00:00I think it was a very shocking thing that happened, I mean I was probably only a teenager when it did occur.
00:08But I know that these sort of things do have a very lasting effect on people,
00:12and how important it is for the families to feel that they have got justice.
00:17I was in Birmingham at the time, and one of the pubs, it was downstairs wasn't it?
00:24I'd never been in there till a week before the pub bombings, it's the only time I ever went in it.
00:29And so when the bombings happened, I just thought Christ how awful it must have been,
00:36you know it's obvious to have been in there, because it was such a cramped kind of place, and anyway.
00:43It's not something that I know a lot about, when did you say it took place?
00:4750 years ago.
00:4850 years ago, so it's still fairly recent history really isn't it?
00:52So yeah, I would say on the basis that it's unsolved and it's probably irrelevant still to people who
00:57may be alive today, then yeah I would say it would be worth investigating.
01:02I wasn't here then, I was in Canada.
01:04I heard about it, and I believe they've been fighting for justice ever since.
01:09I don't know the ins and outs of it, but 50 years ago, there's still not any satisfactory answers,
01:16it's not good enough I think.
01:20The Birmingham pub bombings took place on November the 21st 1974,
01:24when two bombs exploded in city centre pubs,
01:27climbing the lives of 21 people and injuring over 180 others.
01:32The attack, one of the deadliest in British history, has left a deep and lasting scar on the city.
01:38Despite decades of legal battles, the full truth behind the bombings remains elusive,
01:43with calls for justice continuing to echo through the years.
01:47As Birmingham approaches the 50th anniversary, many are reflecting on the impact of that night,
01:52and how it has affected the families of the victims, survivors and the wider community.
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