Flashback: Lord Woolton bluntly warns nation that meat supplies are at dangerously low level
Have a peek at what was making the news 25, 50 and 75 years ago in Mid Ulster!
25 Years Ago
November 14, 2001
Tensions were high in Dungannon as Dunnes Stores failed to develop a site they owned at Anne Street in the town. Members of Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council expressed their frustration and called for a regeneration of the whole area.
A delegation from Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council were only hours from the scene of a tragic plane disaster in New York which claimed the lives of more than 250 people.
Dungannon Road Racing star Ryan Farquhar prepared to race at the Macau Grand Prix near Hong Kong. He was representing team Northern Ireland in the competition.
50 Years Ago
November 10, 1976
Local people were warned not to taste, touch or handle thousands of mushrooms growing on all of the roads surrounding Drumcraine Forestry Estate, Stewartstown.
The Department of Agriculture decided to scrap the bounty scheme for foxes.
Coalisland won the title of the best ‘Small town showing most improvement in 1976’ from the Central Garden’s Association.
75 Years Ago
November 15, 1951
Lord Woolton bluntly warned the nation that meat supplies were at a dangerously low level. He said: “We are in for a difficult time unless the people can be persuaded to produce more meat to maintain the means to buy more food abroad.”
A Cookstown Rural Council meeting discussed the clause of their tenancy agreement prohibiting the keeping of poultry. Residents were told they could keep one dozen of poultry.