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That Was the Year That Was – 1978

21 June 2016 By Port Elizabethan

That Was the Year That Was - 1978 Image by brizzle born and bred 1978 Following on from the oil crisis Japanese car Imports account for half the US import market. The first first ever Cellular Mobile Phone History of Mobile Phones is introduced in Illinois and Space Invaders appears in arcades Launching a Craze for Computer Video Games. Sweden is the first country in the world to recognize the effect of aerosol sprays on the Ozone Layer and bans the sale. The Serial killer David Berkowitz, … [Read more...] about That Was the Year That Was – 1978

Rand vs the dollar: 1978 – 2016

19 March 2016 By Port Elizabethan

Rand vs the dollar: 1978 – 2016: Imported from Brazil, not manufactured in Uitenhage. My brother bought one December 1979 at a VW dealer, brand new. I myself bought one for R2 550 in 1975. Still have the papers to prove the price, and got 2,5% discount! My uncle bought a Telefunken TV ... Uitenhage - Read more on BusinessTech More VW Polo Vivos: Xpress, GTS in SA: The Xpress, the brainchild of chairman and managing director of Volkswagen South Africa, Thomas Schaefer, was designed and … [Read more...] about Rand vs the dollar: 1978 – 2016

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