First major news event you can remember ..

Clarets4me · Post by **Clarets4me** » Thu May 13, 2021 12:25 pm

Lofthouse Pit disaster 1973, 7 miners killed when the pit flooded .....

Steve1956 · Post by **Steve1956** » Thu May 13, 2021 12:34 pm

JFK assassination

TheFamilyCat · Post by **TheFamilyCat** » Thu May 13, 2021 12:44 pm

Clarets4me wrote: ↑
Thu May 13, 2021 12:25 pm
Lofthouse Pit disaster 1973, 7 miners killed when the pit flooded .....

The Lofthouse Pit is now a nature reserve, I live a couple of miles away and I regularly walk, run and cycle round it.

gandhisflipflop · Post by **gandhisflipflop** » Thu May 13, 2021 12:47 pm

Diana's death.

Ptangyangkipperbang · Post by **Ptangyangkipperbang** » Thu May 13, 2021 12:52 pm

Either Ibrox stadium disaster or Decimalisation

COBBLE · Post by **COBBLE** » Thu May 13, 2021 1:06 pm

Hapton mining disaster, was sat on the grass on the fennyfold by St John's school when told about it. Also remember being terrified every time a plane flew over Whitegate park during the Cuban missile crisis expecting to be nuked.

fatboy47 · Post by **fatboy47** » Thu May 13, 2021 1:08 pm

Steve1956 wrote: ↑
Thu May 13, 2021 12:34 pm
JFK assassination
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Same.

claretfern · Post by **claretfern** » Thu May 13, 2021 1:11 pm

One more for JFK.

Silkyskills1 · Post by **Silkyskills1** » Thu May 13, 2021 1:11 pm

I went to a Roman Catholic junior school and the death of Pope Pius XII in 1958 is something I can remember. Earlier that year was the Munich Air crash but all I can recall from that is seeing my first FA Cup Final.just after between Man Utd. and Bolton and even relatives of mine who had little interest in football wanting Man Utd. to win.

elwaclaret · Post by **elwaclaret** » Thu May 13, 2021 1:15 pm

16th August 1977.

claretonthecoast1882 · Post by **claretonthecoast1882** » Thu May 13, 2021 1:18 pm

Iranian Embassay Siege 1980

wilks_bfc · Post by **wilks_bfc** » Thu May 13, 2021 1:22 pm

First one I can really recall was the Challenger Space Shuttle disaster in 1986

I was 8, and we'd done a load of stuff at school about it in the run up.

Can remember getting home from school and watching it all happen on tv

bfcjg · Post by **bfcjg** » Thu May 13, 2021 1:25 pm

First man on the moon.

andyh · Post by **andyh** » Thu May 13, 2021 1:28 pm

bfcjg wrote: ↑
Thu May 13, 2021 1:25 pm
First man on the moon.

Same for me.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Thu May 13, 2021 1:28 pm

I’m sure it must be JFK for me

Steve1956 · Post by **Steve1956** » Thu May 13, 2021 1:31 pm

The closer to home disaster I remember is Aberfan.

Tribesmen · Post by **Tribesmen** » Thu May 13, 2021 1:36 pm

Steve1956 wrote: ↑
Thu May 13, 2021 12:34 pm
JFK assassination

Same plus 2

huw.Y.WattfromWare · Post by **huw.Y.WattfromWare** » Thu May 13, 2021 1:43 pm

Yuri Gagarin going into space.

dsr · Post by **dsr** » Thu May 13, 2021 1:46 pm

Born 1965; the first major event that comes to mind was a moon landing on TV. Probably not Apollo 11 which was 1969, but one of the later ones that between 1970-72.

Redbeard · Post by **Redbeard** » Thu May 13, 2021 1:47 pm

Aberfan in 66, then Donald Campbell's death-crash on Coniston Water in January 67.

Dark Cloud · Post by **Dark Cloud** » Thu May 13, 2021 1:48 pm

JFK being assassinated for me. I also remember going home from infant school and my mum was singing "Can't Buy Me Love" and I'd never heard it. I asked what she was singing and she said it was the new record from The Beatles just out that day!

