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The 50th Anniversary of the formation of the British Calibration Service occurred on 25 April 2016 and was the inspiration for the creation of this web site.
The 50th Anniversary of the formation of the British Calibration Service occurred on 25 April 2016 and was the inspiration for the creation of this web site.
A celebratory lunch was held on this date to mark the occasion.
More photographs and the text of the after lunch speech can be found in the file BCS 50th Anniversary.pdf at the foot of this page.
2016 also marks the 21st Anniversary of the formation of the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS). A short history of UKAS can be found here.
Other notable anniversaries in 2016 include the following:
1000 years ago: Death of Ethelred the Unready, King of England (978-1013, 1014-16). Succeeded by his son Edmund II (Edmund Ironside).
500 years ago: Formation of the Royal Mail.
400 years ago: Death of William Shakespeare.
200 years ago: Birth of Charlotte Brontë, British novelist. Best known for Jane Eyre.
70 years ago: Alan Turing's original proposal for the development of an electronic computer was accepted by NPL’s Executive Committee.
In the popular music charts, the No. 1 position on 25th April 1966 was held by the Spencer Davis Group with Somebody Help Me. The full Top 20 can be found in the file Top20.pdf below.
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Left to right: Geoff Orford, Wendy Hurll, John Hurll, Tony Drake, Laurie Hinton, Gareth Jones, Mike Hutchins, Lawrie Cronin, Bob Clarke, Ian Instone, Alan Coster, Chris Kemp.
Other notable events during 1966 include the following:
3rd March: Tony Benn announced in Parliament the commencement of regular colour television broadcasts on BBC2 (four hours a week).
30th April: Regular hovercraft services across the English Channel commence.
1st May: The last UK concert by the Beatles took place at the Empire Pool, Wembley.
6th May: The Moors murderers were found guilty at Chester Crown Court.
29th June: The first UK credit card (Barclaycard) was introduced.
30th July: England beat Germany at Wembley Stadium to win the World Cup.
8th September: Opening of the Severn Bridge.
18th October: Launch of the Ford Cortina Mk 2.
21st October: The Aberfan Disaster.
16th November: The BBC television drama, Cathy Comes Home, is broadcast on BBC1.
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