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Inspired by the person who said they remember Kennedy being shot, what's the first significant historical event you remember.?
Mine would be the miners strike of 1972 which led to power cuts. I distinctly remember sitting in the cold with candles round us. I would have been five... |
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The death of Winston Churchill. There was a serious flu epidemic and I was in my bed downstairs listening to the radio. In the days pre central heating you always knew if someone was properly ill because their bed came downstairs " in the warm" |
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over a year ago
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I remember one night of power cuts because my sister set fire to our bedroom table while she was messing around with a candle.
I remember the Queen's silver Jubilee. |
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"I very vaguely remember TV footage of the first Gulf War, but I didn't understand what it was about. "
You know you are old when you vividly remember events people were only vaguely aware of as children  |
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over a year ago
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I think the first one I remember is the morning it was announced Tony Blair had won the general election.
I just remember mum and dad being really happy, and trying to explain to me why it was better. I didn't understand very well.
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"I think the first one I remember is the morning it was announced Tony Blair had won the general election.
I just remember mum and dad being really happy, and trying to explain to me why it was better. I didn't understand very well.
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This gets worse. I stayed up all night to watch that election! |
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By *rwolfMan
over a year ago
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Fawklands war... However 9/11 would be the most memorable, my boss at the time walked in and turned the radio off and as he walked out of the room
"You dont need to hear that now, you will be hearing about it for the rest of your lives"
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"Inspired by the person who said they remember Kennedy being shot, what's the first significant historical event you remember.?
Mine would be the miners strike of 1972 which led to power cuts. I distinctly remember sitting in the cold with candles round us. I would have been five... "
I remember power cuts in the 70s but that might have been down to not having the money for the meter.
The first ones that resonated with me was the drought of 76 it was just messing like this year, and the death of Elvis in 77. |
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"I very vaguely remember TV footage of the first Gulf War, but I didn't understand what it was about.
You know you are old when you vividly remember events people were only vaguely aware of as children "
Sorry. If it makes you feel any better, I once found myself in an audience where I was the only one that recognised the significance of something related to September 11... no one else was old enough to remember. |
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"the shenanigans happening during the 1973 Cod War where warships were ramming and shooting each other"
1975 
I remember watching John Cravens. Newsround when it seemed a perennial item. I got it mixed up with the cold war... |
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over a year ago
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later than that i remember the Soyuz - Apollo spacecraft docking in orbit and the cosmonaughts shaking hands with the astronaughts when they opened the hatches |
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over a year ago
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I remember a street party when i was little but not sure if that was the Silver Jubilee party?
I then remember The Royal Wedding of Charles and Diana (another street party!)
I remember Diana Dors dying and seeing that on the news.
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I was born in '82 so paid very little attention to the news until the late 80's. I do remember those terrifying AIDS adverts on the news a lot in the 80's, the Berlin wall coming down in '89, and Freddie Mercurys death in 1991 being a big historical event as well as Gulf War 1 at the same time. |
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over a year ago
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I remember the summer of 76. I remember the Queen's jubilee. I remember elvis dying. I remember power cuts. But all of those are vague memories.
The one I really remember is the miners strike. It's a defining moment in my life in that it politicised me with views I still hold to this day |
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Piper Alpha. My dad worked offshore at the time and its was all over the Scottish and National news.
There was a complete communication block to all rigs offshore.
I remember my gran and grandad coming over and staying with us until we knew what was happening.
I remember getting quite emotional about it. |
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over a year ago
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I remember the ambulance service strikes because it impacted my parents and me lots, I remember going to the picket line with my dad.
It went on till Christmas and people brought stuff to support the strike, some brought money we got given out turkey cos ppl didn’t want a young boy not having Christmas dinner I was also given some presents.
I remember being all thankful to the generosity of people.
The next was watching the next shuttle launch after the challenger explosion was the most beautiful image seeing the shuttle launch at Kennedy space centre observation platform |
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Half the street gathering around one of the few tellies to watch the funeral cortege of Winston Churchill..
Grainy pictures of the sailors, rifles with the stock up marching alongside the gun carriage.. |
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I remember some of tbese things vividly. When 9/11 happened id gone to see my friend at work. I went to the shop and heard the first news report. I went back and told my friend two aeroplanes had crashed.
When princess diana died i had friends round and saw the first news report which actually said she had broken her arm. We watched it unfold during the night and everyone waking up next day to the news |
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"Half the street gathering around one of the few tellies to watch the funeral cortege of Winston Churchill..
Grainy pictures of the sailors, rifles with the stock up marching alongside the gun carriage.. "
that was the main event the month i was born |
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"I remember one night of power cuts because my sister set fire to our bedroom table while she was messing around with a candle.
I remember the Queen's silver Jubilee."
