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Remembrance And Reflection: The Birmingham Pub Bombings
The evening of Thursday November 21st 1974 began as any other in the run-up to Christmas. There was late night shopping in Birmingham and for many it was the weekly ‘pay day’. The city centre was bustling.
Then everything changed when bombs exploded in two packed city centre pubs, the Mulberry Bush and the Tavern in the Town. Twenty one people died and over 200 were injured.
Over half a century later the ripples from this horrific event, England’s biggest unsolved mass murder of the twentieth century, are still felt in the city.
Although the Provisional IRA is widely believed to have carried out the bombings, the real perpetrators still haven’t been held to account for their crimes, leaving a deep sense of injustice. Six men accused and convicted of planting the bombs had their convictions overturned after spending over 16 years in prison.
Here survivors, bereaved families, members of the local Irish community who suffered a backlash at the time, trauma experts and others impacted by the bombings share their moving stories.
An important piece of Birmingham’s history that should never be forgotten.
Then everything changed when bombs exploded in two packed city centre pubs, the Mulberry Bush and the Tavern in the Town. Twenty one people died and over 200 were injured.
Over half a century later the ripples from this horrific event, England’s biggest unsolved mass murder of the twentieth century, are still felt in the city.
Although the Provisional IRA is widely believed to have carried out the bombings, the real perpetrators still haven’t been held to account for their crimes, leaving a deep sense of injustice. Six men accused and convicted of planting the bombs had their convictions overturned after spending over 16 years in prison.
Here survivors, bereaved families, members of the local Irish community who suffered a backlash at the time, trauma experts and others impacted by the bombings share their moving stories.
An important piece of Birmingham’s history that should never be forgotten.
174 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 21, 2025
About the author
Maggie Fogarty
11 books1 followerMaggie Fogarty is UK award winning television producer, journalist and author - and a ghost writer for Bonnie the 'very Cornish' cockapoo!
She wrote her first novel 'My Bermuda Namesakes' during a year long stay in Bermuda in 2011/12 and was a guest columnist for one of the island's newspapers.
The novel was based on her short story 'Namesakes', a finalist in the 2011 Writers' and Artists' Yearbook (WAYB) short story competition.
Since then she has completed a three part novella series ('The Dilemma Novellas') - 'Dear Mr DJ', 'Dilemmas and Decisions', and 'Backwards and Forwards' - all available as e-books and paperbacks. She has also written a collection of short stories 'Shorts and Thoughts'.
Maggie now lives in Cornwall, in the far south west of England, with her husband Paul and cockapoo dog Bonnie.
Features about the author have appeared in: Bermuda Royal Gazette, Bernews online, Bermuda Sun, Irish Post newspaper (UK), Birmingham Post newspaper (UK), Solihull News newspaper (UK). Further details on Facebook and LinkedIn.
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She wrote her first novel 'My Bermuda Namesakes' during a year long stay in Bermuda in 2011/12 and was a guest columnist for one of the island's newspapers.
The novel was based on her short story 'Namesakes', a finalist in the 2011 Writers' and Artists' Yearbook (WAYB) short story competition.
Since then she has completed a three part novella series ('The Dilemma Novellas') - 'Dear Mr DJ', 'Dilemmas and Decisions', and 'Backwards and Forwards' - all available as e-books and paperbacks. She has also written a collection of short stories 'Shorts and Thoughts'.
Maggie now lives in Cornwall, in the far south west of England, with her husband Paul and cockapoo dog Bonnie.
Features about the author have appeared in: Bermuda Royal Gazette, Bernews online, Bermuda Sun, Irish Post newspaper (UK), Birmingham Post newspaper (UK), Solihull News newspaper (UK). Further details on Facebook and LinkedIn.
www.bernews.com/2012/12/new-novel-rel...
Show Less
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