20 years ago
up-and-beg and I’m not so sure the car in view is either of these, though possible. It may even be a V8 Pilot Ford. I’m sure you must remember the Consuls, Zephyrs and Zodiacs, all of similar style. They continued into the 1970s, even after the birth of the first Cortina in 1962.
'I enjoy your columns even when they aren’t 100 per cent accurate! Keep it up.’ Thanks Frank.
Can any of you remember two fires that took place within days of each other back in January 1969 at the Metal Box factory in Farlington, on the opposite page?
They were believed to have been arson attacks by disgruntled former employees. The factory was destroyed, no doubt making many unemployable for many weeks.
If you know more of this incident please let me know.
On another note, can anyone remember the personnel officer at the factory, the late Harry Hind?
I wonder if anyone in Portchester knew the late Ted Legg, below right, a former fishmonger.
Ted retired in 1975 after 50 years as a fishmonger.
He was an amateur singer of some repute. A music promoter closed the Aqua Lounge nightclub in Fareham despite ploughing £250,000 into it. Martin Jack said stinging criticism from police and councillors forced him to pull the plug on the Military Road club after 20 months. Fareham Borough Council revoked the entertainment licence following a string of complaints. 1593: Izaak Walton, the ‘father of angling’ – he wrote The Compleat Angler – was born in Stafford. 1941: RAF fighter pilot Douglas Bader was shot down and seized by German troops, who were surprised to discover his apparently fractured legs were both artificial. 1945: The second atomic bomb of the war was dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki. 1979: Brighton established the first nudist beach in Britain, despite protests from those who feared great depravity. BIRTHDAYS: James Naughtie, broadcaster, 68; Melanie Griffith, actress, 62; Gillian Anderson, actress, 51; Eric Bana, actor, 51; Mikael Silvestre, former footballer, 42; Daniela Denby-Ashe, actress, 41.