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What is the first major news event you remember as a kid?

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By *exxyyDy11 OP   Man
over a year ago

North West

Mine is 9/11. I was off school that day because I was sick. Will never forget watching it live.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Lockerbie plane crash

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By *avexxMan
over a year ago

cheshire

moon landing

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By *ittlemissFlirtyCouple
over a year ago

The bottom of the River Ankh

John lennon assassination

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By *mmaleiaWoman
over a year ago

Trowbridge

Elvis dying, my mum was beside herself

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yuri Gagarin - first man in space.

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

The Aberfan tragedy

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By *uri00620Woman
over a year ago

Croydon

The IRA bombing London Bridge in 1992 bc my dad was there.

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

I have very vague memories which (given what I know now) must have been night vision during the First Gulf War.

Things that I remember/ under_tand? Probably the Barcelona Olympics. I remember watching Kieran Perkins closely.

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By *asty tatsyMan
over a year ago

london

The death of Diana was mine

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

PhONEday, where a bunch of telephone numbers went from 10 to 11 digits.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Prince Charles and Lady Diana getting married

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Pretty sure I got a PhONEday Easter egg actually..

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)


"PhONEday, where a bunch of telephone numbers went from 10 to 11 digits."

Oh! I do remember them going from 7 to 8, but I didn't think that counted (I'm talking about Australia - early 90s)

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By *exxyyDy11 OP   Man
over a year ago

North West

Actually tell a lie. 9/11 wasn't my first. I remember everyone panicking over Y2K and how the world was going to end lol

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)


"Actually tell a lie. 9/11 wasn't my first. I remember everyone panicking over Y2K and how the world was going to end lol "

One of my friends got a phone call on the 1st of January 2000 from family in Europe (again, Australia - it was still NYE in Europe). They wanted to know if the apocalypse had come, because as we all know, the apocalypse will respect time zones.

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By *exxyyDy11 OP   Man
over a year ago

North West


"Actually tell a lie. 9/11 wasn't my first. I remember everyone panicking over Y2K and how the world was going to end lol

One of my friends got a phone call on the 1st of January 2000 from family in Europe (again, Australia - it was still NYE in Europe). They wanted to know if the apocalypse had come, because as we all know, the apocalypse will respect time zones."

Lol that is amazing

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By *illan-KillashMan
over a year ago

London/Sussex/Surrey/Berks/Hants

Aberfan.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The news announcing the death of Elvis... I was _tanding on a tree stump on the edge of the corn field.....

..... Now I'm questioning my memory - how would I have heard the radio??

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By *ellhungvweMan
over a year ago

Cheltenham


"Actually tell a lie. 9/11 wasn't my first. I remember everyone panicking over Y2K and how the world was going to end lol

One of my friends got a phone call on the 1st of January 2000 from family in Europe (again, Australia - it was still NYE in Europe). They wanted to know if the apocalypse had come, because as we all know, the apocalypse will respect time zones."

Given that the Y2K bug would have been triggered as the time ticked over midnight then it is actually very likely that if there had been an issue then it would have rolled around the world by time zone.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Gosh I was moving house on 9/11.

I feel really old now when I speak to young adults who weren't even born then.

Mine would be the roman invasion of Britain. (Obviously.)

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)


"Actually tell a lie. 9/11 wasn't my first. I remember everyone panicking over Y2K and how the world was going to end lol

One of my friends got a phone call on the 1st of January 2000 from family in Europe (again, Australia - it was still NYE in Europe). They wanted to know if the apocalypse had come, because as we all know, the apocalypse will respect time zones.

Given that the Y2K bug would have been triggered as the time ticked over midnight then it is actually very likely that if there had been an issue then it would have rolled around the world by time zone."

Sure. I didn't say "Y2K" though. I said "apocalypse".

These were very religious people and they were less concerned about computer failings and more about literal Revelation.

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By *orneyloverMan
over a year ago

Boston

Probably the Aberfan disaster

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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago

East London

Decimalisation.

