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The Cartridge Years: 1975, 1985 and 1996
Richard turns back the clock with the hits and local headlines from 1975, 1985 and 1996.
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Sun 18 Aug 2013
14:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Solent
August 1975
- The UK's newest motorway was opened. Β The M27 opened between Cadnam and Ower.
- Hampshire Police set up a mock accident on an unopened stretch of the motorway near Burseldon.
- The grass skiing championships took place on Butser Hill. Β
- Consultants and surgeons were unhappy with the conditions at Boscombe hospital.
- A Spitfire and a Supermarine-5 were seen together over Southampton Water in a demonstration display.
- German operator TT Lines withdrew their car ferry service between Southampton and St Malo. Β Their ferry, Mary Poppins was turned away from Southampton port by dockers who refused to unload her.
- Southampton based golfer Guy Hunt was preparing for the Ryder Cup.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
- 20 warships were open to the public at Navy Day in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.
- A powerboat race and a yachting regatta clashed in Poole. Β The yacht races were postponed to give the powerboats clear waters.
- Mummers were performing their travelling play in Dorset.
- AA Patrolmen were on a work to rule.
- Cat owners on the Isle of Wight were having their pets immunised against a strain of feline enteritus.
- Ian St John was Portsmouth's manager.
- The Isle of wight owners of an impounded fishing boat paid their outstanding VAT demands in small change in a protest against the charges.
- The Bournemouth Railway Museum opened.
- The British Hang Gliding championships took place in Wiltshire.
- Stunt woman Mary Connors attempted to be cannoballed across the River Avon.
- Volcano Predskazany, on the Kamchatka peninsular of Japan erupted.Β
- The Royal Navy sent flotilla through the Suez Canal, the first since 1967 as part of a world tour.
- Six IRA men were found guilty of bombing two Birmingham pubs the year before. Β Their convictions were later overturned.
August 1985
- Another section of the M3 motorway opened between Bar End and Easton Lane in Winchester.
- Southampton Football Club said they were determined to keep violence off the terraces this season with the help of the well established Family Centre.Β
- The crew of the Virgin Atlantic Challenger, which sunk attempting to break the Blue Riband record arrived in Portsmouth.
- Customs men in the South joined a national campaign for more government money and jobs to fight drug smuggling.
- The 50th anniversary of the Dakota was being marked with celebrations at Bournemouth airport.
- There was a fire at Eastleigh Airport.
- 150 sheep were stolen from a farm in Whitchurch.
- "Drum of England" - Simon Le Bon's yacht which capsized in the Fastnet race was in a Swanwick boat yard for repair.
- Countess Mountbatten unveiled a plaque at Osborne House in East Cowes.
- The Met Office was optimistic of an improvement to the weather, despite a bad summer so far.
- The strike on Townsend Thoresen Ferries at Dover ended.Β
- The Queen & other members of Royal Family began their annual summer holiday at Balmoral.
- Annual rate of inflation dropped from 7% to 6.9%. The mortgage rate dropped by 1.25%.
- Freddie Laker was in court over the collapse of his airline Skytrain.Β
- Airliners were carrying out safety checks on their Boeing 747s in light of crashes involving Air India & Japan Airlines planes.
- Rail guards were on strike over one man operated trains.
- A TWA jet, hijacked by Shi'ite gunmen in June left Beirut airport.
- Ayatollah Khomeni made a rare public appearance at Iranian presidential elections.
August 1996
- Sailors in Cowes were saying that the increase in corporate events is ruining the spirit of Cowes.
- Radio 1 were in Bournemouth for a beach party.... Police were investigating after drunken youths started fighting on the beach
- Work began on deepening the main channel in Southampton Water to allow the world's largest container ships to dock.
- Isle of Wight sailor Andy Cassell was competing in the Paralympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia.
- Survivors of the Dunblane school massacre were in the New Forest.
- Cannabis valued at Β£750,000 was found on the ferry Barfleur in Poole.
- A car that drives itself was being developed by scientists at Southampton University.
- Southampton City Council wrote off Β£400,000 poll tax debts.
- Investigations started after a fatal train crash at Watford.
- A number of dead foxes were found strung up between branches ina secluded Isle of Wight copse.Β
- Dorset's first fire boat went into service at Poole.
- Sections of the Titanic were brought to the surface, despite protests from some survivors.
- The inventor of the jet engine Sir Frank Whittle died in America aged 89.
- Construction of the Newbury bypass was underway, despite anti roads protests.
- Postal workers were on strike.
- At least 70 people died in a flash flood which swept through a camp site in Northern Spain.Β
- Boris Yeltsin was sworn in as Soviet President for the second time at the Kremlin.
- Michael Schumacher won the Belgian Grand Prix
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