Town v Gown – students versus locals
Local youth and university students often connected badly in the 1980s with acts of violence not being uncommon as students were viewed as privileged
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Croxteth Comprehensive – the 1980s campaign
1981 to 1983 saw a community campaign to keep a school in Liverpool called Croxteth Comprehensive open for local kids
2Tone bands and the 1981 Coventry riot
1981 saw a riot in Coventry after the murder of Asian teenager Satnam Singh Gill that led to The Specials putting on a unity gig in the city