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By *rixie_BlondeWoman
over a year ago

London (She/Her)

Scary bad men hurting poor innocent policemen!

Just tells you how prejudiced the reporting was that that’s the impression I got.

Talking about the pickets during the minor’s strike.

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By *nnCeeWoman
over a year ago

East of Eden, West of Hell

I really can't think.

Perhaps the fall of the Berlin Wall?

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By *ora the explorerWoman
over a year ago

Paradise, Herts

Elvis dying

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By *tylebender03Man
over a year ago

Manchester

Berlin Wall coming down

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By *exxyyDy11 OP   Man
over a year ago

North West


"Gosh I was moving house on 9/11.

I feel really old now when I speak to young adults who weren't even born then.

Mine would be the roman invasion of Britain. (Obviously.)"

How was it living under the Roman Empire then??

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

Black panther

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I vividly remember the Lockerbie bombing I was twelve and it was like the world stood still although I didn’t fully under_tand everyone was worried and upset

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By *hezGeekCouple
over a year ago

Bristol

Fall of the Berlin Wall.

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By *ixieAndHerKingCouple
over a year ago

Debauchery

Shep of Blue Peter fame passing away. Sad times.

Cherry x

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By *reat me rightWoman
over a year ago

Rotherham

John Lennon being killed

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By *hogun300Man
over a year ago

Dundee

Lockerbie I think

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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago

East London


"Black panther"

The man who killed Leslie Whittle?

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By *ayingthepipeMan
over a year ago

N wales

Elvis death

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over a year ago


"Prince Charles and Lady Diana getting married "

I remember the epic street party for this

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Gosh I was moving house on 9/11.

I feel really old now when I speak to young adults who weren't even born then.

Mine would be the roman invasion of Britain. (Obviously.)

How was it living under the Roman Empire then?? "

It was actually ok, cos they brought quite a bit of innovation, like basic plumbing and sanitation.

After they left, going to the toilet, meant going out into a field, for the next 1000 years. (True.)

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By *ewcatWoman
over a year ago

Berkshire

Hillsborough I think that was 89 ish then Desert Storm or now known as the first Gulf war.

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By *tandMan
over a year ago

Plymouth

Friday, 22 November 1963: I was at a ballroom dancing lesson when my partner, Anne, told me about the assignation of the U.S. president, John Fitzgerald Kennedy.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Princess Di’s death. Listened to it on my camouflage radio in my bedroom as a kid.

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire


"Black panther

The man who killed Leslie Whittle?

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Yes. I just looked the date up. 1971 so I would of been 6

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By *ove2pleaseseukMan
over a year ago

Hastings

The miners strike all over the news ad had no power every other day as there was no coal to make electricity.

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By *hristopherd999Man
over a year ago

Brentwood

assassination of JFK

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Like a few have already said probably Diana passing. But the Sarah Payne story is one I remember quite vividly.

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man
over a year ago

BRIDPORT

Fuel crisis in about ‘74 or ‘75.

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West


"I have very vague memories which (given what I know now) must have been night vision during the First Gulf War.

Things that I remember/ under_tand? Probably the Barcelona Olympics. I remember watching Kieran Perkins closely."

Anyone would think we're the same age.

My memory is a Gulf War one too.

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
over a year ago

in Lancashire

Churchill's funeral, I didn't under_tand why all the grown ups were sad..

Moon landing was a wow moment and the Munich Olympics was a shock .

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)


"I have very vague memories which (given what I know now) must have been night vision during the First Gulf War.

Things that I remember/ under_tand? Probably the Barcelona Olympics. I remember watching Kieran Perkins closely.

Anyone would think we're the same age.

My memory is a Gulf War one too. "

no such thing as a coincidence!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Hillsborough tragedy..

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By *entleman of FortuneMan
over a year ago

Hull

Miners strike, I must have only been about 5.

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By *heGateKeeperMan
over a year ago

Stratford

The deaths of Biggie and Tupac for me, then Diana dying

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West


"I have very vague memories which (given what I know now) must have been night vision during the First Gulf War.

