Local youth and university students often connected badly in the 1980s with acts of violence not being uncommon as students were viewed as privileged
Local youth and university students often connected badly in the 1980s with acts of violence not being uncommon as students were viewed as privileged
In the early 1980s, university students comprised a small percentage of the population compared to today – and most came from fairly middle class backgrounds. There was a strong anti-student feeling in many working class areas and this could lead to conflict. I remember local people in Liverpool referring to the Uni as the “hotel …
The Deptford Fire – months before the Brixton Riots