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Tornados in to put block on threat of Soviet craft

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

AIR defence took a major step forward with the introduction of the advanced Tornado fighter at RAF Coningsby; it was reported on July 4, 1985.

The new plane would give a huge boost to NATO defences, particularly against the threat from the Soviet bloc across the North...

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Doc's sacking from Old Trafford a 'bombshell'

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

MANCHESTER United manager Tommy Docherty had been sensationally sacked by the club's directors on July 4, 1977. A statement from the football club's...

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PLOG paints the town white

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

PLOG, Plog's Mog and a paintbrush hit town on July 1, 1960. And when Plog retired to bed, Lincoln had been painted – not the traditional red,...

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Telephone numbers without a telephonist

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

WORK was about to commence on a new automatic telephone exchange in Lincoln on July 1, 1954. The site was the corner of Broadgate and St Rumbold...

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Thatcher: 'I have no desire to go back to number 10'

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

MARGARET Thatcher announced on June 28, 1991, that she was giving up her seat in the House of Commons at the next general election. The former prime...

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Virgin voyage aiming to enter the record books

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

ENTREPRENEUR Richard Branson set off on his second attempt to claim the transatlantic crossing record for Britain on June 26, 1986. Mr Branson and...

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Driver flung from cabin and fell on his head

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

AN attempt to launch a new, 28-foot Broads-type motor cruiser in the River Witham, at Boston on June 23, 1958, ended in disaster when the mobile crane...

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A whale and Wombles the attractions at sunny parade

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

WOMBLES, Ancient Britons and Romans were just a few of the colourful characters to be found in Lincoln High Street on June 22, 1974. Thousands of...

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Massive pay increases for 'greedy' corporate bosses

The Way We Were. The chairman of British Gas, Robert Evans come under fire for accepting a pay rise ten times the rate of inflation. June 21, 1991.

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

THE chairman of British Gas came under fire for accepting a pay rise 10 times the rate of inflation on June 21, 1991. Robert Evans had been given a 66...

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Rail network misery as staff work to rule

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

THE country's rail network had been thrown into disarray by the National Union of Railwaymen's (NUR) work-to-rule on June 24, 1968. The union, which...

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