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Eighties Collection (page 5)

Background imageEighties Collection: RMS Titanic - Raise the Titanic film

RMS Titanic - Raise the Titanic film Date: 1980

Background imageEighties Collection: RMS Titanic - poster, French version of Raise the Titanic

RMS Titanic - poster, French version of Raise the Titanic
RMS Titanic: poster for French version of the film Raise the Titanic, 61 x 45 inches. La Guerre des Abimes (The War of the Abyss). Date: 1980

Background imageEighties Collection: Overseas students demonstrating over fees, London

Overseas students demonstrating over fees, London
Students from Hong Kong, studying at Queen Mary College, demonstrating outside their government's London office, December 1980

Background imageEighties Collection: Students demonstrating over grant offer

Students demonstrating over grant offer
Students demonstrating over a 4% grant offer, in the days when students were awarded grants rather than loans. More than 75

Background imageEighties Collection: NUS students demonstrating in the snow, London

NUS students demonstrating in the snow, London, 29 November 1980. Date: 1980

Background imageEighties Collection: Child campaigning against nursery cuts, Lewes, Sussex

Child campaigning against nursery cuts, Lewes, Sussex
A child and several mothers campaigning against cuts in nursery education, Lewes, Sussex, 17 June 1980. Date: 1980

Background imageEighties Collection: Salvation Army serving school meals, Lincolnshire

Salvation Army serving school meals, Lincolnshire
Salvation Army serving soup and snacks to schoolchildren in Crowland, Lincolnshire, 28 January 1981. The children's school dinners had been discontinued due to government cuts. Date: 1981

Background imageEighties Collection: People School Schools 1981 1980s 80s Eighties

People School Schools 1981 1980s 80s Eighties
people, school, schools, 1981, 1980s, 80s, eighties, cuts, cut, woman, women, meals, dinners, catering, cutting, child, children, salvation, army, serving, soup, snacks, schoolchildren, schoolchild

Background imageEighties Collection: Children campaigning against education cuts, Essex

Children campaigning against education cuts, Essex
Children campaigning against education cuts in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, March 1982. Their placards read: No Cuts, and I Need My Teacher. Date: 1982

Background imageEighties Collection: Children campaigning against education cuts, Ealing

Children campaigning against education cuts, Ealing
Children campaigning against education cuts outside Ealing Town Hall, West London, January 1980, where an anti-cuts meeting was being held about the possible closure of a local school

Background imageEighties Collection: Children campaigning against education cuts, Sussex

Children campaigning against education cuts, Sussex, May 1981. Their placards read: No Art, No Music = No Joy, The Unkindest Cuts, Keep Nursery School, and Save School Swimming. Date: 1981

Background imageEighties Collection: People Campaigning Campaign Tory Conservative

People Campaigning Campaign Tory Conservative
people, campaigning, campaign, tory, conservative, school, schools, education, placard, placards, poster, posters, kids, 1982, 1980s, 80s, eighties, industrial, unrest, action, dennis, goy, cuts

Background imageEighties Collection: Members of London Peace Action campaigning

Members of London Peace Action campaigning against war toys outside a Toy and Hobby Fair at Earls Court, West London, 3 February 1981. Date: 1981

Background imageEighties Collection: LSO musicians supporting BBC musicians, London

LSO musicians supporting BBC musicians, London
London Symphony Orchestra musicians supporting BBC musicians outside Broadcasting House, London, 27 June 1980. The strike by BBC musicians began when the BBC put forward plans to discontinue five

Background imageEighties Collection: Dispute Disputes Protest Protesting Industrial

Dispute Disputes Protest Protesting Industrial
dispute, disputes, protest, protesting, industrial, unrest, members, employment, campaigning, campaign, jobs, 1985, 1980s, 80s, eighties, placard, placards, british, rail, brel, worker, workers

Background imageEighties Collection: NALGO union members campaigning with placards

NALGO union members campaigning with placards
NALGO (National and Local Government Officers Association) union members, gas office and fitting staff, campaigning with placards outside the headquarters of the North Thames gas board, 14 July 1981

Background imageEighties Collection: Members of NUTGW campaigning

Members of NUTGW campaigning
Members of NUTGW (National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers), NATSOPA (National Society of Operative Printers and Assistants)

