We are now almost thirty years on from this time and things are quite a bit different here in Cumbria and all across the rest of the world.
Just like today, however, there was a great deal happening. This was a time when South Africa held its first multi-racial elections after the end of apartheid when Nelson Mandela was chosen as party leader and appointed president the following month, Brazil won the 1994 World Cup in the United States and the first Satellite Digital Television Service was launched.
It was also a time when the English Channel was opened joining England to France for the first time, this year also marked the 50th Anniversary of the Allied landings in France and the beginning of the end of the Second World War and new Sunday Trading Laws allows shops in Britain to open legally on Sundays.
There was also a lot happening here in Cumbria. We’ve…
