First Hillsborough funeral

Title

First Hillsborough funeral

Genre

Interview

TX Date

19 Apr 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:33

Description

Reverend Ray Hutchinson talks to Michael O’Neill on conducting the first funeral of a victim of the Hillsborough Stadium disaster (15/04/89) for 19-year-old Gary Church; the emotions surrounding the event; police accusations of fans’ poor behaviour at Hillsborough; and how the community has coped.

Contributors

Michael O’Neill; Ray Hutchinson

Keywords

Deaths; Police; Liverpool; Association football; Funerals; Sheffield; Football stadiums; Liverpool Football Club; Disasters (events); Nottingham Forest Football Club; Hillsborough Stadium disaster (1989); Gary Church

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