In January of 1971, the first national postal strike was called, and lasted for 47 days.

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Connaught Road from Love Lane · tatraskoda

Memories of working for the Post Office & the 7 week strike of 1971 http://bit.ly/1971strike

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Tom Jackson - British Postal Strike, 1971 - Strike! Famous Worker ...

Nov 26, 1970 ... Britain's 200000 postal workers walked out on January 20, 1971. ... they failed to get the eight percent pay incre...

Tom Jackson - Telegraph

Postal workers' leader who was forced by lack of union funds to negotiate an ... led his 200000 members into a 47-day strike in 197...

As we were saying: lessons of the 1971 postal strike | Workers' Liberty

Jul 30, 2007 ... IN 1971 members of the UCW (then called the UPW) [the postal side of today's CWU] went on strike for seven weeks. ...

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1971: Post strike ends with pay deal. British postal workers have gone back to work today after seven weeks on strike. The 200000 postm...

The 1971 Postal Strike

The 1971 Postal Strike. Introduction. The first full national strike in the history of the British Post Office took place from Wednesda...

Maidenhead & District Philatelic Society - The 1971 Postal Strike

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Staff Unions & Associations | British Postal Museum & Archive

Staff employed by the Post Office have had many staff associations, unions and ... These culminated in the largest strike in the histor...

On a foggy day in 1957, in South East London, a steam train missed a signal, with disastrous consequences...

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ST JOHN'S LEWISHAM 50 YEARS ON · Ledlon89

The 1957 Lewisham train crash was a steam train disaster - Cliff talks about what happened to him http://bit.ly/railcrash #lewisham

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Lewisham rail crash - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Lewisham rail crash on the British railway system occurred on 4 December 1957 just outside St Johns railway station in Lewisham, sout...

BBC - London - Memoryshare - Lewisham train crash

Dec 2, 2007 ... Fifty years ago on 4th December 1957, two trains crashed at St Johns Railway Station just outside Lewisham, in south ea...

Sharing memories of ‘horrific’ railway disaster after 50 years

9:36am Tuesday 4th December 2007 Witnesses to a train crash near St John's station which left 90 people dead and 176 injured have shared ...

St John's station, looking east · diamond geezer

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HMS Coventry · scrumpyrat

BBC News - HMS Coventry sailors meet in city 29 years after ship ...

May 21, 2011 ... The survivors of HMS Coventry, which was sunk in the Falklands war in May 1982, meet in the city for the first time.

1st of a series on life aboard HMS Coventry in the Falklands war. 2 days after leaving for home, new orders came.. http://bit.ly/hmscoventry

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ONBOARD HMS COVENTRY JUST BEFORE ATTACK during Falklands War | StoryVault

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Life on HMS Coventry during the Falklands War "action stations just before sunrise" http://bit.ly/hmscoventry2

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HMS Coventry (D118) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

HMS Coventry was taking part in the Exercise Springtrain 82 near the British base of Gibraltar, during March 1982. ...

HMS COVENTRY ATTACKED Part 1 Falklands War | StoryVault

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On 25th May 1982, one of Argentina's National days, HMS Coventry, accompanied by HMS Broadsword was ordered to take up position in ...

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Sinking of HMS COVENTRY, Falklands Conflict ... Stern view of HMS COVENTRY shrouded in smoke after the explosion of three 1000-lb bombs...

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Jan 24, 2011 ... Mighty warrior: The HMS Coventry when it was bombed by Argentinian aircraft then sank during the Falklands conflict in...

The Falklands War - Overview of the Falklands War

An overview of the 1982 Falklands War between Great Britain and Argentina. ... HMS Ardent (May 22), HMS Antelope (May 24), and HMS Cove...

History of the Royal Navy » HMS Coventry

Saluting their fallen forebears, four sailors from HMS Clyde recently honoured the crew of HMS Coventry, which was sunk in the Falkland...

Type 42 Destroyers

May 22, 2007 ... These Type 42 destroyers many served during the Falklands war with HMS Sheffield and HMS Coventry being lost. Displace...

Some creepy stories for halloween

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A haunted house story.

