Part II details the history of Sheffield Wednesday Football Club, examining its experiences in handling major functions including previous FA Cup Semi Final matches, traffic routes to Sheffield, allocation of ends of grounds to competing teams and the confusion caused by ticket markings and poor signage. This part of the report also details stadium characteristics, including the turnstiles, the concourse and Western terraces and the Safety Certificate for crowd capacities; (Report pages 23 - 68) Report Part II. Including alphabetical List of witnesses at the public inquiry and list of documents numbered 44 to 108; (Statement pages 752 - 818) Typed Witness Statements of supporters who have attended previous FA Cup Semi Final matches at Hillsborough in 1956, 1981, 1987 and 1988: Sunderland supporter (Statement number S3115); Tottenham Hotspur supporter (Statement number S945); Turnstile Operator (Statement number S961); Tottenham Hotspur supporter (Statement number S2907); Leeds United supporter (Statement number S1119); Neutral supporter (Statement number S1138); Liverpool supporter (Statement number S2431); Liverpool supporter (Statement number S1251); Liverpool supporter (Statement number S3147); Liverpool supporter (Statement number S3502); Liverpool supporter (Statement number S3656); Liverpool supporter (Statement number S1995); Liverpool supporter (Statement number S1679); (Statement pages 819 - 869) Typed Witness Statements relating to the allocation of ends for supporters at Hillsborough in 1989: Graham Kelly, Chief Executive of the Football Association (Statement number S1320); Glen Kirton, Head of External Affairs of the Football Association (Statement number S1198); Stephen Richard Clark, Competition Secretary of the Football Association (Statement number S1327); Peter Beckett Robinson, Chief Executive and Company Secretary of Liverpool Football Club (Statement number S2525); Chief Superintendent Brian Mole, South Yorkshire Police (Statement number S1134); Assistant Chief Constable (Operations) Walter Jackson, South Yorkshire Police (Statement number S416); (Statement pages 870 - 897) Typed Witness Statements relating to traffic arrangements to Hillsborough in 1989: Traffic Engineer Sheffield City Council (Statement number S1413); Highway Engineer (Statement number S517); Liverpool Supporter (Statement number S214); Liverpool Supporter (Statement number S252); Liverpool Supporter (Statement number S331); (Statement pages 898 - 1015) Typed Witness Statements relating to the confusion of ticket markings at Hillsborough 1989: Liverpool supporter (Statement number S440); , Liverpool supporter (Statement number S1143); John Morgan, Police Constable, South Yorkshire Police (Statement number S1156); Liverpool Supporter (Statement number S1263); Liverpool supporter (Statement number S3223); Liverpool supporter (Statement number S1544); D. Scholey, Police Constable, South Yorkshire Police (Statement number S2204); Detective Superintendent Graham McKay, South Yorkshire Police (Statement number S706); Liverpool Supporter (Statement number S1547); Liverpool supporter (Statement number S1629); Liverpool supporter (Statement number S2380); Liverpool supporter (Statement number S2699); Liverpool supporter (Statement number S3574); Liverpool supporter (Statement number S1604); (Statement pages 1016 -1056) Typed Witness Statements relating to the stadium characteristics of the Hillsborough ground. Dr Wilfred Eastwood, Engineer Consultant (Statement number S2332); (Statement pages 1057 - 1095) Typed Witness Statements relating to the Police Control Room at Hillsborough; Harold Guest, Police Constable, South Yorkshire Police (Statement number S670); Electronic engineer (Statement number S669); Disc Jockey (Statement number S3199 ); Liverpool supporter (Statement number S2518); Liverpool supporter (Statement number S2314); Liverpool supporter (Statement number S1581); (Statement pages 1095 - 1104) Typed Witness Statements relating to the First Aid Room at Hillsborough. Peter Wells, Divisional Superintendent of St Johns Ambulance (Statement number S756); (Statement pages 1105 - 1118) Typed Witness statements relating to the BBC Cameras at Hillsborough in 1989: N3196, BBC producer (Statement number S504); John Motson, BBC Broadcaster (Statement number S534); (Statement pages 1119 - 1128B) Typed Witness Statements relating to the Safety Certificates of Hillsborough. Superintendent (Operations) Terence Willis Stuart, South Yorkshire Police (Statement number S2410); Liaison Officer (Statement number S1837); N7772, Police Sergeant, South Yorkshire Police (Statement number S3172). ... more
