Exhibition at Hedon Museum. Opens Wednesday 22 June until Saturday 13 August.

How much can you remember from 50 years ago?

1971

29 April: Honorary Freedom of the Borough awarded to S.T. Johnson MBE JP. Presentation in the Town Hall followed by a reception in the Alison Hall. 14 May: Election of Hedon Councillors. H.V. Suggit top of the poll (554); A.E. Bucknall (355), R.M. King (383); T. Beckett (not elected 324). 23 May: H.V. Suggit stands down as Mayor after 5 years. New Mayor is Cllr. P.A. Garvey. 23 May: ‘Royal’ prefix granted to all British Legion formations including Hedon. 23 May: Hedon Borough Council agrees to write to Richard Wood MP to express support for the Government’s proposal for a new Humberside County and to reject the county council proposal for a East Yorkshire county. 23 May: Hedon and District Local History Society formed at the instigation of John Markham. 27 May: Mayoral dinner for P.A. Garvey takes place in the Alison Hall. 24 September: The Mayor publishes his book entitled “The Hedon Silver”. 4 October: The Mayor opens the Birkholme Country Club. Peter Read announces plans for a new shopping development, later to become Watmough’s Arcade. 22 October: Sotherby’s called in to revalue the Hedon Silver (old valuation £13,000). 12 November: Hedon to have two pedestrian crossings – Ketwell Lane/New Road and St. Augustine’s Gate/New Road. 30 November: Albermarle House to be ready in two weeks’ time. Cost £95,000; 40 beds, building time of 18 months.

3 January: Open University starts Television transmissions. 15 January: half p, 1p and 2p decimal coins issued. 19 January: Postal workers go on strike for 19.5% pay rise. 4 February: Rolls Royce goes bankrupt. 15 February: Decimal Day. 8 March: Postal strike ends. 28 October: House of Commons votes in favour of joining the EEC (European Economic Community).

See: Remember the 1970s?