John remembers a creepy experience while taking photographs in an Elizabethan manor house. Hear about it on StoryVault  photo courtesy of...

A ghost story for Halloween - John remembers a creepy experience while taking photographs in an Elizabethan manor house http://t.co/rdtCzw2Q

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A smorgasbord of spectres

London is a city awash with ghosts, we even export them. At least that's what the people who bought John Rennie's London Bridge claimed w...

Asked my 2 year old what her fav part of today's Halloween party was and she pointed at thin air and said, "that ghost". May move house.

— Simon Pegg · Sun, Oct 30 2011 14:55:57

Halloween: What You May or May Not Know | Britannica Blog

Halloween, or All Hallows' Eve (the eve of All Saints' Day), is usually associated with trickery, treats and costumes. But, the day also ...

TheGenealogist.co.uk - Featured Articles - The Story of Bram Stoker and his 'Count Dracula'

for the Dublin Evening Mail, and it was his review of Hamlet, starring Henry Irving, that led to a firm friendship which changed the cour...

Here's another creepy Halloween story - London't Necropolis Trains (via the Fortean Times) http://t.co/CWcqaZJd

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FIDM Museum Blog: Fancy dress

Contemporary Halloween celebrations offer an opportunity for young and old to dress in costume, but in the 19th and early 20th century, H...

Ghosts, Poltergeists & Archives: A blog post about haunted #Manchester. Read on if you dare! http://t.co/XqmqWTff Happy Halloween!

— Manchester Archives · Mon, Oct 31 2011 06:14:57

Wonderful Abney Park

I have lived in Stoke Newington for nearly a year, and I don't know why I didn't visit Abney Park Cemetery sooner. It has now become one ...

The “secret crypt” under St John’s Church in Waterloo

In response to the spiritual needs of a growing population, in 1818 the Parliament voted funds for the building of a series of new church...

When children misbehave at the Society, we lock them in the library overnight with the ghost of Hezekiah Beers Pierrepont! #MuseumHorrors

— Brooklyn Historical · Mon, Oct 31 2011 08:31:23

New blog post up : "A Violin Shop Ghost Story" http://t.co/HAY17MDB Happy Halloween!

— FeinViolins · Mon, Oct 31 2011 09:06:14

Chick History: Most Trusted Source on Halloween Written by a Woman

Sid Radner

90-year-old Sid Radner talks about the annual Halloween séance he holds to try to contact Harry Houdini.

Richard Gregory - Psychologist - Why I was interested in mediums and my investigations in Blackpool - Web of Stories

Richard Gregory talks about Why I was interested in mediums and my investigations in Blackpool

http://t.co/npxzhNjT Sidetracks A haunting case: Experts search for ghost in courthouse: PORTLAND, Maine - Is the... http://t.co/sE2iqBzk

— WB2ColoradoRSS · Mon, Oct 31 2011 09:02:10

Properly scary free Halloween One Eye Grey story. http://t.co/RYEjCw8U

— One Eye Grey · Mon, Oct 31 2011 09:36:14

Halloween and Tales of Canadian Ghosts | CBC Archives

It was the Irish pagan festival of worship to Samhain, lord of the dead, whence came Halloween. On the night of Nov. 1, and with the dyin...

Some observations of the events of August 2011 from residents of Tottenham.

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"I was in the street, in my pyjamas, in shock" - accounts of the August riots in Tottenham http://t.co/FZpjI9nb

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Some observations on the riots of August, from those who were affected by the damage to homes and businesses http://t.co/ocPZcsAw

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THE TOTTENHAM RIOTS | StoryVault

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Tottenham Riots 2011 via @storyful http://t.co/EmYy5CYL

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Antje remembers the complications and tensions of going from West to East Germany before the Berlin wall came down http://bit.ly/egermany

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How a teenage girl made a dash into West Germany as the Berlin Wall went up http://bit.ly/wallpart2

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RT @timepictures: Unseen images from the Berlin Wall- photographer Don McCullin's Lost Negatives of a divided Berlin http://ti.me/nfWvef

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View of newly constructed Berlin Wall from the roof of the Riechtag. · baffidog

50 years since Berlin Wall went up - History, Life & Style - The Independent: http://pear.ly/f0pNG via @pearltrees

