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I’ve decided to present a DOUBLES show once a month, especially as I’ve received such lovely feedback saying how much you’ve enjoyed it.
News this week in the 80’s included:
1982 – The Queen opened the new £153m Barbican Centre for Arts and Conferences in the City of London.
The centre, which has been 15 years in the making covers five-and-a-half acres of Cripplegate, which was destroyed by Nazi bombers in World War II. In 2003 a survey commissioned by advertising agency Grey London, named the Barbican as the city’s ugliest building.
1983 – Compact Discs and players are released for the first time. They had previously been available only in Japan.
1985 – Arthur Scargill declares that the National Union of Mineworkers national executive voted to end the longest-running industrial dispute in Great Britain without any peace deal over pit closures.
SONGS PLAYED
Blondie – Atomic
Blondie – The Tide Is High
The Housemartins – Happy Hour
The Housemartins – Caravan of Love
Duran Duran – Wild Boys
Duran Duran – Girls On Film
Prefab Sprout – Cars and Girls
Prefab Sprout – The King of Rock ‘N’ Roll
Whitney Houston – How Will I Know
Whitney Houston – Saving All My Love for You
Erasure – Chains of Love
Erasure – Stop!
Kylie Minogue – I Should Be So Lucky
Kylie Minogue – Hand On Your Heart
The Bangles – Manic Monday
The Bangles – Eternal Flame
Michael Jackson – Bad
Michael Jackson – Dirty Diana
Pet Shop Boys – It’s A Sin
Pet Shop Boys – Suburbia
The Jam – Going Underground
The Jam – Beat Surrender
Thompson Twins – Hold Me Now
Thompson Twins – Doctor! Doctor!
Madness – House of Fun
Madness – Baggy Trousers
Five Star – System Addict
Five Star – Rain or Shine
Phil Collins – You Can’t Hurry Love
Phil Collins and Philip Bailey – Easy Lover
SEE YOU NEXT WEEK AT THE NEW TIME OF 7-9pm