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Local
Timeline 1980's
Some
non local info is shown in brackets after date.
1980 (Iranian
Embassy siege in London. John Lennon shot
in New York.)
Building work starts on Longbeach
Road area of Longwell Green.
The Barrettine Group
of companies move from their Tower Lane site to
St Ivel Way in Warmley. The group has diversified
and is a major employer in the Warmley area to this
day.
Sept. - Cherry Gardens Primary School, Oldland
opens.
1981
The long
awaited Village Hall opened in Cadbury Heath.
The
last remaining chimney stack (b.1900) at the Crown
Colliery site in Warmley was demolished. The first
one disappeared in 1922. The stack was constructed
of redbrick from the brickworks opposite the pit.
After it's demolition most of the bricks were returned
as landfill on the same brickwork's site. (ashes
to ashes etc.)
1982 (3 million
people were unemployed. Argentina seize the Faulkland
Islands (for 10 weeks).
The year of the "big
freeze" when upwards of 150 lorries were stranded
by snow and ice between Tog Hill and Warmley. The
lorries were trapped for almost a week and pictures
of the mayhem made world news. The trapped drivers
were looked after in Warmley Community Centre. Hot
food was provided freely by the local community.
The New Work Trust took over the old Warmley
Church of England School Building in Bridgeyate.
1983
Temporary
Village Hall opens at North Common.
The Ochre Works
at Station Road in Warmley (b. 1904) was demolished
this year. Ochre production had ceased in the years
between the wars.
Signal box at Warmley Station
is re-furbished. This must have been a good time
for community funding! Neptune's statue behind Clock
Tower is re-furbished.
1984
"Painter's
Pit" Ventilation Furnace re-furbished in Bitton.
1987 (The ferry
"Herald of Free Enterprise" sinks killing
200. Worst storm in 250 years kills 18 people and
fells 18 million trees)
Cadbury Heath Local History
Group is formed.
1988 (The Lockerbie
air disaster occurred.)
The building of the Avon
Ring Road between Wraxall Road and Deanery Road
was started.
1989 (Berlin
Wall demolished.)
The Ring Road roundabout and
underpasses at the junction of Deanery Road were
constructed. The Community Centre was almost a "casualty"
until public pressure prompted a re-alignment of
the workings.
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