New Posts For Thread: Wikipedia entry for the Birmingham pub bombings 1974...https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30714399/wikipedia-entry-for-the-birmingham-pub-bombings-1974Justread the whole lot. This was 4 years before I was born but I do remember when the Birmingham six were released. Amazing how times change though apparently 30 factories in the west midlands went on strike over it, the irish community in BirminghaThe Comedians use to be on back in the day with their irish jokes.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30714399/wikipedia-entry-for-the-birmingham-pub-bombings-1974?post_id=549351625#549351625The Comedians use to be on back in the day with their irish jokes.Sat, 16 Jul 2016 10:41:55 -0500The Birmingham bombings are an atrocity that remains in the mind. In 1974 I was 22, a squaddie who had returned from my first tour of NI (Derry) in October that year. After the tour we flew back to Germany where I was based and then went on leave tohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30714399/wikipedia-entry-for-the-birmingham-pub-bombings-1974?post_id=549350617#549350617The Birmingham bombings are an atrocity that remains in the mind. In 1974 I was 22, a squaddie who had returned from my first tour of NI (Derry) in October that year. After the tour we flew back to Germany where I was based and then went on leave toSat, 16 Jul 2016 08:52:57 -0500Hmm, that is kind of encouraging, the main difference between the troubles and now is that, the english and irish were really quite similar people with similar cultures. Ffs they used to ring us and warn us about attacks, how polite is that? I knowhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30714399/wikipedia-entry-for-the-birmingham-pub-bombings-1974?post_id=549349577#549349577Hmm, that is kind of encouraging, the main difference between the troubles and now is that, the english and irish were really quite similar people with similar cultures. Ffs they used to ring us and warn us about attacks, how polite is that? I knowSat, 16 Jul 2016 06:20:08 -0500Agree with Oval, even if we were funding opposite sides!https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30714399/wikipedia-entry-for-the-birmingham-pub-bombings-1974?post_id=549349521#549349521Agree with Oval, even if we were funding opposite sides!Sat, 16 Jul 2016 06:08:02 -0500You don't have to be a terrorist to be sympathetic to another cause. During the troubles I certainly knew several people who were deeply involved. I went to several fund raising nights where money raised was used to fuel the fire. I was disgusted whehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30714399/wikipedia-entry-for-the-birmingham-pub-bombings-1974?post_id=549349431#549349431You don't have to be a terrorist to be sympathetic to another cause. During the troubles I certainly knew several people who were deeply involved. I went to several fund raising nights where money raised was used to fuel the fire. I was disgusted wheSat, 16 Jul 2016 05:57:15 -0500i doubt you would ever get accurate figures for support for these organisationsbut there were elections in northern ireland which gives an idea of the levelof supportmembers of immigrant communities in england tend to join into our main political parhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30714399/wikipedia-entry-for-the-birmingham-pub-bombings-1974?post_id=549349369#549349369i doubt you would ever get accurate figures for support for these organisationsbut there were elections in northern ireland which gives an idea of the levelof supportmembers of immigrant communities in england tend to join into our main political parSat, 16 Jul 2016 05:47:16 -0500i think there is alot of hate crime, both ways, that is not reported as nutterswill just join in, or try to top itsure it went on then, and sure it goes on nowhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30714399/wikipedia-entry-for-the-birmingham-pub-bombings-1974?post_id=549349283#549349283i think there is alot of hate crime, both ways, that is not reported as nutterswill just join in, or try to top itsure it went on then, and sure it goes on nowSat, 16 Jul 2016 05:31:52 -0500a question that might be asked is why and how did Ireland and Britain manage to not descend into even more terrible widespread division and bloodshed.every country in the world has a certain number of people who are capable of terrible things, this phttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30714399/wikipedia-entry-for-the-birmingham-pub-bombings-1974?post_id=549349279#549349279a question that might be asked is why and how did Ireland and Britain manage to not descend into even more terrible widespread division and bloodshed.every country in the world has a certain number of people who are capable of terrible things, this pSat, 16 Jul 2016 05:31:05 -0500This is the only time I shall ttt this.ihttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30714399/wikipedia-entry-for-the-birmingham-pub-bombings-1974?post_id=549349113#549349113This is the only time I shall ttt this.iSat, 16 Jul 2016 04:51:55 -0500Justread the whole lot. This was 4 years before I was born but I do remember when the Birmingham six were released. Amazing how times change though apparently 30 factories in the west midlands went on strike over it, the irish community in Birminghahttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30714399/wikipedia-entry-for-the-birmingham-pub-bombings-1974?post_id=549345353#549345353Justread the whole lot. This was 4 years before I was born but I do remember when the Birmingham six were released. Amazing how times change though apparently 30 factories in the west midlands went on strike over it, the irish community in BirminghaFri, 15 Jul 2016 15:33:37 -0500