Guitargeorge · Post by **Guitargeorge** » Thu May 13, 2021 1:52 pm

The Flying Enterprise sinking in the Channel, 1950’s. Captain Carlson, If memory serves me correctly, was the master of the vessel.

spadesclaret · Post by **spadesclaret** » Thu May 13, 2021 1:53 pm

Munich Air Disaster

aclaretinstevenage · Post by **aclaretinstevenage** » Thu May 13, 2021 2:11 pm

JFK was assassinated the day before my 9th Birthday so would be this.

After that and something that had enormous impact was the Aberfan tip disaster in 1966, 116 primary schoolchildren and 28 adults lost there lives when a slag spoil mound engulfed their school. Absolutely horrific.

2 Bee Holed · Post by **2 Bee Holed** » Thu May 13, 2021 2:14 pm

Titanic sinking.

Steve-Harpers-perm · Post by **Steve-Harpers-perm** » Thu May 13, 2021 2:18 pm

Zebrugge ferry.

JohnMac · Post by **JohnMac** » Thu May 13, 2021 2:19 pm

'President John F Kennedy has been Assassinated in Dallas Texas'

My Dad was still serving in the Army having joined in WW2, I told him when he got in from work and his words were 'Oh my God, this could lead to another War'

claret2018 · Post by **claret2018** » Thu May 13, 2021 2:19 pm

Diana sort of, but I don’t think I even knew who she was before hand.

9-11 other than that

Billy Balfour · Post by **Billy Balfour** » Thu May 13, 2021 2:23 pm

The great storm of 1987.

Malvern claret · Post by **Malvern claret** » Thu May 13, 2021 2:30 pm

The Matthews cup final followed by ascent of Everest and then the coronation all within a few weeks of each other. My wife remembers being woken by the VE Day celebrations so she beats me.

Hipper · Post by **Hipper** » Thu May 13, 2021 2:31 pm

1960, 12th August: My dad and four others dying in an RAF plane crash - made the national papers and was pretty fundamental for me and of course is still with me today.

1962, 5th May Burnley losing in the Cup Final - perhaps not a major news event nationally but it was for me and that also is still with me today.

1963, 22nd November: JFK. According to Wiki this occurred at 1230pm 'Central Standard Time' on a Friday in Dallas. I remember hearing about this at the cubs in the evening about 1900. Central Standard Time seems to be about five hours behind GMT so that would be about right. Anyway, it means almost nothing to me now.

Hendrickxz · Post by **Hendrickxz** » Thu May 13, 2021 2:33 pm

aclaretinstevenage wrote: ↑
Thu May 13, 2021 2:11 pm
JFK was assassinated the day before my 9th Birthday so would be this.

After that and something that had enormous impact was the Aberfan tip disaster in 1966, 116 primary schoolchildren and 28 adults lost there lives when a slag spoil mound engulfed their school. Absolutely horrific.

Looks like we share the same birthday, November 23rd, but you are a year older than me, so you won't have been robbed of a year's pension!

Paul Waine · Post by **Paul Waine** » Thu May 13, 2021 2:39 pm

Steve1956 wrote: ↑
Thu May 13, 2021 12:34 pm
JFK assassination

November 1963. It's one of the first I recall very clearly. FA Cup final the previous year, May 1962 is earlier. Then there's something about a Cuban missile crisis, October 1962 (though if someone said 1961 I'd have accepted that date).

BenWickes · Post by **BenWickes** » Thu May 13, 2021 2:39 pm

Earliest memories as a 4 year old going on 5. Of Elvis Presley's death in 1977. I'd never seen my Mum cry before and she was crying over the headline on front of the paper.
I guess the Yorkshire Ripper around the same time but more for the fact he had killed again. .

The first one I grasped the concept of how serious and 'real' a news story was would have been the Iranian Siege in 1980 which I watched unfold live on TV.

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Thu May 13, 2021 2:41 pm

I don't remember yesterday never mind what first major news event I can remember !!

Steve1956 · Post by **Steve1956** » Thu May 13, 2021 2:45 pm

Hendrickxz wrote: ↑
Thu May 13, 2021 2:33 pm
Looks like we share the same birthday, November 23rd, but you are a year older than me, so you won't have been robbed of a year's pension!

