Red Herrings
Where history gets messy and the law gets loud.
Brittany and Joccoaa take turns serving up shocking crimes and unforgettable legal battles. One brings the past, the other brings the courtroom — and together, they bring the chaos.
It’s smart, a little unhinged, and full of twists you won’t see coming.
Red Herrings
A Sofa Standard... And Why it Exists
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Welcome to Red Herrings!
This week, Joccoaa tells us about a fire whose flames did more than destroy a building, they ignited a change in the law.
We’re uncovering the story of the Woolworths Fire, a disaster that changed safety laws forever and left a lasting impact on everyone who remembers it.
Hosted by: Brittany Warren & Joccoaa Gray
Sound Engineer & Co-host: Christopher Brown
Edited by: Joccoaa Gray
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Sources:
Sources:
British Newspaper Archive
Burgoynes.com https://burgoynes.com/Media/pdf/woolworths-manchester-1979.pdf
Fire Brigades Union - https://www.fbu.org.uk/history/woolworths-fire-manchester
Fire Industry Association - https://www.fia.uk.com/news/blogs/on-this-day-forgotten-disasters-woolworths-fire.html
Judiciary.uk - https://www.judiciary.uk/courts-and-tribunals/coroners-courts/coroners/
Manchester.gov.uk - https://www.manchester.gov.uk/directory_record/212373/coroners_records
Manchesterfire.gov.uk - https://manchesterfire.gov.uk/news/40th-anniversary-of-woolworths-fire-in-manchester/
A Scientific Article by Tetyana Morgun for the University of Canterbury Fire Engineering Conference, 2017, named, Fire Evacuation Analysis of The Manchester Woolworths Fire Using Network Modelling - https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/content/dam/uoc-main-site/documents/pdfs/d-other/T-Morgun-fire-engineering.pdf
The Manchester Evening News
The Royal College of Pathologists, or rcpath.org
Woolworthsmuseum.com - https://www.woolworthsmuseum.co.uk/1970s-fire.htm
https://www.judiciary.uk/courts-and-tribunals/coroners-courts/judge-led-inquests/