It wasn't however an incident that created a nuclear escalation though was it, it was an incident that led to a lot of hand wringing, much like many incidents of the era....the OP was talking about the threat of nuclear war, the real threat not perceived,.... hence the 60's win hands...
.... try and read the next bit of my post,.... "at least nothing that was in the public domain of the time.".... better now?, your post is dealing in ifs and maybes,..... the early 60's was a reality, there for the world to see.
Yes, but that only illustrates a more informed and empowered society taking every chance to voice concerns over the existence of nuclear weapons, there was no real incidence of actual escalation to the point they might be used, at least nothing that was in the public domain of the time. CND was...
I think the peak of 'nuclear' paranoia was definitely the early 60's, the Cuban crisis, the Bay of pigs, the Berlin Wall. The only real potential escalation in the 80's was Reagan's 'Star Wars' project and the Russian invasion of Afghanistan in 1980, neither led to any major threat of global...
Just heard on the radio that the a303 is shut both ways,.... not sure where exactly, might be worth checking in case it affects any of you drivers today.
He lived with his family for a number years next door to my Father in law in Lancing before they moved to Pulborough, I remember him well.....my Father in law is very down after hearing this news, he is elderly and an ex squaddie himself....a sad sad day for all concerned.
The twins were less than two.....and it us madness to leave them under any circumstances.... Those that suggest its OK to swan around, even if only 100 meters away, three children under four years old, unattended for even fifteen minutes, are plain stupid.....its simply opening up all possible...
From say nine or ten,... no earlier.... and then only for short trips to shop/school etc..... evening hours I would say not until 12/13..... overnight, not until 15/16.
Exactly, its 30 seconds from bar to apartment, I stayed there the following year, across the road from this complex, we drank in a basement bar called Waiting for Godo,....a mix of locals and ex pats, they were all amazed that the police didn't reexamine the road works of the time in the...
That was the Arsenal game,....rows of boots in hove park, possibly the most pathetic decision I have ever witnessed.....never got my tatty old nine hole boots back, but I did get a nice shiny ten hole pair in exchange.