Correspondence between South Yorkshire Police, West Midlands Police, HM Coroner (South Yorkshire: West District), Families of the deceased, Crown Prosecution Service, Hillsborough Family Support Group, ACPO, solicitors [representing families of the deceased, South Yorkshire Police and other parties]; Includes, Requests of information relating to requests from the Coroner's Inquests of Sarah and Victoria Hicks, Paul Carlile and Adam Spearritt (1990 - 1991); Correspondence between ACPO and Hillsborough Family Support Group relating to the financial assistance from Police Authorities for Greenwood, Murray and Duckenfield (1998 - 1999); Correspondence relating to request from Hillsborough Family Support Group requesting the release of original witness statements, documents and electronic documents retained on Holmes for use in the Committal Bundle at Leeds Magistrates' Court following Stuart Smith Scrutiny; Requests for specific witness statements; Witness Summons of South Yorkshire Police to produce documents at Leeds Magistrates' Court; Papers relating to the costs of providing copies; Request of copy of Actions issued in relating to the Hillsborough Disaster; Request for David Duckenfield and Bernard Murray's Briefing notes; Request for original Operational Order; Transcript of 3 September 1999 before Justice Hooper Regina v Murray and Duckenfield in the High Court of Justice, Leeds, order for South Yorkshire Police to make available copies of documents requested by Hillsborough Family Support Group on 20 August 1999; Copy of Letters from Nicholson, Health and Safety Executive to Assistant Chief Constable Mervyns Jones, West Midlands Police relating to the removal of broken crush barrier 124A, July 1989."; ... more
This subject was addressed in the Stuart-Smith Scrutiny. Includes Officer's Reports, Witness Statements and correspondence between the Hillsborough Scrutiny Team, South Yorkshire Police and their Solicitors, Hammond Suddards. ... more
This subject was not addressed in the Stuart-Smith Scrutiny. Includes briefing notes and correspondence between the Hillsborough Scrutiny Team and South Yorkshire Police.
Documents 1576 - 1748; Correspondence, memoranda and other documents between South Yorkshire County Council, City of Sheffield Metropolitan District, South Yorkshire Police, Chief Fire Officer, South Yorkshire Metropolitan Ambulance Service, Sheffield Wednesday Football Club, Eastwood and Partners, and others. Concerning the application from Sheffield Wednesday Football Club for a Safety Certificate under the Safety at Sports Ground Act, 1975 (and Revised 1986) and ongoing improvements to the ground following the issue of the safety certificate; 1576. Letter from F. A. Mallett, Chief Executive, South Yorkshire County Council to Eric England, Secretary Sheffield Wednesday Football Club, enclosing guidance notes for the application for the Hillsborough Stadium Safety Certificate, 20th July 1978; 1577. Letter from Home Office to Secretary Sheffield Wednesday Football Club regarding the 1978 Designation Order, with procedure regarding applications for Safety Certificates, 23rd August 1978; 1578. Home Office Circular 136/78: The Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) Order 1978, 23rd August 1978; 1579. Completed Sheffield Wednesday Football Club Application for Safety Certificate, 8th September 1978; 1580. Incomplete Application for Safety Certificate, [1978]; 1581. Extract of The Safety of Sports Ground Regulations 1976, [1976.] ; 1582. Extract of The Safety of Sports Ground Regulations 1975, Chapter 52, [1975]; 1583. Extract of The Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) Order 1978; 1584. Letter from F. A. Mallett, Chief Executive, South Yorkshire County Council to Eric England, Secretary Sheffield Wednesday Football Club confirming receipt of Sheffield Wednesday Football Club's application for General Safety Certificate, 13th September 1978; 1585. Letter from F. A. Mallett, Chief Executive, South Yorkshire County Council Eric England, Secretary Sheffield Wednesday Football Club to arrange preliminary meetings, 30th November 1978; 1586. Letter from Eastwood and Partners to Eric England, Secretary Sheffield Wednesday Football Club to arrange a survey of the Hillsborough Stadium, 4th December 1978; 1587. Letter from Eastwood and Partners to Eric England, Secretary Sheffield Wednesday Football Club regarding the survey of the Hillsborough Stadium. With letter from