A strange coincidence about the three major football disasters in the UK...
Ibrox, Bradford and Hillsborough, the victim count all ended in a six.
Ibrox 66 Bradford 56 Hillsborough 96
Digger said
Jan 2 6:01 PM, 2022
Vita wrote:
A strange coincidence about the three major football disasters in the UK...
Ibrox, Bradford and Hillsborough, the victim count all ended in a six.
Ibrox 66 Bradford 56 Hillsborough 96
Oddly enough, I was looking at footage of the Bradford Fire last night....before I saw this post. It was truly awful and everyone can remember where they were when it happened. I was at Windsor Horse Show that day, got to see the Queen. I got in and it was being replayed over and over on the news. I didn't realise so many died at the time. 56. When you read the personal stories they are just awful and so sad. One woman died because she refused to leave her husband who was disabled and couldn't move from his seat. They both died in their seats covered in burning tarpaulin. The turnstiles at the back were chained shut. So many died there, and the other awful thing was that they mostly died from the heat and not smoke inhalation. The four foot barriers at the front stopped the elderly and disabled from getting onto the pitch.
And that poor guy who was walking around on fire? He died later in hospital. The cause was some guy who dropped a fag. The club was warned over and over about clearing the rubbish from beneath the stand.
Vita said
Jan 3 8:06 AM, 2022
Digger wrote:
Vita wrote:
A strange coincidence about the three major football disasters in the UK...
Ibrox, Bradford and Hillsborough, the victim count all ended in a six.
Ibrox 66 Bradford 56 Hillsborough 96
Oddly enough, I was looking at footage of the Bradford Fire last night....before I saw this post. It was truly awful and everyone can remember where they were when it happened. I was at Windsor Horse Show that day, got to see the Queen. I got in and it was being replayed over and over on the news. I didn't realise so many died at the time. 56. When you read the personal stories they are just awful and so sad. One woman died because she refused to leave her husband who was disabled and couldn't move from his seat. They both died in their seats covered in burning tarpaulin. The turnstiles at the back were chained shut. So many died there, and the other awful thing was that they mostly died from the heat and not smoke inhalation. The four foot barriers at the front stopped the elderly and disabled from getting onto the pitch.
And that poor guy who was walking around on fire? He died later in hospital. The cause was some guy who dropped a fag. The club was warned over and over about clearing the rubbish from beneath the stand.
Some of those football grounds years ago were death traps, as much as i love Rangers, they were negligent and were warned time and time again Ibrox was dangerous.
Infact two young lads died on Stairway 13 ten years earlier and in 1969 another 24 people were injured there and if Rangers had done something sooner, maybe the terrible events of 1971 could have been avoided.
I can mind the Bradford City Disaster newsflash that Saturday, it was an inferno in no time.
It was reported a man was heard screaming 'God help me' from inside the flames, that always stuck in my mind, it was just awful.
There was actually a disaster at Ibrox in 1902 at a Scotland v England game, when the old wooden stand gave way after heavy rain.
The offspring of these odd mixes are adorable.
The mixes are now often classed as 'designer breeds' , back in the day they were just called mongrels.
We had a Kerry blue mix with a Gods knows what when I was younger...she was the most beautiful faithful dog ever.
Vita said
Jan 10 2:49 AM, 2022
Syl wrote:
The offspring of these odd mixes are adorable. The mixes are now often classed as 'designer breeds' , back in the day they were just called mongrels.
We had a Kerry blue mix with a Gods knows what when I was younger...she was the most beautiful faithful dog ever.
My mum had a wee mongrel when she was a child, Captain he was called.
He was run over by the grocers van when she was about eight and she was adamant she would never have another dog but pressure from me and getting fond of my Uncle's dog changed her mind.
We got Zoe and had her till she was 15.
Syl said
Jan 10 11:30 AM, 2022
Vita wrote:
Syl wrote:
The offspring of these odd mixes are adorable. The mixes are now often classed as 'designer breeds' , back in the day they were just called mongrels.
We had a Kerry blue mix with a Gods knows what when I was younger...she was the most beautiful faithful dog ever.
My mum had a wee mongrel when she was a child, Captain he was called.
He was run over by the grocers van when she was about eight and she was adamant she would never have another dog but pressure from me and getting fond of my Uncle's dog changed her mind.
We got Zoe and had her till she was 15.
It's lovely for kids to be brought up with pets in the house, especially dogs, they can be faithful companions throughout childhood.
Losing one, through an accident like with Captain, or just with old age (my Judy) is one of th most heartbreaking things...especially for kids.
