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The Cartridge Years: 1970, 1980 and 2000
Richard turns back the clock with the hits and local headlines from 1970, 1980 and 2000.
This week Richard turns back the clock with the hits and local headlines from the July of 1970, 1980 and 2000.
He has the local headlines and hears your stories of the relevant years.
Plus tracks from his featured album of the week,The Kinks’ 164 album Kinks.
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.
There is a choice of listening this Sunday afternoon. From 1425 you can hear ball by ball commentary on 999 and 1359AM, as Hampshire take on Middlesex in the T20 competition.
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July 1970
- Vandals damaged 10 cars in Osmington.
- Lord Mountbatten named Bembridge Lifeboat 'Jack Shaylor and the Lees'
- A tanker ran around off Totland.
- Councillors in southampton were voting on the issue of constructing as new bridge over the River Itchen
- A 1917 steam wagon arrived in Portsmouth from Scotland. Β Is was intended to be used for deliveries around Southsea.
- Chris Stewart of Bournemouth Athletic Club came third in the Crystal Palace two mile race.
- London Dockers were on strike.
- Disused power station Chimneys were demolished in Bletchley to make room for the building of the new city of Milton Keynes.
- Strikers at Birmingham's Lucas factory went back to work.
- SS Great Britain was towed up the River Avon in Bristol before being refitted as a museum.
- Robin Knox Johnston was on the start line in Plymouth - ready to compete in the round Britain race.
- A collection of eleven paintings from the 82yr old artist Lowry, was sold for more than Β£48,000.
- William Boal, one of the great train robbers died
- The Queen was on an official visit to Canada.
- A DC8 crashed in Canada.
- A De Haviland Comet 4 crashed in Spain.
July 1980
- Leader of the Opposition James Calaghan MP was in Dorset for the annual Tolpuddle Martyrs memorial rally.
- A plan to extend the M3 motorway past Winchester was announced.
- A damaged yacht was washed up on the beach in Weymouth.
- HM Queen was in Portsmouth.
- There was an armed robbery at Ashley Heath post office.
- Wartime vehicles were on display on Sandown beach.
- The roller speed skating European championships were held in Southampton.
- Stourpaine primary school closed after 107 years.
- New Forest verderers agreed to plans to restrict the ponies going hungry in the winter months, by removing weak and old ponies from the land.
- The world's best town criers were in Lyme Regis for their championships.
- The Royal Navy took delivery of the brand new destroyer HMS Liverpool.
- 1000 Police held back demonstrating Welsh Miners as PM Margaret Thatcher visited Swansea.
- The 22nd Olympic Games were opened by President Brezhnev in Moscow - many athletes boycotted the opening ceremony as a protest against Russian Policy in Afghanistan.
- Tom Watson was ahead in the Open Golf championship.
- Labout were claiming that unemployment figures were the worst since the war.
- Hundreds of Scottish fishing boats were protesting over EEC fishing policies.
- Eight members of Red Devils aerobatic team landed in Hyde Park.
- A super-tanker broke in half in Rotterdam harbour whilst unloading it's cargo.
- Peter Sellars was recouperating following a heart attack.
- A family in Northamptonshire were left homeless after a gas explosion wrecked their home.
- British Gas announced record profits of Β£426m.Β
- The Government announced that they were to end the Post Office's monopoly on telephone & other telecommunications.
- Prince Edward were at Earls Court for the centenary celebrations of the Royal Tournament.
- 6000 guests helped the Queen Mother celebrate her 80th birthday at Buckingham Palace.
- The final sections of the Humber Bridge were dropped into place.
- The first night of the proms was cancelled due to the musician's strike.
- Five policemen were wounded, in riots in Miami.
- Cricket: Northamptonshire beat Essex to win the B&H Cup
July 2000
- Bus services in the South were being cut back because of an acute shortage of drivers.Β
- The River Itchen just north of Winchester was the scene of a battle ground - with fishermen on one bank and conservationists on the other.
- Portsmouth City Council were looking for a suitable leisure company to run the proposed spinnaker tower.
- There were plans for a container terminal in Dibden, on the waterside.Β
- The Isle of Wight pulled out of the bidding to host the 2005 Island Games.
- The air traffic control centre in Swanwick was nearing completion.
- Ship builder Vosper Thorneycroft was awarded part of a billion pound contract to build new warships for the Royal Navy.Β
- They also submitted a planning application for a brand new shipyard at Portsmouth's naval base.
- The Coroner said that a smoke alarm could have saved the lives of MP Michael Colvin and his wife, who died when their house caught fire earlier in the year.
- People across the south were mopping up after heavy over night rain.
- The demand for organic food in the South has increased by nearly 50% in the past year.
- Air guns and ball-bearing guns were reported to have been on sale at Eastleigh's Saturday market.
- Pioneering new research into the treatment of Alzheimers Disease was underway in Southampton.
- Dorchester became the new home of one of the country's first real and virtual art galleries.
- Police in West Sussex were searching for missing schoolgirl Sarah Payne. Β Her body was found in a field 15 miles from home.
- A report on the collapse of three tunnels being built for the rail link between Heathrow and London said it could have been prevented.
- Actor Sean Connery was knighted by the Queen in Edinburgh.Β
- It was announced that Hunting could be banned in Scotland by Spring 2001, well ahead of anywhere else in the UK.
- Prime Minister Tony Blair stressed that membership of the Euro would be good for British jobs, but only if all economic criteria are met.Β
- It was reported that overseas companies were investing in Britain at record levels, creating more jobs and businesses.
- Rail services were getting back to normal following a landslide which derailed a train in Bristol.
- The four countries competing to host the 2006 World Cup gave their final presentations to world football's governing body FIFA.Β
- Three British pensioners were killed in a car crash, while on holiday in Australia.
- Thousands of penguins were air lifted from their island breeding ground in South Africa in an effort to save them from an oil spill.
- A heatwave hit Greece and the Balkans.
- The Williams sisters beat Navratilova and De Swardt in Ladies Doubles match - meanwhile the sisters were due to play each other in the ladies singles semi finals.
- Pete Samprass and Andre Agassi made it through to the men's semi-finals at Wimbledon.Β
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- Sun 14 Jul 2013 14:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Solent