M62 coach bombing memorial by pcoulson

M62 coach bombing memorial

My entry in this weeks Capture 52 Challenge telling a extraordinary story of something ordinary, this sort of thing was happening all the time in Northern Ireland during the period called The Troubles between 1966 to 1998 but not on the mainland.
4 February 1974 on the M62 motorway in northern England, a 25-pound (11 kg) bomb hidden inside the luggage locker of a coach carrying off-duty British Armed Forces personnel and their family members exploded, killing twelve people (nine soldiers and three civilians the youngest 2years the oldest 28years) and injuring thirty-eight others aboard, the bomb was placed in the coach and detonated by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA).
Another example of man's inhumanity to man:)
A great memorial to those tragically lost.
March 8th, 2022  
And how the world should be more peaceful.
Europe, a continent with so many wars and destruction in its history.
I no longer believe that this will ever stop happening, there is probably some explanation in the genes of these human beings.
March 9th, 2022  
@antonios Thank you so much for your comment Heather you just can’t comprehend why anyone would carry out this appalling act:)
March 9th, 2022  
@antonios Thank you so much for finding the time to leave your great comment Antonio its appreciated, sad to say I do agree with you it will not happen in my life time:)
March 9th, 2022  
Your photo, taken on a sunny day, does highlight another example of man's inhumanity to man, Peter. It seems just never-ending.

@antonios A friend of mine says exactly the same.....
March 9th, 2022  
@quietpurplehaze Thank you for your interesting comment your absolutely right Hazel when will it ever change:)
March 9th, 2022  
Great memorial
March 9th, 2022  
@bkbinthecity Many thanks for your comment and Fav Brian it’s appreciated:)
March 9th, 2022  
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