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Young Boomers – broke and jobless in the 80s

The Thatcher Crisis Years2 years ago2 years ago07 mins

Young Boomers in the 1980s weren’t all rich and privileged – millions were out of work and in poverty, as Tony McMahon discovers

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It's a Sin
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It’s a Sin – LGBT in the Thatcher era

The Thatcher Crisis Years2 years ago2 years ago011 mins

The Russell T Davies series It’s a Sin shows what it was like to be young and gay in the 1980s under Margaret Thatcher and with AIDS

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Pop faces of the early 1980s

The Thatcher Crisis Years10 years ago9 months ago41 mins

Pop faces of the early 1980s

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All your photos of New Romantic excess welcome

The Thatcher Crisis Years10 years ago3 years ago01 mins

Oh, the eye shadow, hair gel and strange trousers – the turn of the 80s was all about the New Romantics. I remember in 1981 going to something that called itself a ‘futurist’ party. Seemed to involve a lot of guys in sixteen pleat Bowie trousers – which you could buy in the NME classified…

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New Romantic style leaders of 1980

The Thatcher Crisis Years11 years ago3 years ago13 mins

New Romantic style leaders of 1980

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NME at its most pretentious – 1981

The Thatcher Crisis Years12 years ago10 months ago14 mins

NME at its most pretentious – 1981

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Spandau Ballet – all about the trousers

The Thatcher Crisis Years12 years ago10 months ago01 mins

Spandau Ballet – all about the trousers

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Steve Strange
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Steve Strange and the Moors Murderers

The Thatcher Crisis Years12 years ago10 months ago05 mins

Steve Strange of Visage and the night club Blitz started out with a punk band he formed called the Moors Murderers and a single Free Hindley

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New Romantics – glamour on the cheap

The Thatcher Crisis Years12 years ago10 months ago15 mins

New Romantics exuded glamour on the cheap but don’t assume they were all Tories who loved Thatcher – that was not the case

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1981 and 16-pleat Bowie trousers

The Thatcher Crisis Years12 years ago10 months ago04 mins

1981 saw ska and 2Tone reach its peak but some people were wearing 16-pleat Bowie trousers as part of the New Romantic look

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Buy Original Rude Boy – biography of Neville Staple, The Specials

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Boxing and racism in the 80s

Life story of 80s boxing champ Errol Christie

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