"On the 8th of May, 1979, a taxi driver in Manchester, England, radioed his dispatcher to say that he could see smoke billowing from a Woolworths supermarket in the middle of the city..."<br /><br />As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make this channel possible.<br />https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror<br /><br />SOCIAL MEDIA:<br />► Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales<br />► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fascinatinghorror<br />► Suggestions: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk<br /><br />MUSIC:<br />► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory<br />► "Underworld" by Myuu<br /><br />SOURCES:<br />► "Fire!" by Paul Seaton, published in The Woolworths Museum. Link: https://www.woolworthsmuseum.co.uk/1970s-fire.htm.<br />► "'I'll Never Forget It': Manchester Remembers Tragic Woolworths Fire of 1979 That Claimed 10 Lives in Blaze" by Sarah Hodgson, published by Mancunian Matters, May 2013. Link: https://www.mancunianmatters.co.uk/life/09052013-ill-never-forget-it-manchester-remembers-tragic-woolworths-fire-of-1979-that-claimed-10-lives-in-blaze/.<br />► "Inside the Manchester Woolworths Blaze - The Fire That Claimed Ten Lives - and Changed Britain" by Rob Williams, published by Manchester Evening News, May 2019. Link: https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/inside-manchester-woolworths-blaze-fire-16214759.<br />► "Woolworths Fire: "I Will Never Forget the Sight of Her. She Had Blonde Hair and it Was Black With Smoke" by Rob Williams, published by Manchester Evening News, May 2019. Link: https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/woolworths-fire-i-never-forget-16215099.<br />► "What Happened in The 1979 Manchester Woolworth Fire?" published by BBC News, December 2012. Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-20598600.<br />► "Nostalgia: Woolworths Fire in Colchester in 1973" by Matt Plummer, published by the Essex County Gazette Standard, August 2020. Link: https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/18630139.nostalgia-woolworths-fire-colchester-1973/.<br />► "Woman Trapped by Bars in Woolworths Inferno" published by the Birmingham Daily Post, May 1979. Available via the British Newspaper Archive.<br /><br />#Documentary #History #TrueStories
