Where were you?

[Smudger105e]

I often read in the press that there are certain events that occurred and you "remember exactly where you were" when you heard, such as JFK's assassination (no! even I was rather young then!)

 

It has got me thinking if there are momentous (or otherwise) events that I heard about and I can still remember where I was when I heard about them.

 

For me there are not many

 

Space Shuttle Challenger blowing up on launch (working on my Anglia on the drive)

Princess Di's sad demise (Home, I woke up early for work)

9/11 (at work, listened to the developments on the radio)

 

And that's about it, over 50 years old I am, and only three events of any memorable significance that I can still remeber where I was, althopugh more may appear through the mists of my memory!

 

Which events do you remember, and where were you when you heard?

[w p e]

9/11 i was just getting of the missus .

[Vista]

I remember the first space shuttle flight (Columbia) on April 12th 1981, sat glued to a very old fashioned TV at my Grans in Cheltenham

 

9/11 I was also at work, work stopped immediately it was announced on the radio and we all spent the rest of the day watching the reports on TV, completely gob smacked.

 

Princess Di's death I remember because the TV came on on a timer..............and interrupted my new Girl friend giving me the best BJ I'd ever had in my life . She spent the rest of the morning glued to the TV and I was gutted................though not for the same reasons she was.

 

I also remember where I was when the first Gulf war kicked off. In a night club in Exeter with a couple of mates. We had a solemn drink to the mutual friends we had on ships out there

[RossMK2]

9/11 was at primary came home to see it plastered on tele

 

7/7 boming i was in year 6 and found out at school then when i got home again plastered over tele

 

When the queen mother died i was on the exmouth sea front having a ride across

[Stu_B]

The student riots. I was in Wetherspoons eating a curry

[FredTransit]

Challenger blowing up- I was in hospital having me appendix out

 

Princess Di dying - Fell asleep on the sofa, half woke up and saw the news, was pretty much awake after that

 

9/11 - had just finished unloading from an exhibition, was going home in the van and it came on the radio. I honestly thought Bush was gonna Nuke Bin Laden.

 

7/11 - at a customer's warehouse, with vans out on the streets affected, the phone were down and I didn't know if anybody working for us had been blown up!

[dalmarshall]

Kurt Cobain was the first big one for me, i remember the annoucement on MTV news after 8 days missing, the pic of his legs with his convese 1 stars on! He was my hero

 

9/11 I was taping and jointing at the time in a Reuters building in the middle of the city (of London). Half of us were gathered around the radio, the rest were looking out of the windows just incase!!

[radar tech]

9/11 = fishing a match on the Trent

7/7 = on exercise with my old unit at RAF Portreath, cornwall.

[Fiesta Steve]

 

When the queen mother died i was on the exmouth sea front having a ride across

 

When did she die then ?

[Vista]

 

When the queen mother died i was on the exmouth sea front having a ride across

 

When did she die then ?

 

The truth is out, the QM died because RossMk2 was riding her on Exmouth sea front! She was 101 but evidently still a goer

[4DOOR-SHERWOOD]

 

When the queen mother died i was on the exmouth sea front having a ride across

 

When did she die then ?

 

The truth is out, the QM died because RossMk2 was riding her on Exmouth sea front! She was 101 but evidently still a goer

 

PMSL!!

[mk2harrier]

i was halfway through gutting my bathroom when they anounced the QM dyeing, i then had a busy week training for her funeral honour guard.

 

death of diana i was woken up by my gran phoning to tell me and i was hungover to death myself

 

9/11 i was at work, everything ceased and we stayed in front of the telly thinking 'thats us going to war then'

 

7/7 i was on my honeymoon and was going to london the next day thinking 'oh joy'

[bortaf]

I remember Elvis dieing, i was in the copperlantern hotel in Walton-on-the naze, in the bar watching an elis impersonator

9/11 i missed, i got told about it in the afternoon when i turned up at me yard by the bloke who lived there in a caravan as security

err Di dieing i was in clacton, missed it again me mate rang me and told me, like i needed to know really urgent or sumink

[ratman]

Elvis in a caravan in Devon

 

Space Shuttle Challenger blowing up on launch cant remember likly drunk some were

 

Princess Di's sad demise in a caravan on the south coast weekend away (love a caravan holiday !)

 

 

9/11 mrs ratman called me at work and i turnrd on the radio to hear it

 

7/7 was at work and my youngest was in london 1st day on work expearence I left work picked up mrs ratman and drove in to london to get her that was mad as every one else was driving out very sureal

[GT_lenny]

i honestley dont remember where i was when any of those happened - i used to drink lots

[Trevmk3]

Challenger i was a bit young for remembering it

Princess Di i was camping with a mate and it was tipping it down and the tent flooded

9/11 i was at home and saw it unfolding on the news saw the second plane hit