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What was the first major world event that you can recall. What age were you and what was the event? . . |
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@shifty | 31 July 16 |
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I remember the Russia / Afghanistan war. Must've been about 10 years old. Thought the world was going to end . .
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@ementalm | 31 July 16 |
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when god came down and said 'I'll lead these dumb souls a merry dance' i was 5 year old
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@mikeymk | 31 July 16 |
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I remember the royal wedding. Charles and Diana, obviously. I didn't care though, I was only 5. The Bradford fire was more a vivid childhood event for me - I was like 10, in bed (or on it), watching the match live, at the time. So I saw the whole thing unfold. That was mad, and has stayed with me. |
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@ogdenz | 31 July 16 |
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I remember Lennons murder being announced. The Bradford fire too.
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@psnality | 31 July 16 |
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Same royal wedding, we had a celebration in school.
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@fir3hill | 31 July 16 |
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JFK assassination, I was six
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@fir3hill | 31 July 16 |
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I got into trouble for making a crayon drawing of it, complete with red crayon blood spatter exiting his head! I was puzzled by the reaction as I thought it was my best drawing to date
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@xxlee | 31 July 16 |
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Royal wedding, I was 6. Street parties and all that.
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@braxtonx | 31 July 16 |
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Band aid...
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@3mel | 31 July 16 |
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I remember the Afghan war, I watched the news at 5.45 for about a year straight as a kid. also the siege the sas ended in the Iranian embassy a few years later.
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@tazdevil | 31 July 16 |
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9/11 attack on the World Trade Center. I was 8 or 9 and was playing in the living room. My grandpa was watching TV whilst having his dinner and it was on the news. My whole family crowded around the TV. Everything became really eerie. I was so disturbed by what I saw and was struggling to understand the suffering, death and reality of the events. I had lots of questions to ask. I was trying to talk about it but everyone kept shushing me  The memory is still raw in my mind like it was yesterday. I can still picture that TV screen vividly. |
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@tazdevil | 31 July 16 |
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Second major event I recall is watching the footage of the Tsunami that devastated many parts of India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand. I can't recall what year it was but I was in 5th or 6th grade at school. I again asked questions about people being trapped etc you know, children have a natural curiosity to what they hear/see on the news
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@ungers | 31 July 16 |
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Falklands war........
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@smokeyb | 31 July 16 |
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the one that always sticks in my mind than the others was the challenger disaster, horrible .. think i was about 10 at the time
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@musho77 | 31 July 16 |
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@ mikeymk - 31.07.16 - 01:19pm I remember the royal wedding. Charles and Diana, obviously. I didn't care though, I was only 5. The Bradford fire was more a vivid childhood event for me - I was like 10, in bed (or on it), watching the match live, at the time. So I saw the whole thing unfold. That was mad, and has stayed with me. i remember the wedding and the street party in the night, also the snow in 1982 was quite deep |
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@skatty | 31 July 16 |
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A c**t of a stepdad drowning our pet rabbit in front of us and making me and my siblings watch, when I was about 6. I can't remember existing before then.
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@somerson | 31 July 16 |
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@ skatty - 31.07.16 - 07:48pm A c**t of a stepdad drowning our pet rabbit in front of us and making me and my siblings watch, when I was about 6. I can't remember existing before then. That's just horrible!  And what makes it even more cruel is that he did it before kids too!!!
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@skatty | 31 July 16 |
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@ somerson - 31.07.16 - 07:50pm That's just horrible! And what makes it even more cruel is that he did it before kids too!!!He was a nasty pr*ck. |
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@skatty | 31 July 16 |
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But that's that.
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@dan27notts | 31 July 16 |
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I remember Dunblane, Bosnia and Rwanda all being on the news in the mid 90s
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