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15 April 2017
« on: April 15, 2017, 09:56:51 am »
15 April 2017

Today at 3.06pm Deena and I will stand in silence at the Hillsborough Memorial, Anfield, in memory of the 96 who died at Hillsborough, 28 years ago. Since the final Memorial Service at the ground last year the inquest verdicts have been delivered, the jury found that those who died were killed unlawfully. The narrative verdict laid the responsibility for the deaths at the door of the authorities, particularly the South Yorkshire Police. Consistent with the findings of the Hillsborough Independent Panel in 2012, the jury exonerated the fans of any liability for the deaths. Today we honour the lives of the 96, those who have died prematurely as a consequence of Hillsborough, those who been subjected to the trauma of survival and the bereaved and survivors' families. I wrote Their Voices Will Be Heard for the Memorial:

Their Voices Will Be Heard

With early Spring sun came warmth and hope,
Spirits lifted through snow-capped hills
Streets alive with nervous laughter
Another adventure in another place
Vibrant voices breaking solitude’s silence

Approaching Hillsborough calm and joyous,
Walking expectantly to a Wembley Final
Safe passage ended down that fateful tunnel
In pens, like cattle, between concrete and steel
Desperate voices so cruelly silenced

From callous indifference in a gymnasium’s cold
To taking blood from the innocent, the young
Their deaths examined through a distorted lens
Rupturing further families’ broken hearts
Bereaved voices cowed by contempt

Lies tripped easily from forked tongues,
Condemning, vilifying the rescuers, the brave
Relentlessly feeding pens filled with poison
Rewriting ‘The Truth’, spreading deceit
Survival’s voices denied, dismissed

Verdicts and judgments came and went,
Lawyers and politicians minced their words
A City portrayed as wracked by self-pity
Its people’s isolation now complete
Determined voices now walking alone

Shattered by loss but unbroken in spirit
In the face of injustice you never backed down
You forced them to listen, you sacrificed your lives,
You bore witness with dignity on the day of reckoning
And their voices, your voices, have been heard

With love and respect,
Phil, Deena, Paul and Sean, our families and friends x
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Re: 15 April 2017
« Reply #1 on: April 15, 2017, 10:52:48 am »
Beautiful  :thumbup
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Re: 15 April 2017
« Reply #2 on: April 15, 2017, 11:03:15 am »
Lovely that Phil.
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Re: 15 April 2017
« Reply #3 on: April 15, 2017, 11:14:24 am »
Wonderful and moving, thank you. And I can never say it enough, thank you for all that you have done to bring the truth to the wider world.
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Re: 15 April 2017
« Reply #4 on: April 15, 2017, 11:17:35 am »
Beautiful and moving .

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Re: 15 April 2017
« Reply #5 on: April 15, 2017, 11:20:39 am »
Thank you for every thing Phil.

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Re: 15 April 2017
« Reply #6 on: April 15, 2017, 11:21:24 am »
That is lovely Phil.
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Re: 15 April 2017
« Reply #7 on: April 15, 2017, 11:28:01 am »
Lovely that Phil
And I can never say it enough, thank you for all that you have done to bring the truth to the wider world.
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Re: 15 April 2017
« Reply #8 on: April 15, 2017, 11:37:02 am »
Thanks for your dedication Phil

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Re: 15 April 2017
« Reply #9 on: April 15, 2017, 11:48:50 am »
To those who are gone, RIP.

To those who survived, YNWA.

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Re: 15 April 2017
« Reply #10 on: April 15, 2017, 12:26:11 pm »
Nice one Phil & as always eternal gratiude.
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Re: 15 April 2017
« Reply #11 on: April 15, 2017, 12:39:40 pm »
Thank you Phil, God bless.

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Re: 15 April 2017
« Reply #12 on: April 15, 2017, 12:52:05 pm »
Thank you
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Re: 15 April 2017
« Reply #13 on: April 15, 2017, 12:57:18 pm »
Well written piece.thank you
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Re: 15 April 2017
« Reply #14 on: April 15, 2017, 01:13:43 pm »
For all you have done,

Thank you
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Re: 15 April 2017
« Reply #15 on: April 15, 2017, 01:20:13 pm »
Thank you Phil.
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Re: 15 April 2017
« Reply #16 on: April 15, 2017, 01:26:03 pm »
Great piece, thanks for posting it Phil.
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Re: 15 April 2017
« Reply #17 on: April 15, 2017, 01:34:07 pm »
Tremendous.
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Re: 15 April 2017
« Reply #18 on: April 15, 2017, 01:35:40 pm »
Lovely, thanks for posting.

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Re: 15 April 2017
« Reply #19 on: April 15, 2017, 01:49:41 pm »
Wonderful Phil, thank you for your dedication to the cause of justice.

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Re: 15 April 2017
« Reply #20 on: April 15, 2017, 02:03:55 pm »
Thanks for this Phil
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Re: 15 April 2017
« Reply #21 on: April 15, 2017, 02:09:11 pm »
Thanks Phil.
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Re: 15 April 2017
« Reply #22 on: April 15, 2017, 04:49:28 pm »
Thank you Phil.
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Re: 15 April 2017
« Reply #23 on: April 15, 2017, 05:18:02 pm »
Thanks mate, great words.

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Re: 15 April 2017
« Reply #24 on: April 15, 2017, 08:24:30 pm »
Thank you phil.ynwa
Justice for the 97
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Re: 15 April 2017
« Reply #25 on: April 15, 2017, 10:29:10 pm »
Great words from a great man. YNWA
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Re: 15 April 2017
« Reply #26 on: April 15, 2017, 10:43:58 pm »
You're a great person, Phil. Beautiful!
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Re: 15 April 2017
« Reply #27 on: April 16, 2017, 06:32:41 am »
so moving.thankyou

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Re: 15 April 2017
« Reply #28 on: April 16, 2017, 06:46:36 am »
Thank you...

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Re: 15 April 2017
« Reply #29 on: April 16, 2017, 12:30:02 pm »
Nothing to add to what has already been said above , but thanks Phil - for everything.
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