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Berlin Wall at the Topography of Terror · seabeeee

The Berlin Wall by @StoryVault on @storyful http://stryfl.com/82n

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Dawn & Michelle discuss their experiences of being in Berlin around the time of the fall of the Berlin Wall http://bit.ly/berlin8990

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via @mental_floss - 8 Creative Ways People Went Over the Berlin Wall http://ow.ly/64gwV

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The anniversary of the Berlin Wall’s construction: Better than a war | The Economist http://www.economist.com/node/21525972?fsrc=scn/fb/wl/ar/betterthanawar via @theeconomist

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RT @timepictures: Unseen images from the Berlin Wall- photographer Don McCullin's Lost Negatives of a divided Berlin http://ti.me/nfWvef

— StoryVault · Tue, Aug 16 2011 23:23:39

Kim Prisu - Berlin Wall · Filip Elfik

The 50th Anniversary of the Building of the Berlin Wall - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News

Daily news, analysis and opinion from Europe's leading newsmagazine and Germany's top news Web site.

Eyewitness testimony of the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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ATOMIC BOMBING OF NAGASAKI Part 1 | StoryVault

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ATOMIC BOMBING OF NAGASAKI Part 2 | StoryVault

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Shadow of nuclear crisis looms as Hiroshima bombing is remembered | | The Bulletin

HIROSHIMA, Japan — About 50,000 people attended a memorial ceremony in Hiroshima, Japan, Saturday to mark the 66th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city, the first such ceremony since the crisis at the Fukushima No.

Hiroshima and Nagasaki commemoration | Twin Cities Daily Planet

Amid a lush garden accented by a Japanese bridge, a group of Minnesotans honored the lives shattered by an atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan 66 years ago. "We must never forget the nuclear bomb has the potential of destroying the world. We must never ever again have nuclear warfare", said JoAnn Blatchley, Convener of the Minneapolis St.

Voice of Hibakusha

Eye-witness accounts of the bombing of Hiroshima, from the video HIROSHIMA WITNESS produced by Hiroshima Peace Cultural Center and NHK Webmasters: please change your links to point to http://www.inicom.com/hibakusha/ Other sites with these files:Portman Atomic Archive The first atomic bomb actually used in war time was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6th, 1945 killing between 130,000 and 150,000 people by the end of that year.

Hiroshima and Nagasaki survivor dies aged 93 | World news | The Guardian

Tsutomu Yamaguchi, the only official survivor of both atomic bombs in Japan, dies of stomach cancer Tsutomu Yamaguchi witnessed at close hand the nuclear devastation of two Japanese cities, and lived to tell the tale. Now it will be left to others to tell his incredible story after his death this week at 93.

The Account of Setsuko Thurlow, Survivor of Hiroshima

Video link to Setsuko Thurlow telling her story: Youtube Video As a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, I feel a powerful commitment to tell the story of Hiroshima. The survivors are getting old and passing away, leaving a smaller number of us.

Nagasaki survivor: People seem 'too sensitive' - World news - Asia-Pacific - msnbc.com

TOKYO - Kazuko Yamashita was 5 when the atom bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, destroying her home in a second and leaving her with a lifelong fear that every time she becomes ill, this time it is finally cancer.

Nagasaki survivor doesn't fear radiation, says reports seem overblown; people seem 'too sensitive' - New York Daily News

The mushroom cloud of the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki. A woman who survived… (EPA) A Japanese woman who got radiation poisoning in the atomic bombing of Nagasaki in 1945 says she isn't scared by reports of a meltdown at a crippled nuclear plant.

Hiroshima and Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Survivors, The Hibakusha, Want a Nuclear-Free World - ABC News

They are called the Hibakusha. They are a unique group of Japanese, who survived the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagazaki during World War II. They hope their dramatic stories will convey the need to eliminate the scourge that nearly killed them during two days that changed the world, 65 years ago.

Shuntaro Hida - Memoir

© Copyright 2006 by Shuntaro Hida. All rights reserved. When I proceeded to my new post as a medical officer in the Hiroshima Military Hospital in 1944, just a year before the atomic bombing, the general outlook relative to the war was already in favor of the Japanese Army authority.

