
# File: index79-1.txt (24)
# Scanned/edited by Andrew Davison, March 2025, ad@coe.psu.ac.th
# Issue: 910, 1979-06-30, p.28, 29
# Period: January to May 1979

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# A

AA: 14 Apr 1979
Aircraft:$
  Flying boat: 20 Jan 1979
  Hawker Harrier: 6 Jan 1979
  King helicopter: 3 Feb 1979
  Nimrod Mark II: 28 Apr 1979
  Vickers Vimy: 24 Feb 1979
Airship: 27 Jan, 5 May 1979
Alabama, in the American Civil War: 10 Feb 1979
Alamo, defence: 10 Mar 1979
Alchemy: 12 May 1979
Alexander the Great: 3 Mar 1979
Amazonia, wildlife: 6 Jan 1979
Animals, badgers: 10 Feb 1979
Animals, changing coat colour: 12 May 1979
Animals, desert dwelling: 17 Mar 1979
Animals, life-spans: 3 Feb 1979
Animals, moles: 10 Feb 1979
Animals, moose: 17 Feb 1979
Animals, parasites: 3 Mar 1979
Animals, protective camouflage: 13 Jan 1979
Animals, rare: 27 Jan 1979
April Fool's Day: 10 Mar 1979
Arc, Joan of: 13 Jan 1979
Armstrong, Henry: 5 May 1979
Automobile Association: 14 Apr 1979
Automobiles, series begins: 10 Feb 1979

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# B

Baden-Powell, Robert: 20 Jan 1979
Badgers: 10 Feb 1979
Baird, John Logie: 3 Feb 1979
Bamburgh Castle: 24 Feb 1979
Bank of England: 26 May 1979
Barometer, history of: 10 Feb 1979
Beagle, HMS, voyage of: 6 Jan 1979
Beaulieu: 5 May 1979
Beds, history: 10 Mar 1979
Bicycle, history: 14 Apr 1979
Bigfoot, ape man: 10 Mar 1979
Birds: in Amazonia: 6 Jan 1979
Birds, British, series begins: 28 Apr 1979
Blenheim Palace: 3 Mar 1979
Booth, William: 14 Apr 1979
Bosworth Field, battle: 17 Mar 1979
Brabham, Jack: 13 Jan 1979
Brown, Capability: 13 Jan 1979
Brunel, Marc Isambard: 28 Apr 1979
Buckland Abbey: 20 Jan 1979
Bus, history of, series begins: 17 Mar 1979

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# C

Cagliostro: 12 May 1979
Cambridge: 6 Jan 1979
Camera, history of, series begins: 5 May 1979
Canterbury Cathedral: 28 Apr 1979
Carder, Peter: 31 Mar 1979
Carisbrooke Castle: 14 Apr 1979
Cassette players: 26 May 1979
Children's Crusade: 10 Mar 1979
Chimney sweeps: 19 May 1979
Churchill, John: 3 Mar 1979
'Cicero', spy: 24 Mar 1979
Cocos-Keeling islands: 27 Jan 1979
Compass, ship's: 20 Jan 1979
Constable, John: 7 Apr 1979
Coral reefs, life on, series begins: 24 Mar 1979
Cornwell, Jack: 24 Mar 1979
Coventry: 12 May 1979
Crabs: 26 May 1979
Crimean war battles: 17 Feb 1979
Crimean war, reporting on: 3 Feb 1979
Crusoe, Robinson, real: 17 Feb 1979
Crystal Palace: 5 May 1979
Culloden Moor, battle of: 21 Apr 1979
Curling, sport: 20 Jan 1979

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# D

Dancing, history of: 27 Jan 1979
Darwin, Charles: 6 Jan 1979
Darwin's frog: 10 Mar 1979
Dateline, series begins: 6 Jan 1979
David and Goliath: 24 Feb 1979
Dean, Dixie: 28 Apr 1979
Defoe, Daniel, his Robinson Crusoe: 17 Feb 1979
Detectives, series begins: 24 Feb 1979
Dickens, Charles, society: 20 Jan 1979
Dolls: 28 Apr 1979
Dolphins: 21 Apr 1979
Drake, Sir Francis: 20 Jan 1979
Durer, Albrecht: 5 May 1979

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# E

Earth movers: 19 May 1979
Einstein, Albert: 17 Mar 1979
Empress of Britain, ship: 10 Feb 1979
Evolution, Darwin's theories: 6 Jan 1979

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# F

Falkland islands: 10 Feb 1979
Fangio, Juan-Manuel: 6 Jan 1979
Fashion, history of: 21 Apr 1979
Fiji: 6 Jan 1979
Firearms, pistols: 3 Mar 1979
Fish, on coral reefs: 24 Mar 1979
Flowers, endangered species: 5 May 1979
Flying boat: 20 Jan 1979
Flying Scotsman, Locomotive: 13 Jan 1979
Franco, General: 31 Mar 1979
Frank, Anne: 7 Apr 1979

