Newspapers for and by the jobless in the early 1980s
How the jobless tried to amuse themselves in the Thatcher years
It’s impossible to imagine now how endemic youth unemployment was between 1979 and 1983. In the Toxteth area of Liverpool, about 90% of the youth had no work. One survey in London estimated that 26% of young unemployed had contemplated suicide.
Still, it spawned a rather dark sense of humour…
