First major news event you can remember ..

Foreverly Claret · Post by **Foreverly Claret** » Thu May 13, 2021 3:44 pm

Death of King George VI .I was at Rosehill junior School at the time .We all got sent home and I remember my mum coming to collect me .we lived on Romney avenue .I remember the coronation too..the bunting on some streets in Burnley was amazing..I particularly remember Anne street ..a very poor area but they didn't stint on the decor .

FCBurnley · Post by **FCBurnley** » Thu May 13, 2021 3:48 pm

53 cup final and Coronation

TheFamilyCat · Post by **TheFamilyCat** » Thu May 13, 2021 4:05 pm

Looking through a list of historical events from when I was 4/5 I would say the assassination attempt on Reagan would be the first.

Botham's Ashes and Charles and Diana's wedding later in the year. Don't remember the wedding but street party.

Leisure · Post by **Leisure** » Thu May 13, 2021 4:20 pm

Other than football events, the Abervan disaster in 1966.

Beagleheart · Post by **Beagleheart** » Thu May 13, 2021 4:22 pm

elwaclaret wrote: ↑
Thu May 13, 2021 1:15 pm
16th August 1977.

Same here.

Woodleyclaret · Post by **Woodleyclaret** » Thu May 13, 2021 4:23 pm

JFK assassination we were playing football under our 1 floodlight(streetlamp) and someone stopped to tell us.

Culmclaret · Post by **Culmclaret** » Thu May 13, 2021 4:28 pm

Torrey Canyon oil spill: March 1967

TomtheClaret · Post by **TomtheClaret** » Thu May 13, 2021 4:28 pm

Red Rum Grand National win 1977. Age 5 I won the sweepstake after my adopted Nan put me in.
No idea how much we won.

But I got my first bike out of winnings!

GodIsADeeJay81 · Post by **GodIsADeeJay81** » Thu May 13, 2021 4:29 pm

Live Aid.

yorkyclaret · Post by **yorkyclaret** » Thu May 13, 2021 4:35 pm

Steve1956 wrote: ↑
Thu May 13, 2021 1:31 pm
The closer to home disaster I remember is Aberfan.

Aberfan for me too, have a feeling we may share a birth year.

Taffy on the wing · Post by **Taffy on the wing** » Thu May 13, 2021 4:35 pm

Steve1956 wrote: ↑
Thu May 13, 2021 12:34 pm
JFK assassination

Same here!........that changed the direction of everything.

LeadBelly · Post by **LeadBelly** » Thu May 13, 2021 4:38 pm

I remember Queen's visit to Burnley post coronation (1955?) - standing in crowds waving flag etc.
In terms of the wider world, Cuban Missile crises was very impactful (as were the, now laughable, public info films advising you to hide behind sandbags under the stairs etc).

thelaughingclaret · Post by **thelaughingclaret** » Thu May 13, 2021 5:06 pm

Being born in 95 it is 9/11 for me.

Holmeclaret · Post by **Holmeclaret** » Thu May 13, 2021 5:09 pm

US bombs falling over Vietnam

TheOriginalLongsider · Post by **TheOriginalLongsider** » Thu May 13, 2021 5:15 pm

Remember the Black Panther and also watching the Iranian Embassy when the SAS stormed it

Claretnick · Post by **Claretnick** » Thu May 13, 2021 5:26 pm

Aberfan disaster, I was 7 years old and the deaths of all those children in their classrooms had a big affect on me.

rufus lumley · Post by **rufus lumley** » Thu May 13, 2021 5:45 pm

The first woman to land on Mars.

boatshed bill · Post by **boatshed bill** » Thu May 13, 2021 5:48 pm

Another for JFK.
And, like most, I can remember exactly where I was when I got told about it.

BFCmaj · Post by **BFCmaj** » Thu May 13, 2021 5:49 pm

The Queen’s Silver Jubilee. Remember walking from our house on Williams Rd to Burnley General Hospital with my mum to get a check up when she was expecting my brother and seeing bunting everywhere.

