Come now on a trip back in time, back to remember Britain from days
gone by. Events and memories from the sixties, seventies and
eighties! Indulge in some nostalgia with us below!
TRAMCARS Now coming back into fashion but in their heyday popular in many
British cities. Glasgow had a particularly extensive tramway system.
Glasgow's trams lasted from August 1872 until September 2nd 1962 when
the last tram ran from Dalmuir to Auchenshuggle. OFFSHORE RADIO A phenomenon in the mid 1960's before commercial radio was legalised.
For most listeners commercial radio will have meant Radio Luxembourg
until March 28th 1964 when Radio Caroline started broadcasting. On
15th August 1967 the Marine Broadcasting Offences Act came into
force, and the brief era of pirate radio was extinguished. Radio
Sutch broadcast on 1542kHz from 27th May 1964 from the Shivering
Sands Fort in the Thames Estuary, eventually becoming Radio City on
299 metres. The Fort was the scene of turbulent times during its
spell as a radio station, the station was finally closed after
playing the National Anthem just before midnight on 9 February 1967.
TELEVISION The start of BBC2 In 1964 the first colour TV service in the UK and a
new "quality" system. Used 625 lines and the PAL system, daytime
transmissions noted for the Colour Receiver Installation Film, the
Trade Test Transmissions and Service Information slots. Watch with Mother BBC series of TV programmes aimed at the pre-school
age group. The Flower Pot Men, Remember "Weeeeee......d", Trumpton,
and Andy Pandy.
THE BEATLES Dominating teenage pop culture in the sixties, a legend in their own time!
Brighton Kemptown in 1964 and Peterborough in 1966 both had 7 recounts. (the Americans don't seem to be into the delights of election recounts!!)
Major disaster in October 1966 when a pit slag heap collapsed on a Welsh Valleys school. One of the first major disasters that received major media coverage. The disaster site was re-visited by HM The Queen on Friday 9th May 1997.
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