigan Athletic: Tour needs our full support!, The Weekly Gab: Championship relegation picks, Kenny Dalglish: I couldnt have picked two better sides to play for, Sir Kenny Dalglish, MBE, Joins FansBet as Giving Back Ambassador, Getcha Gooner! As a result, Bradford-born captain Peter Jackson was presented with the league trophy before the final game of the season with mid-table Lincoln City at Valley Parade on 11 May 1985. Harry Crabtree (76) To take part in the project, email paula.helliwell@gmail.com by December 16. Valley Parade in Bradford, West Yorkshire, was built in 1886 and was initially the home ground of Manningham Rugby Football Club. Within a few hours of the blaze starting, it was established that 56 people had been killed, many as a result of smoke inhalation, although some of them had survived until reaching hospital.[11]. He had to undergo counselling and was unable to go to another game for several years. [26], In July 1985, an inquest was held into the deaths; at the hearings the coroner James Turnbull recommended a death by misadventure outcome, with which the jury agreed. John Hutton (74) [11], The fire escalated very rapidly, and flames became visible; police started to evacuate the stand. A PROJECT telling the story of the role of the community living near Valley Parade during the Bradford City fire disaster is appealing for residents to come forward. 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. Some repair work was carried out, but in July 1984 the club was warned again, this time by a county council engineer, because of the club's plans to claim for ground improvements from the Football Trust. Roy Mason (74) No one gave it the attention it ought to have received.. .. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused. He was evidently very successful when his mother's acquaintance with local Bradford broadcaster Tony Delahunty whose commentary of the fire is part of many Bradfordians' recollections helped fix him some work experience, as a 14-year-old. by Silkyskills1 Fri May 11, 2018 1:36 pm, Post He was Leicester's record signing in 1992 when he joined from Derby for 350,000. "I became an adult overnight at 12 and I'm still there," Fletcher says, and you wonder what's next, now that the book which has become his life's work is published. contact IPSO here, 2001-2023. A total of 56 people - 54 Bradford fans and two. [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. by ClaretDiver Fri May 11, 2018 6:49 am, Post Popplewell's report was nowhere close to the quality of Lord Justice Taylor's report after Hillsborough, and since reading it as an adult I have always been very disappointed in it and considered it a poor piece of work. Others werent so lucky and headed towards the exits at back of the stands which had been locked after kick-off and this is where the many of those who died perished in the inferno. It's good that they're all remembered. [19] One fan put his jumper over a fellow supporter's head to extinguish flames. ? pic.twitter.com/VkqiAEXBR8, billy clarke (@billyclarke7) May 11, 2016. One retired mill worker made his way to the pitch, but was walking about on fire from head to foot. 1985 disaster in Valley Parade Stadium, Bradford, England. Regional Scout (Midlands): Stan Martin. The blaze broke. I remember watching it unfold on tv, it was heartbreaking. Gerald tragically died in the Bradford City stadium fire on 11th May 1985 along with his sons, Richard and Robert. Frederick Hindle (76) John Hughes (64) This is according to the current Zoopla estimates. The children were still nestled under the warden's thick overcoat when they discovered them. [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. Fletcher has taken facts and presented them in such a way that it should make it moralistically impossible for this incident not to be looked at again. There was no appetite for a re-enactment of events, such as that which Dublin embarked upon when a fire at the Stardust nightclub fire in Arcane claimed 48 lives in 1981. [16] Messages of condolence were also received from Helmut Kohl, Chedli Klibi and Felipe Gonzlez. He said: We just want to try to reach out to the local community around the ground and see if anybody out there that remembers the day can come forward and talk about it.. These 3 users liked this post: Silkyskills1 tim_noone bobinho, I was closely connected to Bradford City and knew people who died in the fire. "I think if we go out there and ask local people who've been in a house for 24 or 25 years, a lot of their memories will be about that. Horrific way to die and as ststed some of the most harrowing scenes ever witnessed. This site is part of Newsquest's audited local newspaper network. The fans even say, 'I'm not particularly liking what I'm seeing on the field at the moment, but I enjoy the company of Billy and John'. "What kind of 'mechanism'?" And, before we knew it, the flames were racing down the whole stand. ";s:4:"text";s:3462:" Visit us for exclusive Galen Center Special Events throughout the year! He lost his father John, 34, his 11-year-old brother Andrew, uncle Peter, 32, and grandfather Eddie, 63, in the fire. This Forum is the main messageboard to discuss all things Claret and Blue and beyond . A sad, sad day in the history of English football. Since 1903, when the club was formed, Bradford City Association Football Club had played their home games at the ground. 