James Bulger funeral

Title

James Bulger funeral

Genre

News report; Vox pop; Speech

TX Date

1 Mar 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:01:58

Description

James Bays reporting on the funeral at the Sacred Heart Church in Kirby of 2-year-old James Bulger, who disappeared while out shopping with his mother, his body was found 15 days ago by a railway track. With extracts of the service, including hymns; address by Father Michael O’Connell; James’ favourite song Heal the World; and sympathetic comment by those among 500 mourners outside the church who heard the service on loudspeakers. For Billboard programme.

Contributors

James Bays; Michael O’Connell

Keywords

Liverpool; Homicide; Children (age group); Funerals; Church services; Kirby; James Bulger; Billboard (radio programme)

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