Warrington Bombings 1993

During the dusk years of the Northern Irish Troubles, two terrorist attacks occurred in Warrington, Cheshire, England. The first attack a current period on the 26th February 1993 at 4:10 AM, when bombs were planted by three IRA members at gasholders on Winwick Road. Gasholders are large containers of natural gas stores near atmospheric pressure at ambient temperatures. One of the bombs went off at 4:10 a.m. thousand feet rose into the sky and caused extensive damage to the surrounding area 100 people were evacuated from their homes by the emergency services and many trains and vehicles were diverted by police away from Warrington due to the extent of the damage and
disruption.

Later on the 20th of March 1993 at 12:25 p.m. Bridge Street also fell victim to an IRA attack. This time through, there was a bomb warning received by the Samaritans in Liverpool via telephone and that the bomb had been planted outside at Boots chemist. These bombs exploded one after the other with the first one exploding outside of a Boots chemist and a McDonald's restaurant along with a second one exploding outside of an Argos catalogue shop. However this time, there were two deaths of two young children. One of them was out with his childminder to get a Mother's Day card. One survivor had to have her leg amputated but she died a year later from cancer. The provisional IRA spokesperson to say that the two precise warning had been given in an adequate time.However, the assistant Chief Constable for Cheshire at the time declared that there was no second warning given.

It was second attack in Warrington that inspired the song Zombie by Irish band The Cranberries, which became the biggest hit when it was released the following year. The song is also a protest song as it is a protest against British rule in Ireland on account of the mention of how it has been the same story since 1916 (1916 being the year when the Easter Rising happened). The lead singer of The Cranberries, Dolores O'Riordan had a feeling that she had to write a song that reflected that on the Warrington bombings before the songs and came to her English Tour back in 1993. Sadly and in a similar vein to Born in The USA by Bruce Springsteen, the song has been placed on Halloween playlists
and used in internet aesthetic videos which distracts new listeners of the song from the true meaning of the 1994 chart topper.