Month: April 1973
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Blow that will take many years to heal
Evening Post Wed April 11th 1973 A Union Jack flew at half mast over village the of stricken afternoon. Axbridge this Silent villagers groups of tearful gathered in the square to wait for news of friends and relatives pinned their hopes and on the un-named survivors. Almost the North every family in Somerset town have lost…
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Prime Minister sends message
Evening Post Wed April 11th 1973 Prime Minister Mr. Edward Heath today sent this personal telegram to Abridge Rural Council chairman John Walter: “I was appalled to hear of the loss received by Axbridge and district as the result of today’s tragic air disaster. I feel this loss more personally because of my visit to the…
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Trip was good value for money’
Evening Post Wed April 11th 1973 A fortnight ago Mrs. Audrey Coulson, organiser of the Evening Post Women’s Circle went on an identical trip to yesterday’s tragic day trip to Basle. “Several members of Women’s Circle had asked me about possible day trips to places as far afield as Basle and Venice SO I decided to…
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Appeal launched for victims
Evening Post Wed April 11th 1973 A big appeal fund to help those stricken by the disas- ter was launched this after- noon by Axbridge Rural Council chairman John Walter. Bristol United Press, pub- lisher of the Evening Post and Western Daily Press, immediately announced that they would make an initial gift of £1,000. GRIEF It…
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“Why are we waiting ?’
Evening Post Wed April 11th 1973 An Axbridge father of four, whose wife was on the flight today criticised the lack of information. Mr. Eddie Hopkin, whose wife, Brenda, organised the trip for Axbridge Ladies Guild, said: “I have no news of what has had happened to my wife. A great deal of anxiety is being…
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They hold key to crash list
Evening Post Wed April 11th 1973 Six mystery passengers, lying unconscious and unidentified this afternoon in Swiss hospitals, hold the key to the final death roll of the shattered charter plane. Vanguard Close relatives, preparing to fly out to the crash scene tonight, were still waiting in hope that their families would be among the six.…
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Anguish of the families who stayed behind
Evening Post Wed April 11th 1973 The full horror of the Basle tragedy at last hit home to the weary, grief – stricken members of families left behind in Bristol this afternoon. Milkman Mr. Stanley Venn, of Hawthorn Street, Totterdown, had five rela- tions aboard the doomed Vanguard. His wife Olive his daughter Shirely grand- daughter…
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FILM SHOW
Evening Post Wed April 11th 1973 The two boys were today taken to a film show at the local school. Volunteers have reopened the village school, which had been closed for the Easter holidays, to provide children like the Youngs with some- where to go, Mr. Young was at home with friends, awaiting the knock on…
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An Aberfan in reverse
QUITA MORGAN Evening Post Wed April 11th 1973 The pretty Somerset village of Axbridge for all wept today its mothers. missing Women and children were stunned and red-eyed as they awaited news of the final toll. Almost every family has lost a mother, a sister or a close friend. Some families already know the worst. Others…
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Swiss tell of horror in the Snow
Western Daily Press April 11th 1973. Stephen Chadwick, former Western Daily Press sub-editor RADIO contact with the crashed plane was lost between 10 and 10.10 a.m. after it overshot Basle-Mulhouse airport in fog and driving snow, airport authorities said last night. Five minutes later the plane vanished from the radar screens, heading south to the…