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. We couldnt run back down the tunnel. 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. A large fire involving thousands of scrap tyres in Bradford has caused school closures and travel disruption. We are a self-funded charity, placed right at the heart of the city. "Why is it coming out now? Together, flanked by undocumented supporters, they managed to clear all but one person who made it to the front of the stand. [6], The 198485 season had been one of Bradford City's most successful seasons, ending with City clinching the championship title courtesy of a 20 victory against Bolton Wanderers in the penultimate game of the season. It's with that in mind that Ian's Bantamspast project is underway in Bradford. And so, too, is the black tragicomedy which can exist at the boundaries. Irene Mcpherson (28) Led by former Leeds United and England international Trevor Cherry, the Bantams won only their third divisional title and earned a return to the second tier of English football for the first time since 1937. "Why should they not still want answers?" [8], The Bradford City matchday squad of players and staff consisted of Terry Yorath, Trevor Cherry, Chris Withe, Don Goodman, Eric McManus, Tony Clegg, John Hawley, Dave Evans, Bryan Edwards, John Hendrie, Mark Ellis, Stuart McCall, Peter Jackson, Bobby Campbell, Martin Singleton and Greg Abbott. Deborah A Ormondroyd. This user liked this post: claretjohn33505. [3], At the age of 33, Ormondroyd retired from football due to arthritis in his left ankle.[4]. We are trying to find people who came out of the ground and were helped by people in the community. by NottsClaret Fri May 11, 2018 2:00 pm, Post [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. Head Physiotherapist: Dayle Avison. "Thank you. Everybody in the city was devastated, but there was an amazing number of volunteers. [] I still have terrible memories of the day, but it is the humanity of those that helped us that I reflect on."[41]. There is a twin memorial sculpture, unveiled on 11 May 1986, which has the names of the dead inscribed on it. That duty was not a duty to the Club but a duty to the spectators and other persons in the stand. He still says to this day he cant attend another match. Apologies if this has been posted elsewhere. But it is Bradford, so they are just lying there, dormant, on the file, along with the question of the nine Heginbotham fires. . "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.". However, as there was no real precedent, most Bradfordians accepted that the fire was a terrible piece of misfortune. "[33], Central to the test case were two letters sent to Bradford City's Club Secretary by the West Yorkshire Fire Brigade; the second letter dated 18 July 1984 specifically highlighted in full the improvements needed to be actioned at the ground as well as the fire risk at the main stand. Bradford played its part in that. As many supporters still required rescue from the stand, they were unable to immediately start fighting the source of the fire. Bradford City AFC (@officialbantams) May 10, 2016, MORE : Mark Clattenburg set to officiate Champions League final, Sean Dyche says Arsenal have the look of Premier League champions after hammering Everton, No way! Darren Bent tells Chelsea star Raheem Sterling he wouldnt get in the Arsenal team amid transfer links, I love that! Michael Owen singles out Bukayo Saka for praise after Arsenal thump Everton, Roy Keane slams West Ham and the Spurs of this world after Manchester Uniteds FA Cup comeback, Mikel Arteta praises Arsenal star for magic moment in win over Everton, Mark Clattenburg set to officiate Champions League final, Do not sell or share my personal information. Football architect Archibald Leitch was commissioned to carry out the work. Richard John Ormondroyd (12) Thats when everybody else had the same thought. We were sat in our football kit, we didnt know what to do. The father whose attempts to make him a Bradford City fan he mischievously tried to resist, especially after the family's relocation to the detached surrounds of East Bridgford in Nottinghamshire turned the boy into a Nottingham Forest fan. The local Bradford