Young, black and British in 1970s Coventry
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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Top movies of 1979
Top movies of 1979 included the groundbreaking sci-fi movie Alien and the revival of Star Trek
1980s Psychedelic Revival
From 1979, Britain saw a brief Psychedelic Revival born out of punk and the Mod Revival as Tony McMahon discovers
Syd Strong – 80s Camden barber
Syd Strong was a barber in Camden who administered flat tops to 1980s fashion victims like Tony McMahon who recalls his haircut
Birmingham – punk breaks the heavy metal stranglehold
Heavy Metal reigned supreme in the English city of Birmingham in the 1970s until Punk came along as Tony McMahon discovers
Punk and Ska movies of the 1980s
The start of the 1980s saw some cultish punk and ska movies that captured the rebellious spirit of the time
King’s Road Chelsea in 1981
In the early 1980s, the King’s Road in Chelsea was still a magnet for hipsters and partygoers before it lost its cool
Charles and Diana wedding – 1981 reactions
What did people think of the wedding of Charles and Diana in 1981?