0. Maggie wins.
1. Jingoism and the Falklands War - comparing UK and Argie war technology at school
2a. Miners strike with the news always showing how many jobs had been lost ( that day?)
2b. Miners strike and interminable coverage of violence - it was a kind of civil war really
4. The best, most creative music of any decade.
5. A video recorder was an object of desire.
6. Sinclair Spectrum, Commodore 64, BBC Micro B set many, including me, on the path they still follow
7. Maggie.
8. Going to university and being exposed to lefty causes: gay rights etc for the first time.
9. The storm of 1987 which always goes in my mind with the Big Bang in the City: images of Porsches and champagne
1. Jingoism and the Falklands War - comparing UK and Argie war technology at school
2a. Miners strike with the news always showing how many jobs had been lost ( that day?)
2b. Miners strike and interminable coverage of violence - it was a kind of civil war really
4. The best, most creative music of any decade.
5. A video recorder was an object of desire.
6. Sinclair Spectrum, Commodore 64, BBC Micro B set many, including me, on the path they still follow
7. Maggie.
8. Going to university and being exposed to lefty causes: gay rights etc for the first time.
9. The storm of 1987 which always goes in my mind with the Big Bang in the City: images of Porsches and champagne
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