1974 Bristol bombing

Provisional IRA bomb attack in Bristol March 2020 Events February 2019 the Troubles 1974 Bristol bombing ParkStreetBristol.png Park Street Bristol where the bombing took place Bristol, England 18 December 1974 7:54 pm UTC Bombing 0 20 Provisional Irish Republican Army collapsed The 1974 Bristol bombing was a twin bomb attack carried out by the Provisional IRA in a shopping street in Bristol city centre on 18 December 1974. A bomb was placed in a holdall outside Dixons Photographic shop on Park Street which exploded just before 8 pm. Nine minutes later another more powerful bomb detonated in a dustbin 30 yards away.https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19741219&id=2gorAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CJoFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6001,6139153 Bombing Blamed on IRA Reading (PA) Eagle UPI December 19, 1974 26 The blasts injured 20 people and was part of the IRA's bombing campaign in England. The IRA gave a telephone warning for the first bomb but not the second one.https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/history/bristol-bombed-ira-758106 The last time bombs went off in Bristol Joseph Wilkes-som 12 November 2017 The "come-on" tactic of a second bomb was used weeks before in a bombing in London and had been used many times before in Northern Ireland. The region was targeted by the IRA for a time. Eight days before Bristol, a bomb exploded in England at The Corridor in Bath, causing severe damage. Four days later a bomb exploded in Newport, South Wales.https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/day-clothes-shop-newport-bombed-13993135 The day a clothes shop in Newport was bombed in 1974 Marcus Hughes 13 December 2017 On 17 December 1978 Bristol was targeted by the IRA again in a bombing near Maggs Department Store in Clifton that injured at least seven people.https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1978/12/18/terrorist-explosions-injure-14-in-6-english-cities/6b65d72f-194c-491c-ad22-e86d6691918f/ Terrorist Explosions Injure 14 in 6 English Cities 18 December 1978 www.washingtonpost.com See also Chronology of Provisional Irish Republican Army actions (1970–79) References collapsed 51.4544 -2.603 type:landmark_region:GB title Category:1974 crimes in the United Kingdom Category:Improvised explosive device bombings in 1974 Category:Terrorist incidents in England Category:Terrorist incidents in the United Kingdom in 1974 Category:December 1974 in the United Kingdom Category:1970s in Bristol