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Showing posts with label 1985 - news. Show all posts
12 July 2018

Cellular Car Phones Arrive...

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"Philips - simply years ahead"! For several decades before the 1980s, a radio system of car phones existed that were wildly exp...
13 June 2018

1985: A Glimpse of The Sun... AIDS - 'The Wrath Of God' And 'Bongo Bongo Bust-Up'...

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From this 1985 Sun front page, we learn that a vicar had just declared AIDS "the wrath of God"- against gay men (the paper was ha...
14 April 2012

1985: The Sinclair C5

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Above and below: details from the original C5 advertising, 1985. Sir Clive Sinclair in his C5, 1985. Practical personal transport - powere...
25 March 2012

1985: No Honorary Degree For Margaret Thatcher...

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A 1980s signed Maggie pic. In 1985, Mrs T was in her second term as Prime Minister, having won the 1983 General Election with a landslide....
19 March 2012

1985: Live Aid

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After Band Aid in 1984, 1985 gave us Live Aid - the Global Juke Box - the 12 hour pop marathon, watched by an estimated 1.5 billion people...
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17 December 2011

Wham! Last Christmas I Gave You My Heart - And China...

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Heady days for George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley. Asked in 1984 what makes a great pop song, they replied: George: "A great pop song h...
25 January 2011

1985: England's First Mobile Phone Call...

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"Pressing Towards New Horizons - British Telecom The Power Behind The Button", an advertisement which appeared in the Sunday Peop...
21 June 2010

Frankie Goes To Downing Street...

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Love the Thatcher Government? Hate the Thatcher Government? This was a time when most people held very strong opinions either way! The pop s...
22 March 2010

1985 - Live Aid, The Mobile Phone in England, The Beiderbecke Affair, Edge Of Darkness, Windows, EastEnders, Boris Becker, Comic Relief, The C5

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The year of Live Aid ! On the 1st of January 1985, comedian Ernie Wise, he of the short, fat, hairy legs, started a revolution. Standing in...
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