Sheffield Wednesday to Eastwood and Partners stating that they have been commissioned to undertake the survey for the Certificate, 14th November - 1st December 1978; 1588. Letter from Eastwood and Partners to Eric England, Secretary Sheffield Wednesday Football Club regarding the process of the survey of the Hillsborough Stadium, 6th November 1978; 1589. Letter from Eastwood and Partners to Hucklow Engineering Company Ltd, regarding drawings by Husband and Company which may be needed in connection with Sheffield Wednesday's application for a Safety Certificate, November 1978; 1590. Letter from F. A. Mallet, Chief Executive South Yorkshire County Council to Eric England, Secretary Sheffield Wednesday Football Club regarding the Officer Working Party meeting to be held on the 13th December 1978. Enclosing draft Safety Certificate forms, 8th December 1987; 1591. Minutes of meeting of the Officer Working Party and Sheffield Wednesday Football Club, 13th December 1978; 1592. Eastwood and Partners Report of South Yorkshire County Council on Ground Capacity of Sheffield Wednesday Football Club in connection with the Application for Certificate of Ground Safety, January 1979; 1593. Examination and testing of electrical installation at Sheffield Wednesday Football Club by Eastwood and Partners, Sheffield, 12th March 1979; 1594. Minutes of meeting of the Officer Working Party and Sheffield Wednesday Football Club, 2nd April 1979; 1595. Minutes of meeting of the Officer Working Party and Sheffield Wednesday Football Club, 18th April 1979; 1596. Letter from F. A. Mallett, Chief Executive, South Yorkshire County Council formally issuing the General Safety Certificate, 21st December 1979. [The Certificate is not present at time of cataloguing.] ; 1597. Letter from Eastwood and Partners to David Vaughan, South Yorkshire County Council regarding testing crush barriers at Hillsborough Stadium, 5th July 1980; 1598. Letter from F. A. Mallett, Chief Executive South Yorkshire County Council to Eastwood and Partners regarding future Safety Certificates, 18th July 1980; 1599. Letter from Eastwood and Partners, Sheffield to Eric England, Secretary Sheffield Wednesday Football Club, regarding inspection with Licensing Authority, 22nd August 1980; 1600. Safety Certificate issued by Eastwood and Partners, Sheffield following retesting the crush barriers, 12th August 1980; 1601 - 1602. Report of Annual Inspection of Hillsborough Stadium as required by the Certificate of Ground Safety by Eastwood and Partners, Sheffield, 11th September 1980; 1603. Electrical Inspection of Hillsborough Stadium on behalf of Eastwood and Partners, Sheffield, 11th August 1980; 1604. Emergency lightning Inspection and Test Certificate of Hillsborough Stadium on behalf of Eastwood and Partners, 11th August 1980; 1605. Letter from Eastwood and Partners to Eric England, Secretary Sheffield Wednesday Football Club, regarding the financial situation with regard to the South Stand rewiring and other electrical repair work, 30th September 1980; 1606 - 1607. Letter from Eastwood and Partners to Eric England, Secretary Sheffield Wednesday Football Club regarding, letter received from D. Vaughan, South Yorkshire County Council 7th November 1980 concerning additional conditions of the General Safety Certificate, 7th - 12th November 1980; 1608. Letter from Eastwood and Partners to D. Sherriff, Sheffield City Council Building Surveyor, regarding the condition of the roof on the South Stand at Hillsborough Stadium, 19th December 1980; 1609. Eastwood and Partners Report on Sheffield Wednesday Football Club Inspection of roof of part of South Stand, January 1981; 1610. Letter from F. A. Mallett, Chief Executive, South Yorkshire County Council to Eric England, Secretary Sheffield Wednesday Football Club announcing inspection of Hillsborough Stadium, 12th January 1981; 1611. Confirmation from Eastwood and Partners that fire alarm installation and modifications to the public address system were complete during 1980, 16th January 1981; 1612. Letter from F. A. Mallett, Chief Executive, South Yorkshire County Council to Eric England, Secretary Sheffield Wednesday Football Club regarding annual certificate for electrical power supplies, 27th January 1981; 1613. Letter from Eastwood and Partners to Eric England, Secretary Sheffield Wednesday Football Club regarding instructions for testing exit signs, communication systems and fire alarms, 30th January 1981; 1614. Minutes of meeting of the Officer Working Party and Sheffield Wednesday Football Club, 10th