Six years ago the community of New Ferry changed forever.
On March 25, 2017, just before Mother’s Day, the area was bustling. People were out for a bite to eat at Lan's Chinese Restaurant or having a pint in the Cleveland Arms.
But, at 9:15pm, the Homes in Style store in the middle of the town exploded, destroying or damaging 63 buildings in the surrounding area and injuring 81 people, two of them seriously. A dance studio in the same building had finished a class just a few hours earlier.
