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Pete Wylie on Margaret Thatcher – in music

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Elvis Costello on Margaret Thatcher – interview in 1989 plus song

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Pauline Black in Fab 208 annual for 1981

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The Special A.K.A – gig ticket from 1979

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All your photos of New Romantic excess welcome

The 70s 80s 90s Blog13 years ago6 years ago01 mins

Oh, the eye shadow, hair gel and strange trousers – the turn of the 80s was all about the New Romantics. I remember in 1981 going to something that called itself a ‘futurist’ party. Seemed to involve a lot of guys in sixteen pleat Bowie trousers – which you could buy in the NME classified…

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Brilliant Record Mirror cover featuring The Motors

The 70s 80s 90s Blog14 years ago4 years ago01 mins

Brilliant Record Mirror cover featuring The Motors. These were pained front covers not photographs.

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Dead Kennedys and Governor Jerry Brown

The 70s 80s 90s Blog14 years ago4 years ago16 mins

California Über Alles was an American punk onslaught by The Dead Kennedys on Democrat governor Jerry Brown in 1979

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Chivers jellies encourage kids to be coin collectors!

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Buy Original Rude Boy – biography of Neville Staple, The Specials

Boxing and racism in the 80s

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