bus fares 584, 593–5
Bush, Kate 398
Bushell, Garry 220, 525
business studies 333
Büsser, Carlos 740, 743–4, 749
Butcher, Pat 625, 626
Butcher, Roland 503
Butler, R. A. 759
Butler, Robin 39, 40
Butlin’s 164
Butt, Ronald 200, 346, 521
Butterflies 74, 686
Byatt, A. S. 489
by-elections 419, 429–32, 565, 664–8, 769, 834
Cabinet appointments
1979 86–8
1981 (January) 435
1981 (September) 655–9
Cabinet revolt (July 1981) 652–5
Cadogan, Peter 771
Caernarvon Castle 604
Cairncross, Sir Alec 452
Callaghan, James
activist opposition to 344, 352–3
Argentina 734, 742
as a blancmange 355
British Steel 146
computer pioneer 714, 716
EEC 172, 176
exchange controls 108
Falklands War 788, 808
general election of 1979 347–9
filmed swimming by Benn 354
harangued by lunatics 341, 349, 352–3, 366
incomes policies 193
Keynesianism 95
Labour Party
Bishop’s Stortford meeting 1980 354, 355
conference 1979 350
conference 1980 369, 370
leadership 351, 372
manifesto commitments 341–2
North Sea oil money 257–8
nuclear weapons 389, 390, 395
patriotism xxvi
popularity 54
such a nice man 372
unemployment 201, 476
Winter of Discontent 8–9
Callan, Paul 841
Calman, Mel, cartoon 202
Camber Sands 164–5
Cambridge 451–2, 719
Cambridge Evening News 714
Cameron, James 767, 826
Campaign for the Feminine Woman 58–9
Campaign for Labour Party Democracy see CLPD
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament see CND
Campbell, Beatrix 69, 71, 72, 79, 118, 123, 157, 464, 469, 472, 482
Campbell, John 83, 167, 178, 425, 738, 830, 837
Canada 778
Canberra 762, 841–2
Cannadine, David 617
‘Can’t Pay, Won’t Pay’ campaign 595
Capstick, Sheila 497–8
car industry 303–9, 311–12, 313–28, 674
Carbery, Ethna 565
The Card (Bennett) 595
Carrington, Peter (6th Baron Carrington)
Budget of 1981 448
claims Sir Denis Follows is made of cement 181
decline of UK 14
EEC 176–7, 178
Falklands 734–5, 737, 744, 751–2, 757–8
as Foreign Secretary 87, 171
funeral for R. A. Butler 759
loyalty 191
Moscow Olympics 181
as ‘old school’ 88
Reagan, Ronald 444, 447
reception at Number 10 81
resignation 757–8
spending cuts 649, 652
trade unions 143
Trident 389
Carlisle, Mark 655
Carlos, Wendy 281
Carr, Jean (Mass Observation Project) 119, 121, 605
Carry On Up the Khyber 747
‘Cars’ (Numan) 279
Carter, Angela 335, 390
Carter, Jimmy 179–81, 389
Cartland, Barbara 56, 59–60
Carvel, John 597
Castle, Barbara 78, 170, 345
CBI (Confederation of British Industry) 108, 154, 256, 271–2
census collectors (Northern Ireland) 570–71
Centenary Test 488
central heating 24
Chalmers, Judith 272, 435
Chamberlain, Neville 669, 766
Chambers, F. M. xix
Chancellor, Alexander 834
Chapman, James 622
Chariots of Fire xxiii, 621–5
Charles, Prince of Wales 600–602, 604–5, 607, 609–10, 805, 842
Charlton, Bobby 208
Charlton, Jack 213–14
Chataway, Chris 182
cheese 121, 134–7
Chesshyre, Robert 37
chicken Kiev 124, 701
child abuse 520
childcare 71, 76
Chile 189, 778
Christie, Julie 396
Christmas 1981 692–7
The Church and the Bomb 401
Church of England 243, 401, 405
Church Times 401, 463
Churchill, Caryl 78
Churchill, Sir Winston (1874–1965) 50, 404, 669, 757
Churchill, Winston (1940–2010) 802
Citizen Smith 336
citizens’ band (CB) radio 26–7
City Limits 70–71, 302, 333
civil defence 392–3, 403–4
Clare, Anthony 78
Clark, Alan
Blunt affair 112
Carrington, Peter 759
Falklands War 731, 742–3, 753, 755, 759, 768, 815, 821, 822, 831, 841, 843–4
Gow, Ian 148, 654, 666
Heath, Edward 271
interest rates 273
laments the end of Empire 13
New Cross protest march 501
party morale 437
reception at Number 10 81
riots 501, 650
on SDP 436
Thatcher, Margaret
compares to Churchill 834
desires to snog 81
does not desire to penetrate 81
observes plotters 88, 460, 653
triste and blotchy 648
Williams, Shirley 667
