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Racism in 1980s clubs – the door policy!

The 70s 80s 90s Blog3 months ago3 months ago08 mins

1980s night clubs operated a high degree of racism when it came to their door policy excluding black youth from entering as Tony McMahon discovers

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1980s Gays – rebels or Tories?

The 70s 80s 90s Blog5 months ago5 months ago09 mins

In the 1980s – gays had the choice to be Tories or rebels. Faced with Clause 28 and bigotry around AIDS, most chose the latter as Tony McMahon discovers.

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Adoration of Margaret Thatcher by journalists

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Margaret Thatcher reduced journalists to a state of adoration for many years through sheer force of character.

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Terry Hall from The Specials – 1959-2022

The 70s 80s 90s Blog5 months ago5 months ago13 mins

Just a week before Christmas 2022 – the lead singer of The Specials Terry Hall passed away as Tony McMahon reports

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Today’s recession – any lessons from the 1980s?

The 70s 80s 90s Blog6 months ago5 months ago015 mins

The recession of 2022 and 2023 has big similarities but also huge differences with the early 1980s recession of Margaret Thatcher as Tony McMahon discovers

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UK inflation in the 1970s and 1980s

The 70s 80s 90s Blog11 months ago11 months ago015 mins

Inflation is on the rise again but will it ever be as bad as the 1970s? Tony McMahon compares that decade to the situation now.

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1980s homophobia in the House of Lords

The 70s 80s 90s Blog11 months ago11 months ago014 mins

A debate in the House of Lords on the Local Government Act reveals 1980s homophobia at its very worst as Tony McMahon discovers

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Dave Wakeling of The Beat draws himself

The 70s 80s 90s Blog3 years ago3 years ago02 mins

Dave Wakeling was the front man of the British ska combo The Beat and here is a self-portrait he penned when the band was at the height of its fame

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WH Smith goes ska in 1980

The 70s 80s 90s Blog6 years ago6 years ago01 mins

1979 and 1980 were the glory years of the so-called “second wave” of ska music – first wave in Jamaica twenty plus years before and now the 2Tone wave came crashing out of Coventry. The Specials seized the charts by the scruff of the neck with a string of hits. And even WH Smith felt…

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Heroes of 2Tone in the Record Mirror

The 70s 80s 90s Blog8 years ago2 months ago01 mins

Heroes of 2Tone in the Record Mirror – from my archives!

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