The Guardian Angels – on the London tube
The Guardian Angels were set up in New York in the late 1970s to patrol the subway but when they came to London – the idea flopped badly
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Austerity economics – failure 35 years ago
The 1979 Thatcher government introduced a form of austerity economics called monetarism that ended up being a complete failure
Shocking racism in the early 1980s
Racism in the 1970s and 1980s could be shocking with appalling comments from politicians like Enoch Powell and the activities of extremist groups
Anti Tory art from the early 1980s
The 1980s saw an avalanche of anti Tory art encompassing songs, images, movies and plays in a creative expression of Thatcher hatred
The look of new technology in 1983!
New technology in 1983 involved TVs with text services, washing machines with computer chips and a new generation of microwave ovens
Amazing pop music in 1980s Liverpool
The great sound of 1980s Liverpool music was celebrated in the first half of the 80s at a festival called Larks in the Park in Sefton Park
Miners Strike posters from my archives
Miners Strike posters and papers from my 80s archives
1981 UK riots – front page news
The 1981 riots presented the news media of the time with a huge challenge covering live events around the country that sprang up at a moment’s notice
1970s National Front manifesto is grim reading
A 1970s manifesto from the National Front shows how far mainstream political parties today have drifted to the right with many policies now echoed by them
Misery of unemployment in the 1980s
As mass unemployment returns after Covid, Tony McMahon looks back at unemployment in the 1980s which scaled horrific heights