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50 Years Ago – 1 June 1971

1 June 1971 A meeting between Cammell Laird workers and management resulted in a stalemate, meaning that 1,500 boilermakers remained

20 March 1971 It was reported that James Chichester-Clark (in main image above) would remain as the Prime Minister of

19 March 1971 Lord Stokes, the Chairman of British Leyland Motor Corporation, said that the future of the business was

18 March 1971 A nine day long sit-in of students at the University of East Anglia came to an end.

17 March 1971 Sir Keith Joseph (in main image above), the Secretary of State for Social Services, said in the

13 March 1971 Lord Peter Carrington (in main image above), the Secretary of State for Defence, confirmed that no soldiers

12 March 1971 Edward Heath (in main photo above), the Prime Minister, told union leaders at the TUC conference that

11 March 1971 The Ministry of Defence confirmed that three Scottish soldiers had been murdered at the top end of

8 March 1971 Forty women led a march in Belfast which ended in violence and the stoning of a police

2 March 1971 The Vehicle & General Insurance company unexpectedly went bust, with over 800,000 car insurance policies becoming invalid.