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# G

Gaiassa, sailing boat: 12 May 1979
Gainsborough, Thomas: 17 Mar 1979
Galapagos islands: 6 Jan 1979
Galvao, Henrique: 28 Apr 1979
Gardens, history of: 13 Jan 1979
Geology: 5 May 1979
Glamis castle: 10 Feb 1979
Glencoe, massacre: 7 Apr 1979
Godunov, Boris: 27 Jan 1979
Gogh, Vincent van: 21 Apr 1979
Goldrush, Klondike: 26 May 1979
Grasmere museum: 13 Jan 1979
Great Britain, SS: 6 Jan 1979
Great Pearl Robbery: 7 Apr 1979

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# H

Haddon Hall: 21 Apr 1979
Halloween: 24 Mar 1979
Harness: 31 Mar 1979
Harvest Sunday: 24 Mar 1979
Helicopter, Sea King: 3 Feb 1979
Hervey, Frederick: 17 Feb 1979
Hill, Graham: 27 Feb 1979
Hindenburg, airship: 27 Feb 1979
Hobbs, Jack: 7 Apr 1979
Hogmanay: 24 Feb 1979
Houses, history of building: 24 Feb 1979
Hovercraft, The Princess Anne: 10 Mar 1979
Howard, Ebenezer: 13 Jan 1979

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# I

Iceboating: 17 Feb 1979
Ickworth Hall: 17 Feb 1979
Identity cards in wartime Britain: 24 Feb 1979
Impressionism: 27 Jan 1979
Insects, camouflage: 20 Jan 1979
Ivan the Great: 20 Jan 1979
Ivan the Terrible: 20 Jan 1979

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# J

James, Henry: 3 Feb 1979
Jameson raid into Transvaal: 6 Jan 1979
Jazz Singer, The, film: 20 Jan 1979
Jets, Hawker Harrier: 6 Jan 1979
Jolson, Al: 6 Jan 1979
Jones, Inigo: 27 Jan 1979
Juke box, history of: 17 Feb 1979

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# K

Kalibo island: 3 Mar 1979
Kitchen scales: 3 Mar 1979
Kiwi: 10 Mar 1979
Klondike: 26 May 1979
Koh-i-noor, diamond: 24 Mar 1979

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# L

Lamb House: 3 Feb 1979
Land yachting: 17 Feb 1979
Last Supper, painting: 10 Mar 1979
Lauda, Niki: 17 Feb 1979
Lawrence, T.E.: 19 May 1979
Ledru, Robert: 31 Mar 1979
Leiva, Don Alonzo de: 28 Apr 1979
Lighthouse lights: 17 Mar 1979
Locomotive, Flying Scotsman: 13 Jan 1979
Locomotive, Matlard: 17 Feb 1979

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# M

Magic Circle: 21 Apr 1979
Mallard, locomotive: 17 Feb 1979
Mariano Acosta, town of: 13 Jan 1979
Marlborough, 1st Duke of: 3 Mar 1979
Mata Hari: 21 Apr 1979
Mayday festivities: 17 Mar 1979
Mermaids: 17 Mar 1979
Moles: 10 Feb 1979
Mona Lisa, theft of: 13 Jan 1979
Moose: 17 Feb 1979
Moro, sailing boat: 19 May 1979
Morocco, ritual sport in: 3 Feb 1979
Morse: 26 May 1979
Mothering Sunday: 10 Mar 1979
Motor racing, Grand Prix, series begins: 6 Jan 1979
Mower, rotary: 27 Jan 1979
Mussolini, Benito, rescue of: 21 Apr 1979

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# N

Napoleon, in exile: 12 May 1979
New Zealand, series begins: 26 May 1979
Nimrod aircraft: 28 Apr 1979
Noah's ark: 19 May 1979
NSPCC: 19 May 1979

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# O

O'Flaherty, Monsignor: 19 May 1979
Operation Gemsbok, conservation scheme: 10 Mar 1979
Orient Express, train: 3 Feb,
Orient Express, breaks down in Turkey: 26 May 1979
Orienteering, sport: 13 Jan 1979
Origin of Species, The: 6 Jan 1979
Osprey: 14 Apr 1979
Overlord tapestry: 31 Mar 1979
Oxford: 19 Mar 1979

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# P

Pangolin, animal: 10 Mar 1979
Parachute: 7 Apr 1979
Paradise birds: 7 Apr 1979
Paxton, Joseph: 5 May 1979
Payne, Joe: 14 Apr 1979
Peanuts: 6 Jan 1979
Pelota, sport: 10 Feb 1979
Perry, Fred: 19 May 1979
Peter the Great: 3 Feb 1979
Peters, Jim: 31 Mar 1979
Philby, Kim: 31 Mar 1979
Pinkerton, Allen, detective: 3 Mar 1979
Pistols: 3 Mar 1979
Platypus: 28 Apr 1979
Polar exploration: 27 Jan 1979
Polaroid camera: 21 Apr 1979
Police force, history of: 3 Feb 1979
Polo Marco: 17 Mar 1979
Port Royal: 7 Apr 1979
Portmeirion, town: 6 Jan 1979

