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Britain in the 1980s


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IntroductionEconomic, technological and social change

Selfish decade showing off wealth

Boom and bust Social unrest, strikes, riots and bombs

Britain's first female Prime Minister

Fashion - Power dressing, New Romanticsand Yuppies

Big hair, big shoulders, big fashion disaster!


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Riots

Riot when people gather together to disturb the peace

Brixton riots - took place in Lambeth, South London on 11 April 1981.279 injuries to police45 injuries to members of the publicOver a hundred vehicles were burned, including 56 police vehicles150 buildings were damaged, with thirty burned.There were 82 arrests.up to 5,000 people were involved in the riot


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Margaret Thatcher

Britains first andonly female Prime

MinisterThatcher was a

capitalist and

believed you coulddo anything if youworked hard

enough.


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Video Clip 1Watch the clip.

What is the clip advertising?How would you describe this

product?

What comparisons can you makewith this product and the ones we

have today?


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TechnologyCDs and CD players

Mobile Phones

Computers and computer games

Fax machines

Type writers were replaced by wordprocessors


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Fashion


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Fashion of the 1980sYuppies

New Romantics

Power dressing

Sports/dancewear


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Yuppie Clip


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Yuppies Yuppies was an acronym

for Young Professionals

Yuppies worked in city jobslike investment banking

They had lots of moneyand it was all aboutshowing it off; clothes, carsand hi-tec accessories

Yuppies wore designersuits, carried mobilephones and used filo-faxesor electronic organisers


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The New Romantics

Big floppy hair styles

Feminine frills, lace,

ruffles andwaistcoats

Dark, rich colours

Often dressed up asromantic characterslike pirates


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Power dressing

More women employedin high powered jobs

Needed business-like but

feminine clothesJackets with shoulder

pads

Margaret Thatcher wore

bright coloured tailoredsuits

Business women copiedher


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Sports/dance wear


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Sports/dance wearFame film and T.V show about

teenagers at a performing arts school

Leg-warmers, leggings, over-sized T-shirts

Sportswear tracksuits and trainersImportance of brand names


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80s Music Clip


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80s TV

Spitting Image was a very rude, TV show that usedpuppets.

Spitting image = the exact likeness.

E.g. Shes the spitting image of her mother = she

looks exactly like her mother. The show made fun of famous people; one of the most

used characters was Margaret Thatcher.


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80s TV Spitting Image Clip 1


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80s TV Soap operasA soap opera or a soap is an on-going work of dramatic

fiction.

We call them soaps because in the early days these

programmes were often sponsored by soapmanufactures.

Popular soaps of the 80s that are still broadcast todayinclude:

Eastenders Neighbours

Coronation Street

Emmerdale Farm


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Video ClipEastenders most popular episode.30.15 million people watched it.

Story:Den and Angie are married.Den has lots of affairs and Angie finds out.Angie pretends she has a very serious illness

so he wont leave.Feeling guilty Den decides to stay with

her...

Question What happens next?


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Key Historical Events

John Lennon, shot dead 8th December1980

Lady Diana Spencer marries PrinceCharles 29th July 1981

Famine in Ethiopia - 1984Miners strike 1984-85

Band Aid and Live Aid 1984-85


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John Lennon

John Lennon, former member of The Beatles was shotdead on 8th December 1980 by an obsessed fan outsidehis home in New York.


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Charles and Lady Di


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How they met....

Prince Charles met Diana in 1977

They attracted lots of attention from

the mediaSome of Charles relatives didnt think

that he loved Diana

Charles had been dating CamillaParker-Bowels before Diana


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A Fairytale Wedding Prince Charles proposedon 24th February 1981

Lady Dianas ring cost30,000. It had 14diamonds around a largesapphire

Prince Charles marriedLady Diana Spencer on29thJuly 1981 at St. Paulscathedral

The wedding was shownon T.V and more than 750million people watched


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The Dress Dianas wedding dress cost

9,000 with a 25 foot longtrain

Her wedding dressinfluenced the style of dressfor the 80s


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Trouble in Paradise Both the Prince and Princess of Wales did a lot of

charity work, Diana spent a lot of time with AIDScharities and Charles had his own charity, The

Princes Trust But the couple were spending less and less time

together

Charles continued to have an affair with his former

girlfriend Camilla Parker-Bowels

Diana argued with Charles friends and family andwas said to be moody and temperamental


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The Separation

The couple separated in the late1980s

They both spoke about therelationship on television

Charles admitted to having an

affair The Queen encourage Charles to

get a divorce

The couple officially divorced on28 August 1996

One year later Diana was killedin a car accident in Paris

Even though they were divorced,Charles insisted Diana have aroyal funeral


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History Repeating

Friday 29th

April 2011 is theRoyal Wedding of KateMiddleton and PrinceWilliam.

