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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Northern Ireland
50 Years Ago – 13 May 1972
13 May 1972 British Rail confirmed that its Sunday services wouldn’t operate following failure to reach agreement with the railway
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Northern Ireland Politician Christopher Stalford Dies at the Age of 39
Christopher Stalford, the DUP MLA for South Belfast, has died at the age of 39. He had represented the constituency
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50 Years Ago – 16 January 1972
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 – 9 January 1972
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 – 8 January 1972
8 January 1972 Lord Carrington (in photo above), the Secretary of State for Defence, cancelled off his engagements in Hong
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50 Years Ago – 6 January 1972
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 – 4 January 1972
4 January 1972 Abel Muzorewa (in photo above), a Methodist Bishop, condemned the British deal with Rhodesia and said that
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50 Years Ago – 3 January 1972
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 – 1 January 1972
1 January 1972 Brian Faulkner, the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, criticised the BBC for a controversial political programme which
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