Welcome to Red Herrings!
This week, Joccoaa tells us about a fire whose flames did more than destroy a building, they ignited a change in the law.
We’re uncovering the story of the Woolworths Fire, a disaster that changed safety laws forever and left a lasting impact on everyone who remembers it.
Hosted by: Brittany Warren & Joccoaa Gray
Sound Engineer & Co-host: Christopher Brown
Edited by: Joccoaa Gray
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Sources:
Sources:
British Newspaper Archive
Burgoynes.com https://burgoynes.com/Media/pdf/woolworths-manchester-1979.pdf
Fire Brigades Union - https://www.fbu.org.uk/history/woolworths-fire-manchester
Fire Industry Association - https://www.fia.uk.com/news/blogs/on-this-day-forgotten-disasters-woolworths-fire.html
Judiciary.uk - https://www.judiciary.uk/courts-and-tribunals/coroners-courts/coroners/
Manchester.gov.uk - https://www.manchester.gov.uk/directory_record/212373/coroners_records
Manchesterfire.gov.uk - https://manchesterfire.gov.uk/news/40th-anniversary-of-woolworths-fire-in-manchester/
A Scientific Article by Tetyana Morgun for the University of Canterbury Fire Engineering Conference, 2017, named, Fire Evacuation Analysis of The Manchester Woolworths Fire Using Network Modelling - https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/content/dam/uoc-main-site/documents/pdfs/d-other/T-Morgun-fire-engineering.pdf
The Manchester Evening News
The Royal College of Pathologists, or rcpath.org
Woolworthsmuseum.com - https://www.woolworthsmuseum.co.uk/1970s-fire.htm
https://www.judiciary.uk/courts-and-tribunals/coroners-courts/judge-led-inquests/
