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The Cartridge Years: 1968, 1987 and 1999
Richard turns back the clock with the hits and local headlines from 1968, 1987 and 1999.
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Sun 12 May 2013
14:00
大象传媒 Radio Solent
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May 1968
- Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra was celebrating it's 75th anniversary.
- HMS Leviathon was towed out of Portsmouth harbour, bound for the breakers yard.
- A car bomb exploded at the Welsh office in Cardiff.
- 48 classic cars set off from London, heading for Edinburgh on the veteran car run.
- Peter Ustinov was directing his own play 'The unknown soldier and his wife' at the Chichester Festival.
- A block of flats collapsed at Canning Town in London's East End.
- Fire engulfed a Newcastle paper mill.
- BOAC pilots were on a work to rule.
- Tesco took over the Victor Value brand name.
- A fire broke out on board the Norweigan ferry 'Blenheim' en route from Newcastle to Oslo.
- The prototype Concorde was being built in Bristol.
- West Brom won the FA Cup.
- Demonstrators handed in a petition to the Commonwealth Secretary asking that the Rock of Gibraltar should cease to be a colony & become part of Great Britain.聽
- There were riots and demonstrations in Paris.
- 7000 refugees were living in a make-shift camp in Saigon, where water hydrant has to supply whole camp & food supplies were uncertain.
- The world frog jumping competition took place in California.
May 1987
- Portsdown Park Estate was sold 聽to developers.
- British Barbershop Singers Annual Convention held at the BiC.
- Fire destroyed the ballroom on Southampton's disused Royal Pier.
- Civil Servants were on strike.
- QE2 sailed from Southampton amid complaints from passengers after a multi million pound refit - passengers complained about unfinished cabins.. Cunard gave passengers a refund of 40%.
- An inquiry into the Zebrugge ferry disaster started.
- Klaus Barbie was on trial.聽
- Intercity celebrated it's 21st anniversary.
- George Burns celebrated his 90th birthday.
- National graffiti championships were held in Bridlington.
May 1999
- Sir Christopher Cockerill died at the age of 88, on the 40th anniversary of his hovercraft first taking to the water.
- The electricity watchdog commissioned a feasibility review of Fawley Power Station - there were fears it could close and 60 jobs would be at risk聽
- A group of dedicated engineers from Hampshire built a car powered by steam.
- Many businesses across Hampshire were counting the costs of a night of torrential rain that caused flooding across the county.
- A major rescue operation was launched after 150 people were thrown into the sea during a regatta in Weymouth Bay. More than 70 boats capsized.聽
- Protesters who were fighting to save Haslar Hospital in Gosport were pinning hopes on a new report which stated it would cost the local economy around 拢25million a year.聽
- Passenger complaints about train services in the South hit record levels again.
- A 41 year old man was rescued after falling 100ft down a cliff at Bembridge.聽
- Port Solent marina was acquired by Raglan Properties as part of a deal worth over 拢14million which also included marinas in Falmouth and Guernsey.
- New railway timetables were introduced, there were more trains from Southampton to London, but changes to services from Dorset were been criticised.
- 大象传媒 presenter Jill Dando was murdered.
- There were delays processing passports.
- Thousands of people turned out in Gloucestershire to see one of Britain's strangest bank holiday traditions, the Cheese Rolling Race.
- French Euro tunnel staff staged a protest for better working conditions.
- Bangladesh went through to the super sixes in the Cricket World Cup after beating Pakistan - England were knocked out by India.
- Watford claimed a place in the Premiership by beating Bolton Wanderers to win the 1st division championship.
- Colin Montgomerie won the PGA Golf Championship at Wentworth
- Mika Hakkinen won the Spanish Grand Prix.
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