Hillsborough memorial service preview

Title

Hillsborough memorial service preview

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

29 Apr 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:45

Description

Liam O’Donoghue reports on the plans for a memorial service in Liverpool Cathedral for the victims of the Hillsborough stadium disaster (15/04/89). Outlines the schedule of the service, those attending including royals, fears over crowd control of thousands expected, and hopes it will help bereaved. Includes interview with Dean of Liverpool Derek Walters.

Contributors

Liam O’Donoghue; Derek Walters

Keywords

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

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