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Kojak – 1970s police drama game changer

The 70s 80s 90s Blog3 years ago3 years ago09 mins

Kojak was one of the great true crime police series of the 1970s with Telly Savalas as the lollipop sucking detective

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Household name brands Thatcher destroyed

The 70s 80s 90s Blog6 years ago6 years ago03 mins

DeLorean and Laker were among many household name brands destroyed by the early 1980s recession under Margaret Thatcher as Tony McMahon discovers

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The Guardian Angels – on the London tube

The 70s 80s 90s Blog8 years ago6 years ago13 mins

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

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