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The Cartridge Years: 1966, 1976 and 1989
Richard turns back the clock with the hits and local headlines from 1966, 1976 and 1989.
This week Richard turns back the clock with the hits and local headlines from the May of 1966, 1976 and 1989.
He has the local headlines and hears your stories of the relevant years.
Plus tracks from his featured album of the week, Adele’s multi-million seller 21.
And Richard highlights some of the lighter stories of the week that you may have missed. It's the perfect way to spend a Sunday afternoon.
Last on
Sun 26 May 2013
14:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Solent
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May 1966
- Dockers in Southampton were on strike.
- The Moors Murderers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley sentenced to life imprisonment for three child murders.
- The National Union of teachers were on strike.
- Billy Graham held a meeting of clergymen.
- Bus drivers had a 6.6% pay rise.
- The Queen & Duke of Edinburgh were guests of honour at the Chelsea flower show.
- Britain basked in sunshine, on the hottest Whitsun weekend for almost 20 years.
- A car came off the rails at a funfair in Battersea.
- Billy Graham was in London on a crusade.
- Two men killed in helicopter accident in North Vancouver.
- Guyana, a former colony of British Guiana, held independence celebrations.
- Two British journalists were attempting to row from U.S. to Britain.
- Fidel Castro delcares martial law in Cuba because of a possible U.S. attack.
- In New York City, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. makes his first public speech on the Vietnam War.
- Technical problems dogged the Surveyor moon rocket.
- The Oaks race was won by Valoris,ridden by Lester Piggott
- The Cycling Tour of Britain was about to start
- The Monaco Grand Prix was the first race where the cars had engines with increased capacity of three litres.
- The Motorcycle grand prix took place at Mallory Park - heavy rain & sleet meant motor cycles & sidecars were crashing
May 1976
- The south was experiencing a mini heatwaveΒ with temperaturesΒ up to 80F recorded.
- There was an auction sale in Hampshire of a private collection of steam engines, vintage cars & tractors.
- HMS Falmouth returned to Portsmouth after patrols.
- Hardcourt tennis was on in Bournemouth.
- Roller hockey championships were taking place in Southsea.
- The centenary of the death of Samuel Wesley in Winchester.
- The RNLI headquarters was opened by Princess Anne.
- Pendennis Castle set off for her final trip to South Africa.
- 600 national union of railway workers based in Southampton held an overtime ban
- The environmental secretary Peter Shore met with Water Authority Chmn to discuss situation after the dry winter.
- Jeremy Thorpe resigned as liberal leader.
- European cup final was played in Glasgow: Bayern Munich v St.Etienne.
- Bomb making equipment found in flat which was until recently occupied by an Irishman wanted in connection with number of terrorists attacks in London.
- "Brent A" the biggest platform ever built for N.Sea, began its journey from the Firth of Forth to the Brent oil field.
- Most of crew of an oil tanker Urquiola were rescued before explosion aboard. The ship was carrying 110,000 tons of crude oil which poured into sea.
- 1000 people were killed in an earthquake in northern Italy.
May 1989
- HMS Endurance returned to Portsmouth after surviving a collision with an iceberg whilst patrolling the Antarctic.
- Pupils at Bitterne Park School in Southampton recreated a typical Victorian breakfast as part of their GCSE history exam.
- Plans for one of the largest shopping centres in Europe were rejected by the government. It was to be built outside southampton.
- The 25th anniversay of car ferry services between Solent & France was celebrated in style as P&O Viking Voyager was escorted out of Portsmouth by Royal Navy tugs.
- Workmen cut through a gas main in Newport.
- Clapham Rail Disaster public inquiry was under way.
- Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ journalists were on strike.
- Pop group The Shadows celebrate three decades in the charts.
- Workers at the 46 ports which come under the Dock Labour Scheme were voting on industrial action.
Broadcast
- Sun 26 May 2013 14:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Solent