First major news event you can remember ..

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Re: First major news event you can remember ..

Post by icu81b4 » Thu May 13, 2021 11:31 pm

George Formby passing.

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Re: First major news event you can remember ..

Post by Taffy on the wing » Fri May 14, 2021 3:07 am

thelaughingclaret wrote:
Thu May 13, 2021 5:06 pm
Being born in 95 it is 9/11 for me.
Bloody Whipper snappers!

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Re: First major news event you can remember ..

Post by Stalbansclaret » Fri May 14, 2021 6:21 am

Im yet another person where it's the Aberfan disaster. Remember my mum's anguish reading about it in the paper.

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Post by africlaret » Fri May 14, 2021 8:26 am

Just like Foreverly Claret, I was at Rosehill Junior School when I heard of the death of King George VI. I lived on Rossendale Avenue at the time and I clearly remember the Coronation of the Queen on our new television especially bought for the occasion. Half the Avenue squeezed into our front room and I had to sit in the fireplace because of the crush.

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Re: First major news event you can remember ..

Post by Hendrickxz » Fri May 14, 2021 9:26 am

aclaretinstevenage wrote:
Thu May 13, 2021 2:50 pm
Hendrickxz, I was born 23 11 54 but didn't qualify for the State Pension until last year at 66!!.........we wuz robbed! :lol: :lol:
Sorry I miscalculated. I think I've developed a complex that everyone is getting it but me -- the pension that is! :)
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Re: First major news event you can remember ..

Post by Clarets4me » Fri May 14, 2021 9:41 am

tim_noone wrote:
Thu May 13, 2021 8:21 pm
Locally Hapton Valley mining disaster...nationally Abervan...Internationally JFK and Lee Harvey Oswald assassinations on Live TV?
JFK ? More like Archduke Franz Ferdinand .... 8-)

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Re: First major news event you can remember ..

Post by tim_noone » Fri May 14, 2021 9:42 am

Clarets4me wrote:
Fri May 14, 2021 9:41 am
JFK ? More like Archduke Franz Ferdinand .... 8-)
Your not that old.....
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Re: First major news event you can remember ..

Post by Clarets4me » Fri May 14, 2021 9:48 am

Thanks for all the responses ... there really do seem to be a number of " where were you when you heard " events that are in the collective memory, depending on age ...

Coronation 1953
JFK Assasination 1963
Aberfan Disaster 1966
Moon Landing 1969
Death of Elvis 1977
Diana's Car crash 1997
9/11 2001

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Post by Local cricketer » Fri May 14, 2021 9:58 am

Ian Wright signing

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Re: First major news event you can remember ..

Post by 4:20 » Fri May 14, 2021 10:40 am

I think mine was Live Aid, I would've only have just turned 3, I remember which seat in the front room I was sitting in and the only memory I have of it was of Freddie Mercury singing Radio GaGa.

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Post by Herts Clarets » Fri May 14, 2021 11:12 am

I can remember watching a moon landing but wouldn't have been Apollo 11 as i was born in 1968. Power cuts and sitting in the lounge by candlelight which i guess would have been linked to the 3 day week in 73/74?

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Re: First major news event you can remember ..

Post by Volvoclaret » Fri May 14, 2021 11:36 am

tim_noone wrote:
Thu May 13, 2021 9:23 pm
#me to....same age ish. Our female teacher miss Pate was so stressed with the behaviour in class she Blurted out "theres going to be a War" dont you understand or words to that effect. We didnt...but we knew she was scared...
Would that be Cristine Pate Tim?

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Re: First major news event you can remember ..

Post by bpgburn » Fri May 14, 2021 11:39 am

1966 world cup

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Re: First major news event you can remember ..

Post by Tribesmen » Fri May 14, 2021 12:07 pm

bpgburn wrote:
Fri May 14, 2021 11:39 am
1966 world cup
:oops:

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Post by bpgburn » Fri May 14, 2021 2:31 pm

Tribesmen wrote:
Fri May 14, 2021 12:07 pm
:oops:
What?

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Re: First major news event you can remember ..

Post by Bullabill » Fri May 14, 2021 2:40 pm

Guitargeorge wrote:
Thu May 13, 2021 1:52 pm
The Flying Enterprise sinking in the Channel, 1950’s. Captain Carlson, If memory serves me correctly, was the master of the vessel.
Your memory hasn't failed you Gg, although it was Carlsen. Christmas time 1952, and the story went on for several days.

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Re: First major news event you can remember ..

Post by Quicknick » Fri May 14, 2021 2:43 pm

JFK.

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Re: First major news event you can remember ..

Post by Quicknick » Fri May 14, 2021 2:48 pm

Hipper wrote:
Thu May 13, 2021 2:31 pm
1960, 12th August: My dad and four others dying in an RAF plane crash - made the national papers and was pretty fundamental for me and of course is still with me today.

