High youth unemployment – we knew it too…back in 1980
High youth unemployment – we knew it too…back in 1980
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Greenham Common, CND and no nukes
The early 1980s saw a surge in anti-nuclear protest with the Greenham Common peace camp, CND and a movement against nukes
The Queen shot at in 1981
An incident you may have forgotten or been unaware of – but back in 1981, Her Majesty The Queen was shot at several times during the annual Trooping Of The Colour. In those days, the Queen rode side saddle down the Mall from Buckingham Palace to Horse Guards Parade and that’s when an unemployed military…
Bands playing Northern Ireland during The Troubles
Bands often avoided Northern Ireland during The Troubles so the province generated its own punk scene as Tony McMahon discovers
The Special Patrol Group and the 80s riots
The Special Patrol Group was a Metropolitan unit that became very unpopular in the 1970s and was blamed for the 1981 riots in Brixton
The John Lennon Tapes and the FBI
John Lennon was put under surveillance by the FBI under President Nixon in 1972 over his anti-war activities and youth influence