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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp
I remember there was a murder on Garden Street many years ago and that caused quite a sensation at the time.
I also remember someone being accidentally shot in the stomach in Huncoat, at a bus stop in Lowergate Rd. That must have been in the 60s. That was a dramatic event.
Nowadays things like that hardly get a mention they are so commonplace.
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there was a murder on blackburn rd under th railway arch,(stabbing about july 1963) a scotch lad,was stabbed by an asian,who then got jailed for manslaughter(never did understand that one)i was15 at the time,on holiday with my parents,was on national tv by the way its fact (i knew him)there was also one in the 70s by a coalman,its nowt new.also a few more i can't recall at the moment.