February 1981; 1615. Minutes of meeting of the Officer Working Party and Sheffield Wednesday Football Club, 17th April 1981; 1616. Eastwood and Partners notes on the general operation of the public address system, 10th April 1981; 1617. Minutes of meeting of the Officer Working Party and Sheffield Wednesday Football Club, 8th June 1981; 1618. Letter from Eastwood and Partners to Sheffield City Council Building Surveyor regarding the steel roof on the South Stand, 18th June 1981; 1619. Letter from Eastwood and Partners to D. Vaughan, South Yorkshire County Council, following visit by Vaughan to Hillsborough on the 8th June 1981, 18th June 1981; 1620. Letter from F. A. Mallett, Chief Executive, South Yorkshire County Council to Eastwood and Partners regarding the proposals of radial barriers on the West Terrace and Security gates around the North Stand, 14th September 1981; 1621. Results of Annual Inspection of Hillsborough Stadium as required by the Safety Certificate by Eastwood and Partners, 1st October 1981; 1622. Minutes of meeting of the Officer Working Party and Sheffield Wednesday Football Club, 4th February 1982; 1623. Minutes of meeting of the Officer Working Party and Sheffield Wednesday Football Club, 24th August 1982; 1624. Results of Annual Inspection of Hillsborough Stadium as required by the certificate of Ground Safety by Eastwood and Partners, 8th September 1982; 1625. Letter from F. A. Mallett to Eric England, Secretary Sheffield Wednesday Football Club regarding problems with fire routine and emergency evacuation procedures, 27th September 1982; 1626. Minutes of meeting of the Officer Working Party and Sheffield Wednesday Football Club, 11th August 1983; 1627. Results of Annual Inspection of Hillsborough Stadium as required by the certificate of Ground Safety by Eastwood and Partners, 29th August 1983; 1628. Letter from K. Jones, Divisional Commander, Fire Service Department, South Yorkshire County Council stating that the public address system was checked at Hillsborough on the 29th October 1983, 31st October 1983; 1629. Correspondence between from Eric England, Secretary, Sheffield Wednesday Football Club and H. W. Wright, Chief Fire Officer, South Yorkshire County Council regarding the appraisal of emergency procedures at Hillsborough Stadium, 7th - 13th October 1983; 1630. Minutes of meeting of the Officer Working Party and Sheffield Wednesday Football Club, 29th February 1984; 1631. Results of crush barrier testing of Hillsborough Stadium 1984 by Eastwood and Partners, 25th July 1984; 1632. Minutes of meeting of the Officer Working Party and Sheffield Wednesday Football Club, 9th August 1983; 1633. Letter from Eastwood and Partners to Richard Chester, Secretary Sheffield Wednesday Football Club regarding possible schemes for perimeter fences along the South and North Stands, 25th April 1985; 1634. Letter from Eastwood and Partners, Sheffield to Richard Chester, Secretary Sheffield Wednesday Football Club, regarding alarm points and fire extinguishers, 20th September 1985; 1635. [Popplewell Report] Committee of Inquiry into Crowd Safety and Control at Sports Grounds Final Report, 1986; 1636. [Popplewell Report] Committee of Inquiry into Crowd Safety and Control at Sports Grounds Interim Report, July 1985; 1637. Letter from Eastwood and Partners to Richard Chester, Secretary Sheffield Wednesday Football Club regarding gate bolt devices, 22ndApril 1986; 1638 - 1639. Letter from Eastwood and Partners to Richard Chester, Secretary Sheffield Wednesday Football Club regarding Home Office document on Fire Safety at Sports Venues, with document enclosed, 14th July 1986; 1640. Correspondence between Eastwood and Partners and Richard Chester, Secretary Sheffield Wednesday Football Club sending copies of the General Safety Certificate, 17th - 22nd July 1986. [The Certificate is not attached]; 1641 - 1642. Correspondence between D. Bownes, Head of Administration and Legal Department, Sheffield City Council and [Richard Chester] Secretary Sheffield Wednesday Football Club regarding their application for an increase capacity of the new Spion Kop discussed at the General Purposes meeting of the 21st August 1986, 14th - 17th August 1986; 1643. Letter from Eastwood and Partners to Richard Chester, regarding the existing Safety Certificate of Hillsborough Stadium before the next is issued, 10th September 1986; 1644. Eastwood and Partners Report of Crush Barrier Testing 1986 of Hillsborough Stadium, 20th September 1986; 1645 - 1646. Correspondence from Eastwood and Partners to Richard