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suzian

suzian Report 21 Jun 2008 23:35

My big memory was the Aberfan pit disaster.

Came home from school and couldn't believe it.......

Can so much still remember the news coverage. I learned to cry for other people but me that day

Lol Sue

Rosi Glow

Rosi Glow Report 21 Jun 2008 23:34

A good friend called me at about 6.45 to tell me Dianna had died, she had been listening to the radio reports in bed all night, I then went and switched the TV on and sat there just watching in disbelief.

I waited untill around 7.45 to call my brother and told him to switch on the TV..

JoyBoroAngel

JoyBoroAngel Report 21 Jun 2008 23:33

when elvis died

i was on my way to hospital to have my son

and when i heard of dianas death

i was in the local shop

i was devastated

Researching:
The birth of Middlesbrough

*Ophelia.taking a break..*

*Ophelia.taking a break..* Report 21 Jun 2008 23:31

~~~I didn`t think I would cry like I did..I think I was finished off..watching her sons follow the hearse..flowers coming from all directions...

Devon Dweller

Devon Dweller Report 21 Jun 2008 23:28

Elvis died 3 months after I left school in 1977. I remember it well because we'd just returned from the pub when they put his concert on the tv.

I remember Princes Diana's car accident being announced on the tv in the middle of the night then later on they announced her death and I just couldn't believe it.

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 21 Jun 2008 23:26

I was in a croft house in shetland when I heard Evis had died.
When Diana died, Me and a friend were coming back from my sisters house in the early hours and heard it on the radio (radio 4) bit by bit - she was injured, he was dead etc.

Researching:
Gg gran Amelia - Suffolk side

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 21 Jun 2008 23:22

think it happened on a Saturday night didn't it? My son woke me on Sunday morning to tell me. OH was touring Scotland with Pendyrus Male Choir and they had to cancel all their concerts and come back home - never ever thought the death of Diana would affect me like it did - I was devastated and bawled my eyes out watching her funeral

Researching:
Breakspears of Berkshire and Cardiff, Williams and Harman of Whitchurch, Melingriffith &Tongwynlais,Glamorgan WE HAVE NO CONNECTION Do not share your tree with me

*Ophelia.taking a break..*

*Ophelia.taking a break..* Report 21 Jun 2008 23:17

~~~~Where were you when you heard Elvis presley died and Princess Diana?
What was you doing at time?
I remember being about 8 yrs old when Elvis died..It was the summer of 76..I think..really hot..I was playing "tennis balls" on the walls..it came over the radio..My mum came out cryingg her eyes out!
Princess Diana..different story..was in bed..and my partner yelled at me to get out of bed!.. (I thought at time.."He will do anything to get me out of bed!").He said Diana has died .When I got up and realised..Gobsmacked..we sat for entire day watching the news..transfixed..Both those days are like they happened yesterday..do engrained in my memory.~~~

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