IRA blew up my uncles neighbour in a small village called Hankham near Polegate. I was about 8 years old but it still sticks in my mind. Deceased was a Conservative MP.
Didn't Bellotti win the by election?
IRA blew up my uncles neighbour in a small village called Hankham near Polegate. I was about 8 years old but it still sticks in my mind. Deceased was a Conservative MP.
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I used to know Robin Horsfell, in the photo. He, being one of the SAS who stormed the embassy. He lived in Ardingly as did I for 14 years. The day he was decorated at the palace he returned to the Ardingly British Legion to celebrate. He had though by the time of getting back rather celebrated and had to be carried in from the taxi shoulder high in to the club. Not sure he remembered much of the evening.
He went on to become a cricket umpire, though only minor counties. Most of the time though he was seen pissed in the club.
Absolutely great thread. The hard part is separating genuine memories from later acquired knowledge.
International - Israel/Arab war, early 70s, but can definitely recall the Palestinian terrorist attack at the Munich Olympics in 72.
National - Princess Anne wedding
Local - Definitely Dutch Elm Disease, but maybe Maria Colwell murder.
That's a 6 year spread!
Yep, local for me was Brighton going up in 79 but I hear that doesn't count so the next big one was the Athena B. My mum still has a photo of us in front of it and me with my blue and white Brighton bar scarf on.
National - storming the Iranian Embassy. Watched it live.
International - Falklands. I counted them out and I counted them back in again. Classic.
Who told you that!
It's not that it doesn't count, it's just not 'news'.
My initial objection was due to me thinking 'if I don't caveat The Albion out of the equation 'local' will just be everyone writing promotion in 1979'.
I think the thread is all the better for it, esp when in fact, most of the contributors would appear to be celebrating winning the Charity Shield.
#NeverFeltSoYoung.
You and I seem very close in age Stat. I read your OP whilst nodding and going "yeah, I remember that". Also while farting and making other involuntary noises.
But LOCALLY a team getting promotion at the end of the season is always NEWS. It just isn't nationally. There are places where Cyril from the Butchers retaining the annual Cribbage Invitational is NEWS.
So everyone of our age and location should have said "Brighton getting promoted in 79".
Local - probably when my school made the local news after a teacher attacked a pupil
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But then we might have missed out on:-
Which despite being serious and definitely not funny does have me smiling and noting 'ah happy dayz'.
I'm a bad bad man, who's going to hell.