Annual Memorial Service to remember those killed in the M62 bomb attack

A memorial service to mark the 41st anniversary of the M62 coach bomb that killed 12 people was held at Hartshead Moor service station.
By The Newsroom
Published 1st Feb 2015, 10:09 BST
rossparry.co.uk/Paul Macnamara Forty years on from the M62coach bombing, families gather at Hartsead Moor service station on the M62 to commemorate the soldiers who died on the motorway in the IRA coach bombing of $th Febuary 1974.rossparry.co.uk/Paul Macnamara Forty years on from the M62coach bombing, families gather at Hartsead Moor service station on the M62 to commemorate the soldiers who died on the motorway in the IRA coach bombing of $th Febuary 1974.
rossparry.co.uk/Paul Macnamara Forty years on from the M62coach bombing, families gather at Hartsead Moor service station on the M62 to commemorate the soldiers who died on the motorway in the IRA coach bombing of $th Febuary 1974.

On Monday February 4, 1974, a 50lb IRA bomb ripped through the coach carrying service personnel, their wives and families along the M62 between Birstall and Birkenshaw, reducing the vehicle to a twisted heap of metal.

The memorial took place from 10.15am - 11.15am this morning (February 1).

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