As health workers pelted Mrs Thatcher's car with eggs, Keith Chegwin ("Cheggers") and Maggie Philbin, the Posh and Becks of 1982, prepared for their wedding... From the Daily Mirror, 3/9/1982: For millions of youngsters, it will be the marriage of the...

It wasn't alternative, but it was realistic and optimistic - it was Never Too Late, a 1980-1981 BBC Radio 4 comedy by Terry Gregson, starring the brilliant English character actors Thora Hird, Megs Jenkins, Avis Bunnage and Joe Gladwin. Thora, who was...

From the Sun, July 28, 1986: Do you remember all the charity events of the 1980s? You couldn't walk out the door without colliding with a sponsored walk, a sponsored silence, a sponsored bean scoff, a telethon, a walkathon, a talkathon, a bonkathon...

Bet looks bilious and talks baloney in 1986. Eee, the 1980s! The decade when we split into two camps - LOVE THATCHER or HATE THATCHER and our soaps developed a Left Wing bias. I fell into the "HATE" camp, very firmly, and a glimpse of Margaret on my...

From the John Myers autumn and winter catalogue, 1983: "Just like the Kids from Fame!" The little girl on the far left is wearing leg warmers on her arms. Oh, silly me, they're elbow warmers. How daft am I? From the spring and summer 1983 Brian...