I’m seeing threads from people justifiably worried about recent terrorist attacks and…

[CurlewKate]

..it made me wonder about the time when there were frequent IRA bomb threats and actual bombs in mainland UK. I was working in central London during those years, and I seem to remember us just accepting it as a fact of life-almost an inconvenience. That’s really weird, isn’t it? Was I just young and insensitive and feeling immortal? Or am I misremembering?

I'm not minimising anything. The troubles were awful and people were injured and died throughout. My mother was actually working in a hospital when one of these attacks took place, and tended to the victims. Absolutely shocking. I am fully aware of the severity and suffering that took place.

I gave my opinion on why I find the current style of attacks scarier. This does not mean I'm right and you can disagree with me, but please stop with this rubbish of accusing me of only caring about NI, or dismissing what happened, or whatever else you want to make up next. Let's just agree that the troubles were terrible, and so is what's happening now.

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Same here, city in the 80s, fairly regular evacuations of the building. Young then too, can’t say it ever really phased me.

Post room was always on high alert too, for letter/parcel bombs.