The city centre will fall silent at 11am on Tuesday.

Bradford will stop once again and pay its respects to the 56 football fans who went to a match 25 years ago and never came home.

Distressing memories will flood back as Centenary Square mourns the innocent victims of the Valley Parade fire.

It is a time to remember, reflect and pray that such a tragedy should never hit any community in the future.

There is an added poignancy this week because of the significance of the anniversary. Though for those who suffered loss on that fateful day, I’m sure the number of years is immaterial.

As an outsider, I don’t pretend to understand what they must have felt and are still going through.

But I very quickly realised that this was a disaster that transcended the football club.

It had far-reaching consequences across the whole city.

And yet there are some who still remain ignorant to what went on. Unbelievable as it may seem, there are some who don’t even seem to care.

A relative works at a Bradford school, just a few miles from the ground. But they will be going about their business as usual on Tuesday.

There are no plans for a silence for the pupils to pay their respects.

I’m sure they are not alone. There will be plenty of schools, offices and businesses who will treat the anniversary as any other working day.

And then we wonder why those youngsters pictured on the back of the Telegraph & Argus taunting the Northampton fans show such blatant disregard for the occasion of the final home game.

Mark Lawn, fuming at the scenes that marred a special day, admitted it was difficult to get the message through to 14-year-olds who obviously didn’t have a clue about the reason for the pre-match silence. Some, laughably, were even wearing the commemorative “remember” t-shirts … remember what exactly?

Have these people been told about what happened on May 11, 1985? Do they really know about the fans who attended a final home game – as they did last Saturday – and the hell that developed?

I suspect the answer in some cases will be “no”. And if not, why not?

The fire isn’t some event that happened somewhere else so long ago and should be consigned to the history book. It is a very real, very painful scar on the city in which they live; one that will never be glossed over or forgotten.

The effects of that day are still being felt, and will do so for years and years to come. For many people, the aftermath has not dimmed with time.

They don’t want to see those memories spoiled by the mindless pitchside posturing of a few spotty adolescents. These kids should know better. But sadly, maybe they don’t.

And if that is the case, then those who should be teaching them should hang their heads in shame.