1981 Moss Side riot – police station mobbed
The 1981 Moss Side riot followed on from similar violence in Toxteth, Brixton and Southall but was largely over in 48 hours
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Nuclear free zones – the early 80s movement
The early 1980s saw many local councils in the UK declare themselves to be nuclear free zones but what did this actually mean?
Postcards from the Thatcher years
These were blu-tacked to my bedroom wall when I was a student – found them yesterday languishing at the bottom of a plastic bag unopened since 1984. I am a terrible hoarder! Don’t know who the artist was or whether these are in any way collectable – your views or info appreciated.
Labour PM Callaghan loses to Thatcher
1979 saw Tory leader Margaret Thatcher defeat Labour Prime Minister James Callaghan in a stormy general election as Tony McMahon remembers
Short sharp shock – Thatcher’s regime for wayward youth
Short Sharp Shock was a prison regime introduced by the Conservative government in the early 1980s for young people that was brutal and didn’t work
Jobs Express in 1981 – unemployed protest
Youth unemployment skyrocketed between 1979 and 1983 and hundreds of youth travelled the country on the Jobs Express to highlight their plight
Love on the Dole under Thatcher
Love on the Dole was tough in the 1930s and still challenging in 1981 when the Jobs Express train campaign saw one couple pop the question
Unemployment was so bad even an ex-mayor was out of work
Unemployment was so bad even an ex-mayor was out of work
1981 riots: Enoch Powell plays the race card
Veteran right-winger Enoch Powell placed the race card cynically after the 1981 riots trying to blame those from the New Commonwealth