KEITH HAMILTON looks through past editions of the Echo and reviews the issues which made the headlines

50 Years Ago Prime Minister Clement Attlee was in Southampton to open the £750,000 Ocean Terminal.

He described the building as "a monument of British craftsmanship'' that would show overseas visitors what the country had been doing since the end of the war.

40 Years Ago It was Bank Holiday Mon-day and raining as usual, resulting in many staying at home and little traffic on the South's roads.

On the Isle of Wight, everything was ready for the arrival of Prince Philip, who was to join the Royal Yacht Britannia for the Cowes Week regatta.

30 Years Ago Among those hit by an unofficial strike by Post Office radio operators was Southampton's luxury liner Queen Elizabeth 2 in mid-Atlantic on her way to New York. A Cunard spokesman said the ship was out of touch with the UK except for distress and safety calls.

20 Years Ago It was announced that the BI liner Uganda would be calling at Southampton to undertake three cruises from the city's docks.

It had been a chilly July and many places in the South of England had exceeded the normal rainfall for the month in the first two weeks.

10 Years Ago The South joined the rest of the country in mourning MP Ian Gow, murdered by an IRA bomb at his Sussex home.

An armada of yachts gathered in the Solent to salute the Queen Mother on board Britannia as she prepared to celebrate her 90th birthday.

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