Chester, Secretary Sheffield Wednesday Football Club regarding work done to remove the crush barriers at the Leppings Lane Terraces by George Shaw Engineering Ltd, 1st October 1986; 1647. Letter from D. Bownes, Head of Administration and Legal Department, Sheffield City Council to Eastwood and Partners regarding the role of the County Council as Building and Certificate Authority, 23rd October 1986; 1648. Report by Eastwood and Partners regarding the South Stand roof in relation to snow load, 19th December 1986; 1649. Letter from Eastwood and Partners to Graham Mackrell, Secretary Sheffield Wednesday Football Club stating when crush barriers at Hillsborough are tested, 1st January 1987; 1650. Letter from Eastwood and Partners to H. McGee, Chairman, Sheffield Wednesday Football Club enclosing Department of Land and Planning Building Surveyor's Division report to the General Purposes Committee on Sheffield Wednesday Football Club's structural conditions of the South Stand, February 1987; 1651. Letter from Eastwood and Partners to [Graham Mackrell], Secretary Sheffield Wednesday Football Club with update on the South and North Stand roofs and the entrance to the Car park of Penistone Roof, 12th February 1987; 1652. K. L. Mettam, South Yorkshire County Fire Service Divisional Commander to David Bownes, Head of Administration and Legal Department, Sheffield City Council, Sheffield following inspections of Hillsborough Stadium on the 17th November 1986, 18th February 1987; 1653. Letter from member of the public [Coventry City supporter] expressing concern over the safety of the Spion Kop, 21st April 1987; 1B5B5B8654 - 1655. Letter from member of the public expressing concern over the safety of the Spion Kop. With Letter from Eastwood and Partners to Graham Mackrell, Secretary Sheffield Wednesday Football Club following inspection, 19th March 1987; 1656. Letter from Eastwood and Partners to Graham Mackrell, Secretary Sheffield Wednesday Football Club regarding the regularity of Safety Certificate meetings, 1st June 1987; 1657. Eastwood and Partners Report of Crush Barrier Testing 1986 of Hillsborough Stadium, 1st August 1987; 1658. Letter from Graham Mackrell, Secretary Sheffield Wednesday Football Club to Roger Pearson Head of Administration and Legal Department, Sheffield City Council confirming Sheffield Wednesday has a copy of the Green Guide, 15th - 23rd October 1987; 1659. Letter from Eastwood and Partners to Graham Mackrell, Secretary Sheffield Wednesday Football Club regarding modifications to the public address system at Hillsborough Stadium, 29th December 1987; 1660. Letter from Eastwood and Partners to Graham Mackrell, Secretary Sheffield Wednesday Football Club regarding gate release devices, 15th January 1988; 1661. Letter from Eastwood and Partners to David Bownes, Head of Administration and Legal Department, Sheffield City Council reporting fire safety in terms of safety at sports grounds Act 1975, 3rd February 1988; 1662. Letter from Eastwood and Partners to Graham Mackrell, Secretary Sheffield Wednesday Football Club regarding gate release devices, 21st March 1988; 1663, 1669. Correspondence from Eastwood and Partners, Sheffield to S.G.S. Inspection Service Ltd, Birmingham and Graham Mackrell, Secretary Sheffield Wednesday Football Club regarding S.G.S equipment for crush barrier testing, 18th April - 4th May 1988; 1664 - 1665. Correspondence from Husband and Co, Consulting engineers and Engineers and architects to Sheffield Wednesday Football Club and BBC Television regarding request to inspect the South Stand TV Camera Platform, 8th April 1988; 1666. Report of I.E.E Testing and Inspection by H. E. Barnes (Electrical) Limited of Hillsborough Stadium, 21st April 1988; 1667 - 1668. Correspondence regarding the Inspection of emergency lighting at Hillsborough Stadium by South Yorkshire County Fire Service carried out on the 13th March 1988, 22nd - 29th April 1988; 1670. Letter from Eastwood and Partners to H. McGee, Chairman Sheffield Wednesday Football Club regarding the remodelling and reroofing of the Spion Kop Stand, 14th July 1988; 1671. Eastwood and Partners Report of Crush Barrier Testing 1986 of Hillsborough Stadium, 2nd August 1988; 1672. Estimate by Bownes and Company Limited for work on the installation of sub main cable for proposed DS sound system equipment in the Sound Box at Hillsborough Stadium, 9th September 1988; 1673, 1680, 1682. Correspondence between from Eastwood and Partners to Graham Mackrell, Secretary Sheffield Wednesday Football Club regarding the