Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

The Cartridge Years: 1967, 1980 and 1991

Richard turns back the clock with the hits and local headlines from 1967, 1980 and 1991.

Kick off your shoes, put your feet up and relax with Richard Cartridge, as he turns back the clock with three Cartridge Years.

This week he plays the big songs of the March of 1967, 1980 and 1991. He has the local headlines and your stories of the relevant years.

Plus tracks from his featured album of the week: This week The Who鈥檚 1971 album Who鈥檚 Next.

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.

3 hours

Last on

Sun 10 Mar 2013 14:00

Clip

March 1967

March 1967
  • Brothers Robin & Christopher Knox-Johnston, together with Heinz Fingerhut sailed their 32' ketch Suhaili across Indian ocean, past Capetown, and into the dock in London.聽
  • A shopping centre in Hove was damaged by a mini wirlwind.
  • America's Douglas Super-63 airliner was shown for the first time. It was the biggest commercial jet in the world, carrying two hundred & fifty passengers & has a wing span of nearly two hundred feet.
  • Managers for 大象传媒 local radio stations were discussing plans for the new service.
  • Official papers were found blowing around streets and gardens in Aberdeen, connected with the guided missile, 'Blue Steel'.
  • It was revealed that some railway lines condemned by Dr Beeching had been saved.聽
  • Students were demonstrating at the London School of Economics.
  • The destroyer HMS London was damaged by a fire at sea.
  • Farmers were given an extra 拢25 million in the annual price review.
  • In Vietnam, part of main line between Hanoi & Saigon was reopened.
  • The summer Olympic Games would be able to be seen throughout Europe on colour televisions, thanks to an innovation by 大象传媒 engineers.
  • The world's biggest helicopter the MiL10 was demonstrated at Gatwick.
  • It was announced that Concord was to make her maiden flight earlier than planned.

March 1980

March 1980
  • There was a price war on the ferries - Sealink, Townsend Thoresen, P&O and Brittany Ferrys were all offering cheap fares & incentives
  • IOW Estate Agent Sir Francis Pittis & Sons were celebrating their 200th anniversary.
  • Madeira Road sub post office in Ventnor closed.
  • Southampton weather centre was showing off it's new satellite system.
  • Students at Portsmouth Polytechnic ended their two week sit-in.
  • Saints faced the visiting team Vancouver Whitecaps at The Dell - former player Jimmy Greaves was in the Saints team.
  • The charity Shelter held a rally on the Isle of Wight - protesting about the number of empty homes.
  • It was announced that Southampton was to be the home of an oil emergency response centre... If anything goes wrong on a tanker or oil rig anywhere in the world, the emergency would be co-ordinated from the new centre
  • Eastleigh residents were in with a chance of winning money in a lottery organised by the local council.
  • The Post Office launched a campaign asking people to use their postcodes more.
  • A polystyrene statue of Charles Dickens was 'arrested' by police in Leicester Square
  • A rally in Birmingham was held in support of a sacked shop steward from British Leyland
  • Steel workers were on strike.
  • 32 flights were cancelled because of the strike by engineering workers & maintenance men at Heathrow.
  • A 10 hour siege in Tottenham ended when the gunman gave himself up without resistance.
  • Two football fans were killed & another two injured when a gate & brick support pillar collapsed at the end of a match between Middlesborough & Manchester Utd at Ayresome Park.聽
  • A British Airways 747 left for Salisbury in Rhodesia - the first scheduled direct flight in 14 years.聽
  • Argentinian Grand Prix went ahead despite drivers' concerns for the safety of the track.
  • Australia beat England in the 2nd test by 6 wickets.
  • There was a ceasefire in Zimbabwe.
  • Russian Ships were boycotted by American dockers in response to President Carters stand over Soviet aggression in Afghanistan.

March 1991

March 1991
  • The first Royal Navy ships returned to Portsmouth after serving in the Gulf.聽
  • The south turned out in force to support the third red nose day.
  • Havant Hockey club were on course for a league and cup double after the captain had been putting in some unusual training.聽
  • The naturalist David Bellamy presented Southern Water with an award for helping to create a butterfly reserve near Winchester.
  • Volunteers in Weymouth set up toad patrols to help the toads across the road.聽
  • Inmates at Winchester Prison were given a chance to repay part of their debt to society by building a nature trail.
  • A procession of vintage vehicles had a civic send-off in Weymouth. They belong to members of Weymouth Vehicle Preservation Society.
  • Unemployment rose by 85 600. The seasonally adjusted total was just under two million.
  • The West Midlands police force began a new investigation to find those responsible for the Birmingham Pub bombings of 1974, after the 'Birmingham six' were acquitted.
  • Yugoslavian President, Borisav Jovic resigned, saying that without military intervention the country was veering dangerously towards civil war.

Broadcast

  • Sun 10 Mar 2013 14:00