 here, Bradford city chaplain welcom to our 35th anniversary remembrance year of the Bradford city fire and we do indeed comedie to remember the 56 and also the 265 lives that were injured that day just a couple of thoughts really I was a young guy 14 nearly 15 at the time one of the things that was just incredible last year was to see literally thousands of a gweld i'n gyrswyr hwnnwau i'r unrhyw bryd yn ymwneud i'r cyfnodd yma yma yw'r unrhyw hwnnw yn y gweithio fel y newydd Cymru. Mae'n gyrswyr hwnnw yn fawr oedd bryd i'w amser, o ran yn ymwneud i'r holl o'ch ddweud yma yma, a'r holl o'n fathio i'r holl o'r holl o'ch ddweud o'r holl o'ch ddweud, ac nid i'n gweithio i'r holl o'ch ddweud o'r holl o'ch ddweud i'w amser, ffans ydyn nhw'n amser gydag i gweithio gyrddol i gael ffawr a'r hollion ddweud y byddwyd â'r ymddangos y ddy nid gan ymddangos. Felly gallwn y gallwn cymryd eich arlawn i ddweud hynny'n gallu chef, gallwn cofio'r gweithio? Fe'r gweithio'r gweithio a ddyn nhw'n bod y gallwn gwneud yma yn mynd yn yr hwnnw. Mae'r tyfi arhefion y plwyd cymaint o'n ei syniad mwy fyddio'r gyflym yn Silwyr mewn Gwyrddol yn Brathfood. ac mae'n fwyaf y cyflwytaeth i gyfathoron i'r cwmau, mae'n gwybod yma yn ddiwedig yn ymddangos, yn ymddangos, yn ymddangos ymddangos y Bradford cyflwytaeth. Mae'n gwybod yma'r ddweud o'r gwaith cyflwytaeth, yw'n gwybod yma'r gwaith ar gyfer yr adnod, ac mae'r ddweud o'r gwaith i gynnydd i gael gwybod. Mae'n gwybod i'n gwybod i'r panffans oedd yn ymddangos cyflwytaeth, a gydag yma yma ymddangos ar gyfer yr adnod mewn gwybod i'r gwaith, I have come to remember the 56, and all the lives that were impacted by that day peers in the surrounding areas. I also want to think about the injured you know I remember maybe a year, 18 months after the fire being at Tong Recreation Centre a young girl, not even in her teens who came to go swimming and the husch Tones when we saw how badly he burned her legs. I know of the family members have been touched by that day. Fireno d Nicolas went Ghana when it got alright, Ffraeg, mae'r 56 a'r vi yn rhan o'r llyfrennu, allan nhw'n ddim yn rhan, a'r gweithio'r rhan o'r tîm mwyaf o'r cymdeithas o'r fflaes o'r rhaglen o'r cyffredin. I am ddod, Ffraeg, mae'n ddod i'n ddod i'n ddod i'n ddod i'r llyfrinn. Mae'n ddod i'n ddod i'n ddod i'n ddod i'n ddod i'n ddod. a we say it as a city we will never forget the 56 we will always remember. I want to just close with a prayer. We remember the lives of all those who died in the fire of 1985. We give thanks to God for what they meant to us as families and friends and colleagues and for the ways in which those lives enriched our own lives and we give thanks to God also for what might have been. God in your mercy, hear our prayer. Our prayers go out to you this morning as we remember the 56. Thank you very much. Hello everybody, I'm councillor Doreen Lee and I am the current Lord Mayor of Bradford City, Bradford District. Marking the anniversary of the Bradford City fire disaster on the 11th of May every year is one of the most poignant gatherings in the district's calendar and this year marks the 35th anniversary of the fire. On the 11th of May we will stand with quiet dignity what many of us value most is being able to remember our loved ones together and with many others who have been similarly affected. Coming together in grief and sorrow and remembrance is a very important way of coping with our loss as is the sharing of our memories and the meeting up with familiar faces and other people touched by the tragedy. This year, given the Covid-19 pandemic, we are very sadly unable to come together as we normally would. And although we might not be able to stand alongside one another as in years past, we can still come together spiritually as a district and remember the 56 people who tragically lost their lives. The scores of others injured and scarred and the family and friends and colleagues who lost their loved ones. We have given quiet support to one another across three and a half decades and I am sure will continue to do just that both today and in the future. The bells of city hall will ring abide with me and you'll never walk alone and although centenary square may be empty, I know right across our district we will be stopping to remember everybody touched by that devastating spring afternoon in 1985, an afternoon that changed our city forever. I will be holding you in my thoughts and prayers as I know you will be with one another. I hope that the fact that we stand together figuratively, if not physically, will provide us all with some strength and some comfort on this sad day. A reading from the Hebrew scriptures from Psalm 121, I lift up my eyes to the hills from where will my help come, my help comes from the Lord who made heaven and earth. He will not let your foot be moved. He who keeps you will not slumber. He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord is your keeper. The Lord is your shade at your right hand. The sun shall not strike you by day nor the moon by night. The Lord will keep you from all evil. He will keep your life. The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore. Thanks be to God. We are remembering in our prayers the families and friends of those who lost their lives and were injured in the valley parade fire on the 11th of May 1985. Professional football teams give towns and cities something more than entertainment. They create a sense of community. Through their supporters and also the outreach that they do into the local area. Actually cities live their football teams. As an avid football fan for over half a century, I feel the results and the ups and downs of every local team that I've ever had. And tragic events like the Bradford fire go deep into the memory of a place. In Bradford Cathedral there is a memorial plaque erected in appreciation of the generosity of people from all over the world who contributed to a disaster appeal and raised four and a half million for the bereaved and the injured. It was an act of kindness and generosity born of togetherness. Today we're seeing