50 Years Ago – 7 August 1972
7 August 1972 Edward Heath (in photo), the Prime Minister, met with union leaders at Downing Street to discuss the
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50 Years Ago – 6 August 1972
6 August 1972 A petition requesting the ban on dissecting animals in schools received the support of 137 MPs. The
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50 Years Ago – 5 August 1972
5 August 1972 Geoffrey Rhodes, the then Labour MP for Newcastle-upon-Tyne East, said that he had been sent death threats
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50 Years Ago – 20 May 1972
20 May 1972 Ballots went out to 200,000 railway workers after it was ordered by the National Industrial Relations Court
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50 Years Ago – 19 May 1972
19 May 1972 There was a bomb threat to the QE2 ocean liner after a £130,000 ransom demand was received,
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50 Years Ago – 18 May 1972
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
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
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
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
14 May 1972 The courts ordered the three railway unions on strike to ballot their members, even though the unions
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