"My daughter arranged it. Directed by Teresa Hunt Cast Produced by Music by Cinematography by Film Editing by Production Management Victoria Gregory . [21], Past the playing fields, Ryan entered the town's common. front and inside pages of the newspapers 20/August/1987 copy pic David Sandison It was about 10 minutes since Mrs Jackson had asked her husband to return home and the two men had no idea of the danger into which they were heading. Ms Haslett reversed rapidly and she and her partner escaped with only minor injuries.

Ryan hadnt stopped there, though.

What happened in the woods is the clue to why the shootings happened, Prof Jackson believes. Scenes in Hungerford, Berkshire, following a gun siege in the town the day before, the event became known as the Hungerford massacre, pictured is the. "It was just routine. He said: "To see that house opposite come down was a God-send. A man has shot 14 people dead in the Berkshire town of Hungerford. She said: 'Oh no Ivor, not you.'".

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[8] He entered the store and attempted to shoot her at point-blank range; this failed when his gun apparently jammed.

[8] The Norinco was purchased from firearms dealer Mick Ranger. Another reporter followed their sister home from the hospital. The Getty Images design is a trademark of Getty Images. Then he and his brother Peter went into their home, released the dogs from the cupboard, and started to clean the blood and glass from their kitchen. "In Dunblane, it was hard to compare, as Thomas Hamilton went out and deliberately shot at children in a school. Prof Craig Jackson believes Ryan had a sexual motive. "We were all told to lie down and not move. He left his shotguns in his broken-down car, grabbed a pistol and two automatic rifles and almost immediately shot dead Roland and Sheila Mason, who were in their garden at the back of 6 South View. Ryan's mother, Dorothy, pleaded with her son to stop the shooting and was killed not far from her home in South View. En route he shot and killed two of his neighbours, Roland and Sheila Mason.

The Hungerford Massacre on August 19, 1987, saw 16 people killed in a rampage by gunman Michael Ryan. This great offer will bring down the cost of your weekly food shop. Scenes in Hungerford, Berkshire, following a shooting in the town that became known as the Hungerford massacre, on Aug. 19, 1987. I mean, there's no legitimate reason anyone would need to have a Kalashnikov - but it was legal. No firm motive for the killings has ever been established. "At the hospital, where my mum was, everyone who'd been shot had been put into the same ward. [25], Ryan next shot at George White, who had returned from Newbury having collected Marjorie Jackson's husband Ivor from work. This page was last edited on 28 May 2023, at 15:25. Shortly after 20:00, armed police entered a barricaded school room to find Ryan below the window having shot himself in the right temple. Gunman Michael Ryan shocked the country with his rampage around the quiet Berkshire town. They survived, although Alison still has a bullet inside her. "I went to help and she said Michael Ryan had shot her. "People just want to forget about it, but they can't," says Bryan Geater, whose daughter was nearly killed by gunman Michael Ryan 25 years ago. Whether Mrs Ryan truly believed her son's imaginings is impossible to tell.

Lisa Mildenhall had been in the garden with her sister and two children from another house. Boards are the best place to save images and video clips. South View became a popular haunt for tourists. "I put two and two together and assumed that the armed robbers from Froxfield had been cornered in Hungerford," he said.

2023 Getty Images. "I thought: 'How the hell can I go and see her if they're all blaming me? The local police station had only two working phone lines that day and the police helicopter was being repaired, delaying its deployment. The event became known as the Hungerford massacre. "[Mr Ryan] was quite the bully. He headed straight there and was greeted by a nurse who said Kathleen was fine and Douglas was in the operating theatre.

And strictly speaking, it was not his responsibility; Froxfield, though just outside Hungerford, was in Wiltshire rather than Berkshire and beyond the jurisdiction of Thames Valley Police. She had been to check on the building, which was just the other side of the street from her South View home, and was returning to her house for lunch when a springer spaniel ran past.

Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher visits Hungerford the day after the attack, Mrs Thatcher meets police and people affected by the incident, This aerial shot shows people fleeing the attack, A Floral tribute outside Hungerford Town Hall, A shocked policeman cradling a young girl after her father was brutally murdered, Graham Brunsden was one of many who risked their lives trying to help the victims, Vicar in church with people praying in Hungerford, Janet Mason whose parents, pensioners Roland and Sheila Mason, were among those killed, along with her husband, two children and brother Chris, Marlyne Vardy at the funeral of husband Eric, Police attend a press conference the day after the incident, Dorothy and Alfred Ryan, parents of murderer Michael Ryan. "I said I needed a bit of help at home but I didn't say what had happened. "I always encouraged him to talk about what happened, and one day he whispered to me and asked if he could use a rude word. But it appears she never contradicted him in public.

Ryan's mother consistently pandered to her husband and son so Michael saw her as someone who was there to do things for him and essentially serve him - so he felt a sense of entitlement to treat her however he wanted.". Prof Jackson also considers Ryan was heavily influenced by a mass shooting occurring 10 days earlier in Melbourne, Australia, that was reported on television in the UK. Three decades ago a gunman killed more than a dozen people in his own town in Berkshire. Following the massacre, the government came under pressure to tighten the law on gun ownership. At this point, he discarded the carbine, it having been useless since jamming in Froxfield. Then she phoned the building firm where her husband Ivor was a bricklayer, and asked for a message to be passed on. They lived a few doors from each other and their families were friends. Eventually, shots were heard coming from John O'Gaunt School. Angela Wrightson: A chaotic life and brutal death. Collect, curate and comment on your files. If it comes up, he leaves the room or goes to sit in the greenhouse. Then the radio announced the names of some of the people whod been shot, but didn't say if they were dead or alive. A right little sod. The name Hungerford has been marred by the mass shooting ever since. After the murders, the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988 was passed following a report commissioned by then-Home Secretary Douglas Hurd. "I told her he had tattoos, was about 6ft 1in and had grey hair. Mr Lepetit said: "I gave him a hand one week, and the next he shot me and set fire to my house.". When, in March 1996 Thomas Hamilton shot dead 16 schoolchildren and their teacher in the Stirling town of Dunblane, Trevor Wainwright decided to write to the Scottish police. She seemed more concerned about her trousers than her wounds. Ryan, an unemployed handyman, also injured 15 people in the horrific attack before turning the gun on himself. Browse 2,022 hungerford photos and images available, or search for hungerford berkshire or hungerford bridge to find more great photos and pictures. "It was a happy occasion and I think he felt resentful and victimised and wanted to seize control.

