Talk:1976 Olympia bombing

Personal experience
I was there as a teenager with my father. We had spent lot of time in the food hall: the bomb was at the Cross and Blackwell stand. I had a free sample of soup (typical teen!) and put my papercup in the bin. I noticed there was a large cardboard box in it. I held the bin open for someone else and commented how the bin had been filled up. We were just walking away from food Hall when there was a large bang. Someone shouted quiet, and then everyone out.

We descended in the lift but other people had not heard the explosion. We were wondering if the bang had been a small gas cylinder or similar as there was no tannoy announcement and whether we should go back up. The tannoy announcement to leave was about 5-10 minutes after the explosion. We realized next day from Daily Express what a close shave we had had. Unsurprisingly, bins were removed from future exhibitions.

It is etched in my memory. I heard that the man who served me at the stand sadly lost a leg (I have no reference to confirm this)

Not sure if any of this is relevant but feel free to use any info if appropriate. Apologies if inappropriate post. 51.9.79.142 (talk) 07:23, 22 April 2022 (UTC)