2018

Grim times for LGBT people in the 1980s

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Margaret Thatcher is sometimes presented as a gay icon, but in the 1980s she led an onslaught on LGBT rights at the height of the HIV crisis

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Most of us got our first pocket calculator in the 1970s but were then told by maths teachers that we were forbidden to use them in our exams

The 70s 80s 90s Blog8 years ago6 years ago06 mins

In the academic year 1984-85, I was Deputy President of Liverpool University student union during the miners strike of that year

The 70s 80s 90s Blog8 years ago4 years ago54 mins

In 1978, the Anti-Nazi League and Rock Against Racism held a huge Carnival at Victoria Park in Mile End where The Clash and other bands played

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The Anti-Nazi League Carnival in 1978 was a unique demonstration led by bands like The Clash and TRB against the rising power of the National Front

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1970s kids were obsessed with science fiction as we were influenced by the Apollo space missions and the Soviet cosmonaut program

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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

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In 1981, the left and right in the Labour Party clashed when Tony Benn and Dennis Healey ran against eachother to be Deputy Leader