The Guardian Angels were set up in New York in the late 1970s to patrol the subway but when they came to London – the idea flopped badly
The Guardian Angels were set up in New York in the late 1970s to patrol the subway but when they came to London – the idea flopped badly
Those huge CND demos in the early 80s
The 1981 riots presented the news media of the time with a huge challenge covering live events around the country that sprang up at a moment’s notice
In 1983 Peter Tatchell ran as the Labour candidate in the Bermondsey by-election facing a barrage of homophobia
Video of Thatcher’s hearse going past on the Strand in London – at the funeral of Margaret Thatcher
London and the south east had a swing to the Tories in 1979 that was 50% higher than the rest of the country. The GLC was already in Tory hands under the leadership of Horace Cutler. He was looking forward to a close working relationship with Thatcher around issues that would eventually move in his …
The Greater London Council in the late 1970s and early 1980s saw Tory leader Sir Horace Cutler fighting Labour’s Ken Livingstone
The last years of the Greater London Council and the battle with Thatcher
Back in 1983, Thatcher went to the country for a fresh electoral mandate after a rocky first term as prime-minister. From 1979 to 1981, unemployment had skyrocketed and large parts of the manufacturing sector had collapsed. The summer of ’81 saw riots and interest rates were fearsomely high. But electoral salvation came in 1982 when …
Night clubs still operating a race bar in the 70s and 80s