October 1987
Baby Boom starring Diane Keaton, opened.
The hit comedy earned two Golden Globe nominations and later inspired a short-lived NBC television series starring Kate Jackson.
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@atticusfinch-105.bsky.socialOctober 1987
Baby Boom starring Diane Keaton, opened.
The hit comedy earned two Golden Globe nominations and later inspired a short-lived NBC television series starring Kate Jackson.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social9 October 1984
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends first chuffed onto television screens on this date.
Ringo Starr provided the narration for the original U.S. broadcasts of the series beginning in 1984, helping make Thomas instantly recognisable to American audiences
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.socialDisney's The Watcher in the Woods, starring Bette Davis, opened in 1980.
The eerie supernatural thriller became one of Disney's most unusual live-action films of the era.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social9 October 1987
Surrender, starring Sally Field, Michael Caine and Steve Guttenberg, debuted.
The romantic comedy followed a romance novelist whose fictional fantasies begin colliding with real life.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.socialOctober 1914
Soldiers of the 7th Division discussing the news during a halt by the roadside, near Ypres
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@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social9 October 1779
The first Luddite riots against industrial machinery broke out in a lace factory in Loughborough. Skilled artisans and workshop owners rebelled because factories mass-produced items much faster and cheaper destroying local livelihoods.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social9 October 1959
Conservative Party led by Harold Macmillan won a 3rd consecutive General Election victory. For the 2nd time in a row the Conservatives had increased their overall majority in Parliament, this time to 100 seats having gained 20 seats.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social9 October 1986
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical The Phantom of the Opera opened at Her Majesty’s Theatre in London. It’s the 2nd longest-running West End musical after Les Misérables and the 3rd longest-running West End show overall behind The Mousetrap.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social9 October 1918 Private James Westhead (28272) 3 Bn Grenadier Guards was killed in action and buried in Forenville Military Cemetery.
James is also remembered on the Cheadle Hulme and Wigan War Memorials #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social9 October 1917 Gunner Alexander Austin (131602) Royal Field Artillery was killed in action and buried in Birr Cross Roads Cemetery.
Alexander is also remembered inside Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social9 October 1918 Lt John Cooke of Army Service Corps,
Mechanical Transport died of pneumonia and was buried in Tourgeville Military Cemetery.
John is also remembered on the Cheadle Hulme War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social9 October 1917 Private John Martin (266615) 1 Bn Cheshire Regiment was killed in action and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial. John was 19.
John is remembered on the Hazel Grove War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social9 October 1917 Private Samuel Coppock (307383) 2/8 Bn Lancashire Fusiliers was killed in action and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial.
Samuel is also remembered inside Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social9 October 1917 Private Arthur Henshall (242379) 2/6 Bn Lancashire Fusiliers was killed in action and was buried in Tyne Cot Cemetery.
Arthur is also remembered on the Hazel Grove War Memorial and inside Stockport's #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social9 October 1917 Private William Acton (307338) 2/8 Bn Lancashire Fusiliers was killed in action and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial. William was 19.
William is also remembered inside Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social9 October 1917 Private Norman F Edwards (36094) 1/4 Bn King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry was killed in action and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial. Norman was 19.
Norman is also remembered inside Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social9 October 1917 Private Reginald E Blackham (26230) 2/7 Bn Manchester Regiment died and was buried in Tyne Cot Cemetery
Reginald is also remembered inside Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
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@atticusfinch-105.bsky.socialThe good 'ole' days of Radio 1
Simon Bate's Golden Hour - Our Tune
Steve Wright in the afternoon........
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.socialEna Sharples getting knicked on Coronation St.
The Copper on the left would later do some Porridge himself