William gave Kate hismothers ring.

The Royal Wedding is

now a national holiday.

The couple are gettingmarried in

Westminster Abbey


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Miners Strike


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Miners Strike - Background Mining was an important industry for many towns

in the north of England

New technologies meant Britain was lessdependant on coal

The coal industry was given lots of money from thegovernment

Margaret Thatcher wanted to close many mines

that were not making money 1984 Government announced that they would

close 20 coal mines. 20,000 jobs would be lost


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Miners strike The closure of the mines angered many workers and

lots of miners went on strike

The strike action soon spread and the police were sent

to plants to control the workers Miners who did want to work were under pressure

from those who were striking and some workers wereviolent towards them


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Violent Clashes On the 18th June 1984 the National Union of

Minerworkers (NUM) organised a mass picket at aplant in South Yorkshire

5,000 to 6,000 picketers were met by up to 8,000police

The strike started out peacefully, but as the daycontinued tensions rose and violence broke out

Strikers threw stones and bricks at police Police, wearing riot gear, holding batons and some

on horse back fought back

There were injuries on both sides


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Victory for Thatcher The strike went on for one year with miners living

in hunger and poverty

Thatchers government had collected lots of coal

before the strike began so the miners strike didnthave the effect on the country theyd wanted

The strike officially ended on 3rd March 1985

Miners were forced to go back to work and couldnot stop the closures

The end of mining was disastrous for many townsand still affects them today


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Famine in Ethiopia


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Famine in Ethiopia During the early 80s Ethiopia suffered two

famines

Close to 8 million people became victims of the

famine and over 1 million died Because T.Vs were now cheaper people could

watch the news and see what was happening all

over the world The BBC made a documentary about the famine

describing it as hell on earth

The report shocked people in Britain


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Band Aid

Bob Geldof - famous singer in the 1980s

Upset by the famine, he called his famous friendsand asked them to record a song for charity

Do They Know Its Christmas was released on 29thNovember 1984

It went straight to Number One in the UK and sold

a million copies in the first week It stayed at No. 1 for five weeks and became easily

the biggest-selling single of all time in the UK.


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Live AidAfter the success of Do They Know Its Christmas

Bob Geldof organised Live Aid a huge concert toraise more money

Live Aid was the biggest rock concert ever stagedto that date

82,000 went to Wembley in London

99,000 people went to the JFK stadium in

Philadelphia

One of the largest-scale satellite link-ups and TVbroadcasts of all time

Estimated 400 million viewers in 60 countries


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Live Aid Main acts included :

Queen

Adam and the Ants

The Boomtown Rats U2

Spandeau Ballet

David Bowie

The Who Elton John

Wham!

Paul McCartney


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Do They Know Its Christmas?It's Christmastime, there's no need to be afraid

At Christmastime, we let in light and we banishshade

And in our world of plenty we can spread a

smile of joy

Throw your arms around the world at

Christmastime

But say a prayer

Pray for the other ones

At Christmastime it's hard, but when you're

having fun

There's a world outside your windowAnd it's a world of dread and fear

Where the only water flowing is the bitter sting

of tears

And the Christmas bells that ring there are the

Clanging chimes of doom

And there won't be snow in Africa this

ChristmastimeThe greatest gift they'll get this year is life

(Oooh) Where nothing ever grows

No rain nor rivers flow

Do they know it's Christmastime at all?

(Here's to you) raise a glass for everyone

(Here's to them)

Underneath that burning sun

Do they know it's Christmastime at all?

Feed the world

Feed the world

Feed the world

Let them know it's Christmastime again

Feed the world

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