Birmingham pub bombings: 'I woke up amongst debris and dead people'
Les Robinson described hearing a"roar".
Carol and Heather managed to struggle out, seeing a"sobbing policeman" who helped them flee, and they were taken to the General Hospital. "We realised that the wall and pillar behind us had come straight down behind us and the back wall had been blown out, which in effect turned out to be the only way out as the stairs had blown up," remembers Carol Burgess.
"We couldn't hear anything because of burst eardrums, the only thing that really worked was your smell. Carol Burgess added:"We didn't quite believe it to start with. You know these things go on but you don't believe it could happen to you."A total of 21 people were killed by the two bombs. Nineteen died on the night - eight in the Mulberry Bush and nine in the Tavern in the Town. Two more died later from their injuries.
"You try not to let it make any difference to your life," she said."Our wedding was already planned so we carried on and got married seven months later and I suppose we just tried to get on with it, really, And while she bears the scars from her injuries"physically they don't affect me in any way", she said.Les Robinson sustained significant shrapnel injuries in the bombing of the Tavern in the Town"Even to this day it gives me the most uncomfortable feeling in the world. I will ask if I'm in a place with an unattended bag, I will ask whose is that bag and if I can't find out I'm out of there.""Her name is Roz," he said.
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