Includes principal points relating to the Disaster from the South Yorkshire Police and security procedures for the force's archives connected with the Disaster.
File labelled "Home Office Operational Policing Policy Unit"; Includes the following items: Letter from Hammond Suddards to the Stuart-Smith Scrutiny regarding the disclosure of [South Yorkshire Police] Statements to the Scrutiny, 11th November 1997; Letter from Hammond Suddards to the Stuart-Smith Scrutiny relating to a report by Hammond Suddards on amending South Yorkshire Police witness statements before submission to West Midlands Police, includes guidance for preparing Witness Statements for use in civil proceedings, 20th January 1998; Fax copy of letter from Chief Constable Richard Wells, South Yorkshire Police to Paul Paugh Head of Operational Policing Policy Unit, Home Office regarding the publication of evidence used during the Stuart-Smith Scrutiny, 9th February 1998; Attendance notes for 29th- 30th April, 2nd and 9th May 1989; Correspondence between Hillsborough Family Support Group, HM Coroner, Hammond Suddards, Paul Paugh Head of Operational Policing Policy Unit, Home Office and South Yorkshire Police regarding the release of Witness Statements and documents to the House of Commons Library. Also correspondence relating to the release of papers while the Director of Public Prosecutions reviews the case following the Private Prosecution, May - October 1998; Copies of South Yorkshire Police Officer's reports, correspondence relating to Parliamentary Questions from Maria Eagle MP regarding the release of Hillsborough documents and financial assistance to police officers in legal proceedings, November 1998 - January 1999. ... more
Regarding the alleged changing of statements and coaching of officers prior to the Taylor Inquiry and disclosure of documents. Includes Officer's reports, Witness Statements and Coroner's Inquest transcripts. ... more
Includes copies of Lord Justice Taylor Interim and Final Reports. Correspondence giving permission to release statements and correspondence with the Hillsborough Family Support Group.
File consists of correspondence between South Yorkshire Police and the Hillsborough Scrutiny Team, Wickenworth Pemberton Solicitors (South Yorkshire Police's legal representatives for the Stuart-Smith Scrutiny), the Hillsborough Family Support Group and other general parties. ... more
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
This file includes the following items: Brief to Counsel representing Sheffield City Council at the Lord Justice Taylor Inquiry as present to the court on the 28th April 1989, 26 April 1989. Committee of Inquiry into Crowd Safety and Control at Sports Grounds Interim and Final Reports (Popplewell Report) 1986. Green Guide to Safety at Sports Grounds, 1986. General Safety Certificate - Sheffield Wednesday Football Club Safety Certificate, 1979. Legislation relating to Safety at Sports Grounds Acts with notes relating to Hillsborough Stadium. Second Draft Statement of David Bownes, Chief Licensing Officer, Administration and Legal Department, Sheffield City Council and Document summary sheets of documents submitted to Lord Justice Taylor Inquiry, with annotations. Investigation notes of Hillsborough Stadium by R.M. Ford [Environmental Health, Sheffield City Council], 15 - 19 April 1989. Newspaper cuttings relating to safety at Sports Grounds Act in relation to Hillsborough Stadium. Correspondence from Sheffield Wednesday Football Club to South Yorkshire County Council and South Yorkshire Police to The Football Association relating to crushing at the 1981 FA Cup Semi Final at Hillsborough. Plans of Hillsborough Stadium West Stand including Terraces and Turnstiles. ... more
Pugh, Mr Paul