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Between 1979 and 1981, there was a shocking rise in youth unemployment in the first years of Maggie Thatcher. But...
The 70s 80s 90s Blog
TV historian Tony McMahon takes you on a rollercoaster ride through the politics, history, and culture of the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. A period of history he knows well having grown up in it and been politically very active as well as a big fan of many rock and pop groups. He has also written two well-received biographies of Neville Staple, lead singer in The Specials and Errol Christie, a pioneering black British boxer of the 1970s and 1980s.
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There have been many sartorial atrocities in the history of British youth fashion but I put it to you dear...
