Voices From The Forest of Dean
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Life and work in the Forest of Dean in the latter half of the twentieth century.
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Created byJason Griffiths
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Equal Pay Act commencesUK joins E.E.C.Elvis PresleyCoronation1st MotorwayMoon Landing1st Glastonbury FestivalThe BeatlesBBC Radio 1Castaway 2000Falklands WarSevern (rail) Bridge DisasterSevern Bridge OpensRosedale factory FireForest Vale Industrial EstateRoyal Forest of Dean Grammar School opensLydney Grammar School closesRoyal Forest of Dean CollegeCinderford station closesLydbrook Cable Works closesNational Health ServiceEmpire WindrushUK & ECSCBerlin Wall 'falls'Berlin Wall constructionNational Insurance ActEMFPalace Cinema reopensPalace Cinema closesSculpture TrailBBC TelevisionCoal Industry Nationalisation Act'Bevin Boys'Indian IndependenceEngland wins World CupNew Fancy colliery closesColeford Community Centre opensReeds Corrugated CasesLydney Tinplate works closesMeredith & Drew biscuitsRibenaRoyal Forest of Dean Development AssociationNew Mercury opensPeriods
Neville Chamberlain, National GovernmentWinston Churchill PM, Caretaker Govt.Winston Churchill PM, ConservativeSir Anthony Eden PM, ConservativeHarold Macmillan PM, ConservativeSir Alec Douglas-Home PM, ConservativeEdward Heath PM, ConservativeHarold Wilson PM, LabourClement Attlee PM, LabourHarold Wilson PM, LabourJames Callaghan PM, LabourMargaret Thatcher PM, ConservativeJohn Major PM, ConservativeTony Blair PM, LabourGordon Brown PM, LabourDavid Cameron PM, Coalition Govt.David Cameron PM, ConservativeTheresa May PM, ConservativeMorgan Phillips-Price MP, Labour, Forest of DeanMorgan Phillips-Price MP, Labour, West GloucestershireCharles Loughlin MP, Labour, West GloucestershireJohn Watkinson MP, West Gloucestershire, LabourPaul Marland MP, West Gloucestershire, ConservativeDiana Organ MP, Forest of Dean, LabourMark Harper MP, Forest of Dean, ConservativeBoris Johnson PM, ConservativeLizz Truss PM, ConservativeGrouping
World War II
Korean War
Vietnam War
Decline of large-scale coal mining in the Forest of Dean.
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