#40YearsAgo

2025-04-02

[13:33] Man extradited to Northern Ireland over murder in 1979

A 67-year-old man has been extradited from the Republic of Ireland over a murder in Co Armagh 40 years ago.

rte.ie/news/regional/2025/0402

#67_year_old #theRepublicofIreland #CoArmagh #40yearsago

2025-03-03

[23:47] Daughters scale Argentine peak, retrieve father's photos

Two daughters of an Argentine mountaineer who died on an icy peak 40 years ago, have retrieved his backpack from the spot - finding camera film inside that allowed them a glimpse of some of his final experiences.

rte.ie/news/world/2025/0303/15

#Two #Argentine #40yearsago

[17:11] Nine victims of IRA attack on RUC station remembered at church service 40 years on

A memorial service to remember nine RUC officers killed in an IRA attack on a police station in Newry 40 years ago has taken place in the city.

independent.ie/irish-news/nine

#nine #Newry #40yearsago

2024-09-26

[19:00] State post-mortem completed in Patrick Nugent case

A state post-mortem examination has been completed on the body of a 23-year-old Clare man who died 40 years ago.

rte.ie/news/2024/0926/1472188-

#23_year_old #Clare #40yearsago

2023-10-06

This week on the Friday #80s Flashback, it's GENESIS. Released on October 3, 1983, it was the 12th studio album from the band, Genesis, and it was pretty successful, at least commercially if not critically. #Music #Genesis #40YearsAgo bookendedbycats.blogspot.com/2

2023-07-14

This week the Friday #80s Flashback celebrates the 40th anniversary of the release of THE CROSSING, Big Country's debut album! Released on July 15, 1983, this album boasts the hit singles "Fields of Fire" and, of course, "In A Big Country." #Music #BigCountry #40YearsAgo
bookendedbycats.blogspot.com/2

Cover of Big Country's debut album, THE CROSSING.
2023-06-22


A week in in June 1983. Very hot sunshine, we got badly sunburnt on , and it became actually painful to be out in daylight, so we then did a solstice night time ascent of , bivying in the summit shelter.
Next morning was the first time I realised what 270+ meant, as we could probably see most of them. Followed by an exciting descent via the arete.

Young man sat on a rocky hill summit, wearing t shirt and shorts. A rocky ridge is visible in the background. Sunny with blue sky.Young man, now topless, sat on a rocky ridge, which drops then ascents to a summit at the back. Blue sky and sunny but hazyMyself and another stood in the twilight next to the summit shelter on Ben Nevis. Snow on the ground, and a small tent at the back.Morning. A young man stood on a snow covered hill top, looking at the view which contains several rows of ridges into the distance.

#40YearsAgo today at 7:33 a.m. EST, Sally K. Ride became the first American woman to go to space.

Sending a cosmic salute to all the fearless women astronauts who've soared beyond boundaries and inspired generations. 🌟 💪 👩‍🚀 #WomeninSpace #Inspiration
#NASAhistory

…boldly going where no spacecraft had gone before!

Pioneer 10, the first spacecraft sent to the outer solar system, became the first to cross Neptune's orbit #40YearsAgo today!

More about Pioneer 10, a mission of firsts! go.nasa.gov/3X22bVQ
#NASAhistory

2023-05-26

Do you cry out for magic, and do your demons ever let you go? This week's Friday #80s Flashback celebrates 40 years of Holy Diving. It's Dio's 1983 debut album, HOLY DIVER (featuring the title track and "Rainbow in the Dark"). #Dio #metal #40YearsAgo bookendedbycats.blogspot.com/2

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2023-05-18

#40YearsAgo at #MountStHelens: May 18, 1980 8:40 AM
Campers by Green River hear 3 pops like distant gunshots. Wind blast hits. Dark/pitch black. Ground vibrates. Trees coming down. Mud, ice rains down. Ears pop. First cold, then everything burns. Warm ash falls. Must walk out. #volcano #usgs

2023-05-11

#ThrowBackThursday
#Edvards #Metal #40YearsAgo

So, you’re tired of this American scene.
I’m looking to find a new feelin
A star that shines in the East
A lady will get me kneelin

I’m goin out, far away from the L.A. lights
Terminal holiday, I’m gonna raise some hell
On Arabian nights

Met a Persian girl who kept me warm
Her hands had the touch of gold
The night was the right time for living
Cause the darkness, it never got old

I just need 1,001 Arabian nights

on.soundcloud.com/bK6WF

2023-04-15

This week on the Friday #80s Flashback, it's the 40th anniversary of R.E.M.'s debut album, MURMUR. bookendedbycats.blogspot.com/2
#Music #REM #Murmur #debut #40YearsAgo

#40YearsAgo, astronauts were training to repair the Solar Max satellite in the Neutral Buoyancy Simulator at @NASAMarshall. A year later, #OTD in 1984, STS-41C launched to Solar Max, and went on to perform the first satellite retrieval and the first satellite repair in space!
#NASAhistory

2023-04-06

More scanning old slides from . Easter 1983, . Think from memory we camped at the little site near Capel Curig.

Two people walking down a slope on a hillside, boulders and some snow cover. Dull cloudy conditions.Two people dressed for winter hillwalking, with rucksacks and ice axes, looking away from the camera at the view. A range of hills, the upper parts covered with snow. Cloudy but bright.A snowy hillside with some boulders showing through. A person walking away from the camera, leaning into the wind. Cloudy.A flat bit of snowy ground with some rocks showing through. A person sat on the rocks, dressed for winter hillwalking. Hills at the back with their tops in thick cloud.
2023-03-23

More scanning of old slides from 40 years ago, February / March 1983, camped in the Lake District, Newlands I think. Looks like we had good weather.

A snowy hillside, backlit by the sun, with 2 people walking across.A hillside, snowy higher up, two people in the foreground appear to be discussing something.Looking towards the head of a valley, snow patches in the foreground and snow covered hills at the back. A series of wooden fence posts from top left to lower right.Looking up a snowy hillside, some rocks and grass showing through. One person sat looking away from the camera, another stood looking towards the camera.
2023-03-18

Missed so this will have to be Throwback Thaturday.

Have been scanning a lot of old slides recently, the ones from 1983 will be celebrating their 40th anniversary this year, so will spam a few of them here.

January 1983, a few days at the Lairig Leacach bothy above Spean Bridge. We were snowed in for a couple of days, hence the young bored male pyromaniac tendencies. But we did do some walking.

2 men stood in front of a mountain bothy, dressed for hill walking. Hills in the background with some snow covering.Man cooking on a window ledge in a mountain bothy. The interior of the building looks grim. Pots, pans, candles, and whisky bottles on the window ledge.2 people carrying full rucksacks and dressed for the cold walking in a snowy mountain landscape. Misty conditions.Young man playing with lighting candles and a burner in the upstairs area of a mountain bothy. Wooden floor and beams and roof make this a hazardous occupation. Another young man watches uncertainly.

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