Things that I remember/ under_tand? Probably the Barcelona Olympics. I remember watching Kieran Perkins closely.

Anyone would think we're the same age.

My memory is a Gulf War one too.

no such thing as a coincidence! "

Are we the same person?!

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By *heGentleman2024Man
over a year ago

North West

Diana

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)


"I have very vague memories which (given what I know now) must have been night vision during the First Gulf War.

Things that I remember/ under_tand? Probably the Barcelona Olympics. I remember watching Kieran Perkins closely.

Anyone would think we're the same age.

My memory is a Gulf War one too.

no such thing as a coincidence!

Are we the same person?! "

We'll have to ask the borg

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By *entleman of FortuneMan
over a year ago

Hull

Or Falklands or Charles Diana marriage, because for to go to Alton Towers instead of street party

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Gazza scoring for england vs Scotland in 1996 was all over the tele including the news and after that Diana

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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago

East London


"Black panther

The man who killed Leslie Whittle?

Yes. I just looked the date up. 1971 so I would of been 6"

Same year as decimalisation. I remember both.

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By *ookie46Woman
over a year ago

Deepest darkest Peru

Remember watching the news and it was all about the hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper

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By *iaisonseekerMan
over a year ago

Liverpool

Falklands War although interesting to see how often it is war that intrudes first on a child's consciousness

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By *lik and PaulCouple
over a year ago

cahoots

Russia invading Czechoslovakia in 1968 as I was worried it was the start of WW3.

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By *ittle-Miss-Cunty-1Woman
over a year ago

Your basement, Cuntsville

The murder of James Bulger

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Apollo 11 moon landing.

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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago

somewhere


"Black panther

The man who killed Leslie Whittle?

Yes. I just looked the date up. 1971 so I would of been 6"

Im the exact same as we mostly watched BBC in Ireland

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By *amsam101Man
over a year ago

poulton

Jesus Christ!!!!! How old to I feel!!!!

Zebrugge ferry disaster, mainly because I had a dream about something very similar then woke up for my breakfast and this was on the news. Proper weird!

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By *luebell888Woman
over a year ago

Glasgowish

The Yorkshire Ripper. As a child I was petrified as his face was always in the paper.

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By *ewels74Woman
over a year ago

Dundee/Angus/Blackpool

Space shuttle disaster I remember (the challenger) and also the piper alpha north sea disaster which I also remember

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By *irtymCouple
over a year ago

Scotland

Probably Dunblane

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By *heGateKeeperMan
over a year ago

Stratford

Actually checked the timeline and it was probably the Bulger killing

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By *ust want fun 888Man
over a year ago

nearby

For me, it was the Iranian siege

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By *ebauchedDeviantsPt2Couple
over a year ago

Cumbria

Alan Wells winning gold in the 100m at the Moscow Olympics.

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By *issilia AmoriWoman
over a year ago

St Albans/ North Welsh Borders

Charles and Diana's engagement. I remember the huge party for the whole village that was held on the field behind the local parish hall

I vaguely remember John Lennon's assassination, my Mum loved the Beatles and I can remember her and neighbour talking about it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

1972 FA cup final

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By *olden RatioWoman
over a year ago

Buckinghamshire

The ferry capsizing in Zeebrugge, I think.

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By *aulaxd2020TV/TS
over a year ago

Dudley


"Black panther"
that was 1975 I think when Leslie whittle was m*rdered I was at primary school

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Band Aid.

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By *rootyBixMan
over a year ago

Bristol

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By *ulieAndBeefCouple
over a year ago

Manchester-ish

Probably Charles and Dianna's wedding. I have vague memories of the Toxteth riots and Iran Iraq war being on the news.

B

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By *aulaxd2020TV/TS
over a year ago

Dudley

First memory as a child was the wedding of princess Anne and captain mark Phillips, I also remember the Birmingham pub bombings

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By *rootyBixMan
over a year ago

Bristol

I have vague memories of watching the coverage of john Lennon's death in 1980 but remember watching the SAS storm the Iranian embassy in London that year very clearly.

