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Looking back at this weeks news in the 80’s bought back memories. I remember being told to ‘belt up’ in the car when the seatbelt law came in in 1983, and I remember the halfpenny coin – foolish little thing that it was!
1983: Drivers and front seat passengers must wear seatbelts under a new law. The Department of Transport says 30,000 people a year are killed or seriously injured in road accidents. It hopes the compulsory wearing of front seatbelts will save 1,000 lives a year.
1984: Britain’s least-loved currency, the halfpenny coin, is leaving the nation’s purses after 13 years of almost universal unpopularity.
The Chancellor, Nigel Lawson, made the announcement in a written Commons answer. He said the Royal Mint would stop making the tiny coin at the end of the month, and it would cease to be legal tender in 1984.
Second class stamps – currently 12½p – will probably go up to 13p by the end of the year, while the dog licence is likely to change for the first time in years from 37½p to 38p.
I hope the mix of 80’s tunes bought back memories for you!
SONGS PLAYED:
George Benson – Never Give Up on a Good Thing
Five Star – Rain or Shine
Spandau Ballet – True
Rod Stewart – Some Guys Have All the Luck
Prefab Sprout – The King of Rock ‘N’ Roll
Bobby Brown – My Prerogative
Bronski beat – Hit That Perfect Beat
The Dammned – Eloise
Poison – Every Rose Has its Thorn
Marillion – Sugar Mice
Talking Heads – Road To Nowhere
Dollar – Give me back my Heart
Texas – I Don’t Want A Lover
Michael Jackson – Leave Me Alone
Wham! – Bad Boys
London Boys -London Nights
Abba – One Of Us
Holly Johnson – Love Train
Men at Work – Down Under
Foreigner – I Want To Know What Love It
Mac Almond and Gene Pitney – Something’s Gotten Hold of my Heart
The Smiths – Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now
Tina Turner – I Cant Stand The Rain
The Blow Monkeys – It Doesn’t Have to be this Way
Odyssey – Going Back to My Roots
Swing Out Sister – Breakout
Evelyn King – Love Come Down
