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
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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
Four Coventry heroes in the Ghost Town
Four Coventry black British heroes of the late 1970s and early 1980s should be immortalised argues author Tony McMahon
Spear of Destiny tour poster
Spear of Destiny tour poster from the early 1980s when they played Liverpool University
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – and an 80s womens group
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – and an 80s womens group at Liverpool University
Did your T-shirt have these band logos in the early 80s
The world’s first talking watch in 1980
Mobile phone – in 1979!
Mobile phone – in 1979! Featured on the BBC programme Tomorrow’s World.
1981 riot in Coventry
1981 saw a riot in Coventry over racism attended by boxer Errol Christie while The Specials played a gig of unity at The Butts stadium
Dead Kennedys and Governor Jerry Brown
California Über Alles was an American punk onslaught by The Dead Kennedys on Democrat governor Jerry Brown in 1979
Record Mirror front covers from the late 70s
Record Mirror had some amazing front covers in the late 70s with pop stars like Siouxsie Sioux and Debbie Harry