Time Line1995-1999

While Winsham was concerning itself with extending the cemetery and coping with the ubiquitous PC, the rest of the world was frightening itself with thoughts about millennium bugs. The British government were working out ways of spending huge sums of money on things like the Millennium Dome, and....

1996 - Bill Clinton wins a second term as President of the USA

1997 - Princess Diana dies in a Paris car crash

1997 - Britain hands back Hong-Kong to China

1997 - Scotland & Wales vote in favour of devolution

1997 - Labour win general election with Tony Blair as prime minister

1998 - Good Friday Agreement establishes a devolved Northern Ireland assembly

1999 - Britain decides not to join European Single Currency

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