Just off topic a minute as you mention pensions,I thought I'd work out how much my wife and I have been robbed of...£65,3764.40 and with inflation it will be much more by the time my wife reaches 66....a disgrace and a scandal that the Tory/Lib dem coalition should be ashamed of.
Sorry for going off topic but that one really pisses me off.

aclaretinstevenage · Post by **aclaretinstevenage** » Thu May 13, 2021 2:50 pm

Hendrickxz wrote: ↑
Thu May 13, 2021 2:33 pm
Looks like we share the same birthday, November 23rd, but you are a year older than me, so you won't have been robbed of a year's pension!

Hendrickxz, I was born 23 11 54 but didn't qualify for the State Pension until last year at 66!!.........we wuz robbed!

ElectroClaret · Post by **ElectroClaret** » Thu May 13, 2021 2:56 pm

Yeah, JFK for me too.

jrgbfc · Post by **jrgbfc** » Thu May 13, 2021 3:07 pm

Princess Di. Remember getting up Sunday morning to play football and it was all over the TV instead of cartoons or the Match of the day repeat.

Volvoclaret · Post by **Volvoclaret** » Thu May 13, 2021 3:08 pm

Hapton Valley pit disaster, my dad knew one of the miners, Pete Tinsley. But also Aberfan sticks in my mind.
I know Bosscat remembers Mafeking being relieved.

dsr · Post by **dsr** » Thu May 13, 2021 3:09 pm

My mother has memories of a big street party to celebrate a royal occasion - probably George VI's coronation, 1937. She would have been 4.

BenWickes · Post by **BenWickes** » Thu May 13, 2021 3:14 pm

dsr wrote: ↑
Thu May 13, 2021 3:09 pm
My mother has memories of a big street party to celebrate a royal occasion - probably George VI's coronation, 1937. She would have been 4.

That just brought back a memory of the Queen's Silver Jubilee in 77. We had a street party and my Mum dressed me as a Queens Guard. I was 4 too (In 77 not 37). She has a photo of a very unhappy me dressed in a red tunic, black pants and a hat that was almost as big as me.

bob-the-scutter · Post by **bob-the-scutter** » Thu May 13, 2021 3:15 pm

COBBLE wrote: ↑
Thu May 13, 2021 1:06 pm
Hapton mining disaster, was sat on the grass on the fennyfold by St John's school when told about it. Also remember being terrified every time a plane flew over Whitegate park during the Cuban missile crisis expecting to be nuked.

Same here. My uncle actually swapped his shift with his best mate who sadly died in the disaster, he never got over that.

WadingInDeeper · Post by **WadingInDeeper** » Thu May 13, 2021 3:16 pm

Probably the Falklands War, followed by the Iranian Embassy siege. There was probably events earlier than that, but I can't say I paid much attention to the news before that.

Darthlaw · Post by **Darthlaw** » Thu May 13, 2021 3:18 pm

Channel Tunnel opening is the one which sticks in my mind but we had relatives in Northern France at the time so I think thats what caught my interest.

bfcjg · Post by **bfcjg** » Thu May 13, 2021 3:31 pm

Bob Lorders must still be asleep as Neville Chamberlain's " I have in my hand a piece of paper signed by Heir Hitler " speech on a crackling radio hasn't been mentioned.

Rowls · Post by **Rowls** » Thu May 13, 2021 3:33 pm

Marriage of Andrew and Fergie is a vague memory

Great Storm of '87 is much clearer.

SammyBoy · Post by **SammyBoy** » Thu May 13, 2021 3:37 pm

Labour's 1997 General Election win, closely followed by the death of Diana - I would have been 7 years old for both I think.

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Thu May 13, 2021 3:39 pm

the first I remember with any distinct detail was the shuttle disaster

Bosscat · Post by **Bosscat** » Thu May 13, 2021 3:43 pm

Volvoclaret wrote: ↑
Thu May 13, 2021 3:08 pm
Hapton Valley pit disaster, my dad knew one of the miners, Pete Tinsley. But also Aberfan sticks in my mind.
I know Bosscat remembers Mafeking being relieved.

Oi

Another 1st news Aberfan memory here ...

Then it was all space stuff for me ... I was hooked with Apollo missions and the build up to the Apollo11 moon landing.