that again as we struggle with the effects of coronavirus and see the generous response to Captain Tom Moore's initiative for the National Health Service. Human beings exhibit their best in the face of hardship. But they also find themselves looking for inspiration. Centres ago the poet who wrote Psalm 121, our reading today, finds inspiration in the hills surrounding ancient Jerusalem. Creation does that for us. There's something about landscapes that can point us towards the very character of God, stable, faithful, unchanging, whatever the weather. This is the God who is ever present to all of us in our joys and sorrows. May God bless you on this day of memories. I'm especially grateful for the Valley Parade Fire Memorial Service this year because it feels like an important reference point. It's as if the world has changed since the Covid virus took hold and we went into lockdown. It's like we're living in another country. But in this new country there are still points of reference for us in Bradford and this memorial is one of the most powerful. Remembering the 56 who died from Bradford and Lincoln in that horror 35 years ago today. Remembering the 265 who were injured and the many, many more who still live with pain and terrible memories. But today is a reference point also because it reminds us that as horrific and dark as that moment was, there were also quite extraordinary points of light, acts of bravery, heroism, care, compassion and faith that also remain. We need those reference points because we are now in a time of darkness as well. People we love have died. Others are struggling for breath or fighting their way back to health even as we speak. Some people's livelihoods are on the line. So I've got something here, a legacy of that terrible moment in our history as a city. You know what this is. You may even have worn one of them 35 years ago. It's a Bradford sling. You know the story how almost all of the casualties were taken from the fire to the BRI burns unit. There hundreds received surgery within only a few days from Professor Sharp and others. Many of the burns were to the hands and they had to be elevated. So Professor Sharp came up with this brilliant idea, simple but brilliant, some foam rubber, some straps and some Velcro. And you know too how that brilliant idea travelled out from Bradford and went around the world so that today, even as we speak, there are people who've never heard of Yorkshire who are wearing a Bradford sling. I believe in a God who brings light from darkness, hope from despair, life from death. That's the story of Jesus. That's the story of Easter that we celebrated just a couple of weeks ago. I also believe in this city, a city of entrepreneurs like Professor Sharp or the staff currently at the BRI who got a local gin distillery to deliver a consignment of proof alcohol to sterilise their PPE equipment or who designed another ventilator that uses less oxygen to help their COVID patients. That for me is the reference point of this memorial service. It's not that Bradford doesn't have any pain, but it's that Bradford knows how to take that pain and craft it to make something which is not just a blessing for us here, but a blessing for the world. At this place of enduring memorial in the heart of our city, let us pray. Let us remember the lives of all those who died in the fire of 1985. And as we give thanks to God for all they meant to us and for the ways in which their lives enriched our life. So also we give to God all that might have been. God in your mercy, hear our prayer. For all those caught up in the disaster, for those who still carry scars in their body, in their mind, for the bereaved and all those struggling with sorrow, that each might know the light of God's presence and his hope. God in your mercy, hear our prayer. We pray for those who take part in sport. We pray for the safety and care of all who play sport and for all who support them in our own country and around the world. God in your mercy, hear our prayer. We give thanks for the people of Bradford and especially for the community that live around the stadium and who opened their doors in compassion and service that day. We give thanks for the city of Lincoln and we pray for their civic authorities, for their football clubs, for their shared concern and their well-being, for mutual understanding to grow so that burdens may be shared and our cities bound together as places of hope. Lord in your mercy, hear our prayer. We pray for one another, for the days that lie ahead of us, that we may use them wisely in the service of God's and of one another. Support us, dear lords, each day of our lives until the shadows lengthen and the evening comes, the busy world is hushed, the fever of life is over and our work done. Then, lords, grant us safe lodging, a holy rest and peace at the last through the love and mercy of God. Amen. And so we gather our thoughts and prayers together as we join together and say, our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory forever and ever. Amen. So let us honour and pray for all those we remember this day as we hold a minute's silence. Amen. I remember the 35th anniversary of the dreadful fire of Bradford Stadium. Chris and I have been honoured to attend the Bradford Memorial for the past two years and we are so sorry not to be with you this year. A big thank you to the person who is laying the flowers as a remembrance of the friendship between Bradford and Lincoln. My thoughts and prayers are particularly with the families and the friends of the Bradford victims and also for the young people who have never got to meet them. All of the people I'm thinking of with you today as we battle the tragedy of loss caused by COVID-19 and the financial and personal cost to so many in Bradford and Lincoln. I know we will be strong in our mutual determination to support our vulnerable and the NHS. Lincoln football supporters still talk to me about the loss of their friends in the Bradford fire and also with the Stacey West stand at the football ground they continue to remember