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By *oding1Man
over a year ago

marlow


"Berlin Wall coming down "

My goodness I'm old, I was in Berlin 3 days before the wall went up.

Can remember vividly the death of JFK.

And the Cuban missile crisis.

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By *ildbillkidMan
over a year ago

where the road goes on forever

John Glenn circling the earth

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By *olly_chromaticTV/TS
over a year ago

ilkley and Stockport

Aberfan, not under_tanding what it was about. Just that there was something to do with children and a school and some mud.

First thing that I appreciated what was happening was the collapse of the Emley Moor TV transmission mast because of the weight of ice freezing onto its structure. We had several days with no TV programmes!

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By *K430Man
over a year ago

Tipperary

Heysel stadium disaster

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By *ie n MashCouple
over a year ago

Back in Malice

Killing of the Israeli Olympians during the Munich Olympics in 1972.

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By *rumpyMcFuckNuggetMan
over a year ago

Den of Iniquity

West Ham winning the FA Cup in 1980

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By *issmorganWoman
over a year ago

Calderdale innit

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By *issmorganWoman
over a year ago

Calderdale innit

Probably the miners strikes.

Plus zeebrugge

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By *ominanTeeMan
over a year ago

Sligo

Death of Diana I think, mainly cause I had stayed over in my cousins house the night before and couldn't figure out why his mum was so upset by the death of an English princess.... she was proper upset and I think it was the first show of sorrow or sympathy id seen for a British royal at that stage in life.... I was 12......

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By *oodmessMan
over a year ago

yumsville

Earliest I could google was Live Aid '85

though as people have mentioned I have memory of The Falklands '82, and I'm pretty sure I remember Di's wedding '82, maybe the Iranian Hotel siege '80 though it could be through re-seen clips.

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)


"Death of Diana I think, mainly cause I had stayed over in my cousins house the night before and couldn't figure out why his mum was so upset by the death of an English princess.... she was proper upset and I think it was the first show of sorrow or sympathy id seen for a British royal at that stage in life.... I was 12...... "

Interesting. I was a similar age and I remember the adults in my life saying that it was important and I should pay attention. No feelings expressed.

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By *oodmessMan
over a year ago

yumsville

*wedding '81

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By *ete.RachaelTV/TS
over a year ago

Chesterfield

Aberfan , remember it vividly on tv

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By *ete.RachaelTV/TS
over a year ago

Chesterfield

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Mine is 9/11. I was off school that day because I was sick. Will never forget watching it live. "

1987 storm

Liverpool match disaster

Zeebrugge Ferry disaster

King's Cross fire

Poll tax riots

Grenfell

Marchioness disaster

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By *eiaorganaWoman
over a year ago

Dundee

Lockerbie

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over a year ago


"The murder of James Bulger "

I remember watching a documentary about this, absolutely heartbreaking the anger I still feel when I think of it is unreal. Not long after I'd seen it my 3 year old went missing in a shopping centre and it was beyond terrifying.

Mine was 9/11, I was in primary school. Would've been 9 at the time.

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By *ad Bod AdonisMan
over a year ago

Birmingham

The Birmingham pub bombings.

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By *ust RachelTV/TS
over a year ago

Horsham

Queens silver jubilee

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By *oodoodMan
over a year ago

Suffolkish

Challenger disaster

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By *ominanTeeMan
over a year ago

Sligo


"Death of Diana I think, mainly cause I had stayed over in my cousins house the night before and couldn't figure out why his mum was so upset by the death of an English princess.... she was proper upset and I think it was the first show of sorrow or sympathy id seen for a British royal at that stage in life.... I was 12......

Interesting. I was a similar age and I remember the adults in my life saying that it was important and I should pay attention. No feelings expressed."

Well they were right, it did matter.... strange though that it seems like the ones who told you to pay attention, almost acted as though it was expected......

