Sunday Mirror dated Sunday May 2nd 1982
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For 140 years the Argentineans said that the British had no
right to the Falkland Islands and on April 2nd 1982 they invaded. On April 5th
a Task Force of Royal Navy ships set sail for the region, By May 1st
South Georgia (which up until 1985 was part of the Falkland Islands) had been
re-taken, but Margaret Thatcher’s ‘rejoicing’ was premature as it took until
June 14th before the Argentineans surrendered along with the loss of
907 lives.
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The
first Avro Vulcan delta-wing bomber went into RAF service in 1956 and was
designed to deliver both conventional and nuclear bombs. The last Vulcan was
built in 1965 and the type was decommissioned from the RAF in 1984. To get from
their base in the Ascencion Islands to the Falklands and back the Vulcans had
to be re-fuelled in mid-air 8 times. The re-fuelling planes also had to be
re-fuelled themselves on route.
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The Union Flag is better known as the Union Jack although
should only be called so when flying over a ship, the Flag of St George is
England’s official flag - a red cross on a white background, the Council of
Europe flag has 12 gold stars arranged in a circle on a dark blue background
and, probably the least familiar is the English Standard which has 3 elongated
gold lions stacked on a red background. Quite why the Local Council was wasting
valuable time discussing this publican and his flag waving is beyond me.
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Tom Baker played the eponymous ‘Dr Who’ from December 1974
until 1981 and met Lalla Ward, who took over the role of his assistant Romana
from Mary Tamm in 1979. They married in 1980 but divorced in 82 and Tom later
married Sue Jerrard who had been an editor on the same programme.
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As it was and still is – unfortunately.
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This is taken from the September 1980 interview
with David Sheff published in the January 1981 Playboy magazine.
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As it states in the article there was no danger to road or
rail users and presumably the Keeper knew when the next train was due, so it’s
all a bit of a non-story really.
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‘One Step Further’ by Bardo was 1982’s Eurovision Song
Contest entry for Britain and came 7th.
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Tony Knowles was in the top 16 ranked players for 7 years
from 1983 and reached the World Championship semi-finals on three occasions but
never the final. Steve Davis on the other hand won the World Championships 6
times.
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