March 12, 2011

July 1981: when Britain went a bit mad

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July 1981 was a month of riots in Britain but it was also a time when the country seemed to go a little mad with some very unusual incidents

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Jangles was an HTV drama series made in 1982 and set in a rock club starring Hazel O’Connor and only lasted seven episodes

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NME at its most pretentious – 1981

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Spandau Ballet – all about the trousers

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American sitcom Happy Days sparked a revival of interest in Rockabilly and Rock’n’Roll during the 1970s

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Being young, black and British in 1970s Coventry was tough but Neville Staple and Errol Christie escaped from the Ghost Town

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Saturday morning TV in the 1970s