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By *issilia AmoriWoman
over a year ago

St Albans/ North Welsh Borders


"Probably the miners strikes.

Plus zeebrugge

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The Herald of Free Enterprise had taken me to France the week before. Hearing about it sinking was a shock, and seeing the pictures of the disaster site was upsetting

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)


"Death of Diana I think, mainly cause I had stayed over in my cousins house the night before and couldn't figure out why his mum was so upset by the death of an English princess.... she was proper upset and I think it was the first show of sorrow or sympathy id seen for a British royal at that stage in life.... I was 12......

Interesting. I was a similar age and I remember the adults in my life saying that it was important and I should pay attention. No feelings expressed.

Well they were right, it did matter.... strange though that it seems like the ones who told you to pay attention, almost acted as though it was expected...... "

Or they just don't care that much about royalty...

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By *atnip make me purrWoman
over a year ago

Reading

The drought of 76.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The seige of the Iranian Embassy

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By *ornucopiaMan
over a year ago

Bexley

Blimey!

Every single event listed above occurred well into my adult life.

The earliest national event I can remember was the King's funeral. We didn't get a day off school but had a silence during which we were briefed by our teacher to imagine the King going to heaven (how sweet)!

I can also remember my uncle arriving at our farm one day and saying to my dad "Have you heard the news? Stalin's kicked the bucket". I took that quite literally as I had never heard that expression before but I had heard Stalin mentioned frequently around that time.

I now need to go and check who died first, Stalin or King George VI.

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By *ittleMissCali_MrDJCouple
over a year ago

wonderland.

19th May.. 1980

Mt St Helens eruption

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By *host63Man
over a year ago

Bedfont Feltham


"Mine is 9/11. I was off school that day because I was sick. Will never forget watching it live. "

Images of Vietnam war

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By *ikeSM23Man
over a year ago

Manchester

Munich olympics terrorist attacks

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By *ornucopiaMan
over a year ago

Bexley

I now realise that my two memories above were preceded by seeing newsreel pictures at the cinema of the 'Flying Enterprise' freighter sinking off Cornwall in 1952.

Not to be confused with the 'Herald of Free Enterprise' which sank during the childhood of some of you youngsters!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Princess Diana Dying I was on the way to the all ireland Final, Mayo v meath, great question by the way

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By *ornucopiaMan
over a year ago

Bexley


"Princess Diana Dying I was on the way to the all ireland Final, Mayo v meath, great question by the way"

That was the first weekend of my retirement, aged 52!

Didn't know about the all Ireland final. I was on my way to going canoeing through the Thames Barrier.

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By *luebell888Woman
over a year ago

Glasgowish


"Black panther

The man who killed Leslie Whittle?

Yes. I just looked the date up. 1971 so I would of been 6

Same year as decimalisation. I remember both."

It was actually 1975

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By *uffymayfairCouple
over a year ago

vera playa, Almeria

Mr, the collapse of Ronan Point and the first moon landing. I guess that makes me old

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

9/11 I think.

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By *ihimbiherCouple
over a year ago

lightwater


"Elvis dying, my mum was beside herself "
mine too

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By *uzy750TV/TS
over a year ago

Luton

Fall of Saigon

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Zeebrugge ferry disaster

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By *aptain Caveman41Man
over a year ago

Home

Enniskillen bombing,unfortunately it was regularly on the news in Ireland the troubles in Northern Ireland.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Lockerbie

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Michael Jackson’s death

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I remember missing a Liverpool match because of princess Diana's death but first one I saw on the news was the attacks on 9/11..watched it unfold on tv, I was off school pretending to be sick

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By *echnosonic_BrummieMan
over a year ago

Willenhall

The Challenger disaster in 1986. The School I went to had been doing lots of space themed stuff the year before due to the "Teacher in Space" thing (Christa McAuliffe). It was fairly shortly followed by the Chernobyl disaster.

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By *rucking-HellMan
over a year ago

Northampton

TWA Flight 847 being hijacked, specifically the murdered hostage's body being thrown onto the tarmac. I was very shocked by it.