I was going to say the silver jubilee. Some boy pulled my pigtales at the school party and I got told off for playing on the climbing frame in my pretty dress. I hated wearing dresses. |
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"Half the street gathering around one of the few tellies to watch the funeral cortege of Winston Churchill..
Grainy pictures of the sailors, rifles with the stock up marching alongside the gun carriage.. that was the main event the month i was born "
Think I was 6..
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Winter of Discontent, sitting around the fire trying to keep warm. No central heating in our house and we’d wake up in winter to frost inside the bedroom windows.
Lots of other things people have mentioned plus FA Cup finals, McEnroe at Wimbledon, the C4 launch with Jon Snow doing the evening news. |
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First one I vaguely remember is Dianas death but I was only 7.
The main one I remember will always be September 11th I remember the teacher putting it on the tv and we all sat in French class watching it unfold |
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over a year ago
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The change over to decimal currency, I remember sitting on the sofa with my mom learning the new coins. Then it was the miners strikes, I went with my dad sometimes on the picket line x |
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The Winter Olympics in 88. My teacher was a massive fan and I remember watching it in school and thinking it was a huge event. I quite fancied myself as a champion skier in the playground. I made excellent ‘whoosh’ noises. |
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By *tonMessCouple
over a year ago
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Probably 1976 for me.
I remember watching John Curry skating in the winter Olympics, think it was Innsbruck? Then of course the scorching hot summer, stand pipes and water bowsers in the street, queuing with buckets to get water. I had chicken pox that summer too and my mum had her appendix out. I clearly remember playing out in the park opposite our house in just my knickers, covered in chicken pox scabs. |
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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago
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The first moon landing in 1969 would be mine - can distinctly remember sitting watching it with my Mum on an old black and white TV in our flat in Palmers Green - can even picture the room vaguely - I was 4 at the time |
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"Inspired by the person who said they remember Kennedy being shot, what's the first significant historical event you remember.?
Mine would be the miners strike of 1972 which led to power cuts. I distinctly remember sitting in the cold with candles round us. I would have been five... "
I was going to say this myself, my dad worked for the coal board and I can remember us bathing in front of the old coal fire and making real toast, and m boiling the potatoes on the flames, and my mam putting candles all over the house when the lights were off, it was quite an adventure when we were little |
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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago
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"I remember some of these things really clearly but im struggling to remember my first. We didnt watch television when i was young much"
Had it even been invented then?
*ducks for cover* |
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By *an_LexaCouple
over a year ago
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"I’m not sure if it’s the first historical event I remember but I do remember that Elvis died on the day I first tied my own shoelaces. "
Which do you class as the more noteworthy of the two? The death of Elvis, or learning to tie your shoelaces |
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"I remember some of these things really clearly but im struggling to remember my first. We didnt watch television when i was young much
Had it even been invented then?
*ducks for cover* "
cheeky sod. I could tell you the story of my mum being the first family in the village to have a television but it would probabably bore you |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Reading this forum makes me feel so ridiculously young  . Probably for me it was the Iraq war. Watching newsround it seemed to be covered everyday. Oddly 9/11 or Diana passing I don't remember at all. The London bombing I remember somewhat bcos it effected me directly; as I could have very easily been in London at the time |
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Ok. It wasnt an historical event but the first newspaper story i remember reading was the ki**nap and murder of leslie whittle. Ive just looked it up.
I also cant recall watching anything at all on the television apart from childrens programmes until i was about 10 |
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Charles and Diana wedding, Tables all lined up in the street, Bunting and all the curbs painted Red white and blue,
I can remember having to stand up and being asked to count, Starting from 1 and going as far as I could, Sweating and stuttering as I counted I don’t think I made it to a 100,
When I was driving home from work that day all I could think was, Dont give up you will get there one day  |
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"Have to say this thread has made me feel distinctly old - so many things mentioned that I was working at the time, let alone them being my first memories!!"
And me, think we need the Zimmer frames on stand by x |
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I can remember having candles in the house during the 3 Day Week of 1974. I more vividly remember my sister being born in 1970 though, if that counts as a historical event!
Oh, I've just remembered that I can remember the Apollo 14 moon landing too. I had a commemorative sew-on badge from it that came free with my Look-In comic |
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Think the one that stands out the most, asking my mum "why are those men doing that it's not nice"
We'd watched the news & they'd shown a clip of the Vietnam war.
I'm not sure how old I was at the time, but I know now it ended just after my 5th birthday |
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I vaguely remember the power cuts of the 70’s, and the Queens Silver Jubilee celebrations in 1977.
