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The bomb that will bring us together

Ten years ago this month members of the IRA parked an inconspicuous white van illegally on Corporation Street, just outside Marks & Spencer.

Shortly after, at 11.20am on June 15 1996, this happened:

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1goatie: I worked in a building overlooking the main entrance on George St from 1999-2007, and I saw (and had other...
Stupot: its interesting to know that such a site exist, especially so close to home but what i find intriguing the...
Lukas: I stumbled across this post because only yesterday, I found the entrance – I’d never noticed it...
Gavski: As a regular visitor to Manchester there’s certainly a lot of info to get stuck into. Not sure about...
Simon: Hey Lisa, is that Lisa the daughter of the Viking? Just an old friend from Life cafe back in the day asking ha...