Darlo Debs 11:13 Mon May 31
What is the first big news item you can remember?
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Mine is the death of Elvis when I was 7.
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shammer
10:29 Wed Jun 2
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I remember the JFK assassination being on the news, but the first story I really followed was the hunt for Harry Roberts in 1966. I remember the search for him, all around Epping Forest. Then he was caught, asleep, in Thorley Wood, near Bishop's Stortford.
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BBondsBootlaces
10:11 Wed Jun 2
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Iranian Embassy siege. I had chicken pox and remember watching hours of the Snooker world championship when they broke in with the live feed.
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Orange Hammer
9:03 Wed Jun 2
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Moon landing for me. Fascinated and was for years
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,
8:24 Wed Jun 2
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Death of King George VI, sixth February 1952.
First time I remember relatives being engaged by something.
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ajc123
8:03 Wed Jun 2
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The World Cup 1966
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Hammer and Pickle
7:05 Wed Jun 2
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Mace66
Might have seemed disastrous at the time but Poland were a force to be reckoned with in those days. Next year in Germany, they were a waterlogged pitch and a bent ref away from getting to the final and knocking out the hosts.
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Last Gasp
6:54 Wed Jun 2
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The assassination of Kennedy in 1963. The next one was the death of Winston Churchill and his funeral in ‘65.
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Mace66
8:05 Wed Jun 2
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It was when I was 7, the disastrous World Cup qualifier against Poland in 1973. I think it was memorable because we watched it in our next door neighbours on their newly purchased colour TV
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percyd
8:04 Wed Jun 2
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Depends what you call "big".
Remember Elvis burtsing onto the scene (two big sisters!). And London smog of the 50s.
First really major event was Cuban missile crisis followed by Kennedy's assassination followed by a few more.
Ridiculous Beatles concert in East Hamm when I was 14 - didn't hear a note!
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Manuel
7:40 Wed Jun 2
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I know what you mean, my dad rarely swore, and when he did you knew he was genuinely upset. He despised Thatcher and Murdoch.
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Coffee
7:35 Wed Jun 2
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It's all context. I think I only ever heard him say the f word once, when he shouted at Tony Benn again on the TV. That pissed off my mum, who was a bit of a socialist and admired Benn. But for someone who rarely swore, to hear a succession of albeit minor profanities had an effect.
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Manuel
7:29 Wed Jun 2
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Did your dads language offend you?
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Coffee
7:27 Wed Jun 2
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riosleftsock 10:06 Tue Jun 1
I remember that Raquel Welch film being on TV too! It caused quite a stir, iirc.
I remember being vaguely aware of the Beatles and everyone with long hair and flares. My dad disapproved strongly. He also hated Charlie George's long hair and kept talking to the TV and telling him he was a bloody communist and to get his blasted hair cut. And he hated the way he'd lie on the ground with his arms outstretched whenever he scored and kiss the other players. Don't know what was worse, my dad's language or the kissing.
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Cheezey Bell-End
6:56 Wed Jun 2
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Vaguely remember Watergate and the attacks at the Munich Olympics. If I was a few months older, I'd remember the moon landing.
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OneAll
1:27 Wed Jun 2
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Twin towers
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Lily Hammer
10:34 Tue Jun 1
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Elvis being returned to sender, or Star Wars coming out, whichever came first.
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Hammer and Pickle
10:27 Tue Jun 1
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What you remember about your house is not a big news item, Sergei.
Go on - hop it.
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riosleftsock
10:06 Tue Jun 1
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I have a few memories from my first house, when I was about two.
1) Being washed in the kitchen sink
2) Watching Raquel Welsh in 2m years BC
3) Seeing the beatles returning from somewhere.
I was born in 68, so no idea what the Beatles memory was, but I remember it clearly
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normansmymate
10:02 Tue Jun 1
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The Munich Olympics
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Alfs
7:29 Tue Jun 1
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Moon landing
Bobby Moore charged with stealing a bracelet, or was it a necklace?
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New Jersey
7:21 Tue Jun 1
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The hunt in 1966 for police killer Harry Roberts, his mug shot gave me nightmares. Strangely I can't remember the 1966 World Cup.
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