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[25], Near the War Memorial Recreation Grounds, Ryan shot 26-year-old Francis Butler as he walked his dog. He changed the lives of residents in the west Berkshire town forever and society's attitudes towards possessing firearms. Browse 61 hungerford massacre photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more photos and images. The Hungerford massacre remains, along with the 1996 Dunblane school massacre and the 2010 Cumbria shootings, one of the deadliest mass shootings in the UK.

"And I kept thinking, if it was true that I'd signed my dad's death warrant, it meant I'd also signed all those other people's too. "I rushed back to check on Jane and on the way I saw smoke coming up from South View [a nearby street]. CHIEF CONSTABLE THAMES VALLEY POLICE TO THE RT HON DOUGLAS HURD CBE, MP. Read more: Amazing archive photos show the changing face of Reading in the 1960s, Read more: Caversham Park Village from the air 50 years ago. An investigation after the shootings found both Dorothy and Michael Ryan had been overdrawn on their bank accounts - in Dorothy's case largely because she bought her only child a new car every two years. "I assumed it had been some sort of accident with glass and that Lisa had been cut," she says. As he drove the three-and-a-half miles a news report came on the radio about a suspected armed robbery at a petrol station in Froxfield. He can barely speak about his friend, George White. It was being chased up the road by Michael Ryan. The Jacksons remember him as being a model-railway enthusiast and "a lovely man who would help you with anything". ", PC Roger Brereton's funeral was held near Newbury. That was possibly even worse than hearing it the first time.". He says he was helped by a discovery made at the post-mortem examination - that his father had developed lung cancer. He failed to start his car, and instead returned to the house and set the living room alight using the petrol he purchased from Froxfield;[18] the resultant fire destroyed the house and three adjacent properties. PA NEWS PHOTO 29/9/87 WEAPONS USED BY HUNGERFORD KILLER MICHAEL RYAN ON DISPLAY AT A PRESS CONFERENCE IN THE BERKSHIRE MARKET TOWN PB. On that dreadful day, the Scottish town of Dunblane was the target of one madman's wrath. More information Clip length: 00:00:10:10 Location: United Kingdom Mastered to: QuickTime 8-bit Photo-JPEG SD 720x576 25i Originally shot on: 576 25i Source: He also knew the day would end in the loss of his own life, so in effect he was choosing when to die.".

13 - Victor Gibbs After abducting her at gunpoint, Ryan walked Godfrey 75100 yards (7090m) into the forest. "To step out the front door everyday and see that was a terrible reminder. Grow your brand authentically by sharing brand content with the internets creators. Rather than getting away from the carnage in South View, he started to check the houses to find and help the injured. 296,669,475 stock photos, 360 panoramic images, vectors and videos, Share Alamy images with your team and customers. A few doors down, a 14-year-old girl was staring at her legs. "She was dead on the ground, on her front just by the drive of our house. Hungerford's memorial to the 16 people who died on 19 August, 1987 By Adam Williams BBC News "People just want to forget about it, but they can't," says Bryan Geater, whose daughter was nearly. She telephoned her friend George White for help, and asked him to collect her husband Ivor from work in Newbury. With Richard Badcock, Alison Chapman, Adrian Coggins, Ian George. The gunman was reloading his weapon and Mrs Wainwright thought he would shoot at her again.

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He believes Ryan would get an illicit sexual thrill during his woodland trips and obtain pleasure and a sense of accomplishment from following and watching people unseen. A re-enactment-documentary of the Murder-Suicide rampage by Michael Ryan, carried out on the 19th August 1987, which left 17 dead (including Ryan) and 15 injured in the town of Hungerford, Berkshire.

[2] On reaching Bulpit Lane, Ryan killed taxi driver Marcus Barnard who was en route home to see family between fares. "I just started to run. [11], Ryan showed some of his firearms as well as improvised explosive devices to his colleagues at his labouring job. He cannot even pass the end of the road. His victims included his own mother and police officer Roger Brereton - who was later posthumously awarded the Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct. After all, he was in the area and knew Mrs Dean. Jack and Myrtle Gibbs were among Ryan's last victims as he entered their Priory Road detached home and shot them.

Police in action during a Gun siege in Hungerford, Berkshire, the event became known as the Hungerford massacre, 19th August 1987. News crews at John O'Gaunt School in Hungerford, Berkshire, where Michael Robert Ryan committed suicide following the Hungerford Massacre. Their friend George White, who worked with Ivor, said he'd drive him home. However, Prof Jackson said it was likely Ryan had intended to do so. I killed all those people, but I haven't the guts to blow my own brains out." From his porch bench across the road, Mr Geater looks forlornly at the new builds as he ponders the question of what the massacre means a quarter of a century later. With Tom Roberts, Sarah Britton, Alison Chapman, Liz Chapman. Nobody had any idea it would happen and I think there's absolutely no way anyone could have avoided it.".