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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 – 6 January 1972

January 6, 2022January 6, 2022 admin 50 Years Ago, Joe Gormley, Northern Ireland, Trade Unions

6 January 1972 Viewing figures showed that nearly two thirds of the population of Ulster had watched a controversial BBC

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50 Years Ago – 3 January 1972

January 3, 2022 admin 50 Years Ago, IRA, Joe Gormley, Lawrence Daly, Malta, Northern Ireland

3 January 1972 Last-minute negotiations to prevent a miner’s strike continued, with discussions held between Derek Ezra, the Chairman of

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50 Years Ago – 2 January 1972

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2 January 1972 The military in Northern Ireland confirmed that a woman had been shot in the town of Dungannon

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50 Years Ago – 31 December 1971

January 1, 2022 admin 50 Years Ago, Edward Heath, Justin Trudeau, Pierre Trudeau, Trade Unions

31 December 1971 Dom Mintoff, the Prime Minister of Malta, was reported to be in Tripoli for discussion with Colonel

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50 Years Ago – 30 December 1971

December 30, 2021 admin 50 Years Ago, Dom Mintoff, Malta, Northern Ireland, Peter Walker

30 December 1971 Dom Mintoff (in photo above), the Prime Minister of Malta, survived a vote of confidence in the

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50 Years Ago – 29 December 1971

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29 December 1971 The BBC confirmed that they had dropped a proposed television debate on the Ulster crisis after complaints

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50 Years Ago – 28 December 1971

December 28, 2021 admin 50 Years Ago

28 December 1971 After a two-day period of no violence in the Province of Northern Ireland, a number of shootings

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50 Years Ago – 20 March 1971

March 20, 2021 admin 50 Years Ago, Edward Heath, Enoch Powell, James Chichester-Clark, Northern Ireland

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

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50 Years Ago – 19 March 1971

March 20, 2021 admin 50 Years Ago, Edward Heath, Lord Stokes, Northern Ireland

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

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