On watching the Grenfell Tower Fire Inquiry: a tragedy of errors. Part One: the beginning

matthew hilton
Sep 7, 2018 · 23 min read
Red Watch, Halifax England ready for a charity pub crawl circa 1980

I wouldn’t have known it then age five, nobody did, but Grenfell Tower would push up out of Testerton Street, Blechenden Street and the maze of streets and stables lying just to the north of Henry Dickens Court a step or two away from our house on St Anns Road. The Queen Mum opened Henry Dickens Court in 1953. I know because I saw her, my…

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