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# Q

Queen Elizabeth 2, ship: 3 Mar 1979
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother: 10 Feb 1979

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# R

RAC: 14 Apr 1979
RAF: 7 Apr 1979
Redl, Alfred: 14 Apr 1979
Rene, Albert: 13 Jan 1979
Rex, police dog: 17 Mar 1979
Richard II: 31 Mar 1979
Rindt, Jochen: 3 Feb 1979
Rotary mower: 27 Jan 1979
Round Table, society: 28 Apr 1979
RSPCA: 12 May 1979
Russell, William Howard: 3 Feb 1979
Russia, history of the revolution, series begins: 13 Jan 1979

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# S

Sailing craft, series begins: 12 May 1979
St. Andrew: 24 Mar 1979
St. David: 3 Mar 1979
St. George: 24 Feb, 10 Mar 1979
St. George, at the Battle of Mons: 12 May 1979
St. Patrick: 3 Mar 1979
St. Valentine: 24 Feb 1979
Salvation Army: 14 Apr 1979
Sanitation: 20 Jan 1979
Santa Maria, ship: 28 Apr 1979
Santasin, Moroccan sport: 3 Feb 1979
Schliemann, Heinrich: 17 Mar 1979
Seabed: 19 May 1979
Sea King helicopter: 3 Feb 1979
Selkirk, Alexander: 17 Feb 1979
Sewage, disposal of: 20 Jan 1979
Sewing machines, how they work: 13 Jan 1979
Seychelles islands: 13 Jan 1979
Shackleton, Ernest: 27 Jan 1979
Ships:$
  Empress of Britain: 10 Feb 1979
  QE2: 3 Mar 1979
  SS Great Britain: 6 Jan 1979
  Vasa: 21 Apr 1979
Shrove Tuesday: 3 Mar 1979
Sickert, Walter: 28 Apr 1979
Siena: 27 Jan 1979
Snakes: 20 Jan 1979
South Pole: 27 Jan 1979
Spacecraft: 19 May 1979
Sparta: 14 Apr 1979
Sports:$
  Curling: 20 Jan 1979
  Iceboating: 17 Feb 1979
  Land yachting: 17 Feb 1979
  Orienteering: 13 Jan 1979
  Pelota: 10 Feb 1979
Stalk-eyed fly: 10 Mar 1979
Starr, Lilian: 5 May 1979
Steeplejacks: 3 Feb 1979
Stewart, Jackie: 10 Feb 1979
Stone, for building: 12 May 1979
Surtees, John: 20 Jan 1979

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# T

Television: 3 Feb 1979
Thermopylae, battle of: 24 Mar 1979
Thomas, Parry: 10 Mar 1979
Tichborne, Sir Roger, the false: 10 Mar 1979
Tobago: 3 Feb 1979
Traction engines: 14 Apr 1979
Traffic lights: 7 Apr 1979
Tramcars: 24 Mar 1979
Transvaal, raid on: 6 Jan 1979
Trawling: 12 May 1979
The Trigan Empire:$
  Series 77, 'The Flowers of Forgetfulness', ends: 31 Mar 1979
  Series 78, 'Rebellion in Daveli', starts: 7 Apr 1979
Trinidad: 3 Feb 1979
Troy, discovery of: 17 Mar 1979
Truckmixer: 24 Feb 1979
Turner, Joseph: 31 Mar 1979
Twelfth Night, festival: 24 Feb 1979
Tyler, Wat: 31 Mar 1979
Typewriters, history of: 26 May 1979

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# U

Under the microscope, series begins: 6 Jan 1979
Unicorn, mythical beast: 17 Feb 1979
USSR, history of the revolution, series begins: 13 Jan 1979

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# V

Vasa, The, raising of: 21 Apr 1979
Velasquez, Diego: 24 Mar 1979
Vidocq, Eugene: 24 Feb 1979
Vinci, Leonardo da: 10 Mar 1979
Vlad, Prince: 3 Mar 1979

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# W

Watch, self-winding: 31 Mar 1979
Water purification: 20 Jan 1979
Waugh, Benjamin: 19 May 1979
Waveney lifeboat: 24 Mar 1979
Welles, Orson: 10 Feb 1979
Wellington, Duke of, portrait of: 14 Apr 1979
Whistler, James McNeill: 14 Apr 1979
Whitsuntide festivals: 17 Mar 1979
Williams-Ellis, Clough: 6 Jan 1979
Wilton House: 27 Jan 1979
Woburn Abbey: 7 Apr 1979
Wombat: 28 Apr 1979
Wordsworth, William, at Grasmere: 13 Jan 1979
Wren, Sir Christopher: 3 Mar 1979

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# Y

Youth hostels: 5 May 1979
