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Easter - Turf Moor 1971
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Re: Easter - Turf Moor 1971
Brilliant photos.
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Re: Easter - Turf Moor 1971
Bloody hell, KKK and the Nazis. No wonder Burnley has a bad name
Re: Easter - Turf Moor 1971
Erm. What's happening in that last photo?
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Re: Easter - Turf Moor 1971
Nothing to see here.
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Re: Easter - Turf Moor 1971
Man's inhumanity to man still prevails 2,000 years after the Crucifixion of Christ as depicted in the Good Friday tableaux at Turf Moor by SS men killing Jewish prisoners in cold blood.
From a much longer article by Winifred Bose. Pictures by Gerry Bradley:
Turf Moor Football Ground rang to the sound of about 3,000 voices during community hymn singing on Good Friday, 9th April 1971, at the first united service of its kind to be held in Burnley. A wide cross section of religious bodies were represented at the service, in spite of cold, overcast weather, to make the event a probably forerunner of many more. Clergymen and ministers of different denominations were present in large numbers, along with civic dignitaries and prominent towns people. Many families attended with toddlers and babies in arms. Schools, churches, youth clubs, the Boys' and Girls' Brigades, St John Ambulance, the Salvation Army, and many more other local and district organisation were well represented. Community hymn singing was led by Mr Herbert Wilkinson to the accompaniment of the Salvation Army Band, and the service was broadcast live on Radio Blackburn. A collection was taken to defray expenses, and any surplus money will be given to Christian Aid.
The scene was dominated by a huge orange cross on the terrace at the far end of the field and at three, the traditional hour of the death of Jesus, Fr John Neville of St Mary's RC Church read from the scriptures and the congregation stood for two minutes silence. White-robed disciples appeared on the terraces to carry away the Pieta and the lone figures of Mary and St John were left standing by the cross. A procession, led by a cross-bearer approached the cross, including volunteers taking part in the various dramatic representations of the relevance of the Cross in modern life. The procession broke up into groups and became SS guards, Ku Klux Klan members, Ulstermen and workmen and executives. But the message of the service was unity, and as the crowd gave full voice to "The Strife is O'er, the Battle Won," the actors came together again at the foot of the cross in a true symbol of unity. Fr John Cayton, Vicar of St Catherine's Church, who organised the dramatic presentations, said he was very pleased with the way the drama side went and that people were enthusiastic for something similar to happen next year.
From a much longer article by Winifred Bose. Pictures by Gerry Bradley:
Turf Moor Football Ground rang to the sound of about 3,000 voices during community hymn singing on Good Friday, 9th April 1971, at the first united service of its kind to be held in Burnley. A wide cross section of religious bodies were represented at the service, in spite of cold, overcast weather, to make the event a probably forerunner of many more. Clergymen and ministers of different denominations were present in large numbers, along with civic dignitaries and prominent towns people. Many families attended with toddlers and babies in arms. Schools, churches, youth clubs, the Boys' and Girls' Brigades, St John Ambulance, the Salvation Army, and many more other local and district organisation were well represented. Community hymn singing was led by Mr Herbert Wilkinson to the accompaniment of the Salvation Army Band, and the service was broadcast live on Radio Blackburn. A collection was taken to defray expenses, and any surplus money will be given to Christian Aid.
The scene was dominated by a huge orange cross on the terrace at the far end of the field and at three, the traditional hour of the death of Jesus, Fr John Neville of St Mary's RC Church read from the scriptures and the congregation stood for two minutes silence. White-robed disciples appeared on the terraces to carry away the Pieta and the lone figures of Mary and St John were left standing by the cross. A procession, led by a cross-bearer approached the cross, including volunteers taking part in the various dramatic representations of the relevance of the Cross in modern life. The procession broke up into groups and became SS guards, Ku Klux Klan members, Ulstermen and workmen and executives. But the message of the service was unity, and as the crowd gave full voice to "The Strife is O'er, the Battle Won," the actors came together again at the foot of the cross in a true symbol of unity. Fr John Cayton, Vicar of St Catherine's Church, who organised the dramatic presentations, said he was very pleased with the way the drama side went and that people were enthusiastic for something similar to happen next year.