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The Cartridge Years: 1968, 1978 and 1985
Richard turns back the clock with the hits and local headlines from July 1968, 1978 and 1985.
This week Richard turns back the clock with the hits and local headlines from the July of 1968, 1978 and 1985.
He has the local headlines and hears your stories of the relevant years.
Plus tracks from his featured album of the week, The Beach Boy鈥檚 1966 album Pet Sounds.
And Richard highlights some of the lighter stories of the week that you may have missed. It's the perfect way to spend a Sunday afternoon.
Last on
Sun 28 Jul 2013
14:00
麻豆社 Radio Solent
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July 1968
- Olympic yachting selectors were in Poole to choose Britain's representatives for the forthcoming games. 聽in the Flying Dutchman class, yachtsmen Rodney Pattisson and Iain MacDonald Smith were chosen.
- The world's largest Hovercraft, SRN-4 made it's final practice run before being officially opened by Princess Margaret.聽
- The Kray Brothers, with eight other men were on trial, alleged to have set up an international fraud plot by selling bonds and securities stolen in Canada and America.
- Four people died in fire which ravaged Ilkley Moor Hotel, Yorkshire
- British water-ski championships were taking place in Birmingham.
- Steel workers at the Pressed Steel plant in Birmingham were on strike, causing production to stop at car factories.
- British United Airways pilots were on strike, leaving passengers stranded at the Channel Islands of Guernsey and Jersey.
- The Apple Boutique, the Beatles's clothes store in Baker Street gave away its entire stock to members of the public before closing down for good.聽
- An armed gang stole nearly twenty-seven thousand pounds in bank raid at Palmers Green in North London.
- 55 American students of Scientology were refused entry into the UK.
- The Pope condemned any form of artificial birth control.
- Volcano - Mount Irazu in Costa Rice erupted, killing one hundred people.
- Governor of California Ronald Reagan was campaigning in the American Presidential Primaries.
- Sir Stanley Matthews resigned as General Manager of fourth Division football club, Port Vale.
July 1978
- An explosion at Freshwater injured five people.
- Preparations were getting underway for Cowes week. 聽
- The flying fifteens sailing regatta was held in driving rain - Prince Charles finished in 8th place.
- Isle of Wight plane makers Britten Norman were taken over by Swiss company Pilatus.
- 58th New Forest show was open.
- Fort Brockhurst in Portsmouth opened as a museum.
- A disused railway viaduct in Wimborne Road, Blandford was demolished.
- A three year old boy was abducted from his parent's house in Cowes.
- A new holiday camp for the disabled was opened by Princess Alexandra in the New Forest.聽
- Laurie McMenemy turned down an offer from Leeds United, to stay at Southampton FC.
- Journalists at The Sun were on strike after 200 colleagues were sacked.
- A hand grenade was thrown at the Iraqi Ambassador's car in London.
- New Zealand beat England in the 1st test at the Oval.
- Two Britons trying to make the first Atlantic crossing by balloon faced disaster as the bottom of their balloon was torn.
- Louise Brown, the world's first 'test tube' baby was born.
- Plans were put forward by the government for a 4th TV channel.
- Hazel, an Indian elephant escaped from Windsor Safari Park.
- The International Cricket Conference began at Lords.
- Air traffic controllers in Paris went on a work to rule.
- The Commonwealth games started in Edmonton, Canada.
- Hundreds of motorists queued for car ferries to the Irish Republic because of a strike by dock workers in Dublin.
- The first public launching of the US Navy's cruise missile caused embarrassment among admirals & White House Officials when the remote controlled missile failed.
- Krakatoa, the volcano in the Indian Ocean erupted.
July 1985
- Bournemouth council faced heavy penalties from the Government for overspending.
- The Shell oil company was been given permission to test drill at Netherhampton, near Salisbury.
- Royal Greenjackets Regiment were preparing to move from Peninsular Barracks in Winchester to a new 拢120 million home at Sir John Moore Barracks, just outside the city.
- Brittany Ferries took over from Truckline Ferries on the route between Poole and Cherbourg.
- Gosport Council and the English Civil War Society staged a recreation of a 17th Century village at Grange Hamlet.
- Catamaran 'Atlantic Challenger' was on sea trials for its 'Blue Riband' Atlantic crossing attempt.
- HMS Ark Royal arrrived in Portsmouth dockyard to be handed over to the Navy after sailing from Newcastle.聽
- Labour leader Neil Kinnock claimed that Labour is on course for general election victory after the increase in their vote in the Brecon & Radnor by-election.聽
- National Union of Mineworkers conference was in Sheffield.
- Restoration work continued at York Minster following the fire.
- A police woman was shot in the leg in Birmingham.
- The flight recorder from an Air India 747 that crashed off Canada, was located by coastguards.
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- Sun 28 Jul 2013 14:00麻豆社 Radio Solent