On This Day
 

Interesting or historic events on this day in days of yore from the BBC.



http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/d...30/default.stm

Wow, 30 April always seems to be fairly eventful. Thanks for the link Richard. :)

I'll keep half an eye on "On this Day" and post the odd one that might be of general interest. :D

Interesting events on this day in days of yore...


http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/d.../2/default.stm

Oh oh, General Belgrano! :eek:

The Belgrano was a warship in a war zone and as such was a legitimate target. The rub for me was safe pot bellied journalists gloating about it in toilet paper news rags like the Sun. And that rag hasn't changed it's style one iota.

Bob,

If you haven't already read it, I highly recommend, "Secrets of the Conqueror," by Stuart Prebble. He gives a fascinating insight into the submarine's activity pre- Falklands and of course, the sinking of General Belgrano. The political shenanigans around the whole episode are unbelievable!

I can concur with Ray's comments about this book. Quite and eye opener.

Thanks of that, I'll give it a read.

Another interesting day throughout history......


http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/d.../5/default.stm

1955. Too late for Pa, unfortunately.

I knew a couple of people who had Polio, both about my age. I can remember the national excitement when the national Polio vaccination started. First was a jab, the second was on a lump of sugar as I recall. My mum took me for one of them, ten miles away at the local hospital. A bus journey and a mile walk away from where we lived. Afterwards, a trip to the pictures. There were some horrible diseases, some recently beaten, other still common in those days.

Another newsworthy day over the years....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/d.../6/default.stm

I remember HRH's wedding. We had a 'day off' at School largest TV available (now would not look out of place in a small study) and 'cream teas etc. I remember it as fine and sunny but that may be the lenses.

A happy day in 1945....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/d.../8/default.stm

I remember the Polio inoculations, we lived in a house with a surgery attached, I got home one day, the whole garden was a queue of people waiting for Dad to Jab them. The Police supervising the queue let me through to the house door after a quick talk. The whole family ended up doing folding and stamping forms to get the paperwork done.

The Buster Crabb mystery still crops up now and again. Within the last year in the Solent area, though I forget exactly what it was about. More speculation I think.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/d.../9/default.stm

The Bradford Disaster....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/d...11/default.stm

I have a vague family memory of the Sketch closing. This was the comic Ma took and was faced with the dilemma of choosing an alternative with news in it (The Mail I think).

As I recall the Sketch was owned by the TUC.

The Daily Mail took over the Daily Sketch and amalgamated it with the Mail.

On this day....


http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/d...17/default.stm

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/d...22/default.stm

Bad day in the Falkland Islands.....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/d...25/default.stm

Watched a programme about the Falklands the other day when it confirmed what some of us were already aware of that despite Reagan publicly taking the middle ground between Argentina and ourselves the U.S. were giving us significant help with Intelligence and Equipment.
I often thought if the Troops had been puzzled as to why their hand held marine band two way radios had North American Weather Channels installed bearing in mind they were going the opposite way.
In regards to Exocet the Government gave an enormous amount of money to MI6 to buy up every Exocet which was on the Market.