Background imageEighties Collection: Lady Trumpington and Nigel Wright discuss Sunday trading

Lady Trumpington and Nigel Wright discuss Sunday trading
The Conservative peer Lady Trumpington (Jean Alys Barker, Baroness Trumpington, b.1922) and Nigel Wright, the Dickie Dirts clothing retailer, discuss the issue of Sunday trading, 4 February 1982

Background imageEighties Collection: Advertisement for Morning Star newspaper

Advertisement for Morning Star newspaper
Advertisement for the Morning Star newspaper, 29 November 1982 -- Lively Left, order from your newsagent. Date: 1982

Background imageEighties Collection: Young Communist League demonstration, London

Young Communist League demonstration, London
Young Communist League members demonstrating outside the American Embassy in London, 28 April 1980. One of them is holding up a copy of the Morning Star newspaper with the headline

Background imageEighties Collection: Protest, National campaign against rent increases

Protest, National campaign against rent increases
Adults and children taking part in a protest by the National Campaign against rent increases in Walsall, West Midlands, 29 March 1982. Date: 1982

Background imageEighties Collection: MPs protesting about housing cuts

MPs protesting about housing cuts at the Department of the Environment, 19 February 1981. On the left is Gerald Kaufmann, Labour MP. Each MP carries a placard giving statistics for their area

Background imageEighties Collection: Communist Party members voting

Communist Party members voting
Communist Party delegates (including Janey Glen from Yorkshire, centre) voting in London against American bases in Britain for Cruise missiles. Date: 1982

Background imageEighties Collection: Chimp with computer

Chimp with computer
Becky the chimpanzee (18 months old and raised at Twycross Zoo)sits on a cushion next to a IBM AT-5170 computer, touching the keyboard with her hand. Date: 1987

Background imageEighties Collection: Salman Rushdie, British-Indian novelist and essayist

Salman Rushdie, British-Indian novelist and essayist
Salman Rushdie (Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie, b 1947), British-Indian novelist and essayist. Date: circa 1980s

Background imageEighties Collection: Ronald Reagan, US President, on horseback

Ronald Reagan, US President, on horseback
Ronald Reagan (1911-2004), 40th President of the United States (1981-1989), on horseback. Date: circa 1980s

Background imageEighties Collection: Ben Rubner, General Secretary of the FTAT union

Ben Rubner, General Secretary of the FTAT union
Ben Rubner (1921-1998), General Secretary of the Furniture, Timber and Allied Trades Union (FTAT) from 1976 to 1986. He also campaigned against the Vietnam War

Background imageEighties Collection: Robinson Tom Charter 88 Subject Citizen Politics

Robinson Tom Charter 88 Subject Citizen Politics
robinson, tom, charter, 88, subject, citizen, politics, political, placard, slogan, 1950, english, singer, songwriter, bass, guitarist, radio, presenter, entertainer, performer, campaigning

Background imageEighties Collection: John Reid, Scottish football club chairman and politician

John Reid, Scottish football club chairman and politician
John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan (b 1947), Scottish football club chairman and Labour Party politician. He served as Home Secretary in the Blair government between 2006 and 2007

Background imageEighties Collection: Ronald Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev and others, Geneva

Ronald Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev and others, Geneva
Ronald Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev and others, signing a peace agreement at the conclusion of a summit in Geneva, Switzerland

Background imageEighties Collection: Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States

Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States
Ronald Reagan (1911-2004), 40th President of the United States (1981-1989). Date: circa 1980s

Background imageEighties Collection: Ronald Reagan with Queen Elizabeth II

Ronald Reagan with Queen Elizabeth II
Ronald Reagan (1911-2004), 40th President of the United States (1981-1989) and Queen Elizabeth II (b 1926) out horse riding together. Date: circa 1980s

Background imageEighties Collection: Anwar Sadat, Egyptian President, on a visit to London

Anwar Sadat, Egyptian President, on a visit to London
The Egyptian President, Mohammad Anwar el Sadat (1918-1981), on a visit to London. Date: August 1981

Background imageEighties Collection: Spacek Sissy Long Hair Microphone Playing Guitar

