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Hungerford is situated on several transport routes, of both historic and current importance, including the M4 motorway (junction 14), the Old Bath Road (A4), and the Kennet and Avon Canal (opened 1811).
Hungerford is part of the district administered by the unitary authority of West Berkshire.
Hungerford is the only place in the country to have continuously celebrated Hocktide or Tutti Day (the second Tuesday after Easter).
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 Hungerford - One Language   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
One particularly tragic aspect of Hungerford's history was the Hungerford Massacre, which was considered all the more remarkable for occurring in a sleepy place such as this.
Hungerford is situated on several transport routes, of both historic and current importance, including the Old Bath Road (A4) and the Kennet and Avon Canal.
Hungerford is the westernmost town in Berkshire, situated close to the border with Wiltshire, and within the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
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 Hungerford massacre
It remains, along with the Dunblane massacre, one of the worst lone-wolf peacetime atrocities in British history.
The first shooting occurred seven miles (11 km) to the west of Hungerford in Savernake Forest in Wiltshire, at 12:30 in the afternoon of August 19.
Ballard has professed an interest in the Hungerford massacre and other "pointless crimes" such as that in Dunblane and the murder of Jill Dando.
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 NameTraq | Last Name: Hungerford
A re-dedication ceremony is to be held in Hungerford, Berkshire, as new memorials to Inspector Joseph Drewitt and Pc Thomas Shorter are unveiled.
The years since the Hungerford massacre have not lessened the shock and horror of what occurred on the streets of the Berkshire town on August 19, 1987.
The maternal grandparents are Mary and William Hungerford of Elmira, NY The paternal grandparents are Susan and...
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 Hungerford massacre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The first shooting occurred seven miles (11.2 km) to the west of Hungerford in Savernake Forest in Wiltshire, at 12:30 in the afternoon of August 19.
Susan Godfrey, 33, from Reading, Berkshire was picnicking with her two young children when she was abducted by Ryan at gun-point, and shot fifteen times in the back.
He was also said to be a fan of the film Rambo:First Blood in which events similar to the Hungerford massacre take place.
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 Jeremy Josephs - Freelance Writer & Journalist (Hungerford: One Man's Massacre)
The years do not lessen the shock the nation felt at the news of Michael Ryan’s massacre of innocent people on the streets of this picture-postcard town.
Now on foot and armed, he kills several people in his own road, rampages across a recreation ground where children are playing on swings and slides, and swimmers are in the pool.
Hungerford; One Man’s Massacre is the first book on Michael Ryan and is unlikely to be displaced as the definitive account of the day man went berserk in a quiet English town.
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Hungerford Massacre : Information and resources about Hungerford Massacre : School Work Guru
A 27-year-old unemployed local labourer, Michael Robert Ryan, armed with several weapons including an AK-47 rifle, shot seventeen people dead, including his mother, and wounded fifteen others, then shot himself.
The massacre led to the Firearms (Amendment) Act, 1988, which banned the use of semi-automatic centre-fire rifles and restricted the use of other firearms with a capacity of more than two rounds.
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It also has a station on the Great Western Railway line to the West Country; a reasonable rail service to Newbury, BerkshireNewbury, Reading, EnglandReading and London means that the Hungerford has developed into something of a dormitory town.
Fortunately, the vehicle's potentially smelly cargo didn't escape, but the road was closed between junction 14 at Hungerford and Junction 15 at Swindon so the...
Clark calls on Hungerford to toughen things upicBerkshire, UK - Sep 6, 2006HUNGERFORD Town boss Alan Clark has called on his side to toughen up as they prepare for this weekend's trip to Melksham Town in the first qualifying round of...
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 HUNGERFORD
Portal of Hungerford : the life of Marshal of the Royal Air Force, Viscount Portal of Hungerford, KG, GCB, OM, DSO, MC (reference)
"HUNGERFORD" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 98.77% of the time.
"HUNGERFORD" is used about 81 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English.
