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Harmony the day before his 20th birthday at the BMHS Spring show 2007 1987: Landside Music Man (Harmony) is born

This amazing Morgan has been there, see it all, and won it all.
Whether in local open shows or Morgan shows for both adult and youth, Harmony has always given his best and excelled in every discipline.


Car wrecks after the shooting 1962: 130 die in Paris air crash
An Air France Boeing 707 crashes on take-off at Orly Airport killing all but two of those on board.

Israeli ambassador to Britain Shlomo Argov 1982: Israeli ambassador shot in London
Shlomo Argov, the Israeli ambassador to Britain, is critically ill in hospital after being shot on a London street.

Army barricade on Craigavon Bridge 1972: Protestant march ends in battle
Soldiers disperse crowds as a Protestant march against "no-go" areas in Londonderry turns violent at Craigavon Bridge.

Writer Noel Coward 1957: Noel Coward comes home
Noel Coward returns from Jamaica for a short visit to Britain and rebuffs suggestions he has become a tax exile.

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