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The IRA's year of carnage: It's 50 years since the Guildford pub bombings appalled Britain. But, as JONATHAN MAYO reveals, it was just one outrage among many in 1974 which saw Harrods in flames, hundreds injured - and 41 dead
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October 10, 2024
Last Saturday marked 50 years since the Provisional Irish Republican Army's infamous Guildford pub bombings that left five dead. It was one of the bloodiest and most spectacular atrocities in what went on to become the deadliest year of the Troubles in mainland Britain. Forty-one civilians and soldiers were killed in 1974, while hundreds more were injured in a series of attacks. Jonathan Mayo tells the story of the IRA's year of terror...