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 Hungerford Massacre
He explains: ‘Having worked in Hungerford for thirteen years, I had had no previous dealings with Ryan at all and I knew that he had never been in any trouble with the police, apart from one single speeding offence.
The two towns also had other links, for radio communication at Hungerford was by way of personal UHF radios operated from Newbury, and Hungerford was in any case part of the Newbury Sub-Division, and its personal radios were controlled by the Newbury Control Room.
At the time of the Hungerford massacre, these were a new thing for the police.
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 Hungerford (disambiguation)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Hungerford may refer to one of several places or artifacts:
Hungerford Bridge - a bridge over the Thames at London
The Hungerford Massacre - a mass shooting in 1987 at Hungerford, England
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The tabloid press can be an unreliable source and in English law you cannot libel the dead.
BBC [Crime - Case Closed: Hungerford and Michael Ryan].
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Hungerford, England, London, TheBestLinks.com:Find or fix a stub, Reading,...
Administratively, Hungerford is part of West Berkshire Unitary District, although it has its own town council to administer local matters.
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 Hungerford massacre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
At around 12:45 he was seen at his home in Fairview Road, Hungerford ([http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Fairview+Road,+Hungerford&iwloc=A&hl=en Google map]).
J G Ballard's novel ''Running Wild'' centres around the fictitious Richard Greville, a Deputy Psychiatric Advisor with the Metropolitan police who authored "an unpopular minority report on the Hungerford killings" and is sent to investigate mass murder in a gated community{{refballard}}.
BBC [http://www.bbc.co.uk/crime/caseclosed/hungerford.shtml Crime - Case Closed: Hungerford and Michael Ryan].
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 Hungerford
Hungerford is a dormitory town in Berkshire, England, between Marlborough and Newbury.
It is known for the Hungerford Massacre, which was considered all the more remarkable for occurring in a sleepy village such as this.
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The BBC website for Berkshire, your gateway to local news, sport, entertainment, features and community issues for where you live.
UKAN Forums - Hungerford Massacre Documentary on TV 9pm Tonight.
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Me knowing about Elizabeth I, world war 2, jack the ripper, Harold shipman or whatever doesnt aid society, but is it wrong for me to be educated in such things.
Things like the soft porn channels on sky are advertised as such and therefore you know what your going to get without watching it.
It was informative in how in those days the 999 system broke down and how easy it was for nutcases to get access to assaut rifles.
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 UKAN Forums - Hungerford Massacre Documentary on TV 9pm Tonight.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
For those of you not old enough to remember this incident and one of the reasons you can't have a real weapon today.
Good Call Trojan, Very interesting to watch, I was too young to remember the Hungerford massacre when it happened.
I also seem to remember there were a number of "early retirements" in Thames Valley Police after Hungerford.
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 Enlaces : Society : Crime : Murder : Mass_Murder : Mass_Murderers : Ryan,_Michael :: DivulC@T.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
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Hungerford Massacre - Complete text of Jeremy Josephs' book on the incident..
Michael Ryan - Personal page describing the Hungerford Massacre..
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 Hungerford Massacre [Archive] - Survivor Online
It was a thoughtful documentary, and i will remember it for a long time.
I don't think anyone ever understood what went on inside the head of Michael Ryan.
If he had lived, maybe someone would have found out but for the sake of his victim's family and friends, and those who witnessed the nightmare, I'm glad he killed himself.
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 Hungerford   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
:''For other uses, see: Hungerford (disambiguation) Hungerford is a market town by the River Kennet in the English county of Berkshire.
It also has a station, Hungerford railway station, on the West of England Main Line; a reasonable rail service to Newbury, Reading and London means that the Hungerford has developed into something of a dormitory town.
Nearby towns and cities: Marlborough, Newbury, Swindon, Reading Nearby villages: Chilton Foliat, Kintbury, Great Bedwyn, Ramsbury, Shalbourne, Aldbourne, Lambourn, Burbage Nearby places of interest: Crofton Pumping Station, Wilton Windmill
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