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First Hillsborough funeral

Title
First Hillsborough funeral
Genre
News report; Speech
TX Date
20 Apr 1989
Year of production
1989
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Duration
00:01:56
Description
Michael O’Neill reports on the first funeral for a victim of the Hillsborough stadium disaster (15/04/89), for 19 year-old Gary Church, and the high attendance including some Liverpool FC players. Includes striker John Aldridge’s reading; excerpt of sermon by the Reverend Ray Hutchinson on police criticism o f fans. Singing of congregation heard.
Contributors
Michael O’Neill; Ray Hutchinson; John Aldridge (footballer)
Keywords
Deaths; Liverpool; Association football; Football players; Funerals; Sheffield; Football stadiums; Liverpool Football Club; Disasters (events); Nottingham Forest Football Club; Hillsborough Stadium disaster (1989); Gary Church

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