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By *antam AvershiresMan
over a year ago

Falme


"Enniskillen bombing,unfortunately it was regularly on the news in Ireland the troubles in Northern Ireland."

Aye growing up in the Badlands during the troubles I think all my first news memories will have been about them.

I remember the Hillsborough disaster and discussed it in Primary school. What I most remember is our teacher's "mask" slipping and saying something along the line "there's more to this and the truth is being hidden". He died in the early 00's so never got to see that he was right.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

First big news worthy story I recall was unfortunately a shooting in a little Berkshire town where I grew up.

Very sad day for many that one back in August 1987.

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By *ltrMan
over a year ago

sheffield

Elvis dying and my mother going on about the King dying I asked would we be having a new queen ,even now my brother takes piss out of

Me for being a dum ass .

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Profumo affair and having the hots for Christine Keeler

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Chernobyl power plant disaster in Europe.

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By *ustforfun1759Couple
over a year ago

IRVINE

Always remember hearing about Elvis passing on the news . something I have never forgotten MRS

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By *os19Man
over a year ago

Edmonton

A few people have already mentioned the Iranian embassy siege.I do remember watching the 1980 World snooker championship final Cliff Thorburn v Alex Higgins when it was interrupted to show the SAS going into the embassy.

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By *alandNitaCouple
over a year ago

Scunthorpe


"Elvis dying, my mum was beside herself "

Exactly the same here.

Cal

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By *ustBoWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere in Co. Down

Shergar getting taken from his stables and never found was probably one of then first news stories I can remember.

Then probably Chernobyl.

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By *arkus1812Man
over a year ago

Lifes Departure Lounge

V.E. Day, Victory in Europe bringing to an end the Second World War 1945.

I was 5 years old and got burnt by a firework at one of the street parties and that still sticks in my mind.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

First Gulf War - remember watching the news in the morning and seeing footage of tracer rounds being fired through the night sky

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By *eavenNhellCouple
over a year ago

carrbrook stalybridge

Beatles splitting

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

In fact no- Hillsborough. I first heard the news in the newsagents and then being worried for my friends who had attended the game with their dads.

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By *iltsTSgirlTV/TS
over a year ago

Chichester

Piper alpha oil rig fire

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By *eeliciouschaosWoman
over a year ago

London

Introduction of martial law and tanks on the streets. That when my childhood ended. I was 8.

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By *moothandslimMan
over a year ago

North Walsham

Apollo 11 moon landing.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

First Shuttle launch, watched it on TV at Primary school

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By *rgasmicChemistryCouple
over a year ago

east coast

What them two pieces of s..ts did to James

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The yorkshire ripper and the ira are ones i remember and being terrified of them both

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By *nightsoftheCoffeeTableCouple
over a year ago

Leeds

Think it was Dianna I was on the way to holiday with my parents.

Mrs

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By *ackformore100Man
over a year ago

Tin town

Moon landing. We were all ushered into the school hall to watch it on that special tv set. Which meant television back then.

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By *he turned me GreyCouple
over a year ago

Warwick and Coventry

Assignation attempt on Reagan

Mr

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By *viatrixWoman
over a year ago

Redhill

IRA and ETA bombings…

Ronald Reagan being shot.

Pope John Paul II being shot…

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By *ackformore100Man
over a year ago

Tin town

Or the world cup in 1970 with that goal from... Carlos Alberta I think it was.?

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By *aGaGagging for itCouple
over a year ago

Newcastle upon Tyne

Aberfan disaster followed a few years later by the moon landing and Concord's first flight.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

In the mid 80s a private jet had to make an emergency landing at a near by race coarse. The pilot turned into a local celebrity as he had to wait a few weeks for a runway to be built.

It wouldn’t have been huge world news but for a lad of 5 or 6 who’d never seen a plane up close it was a huge deal.

