@davidtorrance Edinburgh

Can anyone think of major political/social/cultural events that took place in 1979? Am pulling together a book pitch (already have Thatcher)

4:43PM Mon, March 05 2012

@lairdoleith Dunfermline, Scotland

was Blunt not exposed as a spy that year (might be wrong)?

4:48PM Mon, March 05 2012

@davidtorrance Edinburgh

yup, that was 1979.

4:49PM Mon, March 05 2012

@soosider3 Glasgow

Sony released the Walkman in 1979, led to MP3 and iPod

4:49PM Mon, March 05 2012

@davidtorrance Edinburgh

good one, thanks.

4:51PM Mon, March 05 2012

@ewanfootball Scotland

Shah overthrown in Iran and hostage crisis starting later in the year. Devolution vote. Walkman went on general release.

4:57PM Mon, March 05 2012

@cuthbertneil Edinburgh, Scotland

Lancaster House Agreement bringing independence to #Rhodesia?

5:00PM Mon, March 05 2012

@loveandgarbage

Robin Jenkins' Fergus Lamont was published.

5:01PM Mon, March 05 2012

@RogMull Scotland

following @strathearnrose suggestion, see The Referendum Experience (AUP) which has some quirky as well as serious stuff.

5:03PM Mon, March 05 2012

@adamrbruce Edinburgh, UK

Just UK in 79 or wider?

5:03PM Mon, March 05 2012

@AngusMacNeilMP scotland

my parents visited ballot 4 times that yr i think ?

5:05PM Mon, March 05 2012

@davidtorrance Edinburgh

anywhere.

5:06PM Mon, March 05 2012

@davidtorrance Edinburgh

@strathearnrose I'm such an anorak that not only do I own a copy of The Referendum Experience, but have actually read it.

5:06PM Mon, March 05 2012

@RogMull Scotland

well, hope you enjoyed my little chapters…was so young then of course.

5:07PM Mon, March 05 2012

@davidtorrance Edinburgh

I hadn't made the connection! Which were yours?

5:08PM Mon, March 05 2012

@GeorgeFoulkes Edinburgh/London

Jim Sillars beaten in South Ayrshire by upstart from Edinburgh!

5:17PM Mon, March 05 2012

@davidtorrance Edinburgh

absolutely, a pivotal event in world history!

5:19PM Mon, March 05 2012

@tiggtag Glasgow, Scotland

fall of Phnom Penh Poll Pot regime collapses, China invades Vietnam, Scotland votes for home rule, Greenland gets home rule

5:58PM Mon, March 05 2012

guest46188

that was the year that Flt Lt JJ Rawlings of Ghana become somebody. ie June 4th 1979.

6:05PM Tue, March 06 2012

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Can anyone think of major political/social/cultural events that took place in 1979? Am pulling together a book pitch (already have Thatcher)

was Blunt not exposed as a spy that year (might be wrong)?

yup, that was 1979.

Sony released the Walkman in 1979, led to MP3 and iPod

good one, thanks.

Shah overthrown in Iran and hostage crisis starting later in the year. Devolution vote. Walkman went on general release.

Lancaster House Agreement bringing independence to #Rhodesia?

Robin Jenkins' Fergus Lamont was published.

following @strathearnrose suggestion, see The Referendum Experience (AUP) which has some quirky as well as serious stuff.

Just UK in 79 or wider?

my parents visited ballot 4 times that yr i think ?

anywhere.

@strathearnrose I'm such an anorak that not only do I own a copy of The Referendum Experience, but have actually read it.

well, hope you enjoyed my little chapters…was so young then of course.

I hadn't made the connection! Which were yours?

Jim Sillars beaten in South Ayrshire by upstart from Edinburgh!

absolutely, a pivotal event in world history!

fall of Phnom Penh Poll Pot regime collapses, China invades Vietnam, Scotland votes for home rule, Greenland gets home rule

that was the year that Flt Lt JJ Rawlings of Ghana become somebody. ie June 4th 1979.

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Replyz collects and amplifies questions from around the web, allowing a wider audience to answer them.

Can anyone think of major political/social/cultural events that took place in 1979? Am pulling together a book pitch (already have Thatcher)

was Blunt not exposed as a spy that year (might be wrong)?

yup, that was 1979.

Sony released the Walkman in 1979, led to MP3 and iPod

good one, thanks.

Shah overthrown in Iran and hostage crisis starting later in the year. Devolution vote. Walkman went on general release.

Lancaster House Agreement bringing independence to #Rhodesia?

Robin Jenkins' Fergus Lamont was published.

following @strathearnrose suggestion, see The Referendum Experience (AUP) which has some quirky as well as serious stuff.

Just UK in 79 or wider?

my parents visited ballot 4 times that yr i think ?

anywhere.

@strathearnrose I'm such an anorak that not only do I own a copy of The Referendum Experience, but have actually read it.

well, hope you enjoyed my little chapters…was so young then of course.

I hadn't made the connection! Which were yours?

Jim Sillars beaten in South Ayrshire by upstart from Edinburgh!

absolutely, a pivotal event in world history!

fall of Phnom Penh Poll Pot regime collapses, China invades Vietnam, Scotland votes for home rule, Greenland gets home rule

that was the year that Flt Lt JJ Rawlings of Ghana become somebody. ie June 4th 1979.

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