tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44223725562723685172011-04-21T12:24:52.532-07:00using the year 1968 as a common denominator, this blog is a platform to explore, discover and share our collective sporting heritage.meet the localsnoreply@blogger.comBlogger91100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4422372556272368517.post-2255475888775010732008-04-22T07:20:00.000-07:002008-04-22T07:35:14.323-07:00In response to a suggestion posted in September 2007, the 1968 Memories Project will launch in May an online exhibition called <span style="font-style:italic;"></span> 'Where were you in 1968?'<span style="font-style:italic;"></span><br /><br />If you would like to share your memories and your photographs of 1968, please send your contributions to <span style="font-weight:bold;">68remembered@googlemail.com</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4422372556272368517-225547588877501073?l=sixty08.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>meet the localsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4422372556272368517.post-8535059752233639272007-12-10T06:01:00.000-08:002007-12-10T06:07:41.372-08:00I was watching television and saw President John Kennedy get assassinated. I remember civil rights marches and singing "We shall overcome, We shall overcome, We shall overcome some day. Deep in my heart I do believe we shall overcome some day." I remember seeing (televised) Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech.<br /><br /><strong>Gwendolen Joan Ayers (nee Kenny)</strong><br /><strong>Memory collected at the Salford Local History: 17-11-07</strong><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4422372556272368517-853505975223363927?l=sixty08.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>meet the localsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4422372556272368517.post-16459173604605581102007-11-22T08:39:00.000-08:002007-11-22T08:42:30.459-08:00link to photographs taken by ian lind at duke kahanamoku's funeral (27/01/1968)<br /><a href="http://www.downwindproductions.com/funeral/funeral.html">http://www.downwindproductions.com/funeral/funeral.html</a>#<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4422372556272368517-1645917360460558110?l=sixty08.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>meet the localsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4422372556272368517.post-19867021210857996652007-11-22T08:26:00.000-08:002007-12-10T07:18:52.080-08:00the 1968 memories project has a new email address:<br /><span style="color:#ffffff;"><a href="mailto:sixty08@googlemail.com">sixty08@googlemail.com</a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4422372556272368517-1986702121085799665?l=sixty08.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>meet the localsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4422372556272368517.post-65382977252486205622007-07-13T10:16:00.000-07:002007-07-13T10:19:04.032-07:00view an old hawaiian footage of duke kahanamoku at <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5f8HcmIuU5U">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5f8HcmIuU5U</a><br /><br />source: www.youtube.com<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4422372556272368517-6538297725248620562?l=sixty08.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>meet the localsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4422372556272368517.post-84983245984007734272007-07-13T08:53:00.000-07:002007-07-13T09:43:08.972-07:00<div align="left">manchester's boxing pride, <strong>alan tottoh</strong>, went to manchester royal infirmary to give a tonic to <strong>alan barker</strong>, secretary of the BOS boxing club, who is recovering from a cartilage operation. tottoh, a member of the BOS, donned his olympic outfit for mr barker's benefit and also won admiring attention from <strong>staff nurse arthurs</strong> and <strong>staff nurse stewart.</strong></div><div align="left"> </div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">source: M.E.N. 20/09/1968</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4422372556272368517-8498324598400773427?l=sixty08.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>meet the localsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4422372556272368517.post-14293440183248304762007-06-26T04:20:00.000-07:002007-06-26T04:24:14.531-07:00<strong>come + join us at the next victoria baths open day</strong><br /><br /><strong>01/06/07</strong><br /><strong>12noon-4.00pm</strong><br />hathersage road<br />longsight<br />manchester<br /><br /><strong>0161 224 2020</strong><br /><br /><strong>map + directions</strong><br /><a href="http://www.victoriabaths.org.uk/map.htm">http://www.victoriabaths.org.uk/map.htm</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4422372556272368517-1429344018324830476?l=sixty08.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>meet the localsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4422372556272368517.post-10816983740167450032007-05-31T15:43:00.000-07:002007-05-31T15:47:23.625-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ed83nzBmmYw/Rl9QY6iHzrI/AAAAAAAAAAM/ze4Q9kRsUQw/s1600-h/the+duke.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5070860094401924786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ed83nzBmmYw/Rl9QY6iHzrI/AAAAAAAAAAM/ze4Q9kRsUQw/s320/the+duke.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4422372556272368517-1081698374016745003?l=sixty08.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>meet the localsnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4422372556272368517.post-5498729901494546702007-05-31T15:35:00.000-07:002007-06-26T04:16:40.170-07:00meet the locals is teaming up with the friends of victoria baths to set up an exciting reminiscence project focusing on the year 1968.<br /><br /><div align="left">because of its worldwide significance, the year 1968 offers the ideal opportunity to develop content which will engage the wider community, as well as showing the overlaps between sports, politics, history, arts and culture. in 2008, the memories, information and artefacts collected through the project will be the foundation for a series of commemorative events.<br /><br /><strong>main aims:</strong><br />- to set up a reminiscence project focusing on the year 1968<br />- to produce resource packs to be used by schools, local organisations, visitors, etc.<br />- to organise events (such as reminiscence sessions, displays, discussions and film screenings)<br />- to establish multi-agency partnerships<br />- to target new audiences and promote volunteering<br />- to promote manchester’s multicultural heritage</div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><strong></strong></div><div align="left"><strong>further information <a href="mailto:info@victoriabaths.org.uk">info@victoriabaths.org.uk</a></strong></div><div align="left"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4422372556272368517-549872990149454670?l=sixty08.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>meet the localsnoreply@blogger.com2