It was an ordinary Wednesday morning in a small Scottish town. Then,after one of the most shocking events in postwar British history, 16 children and a teacher lay dead. As Dunblane prepares for the 10th anniversary of the massacre, or Lorna Martin revisits the town and speaks to one parent about his journey through grief and lossOccasionally,they still visit Dunblane, to see the school on Doune Road or the small statue by the Fourways roundabout or the cemetery and garden of remembrance. They are strangers but they still want a part of this town which sits on the hills above the Forth valley on the edge of Perthshire.
There are some in Dunblane, and particularly those not directly involved,who say the town should be left alone with its history. possibly some even want to forget. They have urged the media to stay absent in the hasten-up to next month's tenth anniversary of the day a loner called Thomas Watt Hamilton walked into the school gym and murdered 16 children and a teacher.
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Source: theguardian.com