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The Cartridge Years: 1973, 1983 and 2001
Richard turns back the clock with the hits and local headlines from 1973, 1983 and 2001.
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Sun 21 Apr 2013
14:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Solent
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April 1973
- A new chair lift was opened at Alum Bay - with views over The Needles.
- An escape plot was discovered at Albany prison.
- A Royal Navy helicopter crashed into the Solent whilst attempting to rescue a boy who was trapped on a cliff. None of the helicopter crew was hurt, although the 13 year old who had fallen off the cliff later died.
- QE2 was at the centre of a storm in parliament. Β MPS wanted to know why British troops were being used to protect her in a cruise through the Med.
- The Sun Arch railway bridge in Romsey was being repaired by British Rail structural engineers after another collision. Β
- The Forestry Commission announced plans to close an animal sanctuary in Lyndhurst.
- Prices reached record levels at the New Forest pony sale in Brockenhurst.
- Despite a shortage of houses, a number of brand new flats were laying empty in Portsmouth.
- Swanage Railway Society claimed that 75% of local people wanted the branch line to Wareham to be reopened.
- Lord Montagu announced that the historic village of Bucklers Hard was to be given heritage trust status.Β
- A lunar rover was on display at the National Motor Museum in Beaulieu.
- Road safety protestors held a demonstration on the A31 in Wimborne. They wanted the council to make a narrow bridge on the road safer for pedestrians.
- Coles fun fair was on Southampton Common.
- Saints centre forward Ron Davies signed for Pompey in a Β£40,000 move.
- Print workers were on strike.
- Petrol went up by 1/2p a gallon.
- The Watergate affair saw resignations in the US government.
April 1983
- Fire destroyed the thatched roof of the oldest cottage in Horton HeathΒ
- Film actress Bo Derek was shooting part of her latest film Bolero on location at BeaulieuΒ
- The owner of a Β£70,000 house in Cowes, I.O.W. decided to raffle the place for Β£10 a ticket.
- The BiC was taking shape in Bournemouth.
- The owner of a hotel in Winchester was fined for leaving an R.A.C. 2-star sign up tor 10 months after the R.A.C. had withdrawn their endorsement.
- The Isle of Wight was being promoted as a major cycling centre to attract tourists.
- HMS Glamorgan, the only Royal Navy ship to survive a direct hit by an 'Exocet' missile during the Falklands Conflict, left Portsmouth for sea trials after extensive repairs.
- High Street banks cut their base rate by half percent to 10% easing the pressure for a rise in mortgage interest rates.
- The Royal Mint changed the wording on the 50 pence coin.
- BL workers at Cowley were on strike.
- A Turkish airliner with more than 100 people on board was hijacked en route and flown to Athens.
- Charles & Diana were on an official tour of Australia & New Zealand.
- Corbiere won the grand national.
- An inflatable King Kong was attached to the outside of the Empire State Building in New York.
April 2001
- Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔs in Niton were being checked & roads were closed following a landslide.
- Doubts were raised as to the exact location that William Rufus died. Β The Beaulieu Estate claim he died there, not at Minstead where his memorial stone stands.
- Police in Japan formally charged a businessman over the murder of the British bar hostess, Lucie Blackman.
- Foot & Mouth cases were being reported around the UK.
- Sophie-gate was rocking the Royals - A news of the world reporter posed as aΒ sheikhΒ and interviewed The countess of Wessex.
- M&S reported terrible first quarter sales figures.
- There were protests at M&S flagship store in Paris in response to the announcement they were to close their European shops.
- The crew of an american spy plane were being held on Hainan Island in China.
- America's latest mission to Mars, the unmanned Odyssey probe, blasted off from Cape Canaveral.
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- Sun 21 Apr 2013 14:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Solent