Bill Stacey and June West who were lifelong fans of Lincoln. And we also remember the 54 Bradford supporters and all those who were injured. Although the virus is keeping us apart this year I hope and pray that we can actually turn our message into a personal message when we visit you next year. On behalf of York Shambles Service we remember the 56 lives lost and hundreds injured in the Bradford City Fire 35 years ago. The tragedy marked a dark day in the city and was a worst fine disaster in the history of British football. Many of our staff were involved in responding to the incident on the day and it is something I know has stayed with them throughout their careers. Let those who perished never be forgotten. On the 11th of May 1985 54 Bradford City fans and two Lincoln City fans sadly lost their lives and 250 people were seriously injured in a fire at Bradford City's football stadium. This was indeed a challenging and poignant incident for West Yorkshire Fan Rescue Service and it had a huge impact on many firefighters across the organisation as it did for many services and agencies who attended on that tragic day. Each year we remember the bravery and heroism of individuals who on that day tried in vain to save more lives with very little thought for their own safety. This included other football fans, police, fire and ambulance crews and indeed some of the football players and club officials themselves. The memories of those fans who died is something that West Yorkshire Fire Rescue Service paid tribute to each year and would normally come together with the people of Bradford and other emergency services to pay their respects. This year will feel different as we cannot come together as a community as we'd like because of the impact of the Covid pandemic. However it's still really important for us to mark this 35th anniversary and we will do so by laying Reeves in private ceremonies at both the football ground and in Centenary Square and this will be done over the coming days. Our thoughts and prayers at this time are with the 56 people the fans who lost their lives along with their families. We also pay tribute to Bradford City Football Club and Lincoln City Football Club along with everybody else who were affected by this tragedy. Take care and stay safe. Hi, my name's Steve Greenbank and I'm Chief Inspector for Neighbor Police in Bradford. Last year I had the honour of laying the Reeves for West Yorkshire Police in the memorial in Centenary Square, Bradford. On 11 May 1985 supporters attended a game of football, a valley parade and 56 supporters did not go home. It was supposed to be a day of special celebrations and the football played that year under Trevor Cherry was brilliant. I was a 12 year old boy straight away and I was able to go home. I was one of the lucky ones. A supporter of Bradford City and Lincoln will not forget the day a day of celebration ended in devastation. I worked with police officers in my police career who worked at the ground that day and carried the scars throughout their career. I have neighbours that have also lost their bloods in that fire. Clearly under the COVID restrictions we cannot attend a memorial in person this year. But we can all still pay our respects. The 56 that died that day will never be forgotten by the City of Bradford and Lincoln. Hello everyone. I'm Ije Mohajun, Professor of Plastic Surgery and Director of Research at the Plastic Surgery and Balancer Research Unit at the University of Bradford and Consultant of Plastic Surgery at Bradford Teaching Hospitals. The month of May is a particularly sad month in our calendar every year as we remember the 56 and countless others who were affected by the disaster at Bradford 35 years ago. As you know, the research unit was established by my predecessor Professor David Shaw following the Bradford fire. Since then we have carried out research work in our labs at the University of Bradford to help improve scarring and wound healing in patients suffering from burns and trauma. I'm proud to say that we have been able to produce some very high quality research that has been published and presented at various national and international meetings and has won us various accolates as put us on the international lab in Plastic Surgery. All this will not have been possible without your support. I'm very grateful to you for it. 35 years down the line, Bradford now faces another health care crisis. At the Bradford Royal Infirmary, we have been working with the University of Bradford at the Bradford Royal Infirmary. We are having to deal with the disease for which we don't even have a cure. 128 patients have died in Bradford alone and thousands over the UK. The irony is that these deaths could have been completely avoided if everybody takes the role seriously in preventing the spread of the virus. The only way we can protect ourselves from this is by staying at home and staying safe at the moment. As the lockdown has lifted in the coming days, it is vital that we continue to respect social distancing and take the usual precautions for months to come until we are over the situation. Today, we remember the 56. But let us also remember the thousands who have succumbed to COVID-19 and over 100 healthcare professionals who have lost their lives in looking after these patients. We will never forget the 56 that we lost 35 years ago. Like these 56 candles, may their light shine forever. So let's receive God's blessing. God bless the survivors, the families of those who lost their lives, all those who continue to carry the physical and mental and emotional pain of those events 35 years ago. May God bless you, all those who continue to carry the physical and mental and emotional pain of those who continue to carry the physical and mental pain. May God bless you with his comfort and his presence. God bless this great and precious city. Bless Lincoln. Bless Ham. And those other places represented here virtually today with God's peace and prosperity. God bless all of you and all those whom you love living and departed this day and always. Amen.