However, the 1st actual piece of news I can recal hearing was the announcement that Elvis Presley had died 16-8-77. |
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By *eeBee67Man
over a year ago
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"Ok. From reading this thread i can take nyself back to being 5 and decimalization. We where the first year to be taught it and that was 1971"
Just about remember that. Going to the shop with 2 1/2 pence piece.
Lived through loads but most are only vague memories, Id best checked into a nursing home soon.  |
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"The death of Winston Churchill. There was a serious flu epidemic and I was in my bed downstairs listening to the radio. In the days pre central heating you always knew if someone was properly ill because their bed came downstairs " in the warm" "
That’s mine as well |
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Tony Blair being elected and Princess Diana dying, whichever happened first in that year... I was seven that year so only just started paying attention to the news.
Remember vividly coming home from school and watching the news all night on 9/11 though. |
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"I very vaguely remember TV footage of the first Gulf War, but I didn't understand what it was about. "
I wouldn't worry about it, neither did most of the people serving there. |
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"9/11. I was four, I remember being in my living room and my mum watching it on our tiny TV while my brother was asleep "
That makes me feel old, I was 19 when that happened! I was only a few weeks into my first job after leaving college and came home from work to see it on the news, I thought it was the trailer to some spectacular new film at first. As the gravity of what had happened hit me I knew it was going to have far reaching consequences and the world would never be the same again. I went down the army recruiting office not long after to try and sign up as it was obvious a war was coming, perhaps luckily I didn't get in on that occasion and missed the Iraq debacle.
I've fond memories of those carefree years between me leaving school in 1998 and 2001, the world seemed a much more positive, exciting and safe place then. |
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I remember crossing the Forth Road Bridge on the day it was opened. Before that we had to cross by ferry which I have very vague recollections of although I must have only done it a couple of times. |
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Dammit I have been around too long . My first was The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth at age 3.
From there on landing on moon where a friend and I sat up all night . Yawns sooo boring .
Kennedy and so many more big deals .
Living through the 3 day week a few months after getting married put us into debt before we even got started  back to rationing .
A whole life time of memories. |
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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago
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"Ok. From reading this thread i can take nyself back to being 5 and decimalization. We where the first year to be taught it and that was 1971
Just about remember that. Going to the shop with 2 1/2 pence piece.
Lived through loads but most are only vague memories, Id best checked into a nursing home soon. "
I remember that as just being really confused how my sixpence was suddenly 2 1/2p. My understanding of numbers couldn't make sense of it, especially as we still called it a sixpence.
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By (user no longer on site)
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I was in 6th grade
In a solicitor with my family. Starring at the building across, there’s a car park.
Two man walked towards the fence.
One in blue jacket climbed over the fence. Looked behind to the other man behind him for a while and within 15 seconds he jumped off from about 13 stories high into a road construction site.
All my relatives said I saw someone wiping windows when there’s no windows there until we got downstairs and saw ambulance, police, fire trucks.
That same night I got picked up in a unmarked police car with my father to a police station to give my statement to what I saw.
A week later I got picked up by a unmarked police car from school to go back to the office to describe what I saw.
The man who jumped off owed loan sharks about £50,000 from gambling. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Charles and Diana wedding, Tables all lined up in the street, Bunting and all the curbs painted Red white and blue,
I can remember having to stand up and being asked to count, Starting from 1 and going as far as I could, Sweating and stuttering as I counted I don’t think I made it to a 100,
When I was driving home from work that day all I could think was, Dont give up you will get there one day "
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"News reports about the Vietnam war.
Maggie being the milk snatcher.
Power cuts.
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The scenes of the sheer panic as the Americans vacated their embassy and the later ones of the helicopters being tipped over the side of the ship were a bit of a shock for this then young lad..
My Dad just said that's been on the cards for a while.. |
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"News reports about the Vietnam war.
Maggie being the milk snatcher.
Power cuts.
The scenes of the sheer panic as the Americans vacated their embassy and the later ones of the helicopters being tipped over the side of the ship were a bit of a shock for this then young lad..
My Dad just said that's been on the cards for a while.. "
I saw a clip the other day of the helicopters getting thrown off a ship, why did they do that? I did wonder. |
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The earliest historical event I can say I remember is the Challenger Disaster in 1986. (I did have to google the date because I wasn't certain if Maradonas "hand of God" was before or after).
However, I'm pretty certain I also remember Diana and Charles getting married in 1981 (I would have been almost 4).
I'm sure when I read through this thread I'll remember earlier stuff too. |
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"News reports about the Vietnam war.
Maggie being the milk snatcher.
Power cuts.
The scenes of the sheer panic as the Americans vacated their embassy and the later ones of the helicopters being tipped over the side of the ship were a bit of a shock for this then young lad..
My Dad just said that's been on the cards for a while..
I saw a clip the other day of the helicopters getting thrown off a ship, why did they do that? I did wonder."
