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Dunblane massacre

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magicOC · 13/03/2012 10:58

Not sure where to post this but please spare a thought today 16yrs on from when 17 precious lives were lost. 16 little angels and their teacher who died trying to protect them. They will always be remembered. R.I.P

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goingbacktowork · 13/03/2012 13:04

Absolutely unimaginable grief for those families. I truly pray they have found some acceptance and have moved on in some way. Those poor children and their brave teacher.

welliesandpyjamas · 13/03/2012 13:04

Like so many have said, an unthinkable tragedy. My thoughts are with the families. :( :( :(

MadeInChinaBaby · 13/03/2012 13:04

I have given my son an extra big hug today. Please do the same with your loved ones.

I'll always remember.

Xx.

frankenonsense · 13/03/2012 13:10

I will always remember this tragedy. I live not far from Dunblane and know a lot of primary teachers. I remember exactly how I heard about it at work, and the disbelief. I remember watching the full news report that evening, and the reporter saying we would all be holding our children a little closer. Indeed I was sat cross legged on the carpet, completely wrapped around my 6m old PFB.

I remember why I have to press a security buzzer every time I want to get into school. I remember the bereaved and survivors and wonder how they are. I remember the sense of shock and helplessness and responsibility, somehow, in someway, of the society I live in creating the cause of it all.

Frontpaw · 13/03/2012 13:38

My sister lived there then and saw Kate Adie walking down the road. She said that she realised then how serious it all was.

SixtyFootDoll · 13/03/2012 13:40

16 yrs?

Thoughts and prayers with those who lost loved ones.

Figarello · 13/03/2012 13:42

Oh my goodness. What a sobering thought.

I have a child who is that age now. I sometimes remember Dunblane but can never, ever contemplate that happening in her school - it is just too awful to imagine. Those poor little children. RIP and my heart still goes out to their families.

LauraShigihara · 13/03/2012 13:48

Gosh, I can hardly believe it was sixteen years ago. I was a TA then and for several years after and sometimes when I looked at those little ones in my group, I would remember.

I hope their parents have found some peace in their lives.

CJMommy · 13/03/2012 21:00

I remember the day so well Sad.
I was 17 yrs old and was at home on my lunch break from school - I had family who lived there; my little cousins......they were ok but knew some of those who weren't......never forgotten x

meeliesmum · 13/03/2012 22:23

Never forgotten. Wishing their families peace.

roughtyping · 13/03/2012 22:26

Awful. Thought of it today and cried. Currently teaching a P1 class; they are so small and trusting, and just little children. Got a lump in my throat talking to them and they asked what was wrong :(

I remember making a sign to go to the school - I was in primary school at the time, think I was p5.

Thoughts with all the families involved xxx

Gapants · 13/03/2012 22:28

I was a student then at the University in Stirling and attending a lecture that day. My lecturers daughter was murdered. So so sad. We were all in pieces. I went home the next day, the place was heaving with media. Just awful. We didn't realise till a bit later what had gone on.

Saying prayers for all the families.

cambridgeferret · 16/03/2012 16:54

I hears about it in a taxi coming back from Heathrow (had been working in Italy for a few days).
It was compounded for me because three days after I got home, a close friend shot himself in his home. His brother found him.

Doesn't seem 16 years though. Poor little buggers. Lives wasted before they even got going.:(

Tamisara · 16/03/2012 19:10

DS was at nursery school in the afternoons. I couldn't wait till it was time to get him.

I remember distinctly the detective in charge of the case, saying that it took all his strength not to kick Hamilton's body.

I felt so sorry for all those children, their families and the teacher. One poor man had lost his wife, and his daughter kept him going, then she was brutally murdered. It's still beyond heartbreaking looking at photos of their little faces, and trying to imagine what kind of monster could ever hurt a child.

Life is too bloody cruel at times

Hassled · 16/03/2012 19:12

My DD was 6 then - I remember leaving her at school the next day with all these hideous "what if?" thoughts going through my head. I almost skived work and took her home again. And I've thought about it a lot over the years - those poor parents.

Molehillmountain · 16/03/2012 19:16

I was teaching little ones at the time and it was so hard the next day. Thoughts to all concerned.

Portofino · 16/03/2012 20:18

I remember coming home from work and seeing the news. The footage of the parents outside, screaming and crying for their children is an image that will always stay with me. Sad

weegiemum · 17/03/2012 00:07

I remember hearing the story of one of the casualty doctors in Stirling as it dawned on her that it was her daughters classmates that were being brought in, but the department was so busy and some children so badly injured she could not leave to find out about her own daughter.

Her daughter survived, unhurt.

I heard about it at school where I was teaching in Edinburgh, we gathered in the staffroom and just cried, the men too. And yes, I think about it whenever I buzz to get into my dc's school cos until then anyone could walk in.

hermionestranger · 17/03/2012 00:12

16 years. I was 15 then and remember it well. How anybody could do that. My ds1 is 6 now. Think I'll go and give him a love x

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magicOC · 17/03/2012 10:46

Weegie, I guess your not talking about the one i'm thinking of then as there was a doc in casualty who's daughter didn't make it sadly.

There were so many stories locally that day.

One of the head bosses of one of the big stores in Stirling happened to be visiting the store that day. He went into the office after walking thru the store and commented to the manager about the "miserable looking staff" or words to that effect. He hadn't heard the news.

On hearing what had happened he immediately said those who want to go home and hug their kids, let them go, if we don't have enough staff left to cover, shut the shop.

There was also a multi faith memorial service held in the shopping centre on the thurs I think it was.

A day I will never forget.

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AllthatshewantsisanotherBBaby · 17/03/2012 17:32

Sleep tight little angels, still so sad x

giraffesCantDonateBoneMarrow · 17/03/2012 17:35

I was in primary 7 at school in Glasgow. I remember after lunch those who had been "home lunch" telling us. And then our teacher told us what had happened. So sad.

Hulababy · 17/03/2012 17:42

So tragic; I hadn't realised it was 16 years ago :(

I remember the day still quite clearly. I was in my final year of a teaching degree. Had always thought of schools as being a safe place to be before that day.

ggirl · 17/03/2012 18:01

dd was same age as the poor dunblane children at the time

horrific

shortly after dd's school security was stepped up

manicinsomniac · 24/03/2012 09:02

wow, scary that it has been so long. I was 12 at the time but I remember being totally obsessed with the class photo that was in the newspapers and crying about it a lot - bit weird I suppose.

However, in spite of such a tragedy I'm glad that there is minimal security at my/my daughters' school. Childhood freedom shouldn't be curtailed for the sake of what ifs and evil indviduals.

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