Police seek ‘Quality Street killer’On this day in 1999, a short report in a local newspaper referred for the first time to a man known as the ‘Quality Street killer’.
‘D-Day’ drama as Britain goes decimalCenturies of tradition came to an end on this day in 1971, as decimal currency replaced the familiar British ‘LSD’
Jilly CooperThe English author Jilly Cooper was born on this day in 1937.
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1 May 1992
Bands make their stand
A world record was set on this day in 1992, when 983 ‘trad jazz’ bands assembled in Hyde Park for a ‘Day of Dignity’ rally organised by the Trade Union Congress. Read on...
Tony Benn gave a passionate speech in defence of dignity