Today in History

[Daisy]

It's the proper colour for a bus, in my view. When I was a child our local buses were also red.

[Oma]

They were livery green when we were growing up or royal blue
Two different bus companies

[Gemini]

2014

Tesco's Aberystwyth store made a blunder on a Welsh sign which was supposed to advertise 'free money' from the supermarket's cashpoint. The sign read "codiad am ddim", meaning free erections when it should read "arian am ddim" which means free money.

[Daisy]

Either a native Welsh speaker was having a laugh, or someone needs to go back to language school! How embarrassing.

[Gemini]

1944

Britain's Home Guard, formed in 1939 to fight the expected German invasion, was ordered to disband.

[Daisy]

I think the Home Guard is still thought of as Dad's Army, although I know they did an incredibly difficult and dangerous job during the bombing raids.

[Gemini]

1986

Forty five people died after a Chinook helicopter carrying oil rig workers plunged into the North Sea off the coast of Scotland. It is the deadliest civilian helicopter crash on record.

[Daisy]

That was such a awful tragedy. I can't remember whether they found the cause of the crash or not.

[Oma]

I remember that ,
A neighbour's son worked on the rigs she was terrified he was involved,
Thankfully not but all those poor families losing a loved one like that.