the mulberry bush was just a black hole.lown holes in nine—inch thick reinforced concrete. there were body bags on the pavement. there were two bodies that had been blown so hard through some section of wall that they were very, very difficult to recover. we were directed back to the city centre. we didn't know exactly what had happened, but we suspected it was serious because of the urgency. i parked outside digbeth police station. the rest of the crew were on their way up to the rotunda. i was locking the van up, and i came across a taxi driver carrying a tarpaulin from his boot, and i saw body parts. er... it was then i realised how serious this incident was. there were people, dazed people, still around the pubs. i remember particularly a guy in a double—breasted blazer. i think he had sort of blood on a bit. and he was crying. it... when we arrived at the mulberry bush pub, it was quiet, and it was eerily dark. and we could see mayhem. bodies and body parts lying on the ground. i think there were still some firemen doin

the first bomb went off in the mulberry bush, killing ten people, including maxine hambleton. in the town. another 11 lost their lives. i had one thought, which was to get out. i could hear screams. i could see what i know is probably residue of the bomb. it was like a war movie in my head. all the beams were crisscrossed. for years, they thought the bombers had been caught. six men were sent to jail in 1975, but they were wrongfully imprisoned and, in 1991, their convictions were quashed. what are thought to be the names of the real bombers have been circulating ever since, but no new arrests have ever been made. i recognise the symbolic nature of the anniversary, 50 years on from the events of that night, and the pain and the loss that has been felt by victims, the survivors and the family. i understand that we've added to that pain as a result of the inability to bring offenders to justice through the failed investigations. and so that's something that we absolutely understand and we regret. there will be two services to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the bombings — on

billy power's statement — the bombs were put outside the mulberry bush.lfact, they were put inside. and what matters more to you? what damaged you more? because we've talked about the corrosive anger. what damaged you more? was it all of that that went with the gross injustice that was done to you? or was it then living in a prison system, which you've described as evil, as a living hell, for 16.5 years afterward, which was, in the end, worse for you to live with? the cops. that's the hardest part. i can't speak on behalf of the other five, only in respect of the fact that the other five don't have any criminal convictions. i'd been in trouble with the police before. with the police since i came over to the country — since 1960. and violence was nothing new to me. you were a criminal. no, i wasn't. i was fighting and, you know, the usual petty things, you know, uh, what you call it. so i'd been in prison for stabbing people and slicing people. so i knew what prison life was about. but i accept it because... i mean, you weren't a nice guy. oh, no. no. i te

billy power's statement — the bombs were put outside the mulberry bush.ualfact, they were put inside. and what matters more to you? what damaged you more? because we've talked about the corrosive anger. what damaged you more? was it all of that that went with the gross injustice that was done to you? or was it then living in a prison system, which you've described as evil, as a living hell, for 16.5 years afterward, which was, in the end, worse for you to live with? the cops. that's the hardest part. i can't speak on behalf of the other five, only in respect of the fact that the other five don't have any criminal convictions. i'd been in trouble with the police before. with the police since i came over to the country — since 1960. and violence was nothing new to me. you were a criminal. no, i wasn't. i was fighting and, you know, the usual petty things, you know, uh, what you call it. so i'd been in prison for stabbing people and slicing people. so i knew what prison life was about. prison conditions you... ..so subtly, you don't even know you're being co

the first bomb went off in the mulberry bush, killing ten people, including maxine hambleton. will be forever. uh, dropping my sister off and watching herjust walk away from me waving. so... a few minutes later, a second bomb exploded at the tavern in the town. another 11 lost their lives. i had one thought, which was to get out. robyn tye survived. i could hear screams. i could see what i know is probably residue of the bomb. it was like a war movie in my head. all the beams were crisscrossed. for years, they thought the bombers had been caught. six men were sent to jail in 1975, but they were wrongfully imprisoned and, in 1991, their convictions were quashed. what are thought to be the names of the real bombers have been circulating ever since, but no new arrests have ever been made. i recognise the symbolic nature of the anniversary 50 years on from the events of that night, and the pain and the loss that has been felt by victims, the survivors and the family. i understand that we've added to that pain as a result of the inability to bring offenders tojustice through the fa