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Birmingham Pub Bombings
  • Tavern in the Town, Pub. Bomb Damage, Fire Brigade Police Investigation, 23rd November 1974. Birmingham Pub Bombings 1974. Tavern in the Town, a central Birmingham pub, bombed 21st November 1974, one of several bombings. Altogether, 21 people were killed and 182 people were injured. (Photo by Birmingham Post and Mail Archive/Mirrorpix/Getty Images)
  • File photo dated 22/11/74 of bomb damaged and shattered bus shelter in New street, Birmingham, after two pubs were bombed. The inquest into the Birmingham pub bombings opens at Birmingham Civil Justice Centre today.
  • File photo dated 22/11/74 of the aftermath of the fatal bomb attack on the Mulberry Bush pub in Birmingham. West Midlands Police said a 65-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the murders of 21 people in the 1974 pub bombings in Birmingham.
  • File photo dated 22/11/74 of a mass of rubble, the remnants of the Mulberry Bush pub in Birmingham, one of the two pubs in Birmingham where bombs exploded. The inquest into the Birmingham pub bombings opens at Birmingham Civil Justice Centre today.
  • File photo dated 22/11/74 of the wreckage left at The Tavern in the Town pub in Birmingham after a bomb exploded in an underground bar. The inquest into the Birmingham pub bombings opens at Birmingham Civil Justice Centre today.
  • Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh visits the scene of the Birmingham Pub Bombings, 25th November 1974. (Photo by Staff/Mirrorpix/Getty Images)
  • Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh visits the Mulberry Bush pub, one of the scene's of the Birmingham Pub Bombings, 25th November 1974. (Photo by Staff/Mirrorpix/Getty Images)
  • The Birmingham pub bombings took place on Thursday 21st November 1974 and were attributed to the Provisional IRA. The devices were placed in two central Birmingham pubs: the Mulberry Bush at the foot of the Rotunda, and the Tavern in the Town, a basement pub on New Street. The resulting explosions, at 20:25 and 20:27, 21 people were killed (ten at the Mulberry Bush and eleven at the Tavern in the Town) and 182 people were injured. A third device, outside a bank on Hagley Road, failed to detonate. Pictured: Scenes outside court where men accused of bombings were being arraigned, 25th November 1974. (Photo by Birmingham Post and Mail Archive/Mirrorpix/Getty Images)
  • Damage and debris at the Mulberry Bush, location of one of the two pub bombings on 21st November 1974, in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, 23rd November 1974. The bombings, which were attributed to the Provisional IRA, took place in two central Birmingham pubs, killing 21 and injuring 182 people. (Photo by David Cairns/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
  • Damage and debris at the Mulberry Bush, location of one of the two pub bombings on 21st November 1974, in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, 23rd November 1974. The bombings, which were attributed to the Provisional IRA, took place in two central Birmingham pubs, killing 21 and injuring 182 people. (Photo by David Cairns/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
  • A police officer stands before the damage caused by one of the two pub bombings which hit the city on 21st November 1974, in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, 23rd November 1974. The bombings, which were attributed to the Provisional IRA, took place in two central Birmingham pubs, killing 21 and injuring 182 people. (Photo by Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
  • The Birmingham pub bombings took place on Thursday 21st November 1974 and were attributed to the Provisional IRA. The devices were placed in two central Birmingham pubs: the Mulberry Bush at the foot of the Rotunda, and the Tavern in the Town, a basement pub on New Street. The resulting explosions, at 20:25 and 20:27, 21 people were killed (ten at the Mulberry Bush and eleven at the Tavern in the Town) and 182 people were injured. A third device, outside a bank on Hagley Road, failed to detonate. Pictured: A fireman searches through the wreckage of the Mulberry Bush pub underneath the Rotunda in Birmingham City Centre, 22nd November 1974. (Photo by Arthur Sidey/Mirrorpix/Getty Images)
  • Tavern in the Town, Pub, 22nd November 1974. Police officers inspect bomb damage. Birmingham Pub Bombings 1974. The Tavern in the Town, a central Birmingham pub was bombed 21st November 1974, one of several bombings. Altogether, 21 people were killed and 182 people were injured. (Photo by Birmingham Post and Mail Archive/Mirrorpix/Getty Images)
  • 22nd November 1974: Firemen survey the damage outside the Birmingham pub, 'Tavern in the Town', after an IRA bomb blast. (Photo by Wesley/Keystone/Getty Images)
  • 22nd November 1974: The wrecked interior of the Mulberry Bush public house, Birmingham, after the explosion of a bomb planted by the IRA. Another bomb exploded on the same night (21st November) at the Tavern in the Town, Birmingham. 19 people lost their lives in the two explosions and many were injured. (Photo by Wesley/Keystone/Getty Images)

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