1962, 5th May Burnley losing in the Cup Final - perhaps not a major news event nationally but it was for me and that also is still with me today.

1963, 22nd November: JFK. According to Wiki this occurred at 1230pm 'Central Standard Time' on a Friday in Dallas. I remember hearing about this at the cubs in the evening about 1900. Central Standard Time seems to be about five hours behind GMT so that would be about right. Anyway, it means almost nothing to me now.
Sorry to hear about your father, Hipper. And JFK, my earliest news memory, means nothing to me, either, apart from the fact it spawned the best ever crime novel: American Tabloid.

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Re: First major news event you can remember ..

Post by rob63 » Fri May 14, 2021 4:33 pm

Steve1956 wrote:
Thu May 13, 2021 1:31 pm
The closer to home disaster I remember is Aberfan.
Me too Steve, we were sent home from school & I had to go to my Gran's because my parents were at work. When I got there she was watching it on TV in the parlour(front room), she never used the parlour during the day, it was in black & white which made the images of the disaster all the more stark.

Strangely, me & some friends were discussing this precise subject a fortnight ago.

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Re: First major news event you can remember ..

Post by Buxtonclaret » Fri May 14, 2021 5:22 pm

After the highs of England winning the World Cup, its the Aberfan disaster.

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Re: First major news event you can remember ..

Post by Falcon » Fri May 14, 2021 5:28 pm

Blair getting elected PM for the first time

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Re: First major news event you can remember ..

Post by tim_noone » Fri May 14, 2021 6:33 pm

Volvoclaret wrote:
Fri May 14, 2021 11:36 am
Would that be Cristine Pate Tim?
She was a member of Stoneyholme youth club and taught at the school.

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Re: First major news event you can remember ..

Post by Pearcey » Fri May 14, 2021 8:05 pm

Hard to pinpoint one. I do remember the Yorkshire Ripper chase though.

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Post by Shappie » Fri May 14, 2021 8:08 pm

Lockerbie I think for me

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Post by The Enclosure » Sat May 15, 2021 10:16 am

Queens Coronation June 1953.

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Re: First major news event you can remember ..

Post by Chobulous » Sun May 16, 2021 9:05 am

Woodleyclaret wrote:
Thu May 13, 2021 4:23 pm
JFK assassination we were playing football under our 1 floodlight(streetlamp) and someone stopped to tell us.
Exactly the same for me. Playing football at the bottom of Cromwell Street with John Derbyshire and Steve Lonsdale the day after my 10th birthday.

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Post by tim_noone » Sun May 16, 2021 9:14 am

Chobulous wrote:
Sun May 16, 2021 9:05 am
Exactly the same for me. Playing football at the bottom of Cromwell Street with John Derbyshire and Steve Lonsdale the day after my 10th birthday.
Happy Days....

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Post by Volvoclaret » Sun May 16, 2021 12:10 pm

Chobulous wrote:
Sun May 16, 2021 9:05 am
Exactly the same for me. Playing football at the bottom of Cromwell Street with John Derbyshire and Steve Lonsdale the day after my 10th birthday.
Better playing in the school yard until Ticker chased us out. Will hopefully arranging to meet up with J. D for lunch after next week

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Re: First major news event you can remember ..

Post by BigAlClaret » Sun May 16, 2021 12:24 pm

I vaguely remember Princess Anne's wedding on tv in 1973 but the first world event I saw was the fall of Saigon in 1975.

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Post by Chobulous » Sun May 16, 2021 4:16 pm

Volvoclaret wrote:
Sun May 16, 2021 12:10 pm
Better playing in the school yard until Ticker chased us out. Will hopefully arranging to meet up with J. D for lunch after next week
Those football matches in the school yard lasted all day more often than not with different kids joining in or coming and going. Say hello to John for me.

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Post by Volvoclaret » Sun May 16, 2021 6:22 pm

Will do.

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Re: First major news event you can remember ..

Post by Clarets4me » Sun May 16, 2021 10:09 pm

Clarets4me wrote:
Fri May 14, 2021 9:48 am
Thanks for all the responses ... there really do seem to be a number of " where were you when you heard " events that are in the collective memory, depending on age ...

Coronation 1953
JFK Assasination 1963
Aberfan Disaster 1966
Moon Landing 1969
Death of Elvis 1977
Diana's Car crash 1997
9/11 2001
The death of Michael Jackson in 2009 would probably make this list if we posted again in 2031, I suspect !

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Re: First major news event you can remember ..

Post by Srg1882 » Sun May 16, 2021 10:12 pm

Heysel for me

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Re: First major news event you can remember ..

Post by vancouverclaret » Tue May 18, 2021 5:11 am

England winning world cup 66 then man on the moon 1969

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