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50 Years Ago – 18 May 1972

May 20, 2022 admin 50 Years Ago, Crime, Northern Ireland, Reg Maudling

18 May 1972 The situation in Belfast deteriorated as Protestant and Catholics clashed in a number of incidents, including an

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50 Years Ago – 17 May 1972

May 20, 2022 admin 50 Years Ago, Edward Heath, Inflation, Northern Ireland, William Craig

17 May 1972 William Craig (pictured), the leader of the Vanguard Movement, said that his supporters planned to “invade no-go

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50 Years Ago – 16 May 1972

May 19, 2022 admin Belfast, Northern Ireland, Stanley McMaster, Trade Unions

16 May 1972 Trade union members in Hull said that they would ignore a court order telling them to stop

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50 Years Ago – 15 May 1972

May 18, 2022 admin France, HM Queen Elizabeth II, Trade Unions, TUC

15 May 1972 HM Queen Elizabeth II (pictured) and the Duke of Edinburgh travelled to France to be greeted by

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50 Years Ago – 14 May 1972

May 18, 2022 admin Maurice Macmillan, Railways, Trade Unions, Vic Feather

14 May 1972 The courts ordered the three railway unions on strike to ballot their members, even though the unions

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50 Years Ago – 12 May 1972

May 13, 2022May 13, 2022 admin 50 Years Ago, Alex Lyon, Geoffrey Howe, Harold Wilson, Maurice Foley, Railways, Trade Unions

12 May 1972 Harold Wilson (pictured), the Leader of the Opposition, dismissed two of his front bench after they failed

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50 Years Ago Foreign Affairs Northern Ireland 

50 Years Ago – 16 January 1972

January 16, 2022 admin Dingle Foot, Dom Mintoff, Ian Smith, IRA, Northern Ireland, Peter Carrington, Rhodesia

16 January 1972 Dom Mintoff (above photo), the Prime Minister of Malta, backed away from his previous demands that the

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50 Years Ago – 15 January 1972

January 15, 2022January 15, 2022 admin Dom Mintoff, Malta, Peter Carrington, Peter Walker

15 January 1972 Peter Walker, the Environment Minister, ordered an inquiry into allegations that a large quantity of cyanide drums

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50 Years Ago Northern Ireland Trade Unions 

50 Years Ago – 9 January 1972

January 9, 2022 admin Derek Ezra, IRA, Northern Ireland, Trade Unions

9 January 1972 26 people were hurt when the Queen’s Own Highlanders entered a house in Belfast which was booby

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50 Years Ago Foreign Affairs Northern Ireland 

50 Years Ago – 8 January 1972

January 8, 2022 admin 1972 Miners Strike, European Union, Northern Ireland, Peter Carrington, Trade Unions

8 January 1972 Lord Carrington (in photo above), the Secretary of State for Defence, cancelled off his engagements in Hong

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