Hibakusha: Reflections from three atomic bomb survivors - The Mainichi Daily News

The crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant following the March 11 Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami has caused widespread radiation contamination -- an issue that has cut deeply into the hearts of survivors of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Following months of tension and accusations of heavy handed Policing, Brixton in South London erupted into violence in April 1981

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BBC ON THIS DAY | 25 | 1981: Brixton riots report blames racial tension

1981: Brixton riots report blames racial tension Lord Scarman's inquiry into what he called the worst outbreak of disorder in the UK this century also blamed "racial disadvantage that is a fact of British life". The report criticised police and the government, but it said there was no excuse for the violence and praised officers for their conduct during the disorder.

BRIXTON JUST BEFORE THE 1981 RIOTS | StoryVault

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1981 Brixton riot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This Brixton riot (or Brixton uprising[2]) was a confrontation between the Metropolitan Police and protesters in Lambeth, South London, England, between 10 and 12 April 1981.

BRIXTON RIOTS | StoryVault

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Brixton Riots

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In 1939 nearly 700 Jewish children were saved from Nazi occupied Czechoslovakia by stockbroker Sir Nicolas Winton.

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BBC - Winton's train: Milena's story

She was one of 669 Jewish children living in Czechoslovakia who escaped from the Nazis in 1939. On the eve of World War II, at the age of nine, Milena Grenfell Baines got on to one of the trains organised by an Englishman, Nicholas Winton, along with her sister and cousin.

Sir Nicholas Winton - BBC Programme "That's Life" aired in 1988

Sir Nicholas Winton who organised the rescue and passage to Britain of about 669 mostly Jewish Czechoslovakian children destined for the Nazi death camps before World War II in an operation known as the Czech Kindertransport. This video is the BBC Programme "That's Life" aired in 1988. The most touching video ever.

BBC NEWS | UK | Retracing a life-saving journey

At home in London, Lisa Midwinter packs for a journey into her past. Four days during which she, her son, and her granddaughter will relive her childhood experiences. Four days to retrace her route out of Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia, and to meet the man whose actions saved her life.

Kindertransport - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Kindertransport (also Refugee Children Movement or "RCM'") is the name given to the rescue mission that took place nine months prior to the outbreak of the Second World War. The United Kingdom took in nearly 10,000 predominantly Jewish children from Nazi Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland and the Free City of Danzig.

Nicholas Winton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sir Nicholas George Winton, MBE (born 19 May 1909) is a Briton who organised the rescue of 669 mostly Jewish children from German-occupied Czechoslovakia on the eve of the Second World War in an operation later known as the Czech Kindertransport.

A look back at the recent history of South East London

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Anchor on Thames Path, London, UK · JB_1984

Pauline talks about being part of the post-war baby boom, & the strong community feeling in Southwark. http://ow.ly/5Chs3

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Docklands before it was trendy - some memories of what working in the London Docks was like http://ow.ly/5qvfA

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London docks, a photo study of London's docklands in 1980

London docksA photo study of London's docklands, 1980s (Photos ©urban75, 6th February 2010) London's been a major port since Roman times, growing in importance after the Industrial Revolution and the development of the Empire.

Violet on how the war seemed to a child;losing her ribbon after a bomb blast at Dockhead became a vividlife-long memory http://ow.ly/5Dmyo

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London Docks May 1966 - ShipSpotting.com - Ship Photos and Ship Tracker

Ship Photos and Free AIS! The worlds largest online ship image archive. Over 900.000 photos, search by Name, IMO or MMSI.

London Docks Photos | 34 Images of London Docks

London Docks photos | 34 images of London Docks in London and hundreds of other London photos from photograph-london.com

London's docks: past and present - London's docks and shipping - Port Cities

Contrasting photographs of the docks during the heyday of the working port with images of today's redeveloped Docklands

Docklands · Gerry Balding

Stunning Photos Of London Docklands

So London's Docklands are dull and sterile, eh? Not in these photos.

London's docks and shipping - Port Cities

London was Britain's biggest and busiest port. Its docks handled goods from around the world and for centuries the city was also an important shipbuilding centre.