Services mark 50th anniversary of the Birmingham pub bombings

4WardEverUK • 17 November 2024

source: BBC News

first published: 15 November 2024

Image Credit: Birmingham Irish Association


Memorial services are planned to mark the 50th anniversary of the Birmingham pub bombings, in which 21 people died.


The bombs were detonated in the Mulberry Bush and the Tavern in the Town on New Street on the evening of 21 November 1974. An inquest in 2019 heard 220 people were injured in the attacks, but the perpetrators have never faced justice.


A memorial will start next to New Street at 13:45 GMT on 21 November, with a service at St Phillip's Cathedral, Birmingham.

What will happen during the memorial services?

Those attending the first service will gather at the tree sculpture memorial to the victims just outside New Street Station.


The event is for invited guests only and not open to the general public.


Pupils from Bishop Challoner Catholic College have been working on a song which will be performed during proceedings.

The Birmingham Irish Association, has also invited everyone to pause for a minute at 14:00 to remember the dead.


The later service at the cathedral is open to all and will feature prayers and hymns, led by the Bishop and Archbishop of Birmingham.


It will also be streamed online, external and on a screen outside.


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