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BBC News
6 days ago
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- BBC News
'I found my Live Aid flag in my dad's shed'
David Hancock said his "heart stopped" when he discovered a cherished memento he made for Live Aid in his father's Hancock, from Ollerton in Nottinghamshire, was just 18 when he attended the concert on 13 July had made a U2 flag for the fundraising event, but it got lost after he gave it to his father, Maurice, for homemade banner was found after he went into the shed to find a water bowl for a dog at a family barbecue. Mr Hancock recalled it was a mad dash down to Wembley to make the gig in time."The event I think had been put together pretty hastily," he said."I got interested when it was announced U2 were playing."I'd seen [them] about two weeks before at another gig in Milton Keynes, so I was really quite excited about it."All of my mates who were not going to Live Aid with me were like 'oh, why are you doing that? You've already seen them, they will only be on for two or three songs'."But it turned out that it was actually music history."Having travelled down to London with two friends, Mr Hancock said they went without "any real expectations of what it would be", but he still had time to make a new flag."I worked in a double glazing factory, so we had lots of cleaning cloth for the glass, and I found the largest piece," he said."I took it home, and with a big felt pen I put that U2 design on it, which was from an album cover." After enjoying being one of the thousands in the stadium, Mr Hancock returned home with his friends and the flag, which was taken in by his father."Dad was really excited because he had seen the flag waving," he said."My recollection is that he said he was going to put it in the garage in the loft space, then it disappeared, and I didn't really give it a lot more thought for a long time."He died a long time after that, in 1999, and then at some point after I thought I'd go and find that flag, and it wasn't there - I looked and looked and looked, moved everything around, it just wasn't there."After assuming the artefact was lost to history, Mr Hancock stumbled across it in 2016 when searching for a dog bowl in the shed at the family home, where his mother still lived."For some reason I was drawn to something that was in the loft space of the shed, and I could see the end of this pole - I knew exactly what it was," he said."My heart stopped for a second - I couldn't believe it."It felt very strange, because the first thing that occurred to me was the last person to have touched it would have been dad, and I just felt like I was touching him, touching his hand."It was quite a moving thing."After sharing his story on social media for the 40th anniversary of Live Aid, Mr Hancock said the response had been "completely overwhelming"."I was 18 at the time of Live Aid, as were many other people of that generation."Hearing my story 40 years on, a lot of those people will have lost parents, and that's the connection," he said."I'm delighted it's warmed somebody's heart."
Global News
07-05-2025
- Politics
- Global News
Former Alberta premier David Hancock named to justice position in Edmonton
A former Alberta premier has a new job in the provincial courts. The provincial government says David Hancock has been named assistant chief justice of the Alberta Court of Justice in the Edmonton Family and Youth Division. Hancock, a long-time legislature member, served as interim premier and Progressive Conservative Party leader after the 2014 resignation of Alison Redford, later calling it the 'best summer job that I've ever had.' Get daily National news Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. Sign up for daily National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy Hancock retired from politics after Jim Prentice was named as leader and was appointed in 2017 as a provincial court judge. Before politics, Hancock received his law degree from the University of Alberta in 1979 and is a committee board member for the Alberta Law Reform Institute. Chief Justice James Hunter says Hancock's experiences and abilities will serve him well in maintaining access to justice for families in the Edmonton area. Story continues below advertisement