From what I recall it was because they had too many helicopters and not enough room so as they came in and offloaded they were just ditched over the side..
Could be wrong though.. |
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"Either Charles & Dianas wedding or the raising of the Mary Rose. Can't be bothered to look up which was first though"
The raising of the Mary Rose was 82 and I do remember watching that on Blue Peter or something. |
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Queens jubilee 1977 I met her and gave her a bunch of flowers when she visited my town.I was waving a Welsh flag as all the union jacks had sold out .She asked me questions about wales and was dissapointed I hadn't a fecking clue what she was on about. |
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The Queens Silver Jubilee - remember there been a huge party and everyone was dress in red white and blue. My grandmother had made all our family outfits |
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"News reports about the Vietnam war.
Maggie being the milk snatcher.
Power cuts.
The scenes of the sheer panic as the Americans vacated their embassy and the later ones of the helicopters being tipped over the side of the ship were a bit of a shock for this then young lad..
My Dad just said that's been on the cards for a while..
I saw a clip the other day of the helicopters getting thrown off a ship, why did they do that? I did wonder.
From what I recall it was because they had too many helicopters and not enough room so as they came in and offloaded they were just ditched over the side..
Could be wrong though.. "
There's a documentary series about the Vietnam war on Netflix at the moment, it's very good and worth a watch |
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"News reports about the Vietnam war.
Maggie being the milk snatcher.
Power cuts.
The scenes of the sheer panic as the Americans vacated their embassy and the later ones of the helicopters being tipped over the side of the ship were a bit of a shock for this then young lad..
My Dad just said that's been on the cards for a while..
I saw a clip the other day of the helicopters getting thrown off a ship, why did they do that? I did wonder.
From what I recall it was because they had too many helicopters and not enough room so as they came in and offloaded they were just ditched over the side..
Could be wrong though..
There's a documentary series about the Vietnam war on Netflix at the moment, it's very good and worth a watch "
I second that. Brilliant series. The soundtrack is great too |
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"News reports about the Vietnam war.
Maggie being the milk snatcher.
Power cuts.
The scenes of the sheer panic as the Americans vacated their embassy and the later ones of the helicopters being tipped over the side of the ship were a bit of a shock for this then young lad..
My Dad just said that's been on the cards for a while..
I saw a clip the other day of the helicopters getting thrown off a ship, why did they do that? I did wonder.
From what I recall it was because they had too many helicopters and not enough room so as they came in and offloaded they were just ditched over the side..
Could be wrong though..
There's a documentary series about the Vietnam war on Netflix at the moment, it's very good and worth a watch "
Is it the one with Charlton Heston narrating?
Seen that one.. |
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The miners' strike went on for a couple years in the mid 80's. It's the first time I started to think of the government as being a bunch of cowardly, devious back stabbers. Since then no matter what party has been in power my opinion hasn't changed much. |
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The death of princess Diana I was in a alcohol induced coma in Rhodes and late for work a scream woke me.
9/11 just finishing a 48 hour flight delay in Cyprus I had just fallen asleep to my now ex hubby calling to tell me to turn the tv on there had been a huge plane crash. I sat there watching the tv gobsmacked. Next thing I knew I was in head office waiting to brief the other reps on a plan to go forward. That day changed the world forever!! |
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"News reports about the Vietnam war.
Maggie being the milk snatcher.
Power cuts.
The scenes of the sheer panic as the Americans vacated their embassy and the later ones of the helicopters being tipped over the side of the ship were a bit of a shock for this then young lad..
My Dad just said that's been on the cards for a while..
I saw a clip the other day of the helicopters getting thrown off a ship, why did they do that? I did wonder.
From what I recall it was because they had too many helicopters and not enough room so as they came in and offloaded they were just ditched over the side..
Could be wrong though..
There's a documentary series about the Vietnam war on Netflix at the moment, it's very good and worth a watch "
That’s where i saw the clip of the helicopters being thrown off the ship but there was no mention of the reasons why. |
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I remember the power cuts of the early 70s but was too young to understand what it was all about.
I remember the hot summer of 76 and the plague of ladybirds. We were in Brighton that summer, it was gross.
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By (user no longer on site)
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I remeber a few from being a kid but unsure what was first.
Falklands is one
The "Troubles" in Irland
Back end of the coal miners strikes
The steel work strikes but think that was more local than global
Hospital strikes... my brother was born on paper sheets at the local mat unit
Silver jubilee...we held a big street party
Im sure there would be more if i delveld deep enough haha |
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By *i1971Man
over a year ago
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Without looking the dates up, remember the Silver Jubilee with street parties & school celebrations, Death of Elvis & I think around a similar time, Charlie Chaplin. John Lenon shooting I think was a bit later, but have memories of all of these |
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