Malvern claret · Post by **Malvern claret** » Thu May 13, 2021 5:57 pm

A lot of mentions for JFK assassination, I remember it well and I remember who told me, it was Jimmy Mac’s sister.

tiger76 · Post by **tiger76** » Thu May 13, 2021 5:58 pm

Heysel Stadium tragedy, Jock Stein's death, and the Dennis Taylor-Steve Davis blackball world snooker final.

Away from sporting events the Lockerbie plane crash, and the Piper Alpha disaster.

Vintage Claret · Post by **Vintage Claret** » Thu May 13, 2021 6:05 pm

Torrey Canyon oil spill - 1967

Dike Muff · Post by **Dike Muff** » Thu May 13, 2021 6:10 pm

John Lennon being murdered.

Conroysleftfoot · Post by **Conroysleftfoot** » Thu May 13, 2021 6:15 pm

1966 World Cup win

pushpinpussy · Post by **pushpinpussy** » Thu May 13, 2021 7:11 pm

Debbie did Dallas

Foreverly Claret · Post by **Foreverly Claret** » Thu May 13, 2021 7:14 pm

It's amazing how clear the memories are for so many people about the way they heard the news of JFK's assassination .mine are vivid .It was my 19th birthday .At the time I was working for a bank in Leeds and lived in digs over there .We worked Saturday mornings then and got about 1 in 8 off...and it was my turn. I got back to Burnley after a ball aching Friday tea time bus ride through Halifax and was having tea sat at the table with my mum..she had done my favourite...braised steak .The TV was on and I remember Cliff Michelmore but not entirely sure of the programme ( Tonight ? )...the tele went quiet and we both looked in that direction...there was a revolving world on the screen for quite some time . Then the news came through .My dad phoned from his work at the Burnley Express asking what the reports were saying...he was devastated .

DCWat · Post by **DCWat** » Thu May 13, 2021 7:17 pm

TheOriginalLongsider wrote: ↑
Thu May 13, 2021 5:15 pm
Remember the Black Panther and also watching the Iranian Embassy when the SAS stormed it

We’ve had our share of killers in Bradford.

The black panther - born in Bradford, The Yorkshire Ripper and more recently, The Crossbow Canibal!

My first recollection would be the Falklands War which probably stood out as I had a family member who was there in the RAF

ClaretEngineer · Post by **ClaretEngineer** » Thu May 13, 2021 7:25 pm

Bosnian War.

Though Diana’s death in ‘97 is the more prominent memory

BurnleyFC · Post by **BurnleyFC** » Thu May 13, 2021 7:32 pm

Hillsborough disaster and the Berlin Wall coming down.

Fretters · Post by **Fretters** » Thu May 13, 2021 7:33 pm

Hendrickxz wrote: ↑
Thu May 13, 2021 2:33 pm
Looks like we share the same birthday, November 23rd, but you are a year older than me, so you won't have been robbed of a year's pension!

My dad was born June 1955 and is always complaining about his stolen pension year!

As for news events, has to be Diana.

jjclaret · Post by **jjclaret** » Thu May 13, 2021 8:04 pm

Our gracious Queen Liz - coronation
Sputnik 1 launched
Busby Babes Munich air crash
Burnley FC 1959/60
Yuri - first man in space
Leslie Ann Downey missing
Aberfan disaster
Brian Labone Cup Final

All stick in my memory and there were probably other events that are not jumping out of my grey matter.

Vino blanco · Post by **Vino blanco** » Thu May 13, 2021 8:04 pm

I can remember the death/funeral of King George VI in 1952 just, but I can remember much more clearly the Coronation of our present queen in 1953 as well as the Matthews Cup Final.

Loyalclaret · Post by **Loyalclaret** » Thu May 13, 2021 8:05 pm

Stockport 94' can remember the build up at primary school where we made rosettes for the coaches, then virtually all the day from Rosgrove to arriving late (nothing has changed 27years later), the noise and train station being pelted with missiles from Stockport fans above after the game as we waited in a tunnel.

Diane's death happened as we had a sleep over for a friend's birthday.

Not earliest but the Arab Spring was a big occasion

Longsider · Post by **Longsider** » Thu May 13, 2021 8:13 pm

Fire Brigade strike 1977. Dad was a fireman so remember it well.

