IN this edition of nostalgia, we are looking back at what the residents of north Cumbria got up to in the year 1974.

In terms of national news, some headlines from throughout the year were; 1974 was the first year New Year’s Day was celebrated with a public holiday in England and it was the year Robbie Williams and tennis player Tim Henman were born.

McDonald's opened their first UK restaurant in Woolwich, South East London, and the year saw the last production of steel by the Bessemer process in Britain at Workington steelworks.

We had two general elections this year as Edward Heath failed to created a coalition and Harold Wilson formed a minority government. This was also the year that the Rubix Cube was made.

At home, there is some medical memories as some of the nurses from geriatric ward at the City General Hospital, Carlisle.