1980 – the Year of the Skinhead
1980 was described by one newspaper as The Year of the Skinhead marking the revival of a subculture that took off aggressively in the late 1970s
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Mr Cheerful – Terry Hall on the front cover of Smash Hits
Mr Cheerful – Terry Hall on the front cover of Smash Hits
Backstage passes for gigs by The Specials
Backstage passes for gigs by The Specials from 1979 to 1981
NWOBHM – or heavy metal circa 1981 if you prefer…
NWOBHM – or heavy metal circa 1981 if you prefer. When heavy metal revived as punk declined.
Was anybody on the People’s March for Jobs in the early 80s?
Was anybody on the People’s March for Jobs in the early 80s?
Reactolite Rapide – the glasses that darken in 30 seconds!
Reactolite Rapide – the glasses that darken in 30 seconds!
Jobs Express led to jobs creation!
The Jobs Express took hundreds of young unemployed people around Britain in 1981 and some companies along the way offered jobs
Give Us A Future say 80s jobless youth
Contrary to what many think, youth in the 80s were often jobless and in dire poverty with one terrible training schemes to provide an income
Spear of Destiny tour poster
Spear of Destiny tour poster from the early 1980s when they played Liverpool University
Did your T-shirt have these band logos in the early 80s
The world’s first talking watch in 1980