As the level of civil disturbance rose in the 1970s, many police officers complained that too often they only had...
1981 riots
It was a brave pop band that went to Northern Ireland at the start of the 1980s and loudly advocated...
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The summer of 1981 saw a tsunami of urban riots against the Thatcher government as youth unemployment soared and long...
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The UK's first gay skinhead disco back in the 1980s was gleefully anticipated by hundreds of.....gay skinheads. They'd booked the...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4Br6V9cAGE In the 1970s, the National Front saw Bradford as a fertile recruiting ground. In the video above is footage...
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTV1mey0SlM With boring predictability, Enoch Powell rose up after the 1981 riots doing his Cassandra routine and telling us that...
In the aftermath of the Toxteth riots, Liverpool University became the target of community anger over a decision to invite...
In the months that followed the Toxteth riots in 1981, students were viewed as fair game for a punch in...
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVW1T-BIhfg The Toxteth riot in July 1981 followed a riot in Southall the night before and preceded the Moss Side...
During the 1981 riots, some sections of the media and politicians pointed an accusing finger at alleged left-wing agitators as...
