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The 1996 Manchester bombing was a terrorist bomb attack perpetrated by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) in Manchester, England. The attack targeted the infrastructure and economy of Manchester and caused widespread damage, valued by insurers at £411 million, to buildings in the commercial centre of the city.[2] Image File history File links Manchesterbomb-devestation. ...
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The Provisional Irish Republican Army (Irish: Óglaigh na hÉireann) (IRA; also referred to as the PIRA, the Provos, or by some of its supporters as the Army or the RA.[2]) is an Irish Republican, left wing[3] paramilitary organisation that, until the Belfast Agreement, sought to end Northern...
The Provisional Irish Republican Army (Irish: Óglaigh na hÉireann) (IRA; also referred to as the PIRA, the Provos, or by some of its supporters as the Army or the RA.[2]) is an Irish Republican, left wing[3] paramilitary organisation that, until the Belfast Agreement, sought to end Northern...
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Details of the Bombing It occurred at 11:16 a.m. (BST) on Saturday 15 June 1996, when the IRA detonated a bomb containing 1500kg (3300 lb) of explosives. The bomb was located in a Ford lorry parked two hours earlier in Corporation Street, between the Arndale Centre and the city's Marks and Spencer store, right in the heart of the city's shopping area. This was the largest IRA bomb ever detonated in Great Britain, and the largest bomb to explode in Great Britain since the Second World War. Although warnings received in the previous hour had allowed the evacuation of the area, 206 people were recorded by the ambulance service as having been injured. Most windows in nearby buildings were blown out, and falling glass caused the majority of the injuries. No one was killed. The blast was audible over 8 miles (13 km) away in residential neighbourhoods. is the 166th day of the year (167th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Lorry Look up Lorry in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Can mean: A truck, in the sense of a commercial large goods vehicle. ...
The largest Arndale Centre was built in Manchester at a cost of £100 million; it was constructed in phases between 1972 and 1979 and spans 26 acres, with high-rise offices and residential flats as well as retail space. ...
Marks and Spencer plc (known also as M&S and sometimes colloquially as Marks and Sparks) is the largest retailer in the United Kingdom by sales. ...
Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...
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CCTV footage of the lorry containing the bomb. Image File history File links Manchesterbomb-truck. ...
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Reconstruction Several buildings close to the centre of the explosion had to be demolished, and many more were closed for months afterwards to allow for structural repairs. Overall, 50,000 square metres of retail space and 25,000 square metres of office space had to be reconstructed. Marks and Spencer had to vacate their building and became tenants of part of the Lewis's store. Since then, the city centre has undergone extensive rejuvenation, along with the more general efforts to regenerate previously deprived areas of the wider city, such as Hulme and helping with other parts of Greater Manchester, such as the Broughton area of the City of Salford. The bulk of the city centre rebuilding work was complete by the end of 1999, and had cost £1.2 billion.[3] Marks and Spencer plc (known also as M&S and sometimes colloquially as Marks and Sparks) is the largest retailer in the United Kingdom by sales. ...
Lewiss was a department store group operating in the United Kingdom from 1856 to the 1990s. ...
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The City of Salford is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. ...
Subsequently, further redevelopment of affected buildings (notably the northern corner of the Arndale Centre) was not completed until 2005. Manchester had successfully bid to host the 2002 Commonwealth Games in 1998. Much of the re-development of the City was planned to be completed before the opening ceremony, which meant that some of the more intricate re-building was scheduled for a time after the aesthetic rebuilding had been completed. The 2002 Commonwealth Games were held in Manchester, England from July 25 to August 4, 2002. ...
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The 2002 Commonwealth Games were held in Manchester, England from July 25 to August 4, 2002. ...
A new walkway bridge was constructed to replace the one destroyed in the bombing (see image above of damaged bridge). The new bridge is cylindrical (with a flat walkway inside the cylinder), instead of oblong, but otherwise fits exactly as the original had. The walkway is neither level (sloping downwards from the Manchester Arndale into Marks and Spencer) nor straight, as it was discovered that the original walkway entrances in the two buildings were not directly opposite one another, but slightly askew. Manchester Arndale (known locally as The Arndale Centre or just The Arndale) is a large shopping centre in Manchester City Centre in North West England. ...
Marks and Spencer plc (known also as M&S and sometimes colloquially as Marks and Sparks) is the largest retailer in the United Kingdom by sales. ...
Pillar box
This pillar box in Manchester city centre survived the bomb blast. A pillar box that survived the blast, despite being only yards from the centre of the explosion, now carries a small brass plaque recording the bombing (see photo). It was removed during construction and redevelopment work, and returned to its original spot once the street reopened. The pillar box became a symbol of determination for Mancunians. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1168x1760, 362 KB) Summary This postbox in Manchester survived the IRA bombing in 1996. ...
ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1168x1760, 362 KB) Summary This postbox in Manchester survived the IRA bombing in 1996. ...
// Collection of British Pillar boxes at the Inkpen Post Box Museum, near Taunton,Somerset In the UK, a pillar box is a free-standing post box where mail is deposited to be collected by the Royal Mail and forwarded to the addressee. ...
Manchester is a major city in North West England, historically notable for its central role in the Industrial Revolution. ...
At 11:16 BST (10:17 UTC), on 15 June 2006, a candle was lit at a memorial service to mark the tenth anniversary of the bombing.[4] is the 166th day of the year (167th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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British reaction The bombing was condemned by John Major's government, the opposition, and by individual MPs as a "sickening" and "callous and barbaric" terrorist attack[5][6] For other persons named John Major, see John Major (disambiguation). ...
References - ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2006/02/27/270206_manchester_bomb_english_interview_feature.shtml
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/panorama/3704943.stm
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/534907.stm
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/5083024.stm
- ^ Major blasts 'barbaric bombers', Lancashire Evening Telegraph, 17 June 1996. URL accessed 24 December 2006.
- ^ House of Commons Hansard Debate for 19 Jun 1996 (pt. 38), publications.parliament.uk. URL accessed 24 December 2006.
The Lancashire Evening Telegraph is a local tabloid newspaper distributed in Blackburn and East Lancashire. ...
See also The following is a timeline of acts and failed attempts that can be considered non-state terrorism. ...
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