1970's – Whistle -stop Tour

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The 1970's A Whistle-stop Tour

Two weeks after revisiting those heady days of the decadent “Swingin’ Sixties”, Audlem Probus Club are about to look back at the turbulent times of the Seventies.

Dave Walmsley, a former secondary school head-teacher and history graduate of Balliol College, Oxford, will take the Club’s retired business and professional members on what he describes as a “whistle-stop tour” of the ‘70s.

It was a period which saw widespread industrial disruption, political conflict and increasingly active women’s liberation and gay rights pressure groups. We saw the introduction of the three-day working week, and miners, dockers and postal workers taking strike action.

Dave says: “My talk covers the UK’s general elections and major political events of the 1970s, as well as major international events, especially those which have resonance in the modern world, such as the Iranian Revolution of 1979.

“On the lighter side, memories will be jogged about major sporting events of the decade, with forays into pop music, TV and film.” Oh yes! This era also saw the Beatles break up; the birth of Punk; musicians unite to form the Rock Against Racism movement in opposition to the far right; and the rise of the National Front.

When Dave, an Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, isn’t giving presentations to history societies and U3A groups, he’s heavily involved in managing Sale Sports Club and Trafford Wellbeing Walks.

Guests and visitors are welcome to join us this Thursday (April 23rd) from 10am, Audlem Public Hall.

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