Telegraph and Argus has found many voices to challenge his testimony, too. Learn more about merges. However, the responsibility of the Club is, in my view, very much the greater and I apportion responsibility between the two defendants as to two-thirds on the first defendant and one-third on the third (sic) defendant. The stand had been officially condemned and was due to be replaced with a steel structure after the season ended. The scriptwriters' hours of interviews with those caught up in the horror are distilled into the narratives of three survivors, and the casual horrors of what befell football supporters that day are all in there. The Valley Parade stadium, long-established home to Bradford City Football Club, had been noted for its antiquated design . Called 'The 56' the play dramatises actual accounts of the Bradford City Fire with the purpose of the play showing how in times of adversity, the Football Club and the local community came together. Of all the Fletcher family who attended the game that day, 12-year old Martin was the only survivor. [5] However, he also warned the club of a build-up of litter beneath the stand because of a gap between the seats. Didn't realise gabby Logan was doing a documentary now on BT To Add there were some nice floral tributes there today. Never to be forgotten ACKROYD, John Douglas 32 Baildon ANDERTON, Edmund 68 Bingley BAINES, Alexander Shaw 70 Bradford BAMFORD, Herbert 72 Bradford 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. All that was left of the. [57] Following the 30th anniversary of the fire, a number of news organisations named this man as Eric Bennett who was visiting his nephew in Bradford from Australia and attended the game on the day. It was nearly double the season's average of 6,610 and included 3,000fans in the ground's main stand. by groove Fri May 11, 2018 10:48 pm, Post The 1985 Bradford City A.F.C stadium fire is regarded as one of the worst disasters in the history of British football. Gregg Ormondroyd, 31, grew closer to his wife Donna's carer, Anne Robinson Donna collapsed and stopped breathing two years ago and was put in a coma She was brought out of the coma later but has. On the pitch, referee Norman Glover had no option but to stop the game as the horror unfolded in front of both sets of players who could feel the heat from the flames even from the other side of the ground. Those who helped are reluctant heroes now. England won the re-match 64. Ian says that Bantamspast is about much more than just the football: "It's where people come socially. Walter Kerr (76) Harold Mitchell (79) Samuel Firth (86) 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.. Please report any comments that break our rules. ", 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.". 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. Part of the service was also held in Urdu and Punjabi as a sign of appreciation to the local ethnically Asian Subcontinental community in Manningham, Bradford and around Valley Parade who had opened their homes to Bradford City supporters to provide assistance in the immediate aftermath of the disaster. I have an image of a man with his hair on fire, in shock. 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. Never seen the death roll that's horrendous the Ormondroyd family looks like Father and . The two sides met for the first time after the fire in April 1989, when they arranged a benefit match in aid of the Hillsborough disaster, at Valley Parade. by ClaretTony Thu May 10, 2018 11:46 pm, Post IN MEMORIAM. A massive fire broke out at a factory in Bradford this morning 11 Footage shows flames erupting from the factory 11 The blaze broke out in the early hours of this morning Credit: Ben. Please use the search above if you cannot find the record you require. Although some attributed Lincoln City's sudden demise to the psychological effects of the fire on its players (together with the resignation of successful manager Colin Murphy shortly before the fire), it symbolised the wider crisis that the introduction of new safety legislation brought to Lincoln's Sincil Bank home. This early part of the narrative is so readable that you wonder how Fletcher, a qualified accountant, did not wind up as a writer. [10][11], Bradford's Telegraph & Argus newspaper published a souvenir issue for 11 May, entitled, "Spit and Polish for the Parade Ground". There is no malicious vendetta, there is no over-exaggeration, there are no trumped-up facts. More than 250 others were injured in one of the. In a world of my own. ClaretMoffitt Posts: 3889 Joined: Fri Jan 22, 2016 7:19 pm . One man clambered over burning seats to help a fan,[18] as did player John Hawley,[15] and one officer led fans to an exit, only to find it shut and had to turn around. 