IT'S BEM'S LIFE 1980.

MUNICH.
Bem had mainly worked in Munich in
his time abroad.
He loved his time there.
Not that he was a big gargler but
you could get a bar open at anytime of
the day or night.
One would be closing and another
would be opening down the road.
They had plenty of Beer Festivals and the
Biggest was of course the Oktoberfest.
The Oktoberfest was a brilliant experience.
That was except that year.
The Festival consisted of numerous Beer Halls
which were huge and there was also a big
Carnival there,and plenty of food stalls.
One of the nights Bem and a good few Irish lads
were in the Hofbrauhaus Hall having a great time.
In each hall they had a traditional German band
playing up on a stage in the middle of the Hall
so that no matter where you were sitting you
could see them.
People went from Hall to Hall.
Suddenly there was a tremendous explosion.
People were confused .
A Terrorist had left a bomb in a bin a short
distance away.
Apparently he was heading to one of the Halls
but the bomb exploded prematurely and just before it
did he dropped it in the Bin.
12 Innocent people were murdered that night
and countless people were severely injured.
A good few with life changing injuries.
Bem and his mates were so lucky that night that they didn't move
to a different Hall.
Had they left at that time they would have been in
the thick of it.