"On the 8th of May, 1979, a taxi driver in Manchester, England, radioed his dispatcher to say that he could see smoke billowing from a Woolworths supermarket in the middle of the city..."
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► "Fire!" by Paul Seaton, published in The Woolworths Museum. Link: https://www.woolworthsmuseum.co.uk/1970s-fire.htm.
► "'I'll Never Forget It': Manchester Remembers Tragic Woolworths Fire of 1979 That Claimed 10 Lives in Blaze" by Sarah Hodgson, published by Mancunian Matters, May 2013. Link: https://www.mancunianmatters.co.uk/life/09052013-ill-never-forget-it-manchester-remembers-tragic-woolworths-fire-of-1979-that-claimed-10-lives-in-blaze/.
► "Inside the Manchester Woolworths Blaze - The Fire That Claimed Ten Lives - and Changed Britain" by Rob Williams, published by Manchester Evening News, May 2019. Link: https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/inside-manchester-woolworths-blaze-fire-16214759.
► "Woolworths Fire: "I Will Never Forget the Sight of Her. She Had Blonde Hair and it Was Black With Smoke" by Rob Williams, published by Manchester Evening News, May 2019. Link: https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/woolworths-fire-i-never-forget-16215099.
► "What Happened in The 1979 Manchester Woolworth Fire?" published by BBC News, December 2012. Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-20598600.
► "Nostalgia: Woolworths Fire in Colchester in 1973" by Matt Plummer, published by the Essex County Gazette Standard, August 2020. Link: https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/18630139.nostalgia-woolworths-fire-colchester-1973/.
► "Woman Trapped by Bars in Woolworths Inferno" published by the Birmingham Daily Post, May 1979. Available via the British Newspaper Archive.
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As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible.
https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror
SOCIAL MEDIA:
► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales
► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror
► Suggestions: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk
MUSIC:
► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory
► "Underworld" by Myuu
SOURCES:
► "Fire!" by Paul Seaton, published in The Woolworths Museum. Link: https://www.woolworthsmuseum.co.uk/1970s-fire.htm.
► "'I'll Never Forget It': Manchester Remembers Tragic Woolworths Fire of 1979 That Claimed 10 Lives in Blaze" by Sarah Hodgson, published by Mancunian Matters, May 2013. Link: https://www.mancunianmatters.co.uk/life/09052013-ill-never-forget-it-manchester-remembers-tragic-woolworths-fire-of-1979-that-claimed-10-lives-in-blaze/.
► "Inside the Manchester Woolworths Blaze - The Fire That Claimed Ten Lives - and Changed Britain" by Rob Williams, published by Manchester Evening News, May 2019. Link: https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/inside-manchester-woolworths-blaze-fire-16214759.
► "Woolworths Fire: "I Will Never Forget the Sight of Her. She Had Blonde Hair and it Was Black With Smoke" by Rob Williams, published by Manchester Evening News, May 2019. Link: https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/woolworths-fire-i-never-forget-16215099.
► "What Happened in The 1979 Manchester Woolworth Fire?" published by BBC News, December 2012. Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-20598600.
► "Nostalgia: Woolworths Fire in Colchester in 1973" by Matt Plummer, published by the Essex County Gazette Standard, August 2020. Link: https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/18630139.nostalgia-woolworths-fire-colchester-1973/.
► "Woman Trapped by Bars in Woolworths Inferno" published by the Birmingham Daily Post, May 1979. Available via the British Newspaper Archive.
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