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Modern Timeline
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Box Events 1945 - 2000 National Events 1945 - 2000
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1945 Bargates built on the old Fete Field 1954 New Scout Hall built 1957 Rising Sun Inn explosion on Box Hill 1964 Box Railway Station and Halt closed 1967 Singer Frankie Vaughan visits Box 1967 The Lamb Inn on Devizes Road closed 1968 Vine Court built 1969 Selwyn Hall and Library built 1970 Bingham Hall closed 1977 Jubilee Youth Centre redeveloped 1978 Parish Council took over Box Common 1982 Box Revels started 1983 Box School new entrance built 1998 Lovar water garden built 2000 Millennium Woods donated by George Lacy 2008 Chequers Inn, Market Place converted to private house 2014 The Bear ceased trading as a pub |
1948 National Health Service formed 1951 Festival of Britain 1952 George VI died, Elizabeth II succeeded 1955 ITV starts 1965 Death penalty abolished 1966 England win World Cup 1969 Concorde makes first flight 1971 Decimalisation of currency 1973 Britain joins EEC 1978 Winter of Discontent 1979 Margaret Thatcher becomes Prime Minister 1982 Falklands War 1984 Miners' Strike 1990 Poll tax riots 1991 First Iraq War 1997 Princess Diana died 2001 World Trade Centre bombed 9/11 2003 Invasion of Iraq |