Digger said
Jan 13 3:07 PM, 2022
The first image refers to pedophilia in the Vatican. Second child sexual abuse in tourism in Thailand, and the third refers to the war in Syria. The fourth image refers to the trafficking of organs on the black market, where most of the victims are children from poor countries; fifth refers to weapons free in the U.S.. And finally, the sixth image refers to obesity, blaming the big fast food companies.
The new series produced by Cuban artist Erik Ravelo was titled as "The untouchables", are photographs of children crucified for his supposed oppressors, each for a different reason and a clear message, seeks to reaffirm the right of children to be protected and report abuse suffered by them especially in countries such as Brazil, Syria, Thailand, United States and Japan
-- Edited by Digger on Thursday 13th of January 2022 03:08:51 PM
The first image refers to pedophilia in the Vatican. Second child sexual abuse in tourism in Thailand, and the third refers to the war in Syria. The fourth image refers to the trafficking of organs on the black market, where most of the victims are children from poor countries; fifth refers to weapons free in the U.S.. And finally, the sixth image refers to obesity, blaming the big fast food companies.
The new series produced by Cuban artist Erik Ravelo was titled as "The untouchables", are photographs of children crucified for his supposed oppressors, each for a different reason and a clear message, seeks to reaffirm the right of children to be protected and report abuse suffered by them especially in countries such as Brazil, Syria, Thailand, United States and Japan
-- Edited by Digger on Thursday 13th of January 2022 03:08:51 PM
That certainly makes you think. I'm glad for these pictures. It's something I used to talk about years ago on F.H.
Vita said
Jan 16 2:46 AM, 2022
Syl wrote:
Vita wrote:
Syl wrote:
The offspring of these odd mixes are adorable. The mixes are now often classed as 'designer breeds' , back in the day they were just called mongrels.
We had a Kerry blue mix with a Gods knows what when I was younger...she was the most beautiful faithful dog ever.
My mum had a wee mongrel when she was a child, Captain he was called.
He was run over by the grocers van when she was about eight and she was adamant she would never have another dog but pressure from me and getting fond of my Uncle's dog changed her mind.
We got Zoe and had her till she was 15.
It's lovely for kids to be brought up with pets in the house, especially dogs, they can be faithful companions throughout childhood.
Losing one, through an accident like with Captain, or just with old age (my Judy) is one of th most heartbreaking things...especially for kids.
Someone stole my pet rabbits when I was eight.
Even now I get upset thinking about them and wondering what happened to them.
Syl said
Jan 16 12:14 PM, 2022
I know Vita, we never forget.
We had a cat called Sooty when I was a kid (we always had a cat and a dog in the house) Sooty used to disappear for a couple of days at a time, then he would come back home as if nothing was amiss. This one time he didn't come home. My sister and I used to go out every morning before school, looking for him, asking in the local shops, dreading seeing a cats body at the side of the road...after a couple of weeks we presumed Sooty had either been locked up in a cellar to catch mice (people sometimes did that where I lived) or he had been knocked over and killed.
A few months later, he suddenlty reappeared, looking scrawny, but otherwise well.
I will never forget that, we had him for another few years before he died of old age.
Digger said
Jan 16 8:09 PM, 2022
Just watching Man of Steel on TV. When he was a kid, Henry Cavill was known as Fat Cavill. How the hell he got to be so feckin' gorgeous just isn't fair.
John Doe said
Jan 16 9:15 PM, 2022
Digger wrote:
Just watching Man of Steel on TV. When he was a kid, Henry Cavill was known as Fat Cavill. How the hell he got to be so feckin' gorgeous just isn't fair.
Does he give you an attack of the vapours?
Digger said
Jan 16 9:37 PM, 2022
John Doe wrote:
Digger wrote:
Just watching Man of Steel on TV. When he was a kid, Henry Cavill was known as Fat Cavill. How the hell he got to be so feckin' gorgeous just isn't fair.
Does he give you an attack of the vapours?
He certainly does. I defy any woman to say otherwise.
Magica said
Jan 16 10:45 PM, 2022
Digger wrote:
Just watching Man of Steel on TV. When he was a kid, Henry Cavill was known as Fat Cavill. How the hell he got to be so feckin' gorgeous just isn't fair.
Cor!!!
John Doe said
Jan 16 10:53 PM, 2022
Digger wrote:
John Doe wrote:
Digger wrote:
Just watching Man of Steel on TV. When he was a kid, Henry Cavill was known as Fat Cavill. How the hell he got to be so feckin' gorgeous just isn't fair.
Does he give you an attack of the vapours?
He certainly does. I defy any woman to say otherwise.
Fifty-One years ago today, Sixty-Six Rangers supporters died in the worst footballing disaster in Scotland's history.
Most of them were teenagers.
A strange coincidence about the three major football disasters in the UK...
