The bomb exploded just outside Harrods in central London killing six people.
The busy streets were crowded with Christmas shoppers. Three members of the public and three police officers were among the dead.
The IRA later admitted it had planted the bomb.
Nik Lawrence was in the Harrods store when the bomb went off.
I had crossed the whole of London to get to Harrods after failing to get the book I wanted for my dad for Christmas.
I figured Harrods must have it. I had just walked past a first-floor window when the bomb went off in the street outside. It was literally a "bang" sound, but furiously loud.
The window blew in but the glass was caught by the special net curtains, weighted at the bottom. If it hadn't I would have been cut to pieces.
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