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Year
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Chairman
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Club Events
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World Events (More Details)
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1967
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David Mitchell-Baker
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Inaugural General Meeting. Games played at Upper Basildon
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1968
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David Mitchell-Baker
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The last steam train passenger service runs in Britain
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1969
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David Mitchell-Baker
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First manned moon landing
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1970
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David Mitchell-Baker
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Explosion on Apollo13 moon mission
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1971
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Eric Manning
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Games played at Mapledurham?
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Decimal currency introduced
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1972
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Eric Manning
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‘Watership Down’ published
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1973
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Eric Manning
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First games played at Goring?
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Sunderland beat Leeds United in the F.A. Cup Final
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1974
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Keith McKenzie
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First Club Championships
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Final episode of ‘Monty Python’s Flying Circus’ broadcast
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1975
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Keith McKenzie
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Margaret Thatcher becomes leader of the Conservative Party
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1976
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Terry Walker
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Bjorn Borg wins first of five consecutive Men’s Singles titles at Wimbledon
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1977
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Terry Walker
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Queen’s Silver Jubilee
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1978
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Terry Walker
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First Club Membership Cards? Do you have any old membership cards?
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Anna Ford becomes first female newsreader
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1979
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Ann Ducker
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First Club Dinner Dance
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Trevor Francis is Britain’s first £1 million pound footballer
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1980
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Ann Ducker
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Honorary Life Membership bestowed on Ron and Alice Peet
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John Lennon and Alfred Hitchcock died
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1981
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Ann Ducker
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First London marathon
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1982
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Brian Baldwin
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Falklands War
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1983
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Brian Baldwin
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The first US Cruise Missiles arrive at Greenham Common
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1984
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Brian Baldwin
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UK Miners’ strike
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1985
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Paul Richards
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First British mobile phone call made (by Ernie Wise to Vodafone)
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1986
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Paul Richards
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UK and France announce plans to construct Channel Tunnel
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1987
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Paul Richards
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Hurricane force winds batter much of SE England (and the Channel Islands!)
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1988
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Barbara Baldwin
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The first ‘Red Nose Day’ raises £15m for charity
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1989
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Barbara Baldwin
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On July 6th at 01:23:45 AM the time and date was 01:23:45 6/7/89
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1990
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Barbara Baldwin
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England’s World Cup hopes ended by Germany in penalty shoot out
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1991
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Graham Johnstone
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Paul Gascoigne damages knee during Spurs’ F.A. Cup Final victory
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1992
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Graham Johnstone
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Massive bomb explodes at Bishopsgate in the City of London
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1993
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Graham Johnstone
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Betty Boothroyd becomes first female Speaker in the House of Commons
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1994
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Frank Crowley
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Coloured shoe tags introduced. Please collect and supply any old tags
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Channel Tunnel officially opened
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1995
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Frank Crowley
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Princess of Wales gives revealing TV interview to Martin Bashir on Panorama
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1996
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Frank Crowley
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Dolly the sheep, the first successfully cloned mammal, is born
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1997
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Frank Crowley
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25 year lease negotiated with the Council
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Labour Party under Tony Blair wins UK General Election
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1998
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Paul Richards
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Extraordinary General Meeting approved expenditure on new courts and work starts. Games played at Cholsey Tennis Club
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The Good Friday Agreement on Northern Ireland signed
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1999
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Robert Brown
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New Courts completed
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Total eclipse of the sun visible in Cornwall
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2000
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Robert Brown
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Steve Redgrave wins fifth consecutive Olympic gold medal
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2001
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Robert Brown
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First manned moon landing
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2002
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Robert Brown
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"09/11"
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2003
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Robert Brown
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Land troops from United Kingdom in the invasion of Iraq.
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2004
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Peter Handley
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Indonesian tsunami cause devastation across Bay of Bengal
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2005
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Peter Handley
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The club introduced its own dedicated Website and new colour Newsletter both of which incorporated the new Red Kite Logo
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London chosen for the 2012 Olympic Games
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2006
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Vacant
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Charles Kennedy leader of the Liberal Democrats resign
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2007
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Frank Crowley
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Gordon Brown succeeds Tony Blair as Prime Minister
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2008
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Mike Collinson
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Goring Tennis Club’s 40th Anniversary
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We await world events!
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