Editing 1974

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The year '''1974''' was the 74th year of the 20th Century and the 974th year of the 2nd Millennium.

==Events==
===The Scorpion's Sting===
On New Year's Day, [[DCI Gene Hunt]] and his team brought down "The Scorpion" at the Deluxe Imperial Hotel. ([[The Scorpion Sting|LOM ''The Scorpion Sting'']])

===Formation of the GMP===
In 1974, the Manchester and Salford Police service merged under the Local Government Act of 1972 with parts of the Lancashire Constabulary and the Cheshire Constabulary to form the [[Greater Manchester Police]]. DCI Gene Hunt, [[DI Sam Tyler]], [[DS Ray Carling]] and [[DC Chris Skelton]] continued to work as the Greater Manchester Police CID until [[1980]] when they were transferred to [[London]] to the Fenchurch East division of the [[Metropolitan Police Service]].

===Death of Harry Woolf===
Chief Superintendent [[Harry Woolf]] who had throat cancer [[1973 (UK)|a year earlier]] would in all probability (according to his diagnosis) have died by 1974. ([[Series 2: Episode 2 (Life on Mars)|LoM ''Series 2: Episode 2'']])

===Birth of Maya Roy===
In the early months of 1974, the future partner of Sam Tyler, [[Maya Roy]], was born to [[Leslie Roy]] from her relationship with [[Dipak Gandhi]]. ([[Series 2: Episode 6 (Life on Mars)|LoM ''Series 2: Episode 6'']])

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