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Had left school in the July aged 17.

Had got in from work. Dad was decorating the dining room and had the radio on.


Mum cried and I made her a cup of tea and then went next door to tell my friend.

Linda

I had just bathed and fed my first,newly born baby, husband came in with the sad news, he'd heard while coming home from work.
We were very shocked and sad.

I was with a friend on a bus going home from watching one of our teachers in an amateur performance of the play "A Man for All Seasons".

The bus driver heard the news on the radio and stopped the bus so he could tell all the passengers.

It's the only news event that I can actually remember where I was and what I had been doing at the time.

Kath. x

Hello all....back for a wee visit. As for the question I was 10 and I remember I was home sick from school and watching the tellie when the news broke. Strange thing was I had just done a school project on President Kennedy and had handed it in for marking the day before he was assassinated. I found that the event effected me as I was devastated (probably because of the project I had just done).

I was in my first year nursing school, think it was about noon, classes were cancelled, we spent the rest of the day in front of the TV.
My son David was born in 1974, the subject has always fascinated him since he did a project in school.
I'll never forget the shock -Kennedy was a very popular president, including with Canadians.
Mary

I was watching Emergency Ward 10 my fav telly prog at the time lol

37yrs ago tonight, my father was killed in a road accident.

Sat on my potty, apparently!

I was 12 and I remember running out to tell my brother-in-law as he was walking to the pub.
JFK was a very charismatic man, and he was a loss to the US.

Jenny

1963 ~ well Mum was 13 so wher was I ~ giv up

I was feeding my 4 week old daughter, I remember the utter shock and my tears as I heard it on the radio.Elaine.

I was at the local youth club, when it came on the radio.
I think we all stopped and had a moments silence

Linda

Was only just over year old.
Liz

21 months old,

So probably goo goo ga ga ing lol

Ray

wasn't even born

Downstairs. I remember shouting up to my dad who was in the bath. He got dressed and went round to see the local RC priest to commiserate with him. (JFK was RC apparently.) Strange the things you remember.

I was walking into the livingroom with a cup of tea in my hand when it came on TV think I stood there for about 10mins without moving watching the screen

Norah

just read your posting Vods - how very sad for you

Ann XXXX

I'm praying it doesn't happen again - thinking of Barak Obama and those fanatical white supremacists in America

think it happened on a Saturday night didn't it? I heard on the Sunday morning when my son phoned me. My lovely husband was touring Scotland with the Pendyrus Male Choir at the time and they cancelled the tour and he came home

you could be right - someone will tell us!!!