tender of the I. E. E. Certification, 6th - 20th September 1988; 1674. Quotation from Bownes and Company Limited for work on fire alarm report and survey, 3rd October 1988; 1675. Letter from Eastwood and Partners to Specialist Welding and Engineering Services Ltd regarding barrier repairs on the Spion Kop, 1st December 1988; 1676 - 1678. Correspondence between Sheffield Wednesday Football Club and Bownes and Company Ltd regarding payment for the I. E. E Certification work, 8th November 1988; 1679. Letter from Eastwood and Partners to Graham Mackrell, Secretary Sheffield Wednesday Football Club regarding the electrical supplies for the PA/ police cabin, 4th October 1988; 1681, Draft of Order between Sheffield Wednesday Football Club and Bownes and Company Limited for the repairs and upgrading of the electrical installations at Hillsborough Stadium, 19 September 1988; 1683. Eastwood and Partners, Sheffield Memorandum regarding the Ground Inspection 18 July [1988]; 1684. Hand written notes on the sequence of events regarding the electrical installations, 12 February - 23 August 1988; 1685. Report of Annual Inspection of Hillsborough Stadium by Eastwood and Partners, 2 August 1988; 1686, Invitation of Tenders for the repairs and upgrading of the electrical installations at Hillsborough Stadium, 29 July 1988; ; 1687. Letter from N[?], Eastwood and Partners, Sheffield to Specialist Welding and Engineering Services Ltd, Sheffield regarding Gate 4, Leppings Lane Terraces door release, 25 July 1988; 1688. Eastwood and Partners, Sheffield Memorandum of meeting with Graham Mackrell, Secretary Sheffield Wednesday Football Club, 20 June 1988; 1689. Instructions from Eastwood and Partners, Sheffield to specialist Welding and Engineering Services Ltd, Sheffield regarding work on the Gate release devices at Hillsborough Stadium, 9 May 1988; 1690. Letter from Sheffield Wednesday Football Club to Eastwood and Partners, Sheffield regarding emergency lighting tests, 6 May 1988; 1691. Record of telephone message between N[?], Eastwood and Partners, Sheffield and Specialist Welding and Engineering Services Ltd, Sheffield, 4 May 1988; 1692 - 1693. Emergency Lighting Test of Hillsborough Stadium by South Yorkshire Fire Service, 15 March 1988; 1694 - 1697. Correspondence between Sheffield Wednesday Football Club, Eastwood and Partners, Sheffield and Husband and Co, Sheffield regarding the TV camera platform on the South Stand, 8 - 22 April 1988; 1697. Record of telephone message between N[?], Eastwood and Partners, Sheffield and [Inspector] Calvert, South Yorkshire Police, Sheffield, 4 May 1988; 1698. Letter from Eastwood and Partners, Sheffield to Graham Mackrell, Secretary Sheffield Wednesday Football Club regarding payment for I. E. E. testing and inspection, 20 April 1988; 1699. Record of telephone message between N[?], Eastwood and Partners, Sheffield and Bownes and Company Ltd, Sheffield regarding the electrical inspection, 20 April 1988; 1700. Record of telephone message between N[?], Eastwood and Partners, Sheffield and Graham Mackrell, Secretary Sheffield Wednesday Football Club, Sheffield regarding the electrical inspection, 19 April 1988; 1701. Confirmation from Bownes and Company Ltd, Sheffield that the electrical inspection has been completed at Hillsborough Stadium, 18March 1988; 1702. Record of telephone message between N[?], Eastwood and Partners, Sheffield and Graham Mackrell, Secretary Sheffield Wednesday Football Club regarding The Electrical Certificate, 18 April 1988; 1703 - 1704.Correspondence between from Graham Mackrell, Secretary Sheffield Wednesday Football Club and N[?], Eastwood and Partners, Sheffield regarding Gate release devices, 21 23 March 1988; 1705. Record of telephone message between N[?], Eastwood and Partners, Sheffield and Barnes Electrical Ltd, Sheffield regarding the I. E. E. Certificate, 15 March 1988; 1706. Record of telephone message between N[?], Eastwood and Partners, Sheffield to Graham Mackrell, Secretary Sheffield Wednesday Football Club regarding the cost of repair the gates and changing mesh, 15 March 1988; 1707. Record of telephone conversation between N[?], Eastwood and Partners, Sheffield and N[?] regarding meeting with [South Yorkshire] Police 15 March 1988; 1708 - 1710. Record of telephone conversation between N[?], Eastwood and Partners, Sheffield and Specialist Welding and Engineering Service Ltd, Birmingham regarding the fitting of gate release devices, 4 March 1988; 1711. Letter from Eastwood and Partners, Sheffield to Graham Mackrell, Secretary