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The Cartridge Years: 1966, 1981, 1990

Richard turns back the clock with the hits and local headlines from three Cartridge years: 1966, 1981, 1990

3 hours

Last on

Sun 25 Nov 2012 14:00

1966 Headlines

1966 Headlines

A prototype concorde was shown off to the press.

Students were demonstrating in Los Angeles over their 10PM curfew.

Pirate radio station 390 broadcast for the last time before being closed down.

Car workers at Longbridge were on strike.

1981 Headlines

1981 Headlines
A delegation of Chinese businessmen were in Weymouth. 聽
Tanker Drivers were balloted for strike action at Fawley.
Hythe Ferry was refused a grant from the County Council.
Police in Bournemouth were investigating the death of an 11 year old girl.
Hampshire fire & rescue were facing a staff shortage.
4 cannons from The Mary Rose were raised from The Solent.
HMS Intrepid returned to Portsmouth.聽
P&O Ferry workers were on strike.
An 拢8 million new ferry terminal was given the go ahead for Portsmouth.
The landing craft Arromanche was named in Marchwood.
Trouble erupted at the Portsmouth v Millwall football match & afterwards in the streets of Fratton,聽聽Actress Natalie Wood drowned in California.
A light aircraft crashed into a sports pavilion in London.
Anatoly Karpov retained his world chess title.

1990 Headlines

1990 Headlines
There were attempts to save Britain's rarest breed of cattle from extinction on the Isle of Wight.
Patients had to evacuate part of Whitecroft Psychiatric Hospital on the Isle of Wight after a fire in a first floor bedroom.
3 teenagers were killed in a car crash in Winchester.
The Thomas Hardy restaurant was opened in Bournemouth.
John Major took over as Prime Minister.
Ann Widdecombe was appointed as Junior Minister at the department of Social Security.聽
Workers walked through the channel for the first time.
Drink drivers who cause death could face up to five years in prison under new measures published by the government.

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  • Sun 25 Nov 2012 14:00