Spacek Sissy Long Hair Microphone Playing Guitar
spacek, sissy, long, hair, microphone, playing, guitar, singing, music, musical, instrument, stringed, usa, american, actress, performer, entertainer, film, star, young, mary, elizabeth, 1949

Background imageEighties Collection: Stephenson Pamela Young Smiling Blond Blonde

Stephenson Pamela Young Smiling Blond Blonde
stephenson, pamela, young, smiling, blond, blonde, helen, 1949, new, zealand, australian, clinical, psychologist, psychology, writer, author, actress, comedy, comedian, performer, entertainer, 1980s

Background imageEighties Collection: Straw Jack Labour Socialist Socialism Politics

Straw Jack Labour Socialist Socialism Politics
straw, jack, labour, socialist, socialism, politics, political, british, john, whitaker, 1946, party, mp, member, parliament, government, cabinet, minister, politician, thames, barrier, london

Background imageEighties Collection: Group of smiling Labour politicians

Group of smiling Labour politicians
A group of smiling Labour politicians, including Tony Blair, John Smith, Neil Kinnock, Gordon Brown, Margaret Beckett and John Prescott. Cherie Blair can be seen in the lower left-hand corner

Background imageEighties Collection: Peter Tatchell and others, Bermondsey by-election

Peter Tatchell and others, Bermondsey by-election
Peter Gary Tatchell (b 1952), Australian-born British political activist. Seen here (second from left) as the Labour Party candidate at the declaration of votes for a by-election in Bermondsey

Background imageEighties Collection: Peter Tatchell, Australian-born British political activist

Peter Tatchell, Australian-born British political activist
Peter Gary Tatchell (b 1952), Australian-born British political activist. Seen here talking to people on the street and handing out leaflets while fighting a by-election in Bermondsey

Background imageEighties Collection: Oliver Tambo, South African anti-apartheid politician

Oliver Tambo, South African anti-apartheid politician
Oliver Reginald Tambo (1917-1993), South African anti-apartheid politician and prominent member of the African National Congress (ANC)

Background imageEighties Collection: Oliver Tambo and Norman Willis shaking hands

Oliver Tambo and Norman Willis shaking hands
Oliver Reginald Tambo (1917-1993), South African anti-apartheid politician and prominent member of the African National Congress (ANC)

Background imageEighties Collection: Norman Tebbit -- satirical comment

Norman Tebbit -- satirical comment
A group of people on a Right to Work demonstration, with a satirical comment on the words of the Conservative politician Norman Tebbit to the unemployed to "Get on yer bike

Background imageEighties Collection: Denis Thatcher, British businessman and PM's husband

Denis Thatcher, British businessman and PM's husband
Major Sir Denis Thatcher, 1st Baronet (1915-2003), British businessman, best known as the husband of Margaret Thatcher, nee Roberts, British Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990. Date: circa 1980s

Background imageEighties Collection: Margaret Thatcher and Francois Mitterand

Margaret Thatcher and Francois Mitterand
Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013), Conservative British Prime Minister between 1979 and 1990, now Baroness Thatcher. Seen here with Francois Mitterand (1916-1996), President of the French Republic

Background imageEighties Collection: Thatcher Margaret Hilda Baroness Roberts 1925

Thatcher Margaret Hilda Baroness Roberts 1925
thatcher, margaret, hilda, baroness, roberts, 1925, british, tory, conservative, prime, minister, pm, politics, politician, political, mp, member, parliament, government, 1979, 1990, 1980s, 80s

Background imageEighties Collection: Margaret Thatcher with President Sadat of Egypt

Margaret Thatcher with President Sadat of Egypt
Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013), British Prime Minister, with the Egyptian President, Mohammad Anwar el Sadat (1918-1981). Date: August 1981

Background imageEighties Collection: Spitting Image puppet of Margaret Thatcher

Spitting Image puppet of Margaret Thatcher
A puppet of Margaret Thatcher, British Conservative Prime Minister, used on the satirical TV programme, Spitting Image. The book is Spycatcher by Peter Wright

Background imageEighties Collection: Desmond Tutu, South African activist and clergyman

Desmond Tutu, South African activist and clergyman
Desmond Tutu (The Most Rev Dr Desmond Mpilo Tutu, b 1931), South African activist and Christian clergyman. He was the first black South African Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa



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