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Local
Timeline 1970's
Some
non local info is shown in brackets after date.
1970
The Grange Comprehensive School combined the boys school at Woodstock
Road and
the girls school in Hanham Road.
1971 (Decimal
currency introduced. First heart and lung transplant.)
North
Common Community Association founded.
The OFFICIAL closure of the branch line twixt
Bristol & Bath took place on 28/5/1971, however
the line was still used on an unofficial basis until
April 1972 for the storage of condemned vans at
Bath (mainly banana box vans)
1972 ("Bloody
Sunday" riots in N.I.)
The BSRS (Bristol
Suburban Railway Society) was formed (itself coming
out of a group called the South Gloucestershire
Railway Retention Group or similar name, formed
1969 we believe). The BSRS was formed at a
school meeting in the Cock Road area. (The group
originally held meetings at The Midland Railway
Hotel, they suggested the new name for the pub)
During this year the remaining railway track
between Bath and Mangotsfield Station was dis-mantled
and removed using a large train mounted crane. The
level crossing & signal box at Warmley
Station became redundant.
The Midland Railway Hotel in Warmley was ordered,
under the Trades Description Act, to change it's
name. It was renamed after a steam locomotive called
The Midland Spinner. NB Pub was originally known
as the Crown Hotel after Crown Colliery next
door.
1973 (Britain
joins the Common Market. Power cuts lead to the
"3 day week". VAT introduced to the UK.)
Oldland
Horticultural Society is founded.
The Clock Tower Building on Tower Road North
became the Arts Lab, known locally as the SLAB.
It functioned as a youth Arts and Community
centre
Warmley Rural District Council & Kingswood
Urban District Council amalgamate.
Congregational Church & Gospel Hall, both
in High Street, Oldland close. Methodist Church
in West Street and Brethren Meeting Room in Cloverlea
Road both close.
1974 (Miners
vote to strike, they win a 35% pay rise (those were
the days)
Warmley Church of England School at
Bridgeyate closed down and re-located to a new building
at North Common.
This year saw a dramatic change in local
government.
Siston Parish Council remained unaffected but the District Councils of
Warmley, Kingswood and Mangotsfield came together under the umbrella of
Kingswood District Council. Warmley Church of England School re-opens at
Poplar Road, N. Common.
First Oldland Horticultural Society Show is held.
1975 ("Cod
War" with Iceland)
Oldland/N. Common/Bridgeyate/Bitton
become part of Avon. (prev. S Glos)
1976 (The hottest
recorded summer of the 20th century)
Oldland
Motorbody Builders in High Street closed down.
Jarrett's Slaughterhouse moved from Cloverlea
Road to site in Oldland.
1978 (First "test
tube" baby is born. Louise Brown in Bristol)
2
floodlights installed at Warmley War Memorial and
the area given a facelift to try and combat
vandalism etc.
1979 (Margaret
Thatcher becomes first woman Prime Minister. The
"winter of discontent" follows)
The
former railway line which ran through the area was
purchased from British Rail by the council for £5.00
and was converted to be used as a cycle track. It
has grown in popularity and is a feature of
the area to this day.
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