Backstage passes for gigs by The Specials
Backstage passes for gigs by The Specials from 1979 to 1981
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Monotony – unemployment in the eighties
Unemployment in the eighties was endemic in the United Kingdom with millions out of work and an underground dole culture emerged
Best five movies of 1981
1981 was a great year for movies and TV historian Tony McMahon picks out the best five and why he thinks you should view them
Did your T-shirt have these band logos in the early 80s
The world’s first talking watch in 1980
Coventry – the Locarno and Tiffany’s
Coventry night life in the 1970s was dominated by a night club called the Locarno later renamed Tiffany’s as Tony McMahon discovers
Mobile phone – in 1979!
Mobile phone – in 1979! Featured on the BBC programme Tomorrow’s World.
Big Country and the guitar bagpipe sound
This was Big Country performing on Channel Four’s Tube programme. Every week, Paula Yates and Jools Holland would ramble pretentiously or incoherently with cues between presenters either deliberately fumbled or they were creating an edgy feel, who knows? Paula Yates no longer with us of course and neither is the front man of the band,…