Sheffield Wednesday Football Club regarding work carried out under the I. E. E. Certificate, 26 February 1988; 1712 - 1714. Letters from Barnes Electrical Ltd, Sheffield and Hall and Stinson Ltd, Sheffield to Eastwood and Partners, Sheffield regarding estimate for an inspection and test of Electrical installations at Hillsborough Stadium. With reply from Eastwood and Partners, Sheffield 24 - 26 February 1988; 1715. Letter from Eastwood and Partners, Sheffield to Specialist Welding and Engineering Service Ltd, Birmingham regarding the fitting of gate release devices, 26 February 1988; 1716. Record of telephone message between N[?], Eastwood and Partners, Sheffield and Graham Mackrell, Secretary Sheffield Wednesday Football Club regarding the fitting of gate release devices, 25 February 1988; 1717. Record of telephone message between N[?], Eastwood and Partners, Sheffield and Inspector Clive Calvert arranging a meeting to look at gate release devices, 23 February 1988; 1718. Letter from Eastwood and Partners, Sheffield to David Bownes, Head of Administration and Legal Department, City of Sheffield Metropolitan District, Sheffield reporting fire safety in terms of safety at sports grounds Act 1975, 3 February 1988; 1719. Minutes of meeting between the Officers Working Party and Sheffield Wednesday Football Club, 18 April 1979; 1720. Minutes of meeting between the Officers Working Party and Sheffield Wednesday Football Club, 2 April 1979; 1721. Notes of meeting 11 April 1979 at Hillsborough Stadium regarding the application for Safety Certificate, 13 April 1979; 1722 - 1724. Minutes of meeting between the Officers Working Party and Sheffield Wednesday Football Club, 12 November, 18 December 1979, 10 April 1980; 1725 - 1726. Letter from City of Sheffield Metropolitan District Council to Graham Mackrell, Secretary Sheffield Wednesday Football Club reporting the City Council's Building Surveyor and Health and Consumer Services Department comments on the condition of Hillsborough Stadium following Annual Inspection With reply from Eastwood and Partners, Sheffield stating work completed, 4 December 1987 - 15 January 1988; 1727. Letter from South Yorkshire County Fire Service to David Bownes, Head of Administration and Legal Department, City of Sheffield Metropolitan District, Sheffield regarding inspection of Hillsborough Stadium on 17 November 1986, 18 February 1987; 1728. Letter from Eastwood and Partners, Sheffield to Graham Mackrell, Secretary Sheffield Wednesday Football Club regarding safety work of 1987, 1 June 1987; 1729. Letter from City of Sheffield Metropolitan District Council to Secretary Sheffield Wednesday Football Club reporting the police and fire service's comments on the condition of Hillsborough Stadium, 22 April 1987; 1730. Letter from City of Sheffield Metropolitan District Council to Graham Mackrell, Secretary Sheffield Wednesday Football Club reporting the City Council's Building Surveyor and Health and Consumer Services Department comments on the condition of Hillsborough Stadium following Annual Inspection, 4 December 1987; 1732 - 1733. Investigation notes of Hillsborough Stadium by R.M. Ford [Environmental Health, Sheffield City Council], 15-18 April 1989; 1734. Plans by Sheffield Health and Consumer Service of Central Pen West Stand Hillsborough; Typical detail of perimeter fence and [typical barrier construction] ; 1735. West Midlands Police Memorandum from Chief Superintended D. J. Baker and Assistant Chief Constable Mervyn Jones reporting the findings following the preliminary investigation of the Original Safety Certificate and correspondence and plans held by Sheffield City Council, 2 May 1989; 1736 - 1738. Correspondence between Assistant Chief Constable Mervyn Jones, Hillsborough Inquiry Team West Midlands Police, Birmingham and H. M. Webster, Acting Head of Department, Administration and Legal Department, City of Sheffield Metropolitan District, Sheffield regarding West Midland Police' examination of papers relating to Sheffield Wednesday Football Club's General Safety Certificate as supplied by Sheffield City Council for the Police Inquiry, 4 - 15 May 1989; 1739. Letter from South Yorkshire Police Authority, Barnsley to Chief Constable South Yorkshire Police regarding policing of football matches, 11 August 1987; 1740. Action of P. T. Jackson, Acting Principle Officer Environmental Protection Unit, Health and Consumer Service, Sheffield City Council [during and in the immediate aftermath of the Hillsborough Disaster], 3 May 1989; 1741. Initial consideration