1975 Press Photo IRA Bombers Come Down After Rooftop Protest

IRA Bombers Come Down After Rooftop Protest at Wormwood Scrubs. The three IRA bombers who staged a rooftop protest at Wormwood Scrubs prison, in London, demanding "humane visiting rights", came down this morning, after remaining on the rooftop overnight. The three men are Robert Walsh, 27, Stephen Blake, 24, and Martin Coughlan, 35, all serving long sentences for IRA bomb offences. Keystone Photo Shows: One of the three prisoners hands out sandwiches to the other two, on the rooftop of Wormwood Scrubs this morning.

Photo measures 10 x 8 inches.

Photo is dated 11-11-1975.

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