{"id":841,"date":"2021-01-16T17:53:27","date_gmt":"2021-01-16T17:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saintpaulschurch.org.uk\/?page_id=841"},"modified":"2021-01-19T18:53:54","modified_gmt":"2021-01-19T18:53:54","slug":"bomb","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.saintpaulschurch.org.uk\/?page_id=841","title":{"rendered":"Bomb"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">A Bomb in our Parish<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\"><font color=\"red\">O<\/font>n 12 October 1984 at 2.54 am in the Grand Hotel Brighton the IRA exploded a semtex bomb which had been planted the previous month and set on a long-delay timer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"49\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saintpaulschurch.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Bomb01.gif\" alt=\"Bomb - title\" class=\"wp-image-846\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"253\" height=\"223\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saintpaulschurch.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Bomb02.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-847\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The hotel was full of that year\u2019s Conservative Party conference, including most of the Cabinet and the Prime Minister herself, who was the principal target.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bomb had been hidden in the fittings under her bath and destroyed the bathroom barely two minutes after she had left it to continue working on her conference speech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both Mrs. Thatcher&nbsp; and her husband escaped injury but five people were killed and over 30 were injured by the bomb.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The next day the IRA claimed responsibility, and said that they would try again. Their statement famously included the words:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong><em>Today we were unlucky, but remember we only have to be lucky once.&nbsp; You will have to be lucky always.<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the number of dead and wounded and the frantic uncertainty at that time, Mrs. Thatcher began the next session of the conference at 9.30am that day as scheduled.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She began her address saying:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong><em><strong><em>The attack failed. All attempts to destroy democracy by terrorism will fail.<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"143\" height=\"164\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saintpaulschurch.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Bomb03.jpg\" alt=\"Bomb - Fr Milburn\" class=\"wp-image-848\"\/><figcaption><em>Fr. John Milburn<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bomb also affected many people in the neighbourhood.&nbsp; Our vicar, Fr. John Milburn, was blown from from his bed by the blast. The next morning he led prayers at the start of the conference session. After a frantic and distressing night he called for calm in&nbsp; front of the world\u2019s press and television.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was not only the Grand Hotel that was ruined. Along the West side of the block was Grosvenor House, an old folks home with close connections to S Paul\u2019s, where the choir went to sing carols every Christmas. The building was seriously damaged and had to be closed. The residents, including the octegenarian Miss Kemp, in her wheelchair a regular communicant to S Paul\u2019s, had to leave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Grand Hotel later extended over the site.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"432\" height=\"297\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saintpaulschurch.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Bomb04.jpg\" alt=\"Bomb - The Grand\" class=\"wp-image-849\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saintpaulschurch.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Bomb04.jpg 432w, https:\/\/www.saintpaulschurch.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Bomb04-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"45\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saintpaulschurch.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Bomb05.gif\" alt=\"Bomb - Pie Jesu\" class=\"wp-image-850\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The following Sunday S Paul\u2019s offered a requiem for the victims of the bomb. It was attended by members of the Cabinet, led by John Selwyn Gummer, chairman of the Conservative Party and at that time a staunch Anglo-Catholic. The choir sang the requiem setting by Gabriel Faur\u00e9.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Margaret Thatcher later attended S&nbsp;Paul\u2019s for a small ceremony to unveil a plaque to commemorate the dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"289\" height=\"389\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saintpaulschurch.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Bomb06.jpg\" alt=\"Bomb - Memorial Brass\" class=\"wp-image-851\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saintpaulschurch.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Bomb06.jpg 289w, https:\/\/www.saintpaulschurch.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Bomb06-223x300.jpg 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 289px) 100vw, 289px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>In Proud Memory<br>Anthony Berry \u00b7 Muriel Maclean<br>Jeanne Shattock \u00b7 Eric Taylor<br>and Roberta Wakeham<br>who died in the Brighton bombing<br>October 12th&nbsp; 1984<br>They paid the price of Freedom<br>+ Requiescant in Pace&nbsp; +<\/em><\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"428\" height=\"305\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saintpaulschurch.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Bomb07.jpg\" alt=\"Bomb - Memorial Brass\" class=\"wp-image-852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saintpaulschurch.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Bomb07.jpg 428w, https:\/\/www.saintpaulschurch.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Bomb07-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.saintpaulschurch.org.uk\/?page_id=488\">\u25c4 return to Heritage<\/a> <br><a href=\"#TOP\">\u25c4 return to top<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color is-style-wide\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Bomb in our Parish On 12 October 1984 at 2.54 am in the Grand Hotel Brighton the IRA exploded a semtex bomb which had been planted the previous month and set on a long-delay timer. 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