A trip down memory lane around Manchester....

Marklr said:
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I remember this sad day quite clearly.

"On 8th May 1979, a fire was reported in what was said to be the largest Woolworths store in Europe. There were around 500 customers and staff inside the store and in total ten people died in the fire, 26 were rescued by the fire brigade and 47 were taken to hospital.

It is believed that the fire was started by a damaged electrical cable that had furniture stacked in front of it. BRE’s investigation included constructing a 5m x 12m by 3m high test compartment and fitting it with a stacked furniture arrangement that represented conditions in the store. The test showed that a discharge of about 1700 m3/min (at 800 deg C) of very dense and toxic smoke may have been present two minutes after ignition by a match.

The store had no sprinkler system fitted. BRE conducted a number of tests to examine the impact sprinklers would have had on this fire, and to develop sprinkler systems that could handle large department store fires."
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Worked for John Laing at the time, did the refurb after the fire. Never forget the smell, even though it was months after the tragedy.
 
Anybody remember Millbrook? royal oak, commercial, hare and hounds, Millbrook cricket club and the church In then up to the Buckton castle
 
lawton mellor said:
Anybody remember Millbrook? royal oak, commercial, hare and hounds, Millbrook cricket club and the church In then up to the Buckton castle
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Buckton castle and Royal Oak no longer pubs , Jackie Blanchflower had the Oak for a number of years after he finished playing
 
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