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By *r TriomanMan
over a year ago

Malmesbury

It's probably early 60's, there's war in the Middle East... Ground hog day

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By *zeroMan
over a year ago

Glasgow

Death of Princess Dianna

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By *wist my nipplesCouple
over a year ago

North East Scotland, mostly

Lockerbie. I remember sitting in my parents' bed and watching it on the TV.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Princess Diana's death

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By *icknmix500Man
over a year ago

South Gloucestershire

JFK assassination

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By *lderflower_AppleWoman
over a year ago

Basingstoke

I think Elvis dying is probably my first childhood news memory. It was a really hot summer. I was nearly 8, and I can remember my little sister and I playing in a paddling pool in the garden when my mum came out in tears.

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By *ruceyyMan
over a year ago

London

Diana's death! I was 7 I believe!

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By *allySlinkyWoman
over a year ago

Leeds


"I think Elvis dying is probably my first childhood news memory. It was a really hot summer. I was nearly 8, and I can remember my little sister and I playing in a paddling pool in the garden when my mum came out in tears. "

We were camping in Spain. My brother asked my mum to make him a black armband which he wore on the beach with his swimming trunks.

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By *andyfloss2000Woman
over a year ago

ashford

Winston Churchill dieing ! X

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By *obin444Man
over a year ago

Windsor

Moon landing

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By *lex46TV/TS
over a year ago

Near Wells

The Vietnam war, when I was a kid it seemed to be on the news every tea time. I didn’t under_tand any of it though, just remember it.

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By *l chapo123Man
over a year ago

Costa del sol

Princess Diana death

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By *hagTonightMan
over a year ago

From the land of haribos.

It would be the fall of the berlin wall.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Princess Diana

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By *lynJMan
over a year ago

Morden

Churchill's funeral

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By *irty Flirty HarryMan
over a year ago

East Sussex

Columbus discovers America

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By *allySlinkyWoman
over a year ago

Leeds

I remember the first time I saw colour television was Princess Anne's wedding. Seeing The Clangers were pink not grey blew my mind.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Actually tell a lie. 9/11 wasn't my first. I remember everyone panicking over Y2K and how the world was going to end lol "

And a ell of a lot of work was done to make sure that it didn't.

The problem was all down to the fact that an awful lot of systems were still running COBOL programs on mainframes and with COBOL, it is necessary to define the date fields - i.e., you need to allocate memory space for it.

When a lot of these programs were first written back in the 1960's, nobody envisaged that they'd still be in use 30 to 40 years later.

Just to explain how it works.

A computer can only process the information it is given.

If you have defined a date as being DDMMYY, you've only allocated memory for two numbers for the year.

Now imagine that you have a piece of software that is running calculations based on someone's age.

When the last two digits of the year are greater than those of the persons date of birth, no problem.

But when you pass into a new century, the computer doesn't automatically know that 00 actually means 100 etc. and so you start to get problems, which is why a lot of COBOL and CICS programmers were earning a lot of money leading up to the year 2000 to go through all the lines of code and change the YY to YYYY.

You're welcome

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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago

Dubai & Nottingham

John Lennon shot

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Possibly Dunblane. I wasn't much older than those kids and my mum was a teacher and I just remember her hugging me when she got home from work that day.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Margaret Thatcher’s riots God that makes me old old

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By *ormerWelshcouple2020Man
over a year ago

Stourbridge

England winning the World Cup.

Very soon after Aberfan. We all took 6d in to school to contribute to the fund

JFK was just too early for me to remember

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By *ormerWelshcouple2020Man
over a year ago

Stourbridge


"Moon landing. We were all ushered into the school hall to watch it on that special tv set. Which meant television back then. "

You were at school very early in the morning then! I fell asleep staying up to watch it around 2.30 am

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By *ushandkittyCouple
over a year ago

Gloucester

Queens silver jubilee , not so much on the news but getting a commemorative mug at school

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By *allySlinkyWoman
over a year ago

Leeds


"Queens silver jubilee , not so much on the news but getting a commemorative mug at school"

I still have that mug !

No idea why

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