Reecedouglas1 Â Â 0 #1 Posted December 1, 2019 Â I would say either 9/11 or the queen's mother death , both in 2001/2002 time Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
jane2008   15 #2 Posted December 1, 2019 The first major one was the kidnapping of Lesley Whittle, I would have been around 10 or 11. I really wanted her to be found safe. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
ianparkin   11 #3 Posted December 1, 2019 Aberfan for me 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
jane2008   15 #4 Posted December 1, 2019 7 minutes ago, ianparkin said: Aberfan for me I was too young to see that but obviously know about it. That must have been terrifying to see especially if you were young and at school Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Rollypolly   51 #5 Posted December 1, 2019 Kennedy assassination Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Ontarian1981   10 #6 Posted December 2, 2019 (edited) 1) The Queen's Coronation,  2) The Great Train Robbery.  3) The Wednesday Bribes Scandal. I think they are in chronological order,well at least the Coronation was the first, in answer to the OP. Edited December 2, 2019 by Ontarian1981 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Allen   38 #7 Posted December 2, 2019 Aberfan . Seeing the reconstruction recently on "The Crown" on Netflix brought back the memories. I remember my mum sobbing and hugging me as a youngster. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
slotter47   11 #8 Posted December 2, 2019 1958 Busby Babes plane crash in Munich. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
trastrick   866 #9 Posted December 2, 2019 (edited) 7 hours ago, Ontarian1981 said: 1) The Queen's Coronation,  2) The Great Train Robbery.  3) The Wednesday Bribes Scandal. I think they are in chronological order,well at least the Coronation was the first, in answer to the OP. Death of King George V1, Coronation of Elizabeth. Song, "In a Golden Coach".  In those days the Royal family were national heroes. They refused to leave England for safety in America, when it looked like the war was a toss up!  We cut out the pictures from the newspapers and pasted them in scrapbooks, naively thinking it was the only record future family would have!  We had no concept then of smart phones, computers and the Web, where nothing dies! Edited December 2, 2019 by trastrick Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Person6 Â Â 10 #10 Posted December 2, 2019 Profumo scandal, a lad in my class got into bother for asking if Christine Keeler was a harlot. Nobody understood the teachers response. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
abbeyedges   82 #11 Posted December 2, 2019 Kennedy assassination. Churchill funeral. Aberfan. Probably in that order. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
francypants   437 #12 Posted December 2, 2019 Aberfan. ( I was 11 years old when it happened ) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...