following Inspection of the West Terrace at Hillsborough Stadium by P. T. Jackson, Acting Principle Officer Environmental Protection Unit, Health and Consumer Service, Sheffield City Council, 16 April 1989; 1742 - 3. Letter by member of the public, sat in the North Stand, Sheffield to Lord Justice Taylor, Sheffield commenting on his experiences of the 1989 FA Cup Final and points to be drawn to the attention of the police investigation, 22 May 1989; 1744. List of specific requirements of the Safety Certificate [1989] ; 1745. Not present at time of cataloguing. August 2010; 1746. Eastwood and Partners, Sheffield Drawing 11424/6 Plan of barrier arrangement in the West Stand at the end of March 1978. Scale 1:200; 1747. Eastwood and Partners, Sheffield Drawing 11424/7 Plan of barrier arrangement in the West Stand at the end of 1980. Scale 1:200; 1748. Eastwood and Partners, Sheffield Drawing 11424/8 Plan of barrier arrangement in the West Stand at the end of March 1989. Scale 1:200. ... more
Includes a list of South Yorkshire Police officers who maybe called upon to given evidence with details of attending presentations in preparation for the Inquiry. Also includes Document Record Print from HOLMES Incident I05. ... more
Evidence of Chief Inspector Roy Waring, South Yorkshire Police Evidence of Detective Superintendent Graham McKay, South Yorkshire Police Evidence of Chief Inspector Robert Wallace Creaser, South Yorkshire Police ... more
Includes memos from South Yorkshire and Merseyside Police, Police Complaints Authority relating to the Police Complaints Authority's decision not to proceed with disciplinary action against the South Yorkshire Police officers. Relates to the end of the inquests and the action to follow after. Minutes regarding payments for legal requirements of police officers. Correspondence regarding Mr Trevor Hicks with regard to the aftermath of the inquiry. Papers relating to the defence of the Police against possible charges connected with the disaster; ... more
This File contains Correspondence, Statements taken by South Yorkshire Metropolitan Ambulance Service, Press Releases, Agenda for Trent Regional Health Authority meeting, Papers relating to the M1/Air Crash, Tally of Press calls, working hand written notes. ... more
This File contains the following items:
1. Hand written Recollections by South Yorkshire Metropolitan Ambulance Service employees.
2. Copy correspondence from Scottish Ambulance Service to Secretary of the Scottish Football League and Secretary of Scottish Football Association regarding the Scottish Ambulance Service position in relation to the recommendations contained in the Taylor Interim Report (September 1989).
3. Letter from Scottish Ambulance Service to Scottish Home and Health Department detailing response of the Taylor Inquiry (March 1990).
4. South Yorkshire Metropolitan Ambulance Service Interim Recommendations (4 copies).
5. Papers relating to the Trent Regional and Mersey Regional Health Authorities at The Inter Regional Symposium, 19 June 1990: The Hillsborough Stadium Disaster The Lessons for Health Care- Includes Presentation notes, Scenario exercise, Letter of invitation from Trent Regional Health Emergency Planning Officers (June 1990).
6. Hillsborough Interlink: Magazine by and for those affected by Hillsborough, Issues 4 and 5 (February and April 1990).
7. Facsimile copy sent to South Yorkshire Metropolitan Ambulance Service by West Yorkshire Metropolitan Ambulance Service of from page of [London] Evening Standard (18 April 1989). ... more
The types of actions typically found include: following up on a telephone call with a house visit, taking a statement or questionnaire from someone who has been in touch with the police or was identified as at the match by another party. The documents are updated by the officer undertaking the action with the outcome and cross-referenced to any supporting documents, such as statements or questionnaires. ... more
Papers regarding the disaster including correspondence regarding donations to the Hillsborough Disaster Appeal by other Council's and individuals and funding of West Midlands Police's Inquiry, Internal Sheffield City Council Memorandum and reports and copies of newspaper and magazine articles
Page 94 of this document is a photocopy of a letter partly obscured by a compliment slip. The page as it appears is exactly the same as the paper copy. Page 95 is a photocopy of a letter, which may be the complete version of the letter on page 94. ... more
McKay, Detective Superintendent Graham