Ibrox, Bradford and Hillsborough, the victim count all ended in a six.
Ibrox 66 Bradford 56 Hillsborough 96
Oddly enough, I was looking at footage of the Bradford Fire last night....before I saw this post. It was truly awful and everyone can remember where they were when it happened. I was at Windsor Horse Show that day, got to see the Queen. I got in and it was being replayed over and over on the news. I didn't realise so many died at the time. 56. When you read the personal stories they are just awful and so sad. One woman died because she refused to leave her husband who was disabled and couldn't move from his seat. They both died in their seats covered in burning tarpaulin. The turnstiles at the back were chained shut. So many died there, and the other awful thing was that they mostly died from the heat and not smoke inhalation. The four foot barriers at the front stopped the elderly and disabled from getting onto the pitch.
And that poor guy who was walking around on fire? He died later in hospital. The cause was some guy who dropped a fag. The club was warned over and over about clearing the rubbish from beneath the stand.
Some of those football grounds years ago were death traps, as much as i love Rangers, they were negligent and were warned time and time again Ibrox was dangerous.
Infact two young lads died on Stairway 13 ten years earlier and in 1969 another 24 people were injured there and if Rangers had done something sooner, maybe the terrible events of 1971 could have been avoided.
I can mind the Bradford City Disaster newsflash that Saturday, it was an inferno in no time.
It was reported a man was heard screaming 'God help me' from inside the flames, that always stuck in my mind, it was just awful.
There was actually a disaster at Ibrox in 1902 at a Scotland v England game, when the old wooden stand gave way after heavy rain.
26 people died then, there's that number 6 again.
On this day 1902: First Ibrox disaster | The Scotsman
-- Edited by Vita on Monday 3rd of January 2022 08:31:02 AM
The Hillsborough and Bradford tragedies were a terrible loss of life.
Maw, Paw and their bairns
Apparently the owner bought Joey the Westie to keep Zara the Rottweiler company and didn't think breeding was possible.
Joey is the dad...The pups are "Wotties"
-- Edited by Vita on Friday 7th of January 2022 09:20:49 AM
Wow...that little westie is a brave boy.
Here's another one Syl, a "Jackweiler'
Dad was a Jack Russell and mum was a Rottweiler!!
The mixes are now often classed as 'designer breeds' , back in the day they were just called mongrels.
We had a Kerry blue mix with a Gods knows what when I was younger...she was the most beautiful faithful dog ever.
My mum had a wee mongrel when she was a child, Captain he was called.
He was run over by the grocers van when she was about eight and she was adamant she would never have another dog but pressure from me and getting fond of my Uncle's dog changed her mind.
We got Zoe and had her till she was 15.
It's lovely for kids to be brought up with pets in the house, especially dogs, they can be faithful companions throughout childhood.
Losing one, through an accident like with Captain, or just with old age (my Judy) is one of th most heartbreaking things...especially for kids.
The first image refers to pedophilia in the Vatican. Second child sexual abuse in tourism in Thailand, and the third refers to the war in Syria. The fourth image refers to the trafficking of organs on the black market, where most of the victims are children from poor countries; fifth refers to weapons free in the U.S.. And finally, the sixth image refers to obesity, blaming the big fast food companies.
The new series produced by Cuban artist Erik Ravelo was titled as "The untouchables", are photographs of children crucified for his supposed oppressors, each for a different reason and a clear message, seeks to reaffirm the right of children to be protected and report abuse suffered by them especially in countries such as Brazil, Syria, Thailand, United States and Japan
-- Edited by Digger on Thursday 13th of January 2022 03:08:51 PM
That certainly makes you think. I'm glad for these pictures. It's something I used to talk about years ago on F.H.
Someone stole my pet rabbits when I was eight.
Even now I get upset thinking about them and wondering what happened to them.
We had a cat called Sooty when I was a kid (we always had a cat and a dog in the house) Sooty used to disappear for a couple of days at a time, then he would come back home as if nothing was amiss. This one time he didn't come home. My sister and I used to go out every morning before school, looking for him, asking in the local shops, dreading seeing a cats body at the side of the road...after a couple of weeks we presumed Sooty had either been locked up in a cellar to catch mice (people sometimes did that where I lived) or he had been knocked over and killed.
A few months later, he suddenlty reappeared, looking scrawny, but otherwise well.
I will never forget that, we had him for another few years before he died of old age.
Just watching Man of Steel on TV. When he was a kid, Henry Cavill was known as Fat Cavill. How the hell he got to be so feckin' gorgeous just isn't fair.
Does he give you an attack of the vapours?
He certainly does. I defy any woman to say otherwise.
Cor!!!
He is like me on very a bad day.