Until the mid 19th century most boats were of all natural materials ; primarily wood although reed, bark and animal skins were also used.

Until the mid 1990s the tariff was decided by the FINA diving committee, and divers could only select from the range of dives in the published tariff table.

In the early 1970s Jones had a number of hit singles, including " She's a Lady ", " Till ", and " The Young New Mexican Puppeteer ", but in the mid 1970s his popularity declined although he did have a big hit in 1976 with " Say You'll Stay Until Tomorrow " which went to No. 1 on the US country chart and No. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Until the mid 1990s, Yangon remained largely constrained to its traditional peninsula setting between the Bago, Yangon and Hlaing rivers.

Until the mid 19th century Sylt was an island almost completely devoid of trees, only artificial plantations created small areas of forest and bush.

Until the mid 1970s, anyone could walk from the Town Center to clothing stores such as Smith's Department Store & Adams Shoes, food stores such as Jones Market & Cantell's, doctor's offices, barber shops, banks such as Woronoco Savings and Third National, and two family owned drugstores ; Southwick Pharmacy & Community Drugs complete with their own lunch counters.

Until the mid 20th century, the railroad station and Main Street were the town center.

Until the mid 1990s, Reading was the home of Joe's Restaurant, a little known eatery owned by Joe Czarnecki.

Until the mid 20th century, cities were generally organized into and developed around mixed-use walkable neighborhoods.

Until the mid 1990s the prize awarded for the best float of the parades was called the Tamuramaro Prize.

Until the mid 18th century there was a ferry between Sandwich and the island ; in 1755 a wooden drawbridge was built, and the ferry was closed.

Until their closure in the mid 2000s Anglia Television / ITV Anglia had offices located in Chelmsford city centre.

Until the mid 1960s Long Buckby boasted its own goods marshalling yard which played a very significant role in the once thriving village economy, providing for the import of fuel and consumables for local business and residents as well as delivering the mail and packages to the village post office, and newspapers to the village newsagents.

Until the late 19th century, a monument to Morelos had been here, but this was removed along with the fountain and replaced by a kiosk that was brought from London and remains to this day The last remodeling of the plaza occurred in the mid 20th century under the direction of architect and painter Juan O ' Gorman.

Until the mid 19th century the village was a local centre for brick-making, the local clays being recognised as particularly good since the Roman period.

Until some point in the mid twentieth century most Pākehā considered themselves to be both British and New Zealanders.

Until the mid 1980s there was little, if any, new investment in the sport, with the decline in interest being partially attributed to the complex scoring system, especially as it was a manual process then.

Until mid 2012, the station is closed on Saturdays and Sundays.

Until mid 1966 when shore installations were prepared to take over the task, messing and quartering of personnel were handled by APL-55, anchored in the harbor.

Until the mid 19th century Gamla stan was simply referred to as själva staden (" the city itself "), which must have made sense since the areas surrounding it were still mostly rural in character and referred to as malmarna (" the ridges ").

Until the mid 19th century, a systematic settling of the area was not thought of.

* 2010: Until mid 2010 Cityrail train drivers were required to sound the horn upon departing platforms, but after years of complaints, this practise was dropped.

Until the mid 1970s the junction was known as Wards Corner, reflecting the name of the large department store that stood on this corner.

Until the mid 1980s, nursery schools only admitted pupils in the final year ( three terms ) leading up to their admission to primary school, but pupils now attend nursery school for four or five terms.

Until the 1980s, the flagship of the ocean-going navy was the aircraft carrier Minas Gerais ( the ex-British HMS Vengeance ), which has been in service since 1945.

Until the early 1980s, they were known as video display terminals and were physically attached to the computer and keyboard.

Until the 1980s Black British and Asian British culture was significantly under-represented in mainstream British cinema, as they were in many areas of British life.

Until the 1980s it was rare for graduate programs to teach how to teach ; the assumption was that teaching was easy and that learning how to do research was the main mission.

Until the 1980s most multihull sailboats ( except for beach cats ) were built either by their owners or by boat builders on a semi-custom basis.

Until the 1980s, Saudi Arabia had lakes at Layla Aflaj and deep waterholes at ' Al-Kharj, fed by huge underground aquifers, formed in prehistoric times and non-renewable.

Until the late 1980s, UMIST's official alumni organisation was called the Manchester Technology Association, a name which was a relic of UMIST's past incarnation as ' The Tech '.

Until the early 1980s the arrival of Finnic peoples, the ancestors of the Estonians, Finns, and Livonians, on the shores of the Baltic sea was associated with the Comb Ceramic Culture.

Until the late 1980s the M61 primarily used the M50 series of ammunition in various types, typically firing a 3. 5 oz ( 100 gram ) projectile at a muzzle velocity of about.

Until the development of reinforced barbed tape in the early 1980s, it was rarely used for military purposes or genuine high security facilities because, with the correct tools, it was easier to breach than barbed wire.

Until the 1980s, three-point belts were commonly available only in the front outboard seats of cars ; the back seats were only often fitted with lap belts.

Until the 1970s and 1980s, when the disease's molecular genetics became known, the juvenile and adult forms of the disease were not always recognized as variants of Tay – Sachs disease.

Until the 1980s, pachinko machines were mechanical devices, using bells to indicate different states of the machine.

Until 1980s, Kaznacheyev and his team carried out about 12 000 experiments.

Until the late 1980s this was considered an area of poverty, since these houses were, and in most areas still are, mostly unlivable.

Until the 1980s, the association did not offer women's athletics.

Until the late 1980s PRC used quotation marks around terms for all official ROC positions and organisations such as " President " and " government " to imply non-recognition, a practice that was reciprocated by the ROC.

Until the end of the 1980s Delta published about 200 science fiction books.

Until the 1980s this idea was not taken seriously, but opinions changed following the discovery of the Chicxulub Crater, which was further reinforced by witness to the Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 event.

Until the 1980s, many of Austria's largest industry firms were nationalised ; in recent years, however, privatisation has reduced state holdings to a level comparable to other European economies.

Until the 1980s all Moskvitch cars were compact rear-wheel drive saloons and estates with solid rear axles suspended by leaf springs.

Until the late 1980s and early 1990s, much of Chesapeake was either suburban or rural, serving as a bedroom community of the adjacent cities of Norfolk and Virginia Beach with residents commuting to these locations.

Until the 1980s and before the Fuzhou influx, what is now the western section of Chinatown or known as the Old Chinatown of Manhattan was the original size of Manhattan's Chinatown with The Bowery at the time serving as the original eastern borderline of Chinatown and this was where the Chinese population mostly concentrated on the Lower East Side, mostly the Cantonese.

to the 1980s, Until 1950 the Baltimore and Annapolis Railroad provided both passenger and freight service from Annapolis to Baltimore ; passenger service ended in February 1950 due to increased competition from buses and private automobiles, but freight service continued until Hurricane Agnes did so much damage to a trestle crossing the Severn River in Annapolis that the trestle was condemned for use by trains by the Army Corps of Engineers in the late 1960s ( The trestle remained as a haven for fishermen and crabbers until it was dismantled ).

Until 2009 Allegan was the longstanding manufacturing base of the Haworth ( company ) Seating Plant ; the City of Allegan lost a major UAW-organized Rockwell manufacturing plant in the early 1980s.