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Saturday morning TV in the 1970s

The 70s 80s 90s Blog15 years ago8 years ago14 mins

Saturday morning TV in the 1970s

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Top movies of 1979

The 70s 80s 90s Blog15 years ago4 years ago13 mins

Top movies of 1979 included the groundbreaking sci-fi movie Alien and the revival of Star Trek

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1980s Psychedelic Revival

The 70s 80s 90s Blog15 years ago4 years ago115 mins

From 1979, Britain saw a brief Psychedelic Revival born out of punk and the Mod Revival as Tony McMahon discovers

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Syd Strong – 80s Camden barber

The 70s 80s 90s Blog15 years ago4 years ago03 mins

Syd Strong was a barber in Camden who administered flat tops to 1980s fashion victims like Tony McMahon who recalls his haircut

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Birmingham – punk breaks the heavy metal stranglehold

The 70s 80s 90s Blog15 years ago4 years ago011 mins

Heavy Metal reigned supreme in the English city of Birmingham in the 1970s until Punk came along as Tony McMahon discovers

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Punk and Ska movies of the 1980s

The 70s 80s 90s Blog15 years ago4 years ago46 mins

The start of the 1980s saw some cultish punk and ska movies that captured the rebellious spirit of the time

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King’s Road Chelsea in 1981

The 70s 80s 90s Blog15 years ago4 years ago03 mins

In the early 1980s, the King’s Road in Chelsea was still a magnet for hipsters and partygoers before it lost its cool

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Charles and Diana wedding – 1981 reactions

The 70s 80s 90s Blog15 years ago4 years ago06 mins

What did people think of the wedding of Charles and Diana in 1981?

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