Definitely beforehand. It was the keen wits of the local law who caught the bombers and foiled the gasworks plot. Could've been a lot worse without police intervention. At the time, I recall a conversation with friends when we said the IRA weren't going to like that. There'd be consequences. Nobody envisaged what followed though.

But it was certainly a revenge attack, returning to Warrington...

Same here, it doesn't sit easy with me at all.

I had no problem with it. It was a story that needed telling to a new generation, and a timely reminder for those older also. It had the blessing of the Parry family, and was written by a local lad, Nick Leather, so its heart is firmly in the right place. The Peace Centre provided direction throughout as well. There was nothing sensational or titillating about it. Nothing indecent, provocative or improper. But it was hard as hell to watch, undoubtedly for those of us with connections to the town and, harder still, the families directly affected by the atrocity.

Nothing short of brilliant dramatization.

Yes Rocky.
And with some of us that have met the Parry's....how good was the characters acting of them!?

And in contrast.... I saw this on the BBC and thought you should see it: BBC presenter Rachael Bland dies aged 40 - www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-45410652 That was heartbreaking reading for me. Especially the birthday presents for her son.

And in contrast.... I saw this on the BBC and thought you should see it: BBC presenter Rachael Bland dies aged 40 - www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-45410652 That was heartbreaking reading for me. Especially the birthday presents for her son.

As a family we indirectly knew the Parry's. Mum and Dad went to night school learning French with Colin and Wendy, and Dom (and later Tim) went to my Sea Scout Troop, the 10th Warrington, who met in the scout hut next to the Woodys every Friday night. So we had connections. But years later I did a number of events with Wendy at the Peace Centre. The performances of Mays and Maxwell Martin are flawless. Mays impression and voice of Colin, Maxwell Martin's mannerisms of Wendy. Yeesh.

Have followed the Bland story for a while, as always listened to her on Five Live. Awfully sad story. What an incredible woman.