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Thu May 13, 2021 8:21 pm

COBBLE wrote: ↑
Thu May 13, 2021 1:06 pm
Hapton mining disaster, was sat on the grass on the fennyfold by St John's school when told about it. Also remember being terrified every time a plane flew over Whitegate park during the Cuban missile crisis expecting to be nuked.

Locally Hapton Valley mining disaster...nationally Abervan...Internationally JFK and Lee Harvey Oswald assassinations on Live TV?

duncandisorderly · Post by **duncandisorderly** » Thu May 13, 2021 8:26 pm

Dunblane. I remember the Iraq war but didn't really consider it of any import at the time, but a nutter shooting up a school was pretty shocking.

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Thu May 13, 2021 8:31 pm

LeadBelly wrote: ↑
Thu May 13, 2021 4:38 pm
I remember Queen's visit to Burnley post coronation (1955?) - standing in crowds waving flag etc.
In terms of the wider world, Cuban Missile crises was very impactful (as were the, now laughable, public info films advising you to hide behind sandbags under the stairs etc).

She visited between 67/68 to...past Barden Annex next to St Peter's Church

tally · Post by **tally** » Thu May 13, 2021 8:35 pm

Cuban missile crisis,
my parents and the world was genuinely worried.

Erasmus · Post by **Erasmus** » Thu May 13, 2021 9:14 pm

Cuban missile crisis for me as well. I remember my Dad listening to the radio whilst shaving and saying, 'O good, there isn't going to be a war' when the Russian ships turned back. I was thinking a war would be quite exciting, like in the films, but I was only seven.

RalphCoatesComb · Post by **RalphCoatesComb** » Thu May 13, 2021 9:21 pm

Steve1956 wrote: ↑
Thu May 13, 2021 12:34 pm
JFK assassination

Snap. Certainly a "Where were you when you heard... " moment

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Thu May 13, 2021 9:23 pm

Erasmus wrote: ↑
Thu May 13, 2021 9:14 pm
Cuban missile crisis for me as well. I remember my Dad listening to the radio whilst shaving and saying, 'O good, there isn't going to be a war' when the Russian ships turned back. I was thinking a war would be quite exciting, like in the films, but I was only seven.

#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...

Funkydrummer · Post by **Funkydrummer** » Thu May 13, 2021 10:12 pm

Vaguely, Yuri Gagarin's trip into space in April 1961 (9 years old), but with more clarity was
Churchill's funeral on 30th January 1965. We were about to set off to Liverpool for my sister's
6th birthday when it started in black and white on the TV.

Dazzler · Post by **Dazzler** » Thu May 13, 2021 10:34 pm

Munich Olympics massacre by the Palestinian terrorist group Black September

timshorts · Post by **timshorts** » Thu May 13, 2021 10:36 pm

The episode where zaza left Hector's house. In black and white. Daleks that had foam coming out of their tops when they got killed. Power cuts due to striking power workers and decimilisation.

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Thu May 13, 2021 11:08 pm

First gulf war. And thinking tanks were going to come up the road to the house. Was on the news constantly and you didn’t understand the context of the situation or the size of the world at that age.

Boss Hogg · Post by **Boss Hogg** » Thu May 13, 2021 11:08 pm

With any clarity The Iranian Embassy Siege.

ian · Post by **ian** » Thu May 13, 2021 11:08 pm

The capsizing of the Herald of Free Enterprise sticks in my earliest news memory, I would have been about 10

bf2k · Post by **bf2k** » Thu May 13, 2021 11:21 pm

gandhisflipflop wrote: ↑
Thu May 13, 2021 12:47 pm
Diana's death.

Same here. Remember being awake and hearing she was involved in an accident then not long after hearing she’d died. As a young teen it was a shocking event. I remember standing outside the town hall with friends and all of us had a tear in our eye.

Wile E Coyote · Post by **Wile E Coyote** » Thu May 13, 2021 11:28 pm

"The Romans are coming"

chorleyhere · Post by **chorleyhere** » Thu May 13, 2021 11:31 pm

Cuban Missile crisis and pictures of silos in the U.S. being readied for action (stock footage but I didn't know it at the time), I was 6 years old and remember being quite frightened that the whole world was going to be blown up.