January 6 January – Brian Clough, the former manager of Derby County and more recently Leeds United, is appointed manager of Football League Second Division strugglers Nottingham Forest.[1] 14 January – Seventeen-year-old heiress Lesley Whittle, daughter of the late bus operator George Whittle (1905–1967), is kidnapped from her home near Bridgnorth in Shropshire by Donald Neilson.[2] 15 January – International Women's Year is launched in Britain by Princess Alexandra and Barbara Castle.[3] 24 January – Donald Coggan is enthroned as the Archbishop of Canterbury.[4] February 6 February – Jensen, the luxury carmaker, makes 700 of its employees redundant – cutting its workforce by two-thirds.[5] 6] More from 1975 https://www.mixcloud.com/john-grant4/playlists/music-from-1975/