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. The deaths were preventable . by FCBurnley Fri May 11, 2018 2:53 pm, Post He later said: "I have never known anything like it, either before, or since. 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." Powered By, Research,Grants and Collaboration Committee, University Institutional Ethics Committee, Buildings and Estate Services Committee (Including Transport), Students counselling and Mentoring Committee, University Institutional Animal Ethics Committee, Literary Arts, Cultural and Important Days Celebrations Committee, Students, Staff . The 1984/85 season had been one of the most successful in Bradford City's 82-year history. [22], Immediately after the fire, Sharpe planned and treated the injuries of over 200 individuals, with many experimental treatments being used. The stand became an inferno in about 5 minutes. due to the harrowing nature. [14] It took less than four minutes for the entire stand to be engulfed in flames.[11]. The match between Bradford City and Lincoln City, the final game of that season, had started in a celebratory atmosphere with the home team receiving the Third Division championship trophy. Forest Green new stadium going to be made out of wood. "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.". 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. Peter Anthony Halliday (34) I saw the footage of the disaster as part of a fire training session and at the time it had been taken off any websites etc. by IanMcL Fri May 11, 2018 9:01 am, Post The fact is that no one person was concerned with the safety of the premises. It's right to know why it happened." I was there 3 weeks before with Burnley. "[59], Raymond Falconer's reliability had previously been questioned by Daniel Taylor in The Guardian who stated that: "The Bradford Telegraph and Argus described him as a 'top detective'. Nothing surprising in the construction of the stand to give this rate of fire growth," Woolley writes in an untitled script which appears to be his own notes from the first day of Popplewell's Inquiry. Fifty-six people were killed in the fire that engulfed an old wooden stand at Bradford City's Valley Parade ground on the final day of the 1984-85 season. Paula Helliwell, Unheard Voices project manager, said they wanted to hear from more residents who helped with the rescue effort outside Valley Parade, with the intention of recounting unheard stories from the time. A large fire broke out Thursday morning after an apparent explosion at a commercial building complex in Bradford. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. View James Ormondroyd's profile on LinkedIn, the world's largest professional community. Alexander Shaw Baines (70) By this date the appeal fund set up for survivors had paid out more than 4m with further payouts expected as the effects of physical and mental injury were determined. [34], During the case, Sir Joseph Cantley stated that: "It is only right that I should say that I think it would be unfair to conclude that Heginbotham, Tordoff, the Board of Directors, or any of them, were intentionally and callously indifferent to the safety of spectators using the stand. 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. Regional Scout (South): Chris Finn. [8][10] Three men smashed down one door and at least one exit was opened by people outside, which again helped prevent further deaths. Probably the most horrific scenes I have ever seen in football. A truly horrific day which should never be forgotten. ", Bantamspast Agree with the above, the most horrific scenes ever seen at football. 25 years ago and I'm sure, like Hillsborough, it's still fresh in the mind of a . 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. As Bantams Community Manager, Ian hopes it will reveal what people living around the ground really think. Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Gerald Priestley Ormondroyd (40) In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, celebrate United's League Cup win by listening to Nik (@Rood) and Imran (@Annihilate Now!) RIP. "I was out shopping in Bradford and he had gone to the match," she says. Original television coverage of the fire, as caught by cameras covering the match. The Valley Parade fire took hold, it has always been said, because a match must have been dropped into the reservoir of rubbish in the dark cavity beneath the main stand's seats. 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. Today we remember the 56 fans who tragically lost their lives in the Bradford fire disaster 31 years ago. People who had escaped the fire then tried to assist their fellow supporters. by tim_noone Thu May 10, 2018 11:53 pm, Post Edmond Fletcher (63) We had not been told anything. The most horrific scenes ever on tv. 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