Clark, Joe 87
Clark, Peter J. 808
Clay Cross 603–4
Clegg, Hugh 92
A Clockwork Orange (soundtrack) 281
closed shops (trade unions) 145, 146, 158
Closer (Joy Division) 252
Clough, Gordon 434
CLPD (Campaign for Labour Party Democracy) 342–4, 349, 354, 370, 381, 382, 578
Club and Institute Union 497–8
Clwyd 402
CND (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament) xxi, 390, 392, 394–7, 400–406
compared with Dungeons & Dragons 392
crucial failure to win over Simon Le Bon 406
Coal Board 436–7
coal mines 436–7, 541, 675
Cockerell, Michael 33, 47, 48, 802–3
Cockton, Simon 828
Coe, Peter 184, 626
Coe, Sebastian xxiii, 185, 491, 625, 626–8, 642
Cold War 387–8
Cole, Hazel 574–5
Cole, Nat ‘King’ 281
Coleman, Jim 403–4
Coles, Sir John 38, 39, 47, 79–80, 833, 835, 837
Collins, Christopher 82
Collins, Clive, cartoons 549, 592
Collins, Lewis xxi
Colls, Robert 672
colour schemes 22–3
The Comic Strip Presents 164
Commodore computers 712–13, 726, 728, 729
Common Agricultural Policy 172
Common Market see EEC
Commonwealth 167
Communism 179
Communist Party 315, 404–5
community, alleged death of 26, 252, 262–3, 676–80
community care 243
commuters 123–4
Complete Cookery Course (Smith) 19
Computer Book (BBC) 721
The Computer Programme 721
computers 711–12, 714–15, 725, 730
games 728
home xxiv, 27, 694, 708–24, 725–30
industry 715, 719, 725, 726–7
magazines 712, 729
revolution 714, 716–17
school 717, 720, 722–3, 724
shops 712–13
Condition of England (Allison) 212–13
Confederation of British Industry see CBI
Connell, Brian 62, 198
Conqueror, HMS 792
Conquest, Robert 179, 390
Conrad, Peter 113
consensus, Margaret Thatcher’s scorn for 660–61
conservatism 189–90
Conservative Party 648, 659–60, 661
conference 1980 267–9
conference 1981 662–4
electoral prospects 704–6, 834–5
opinion polls 834, 835
and SDP 419
Conservative women 72
conservatories 24
Consett 161–2
consumerism 698–9
contraception 70–71
convenience foods 123–5
Cook, Robin 532
cookery books 19, 123–4
Cooper, Sir Frank 42
Cooper, Jilly 771–2
Copeland, Sonia 70–71
Coppell, Steve 207
Coppull, Lancashire 402
Corby 138–40, 160–61
Corbyn, Jeremy xxi, 335, 344, 547, 578, 589, 598, 769
coronation chicken 118
Coronation Street 475, 686
corporal punishment 662
corporate dining 126–7
Council for Social Democracy 412, 414
council housing 245–50 see also Right to Buy
Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady (Holden) 617
country houses 617
County Hall, London 585–6, 587
Coventry 464–5, 466, 469, 507, 525, 674
Coventry, HMS 811–12
Cox, Michael 543
Cradock, Sir Percy 170
Craig, Wendy 74
Craigmillar estate, Edinburgh 247
Cram, Steve 626
Crash (Ballard) 279
Crawshaw, Richard 416
credit cards 420, 696–7
Crewe, Ivor 353, 366, 380, 418, 421, 428, 586, 661–2
cricket 488, 633–43, 651
crime 685, 707
Cripps, Francis 538–9
crisis of confidence 12–14, 92
Critchley, Julian 36, 89, 428, 596, 657, 658, 768, 798, 827, 838
Crocker, Martin 341
Croft, David 164
Croker, Ted 211
Cropper, Peter 98–9
Crosby by-election 665–8
Cross, Ben 622
Croydon North West by-election 664–5
Crucible Theatre 484, 487
Cruise missiles 389–92, 405–6
Cryer, Bob 109
Cullis, Stan 226–7
Culture Club 296
Cummings, Michael, cartoons 54–5, 151, 155, 177, 540, 668, 804, 804
Curry, Chris 719, 720, 722, 729
Curtis, Ian 251–2
Cutler, Horace 579
Cymric Army 552–3
Dagger, Steve 286
Dahl, Roald 771
Dahrendorf, Ralf 11
Daily Express 509
athletics 624–5
BBC Falklands War coverage 804
benefit scroungers 469
Benn, Tony 347, 367, 532, 536, 540
Blunkett, David 585
Botham, Ian 634, 637, 641
British Leyland 315, 318
Budget of 1979 103
Budget of 1981 449
Butterflies 74
Carrington, Peter 758
Christmas 693
CND 404
Coe and Ovett 627, 628
Conservative Party conference 1981 662
cricket 643
Davis, Steve 491
Day of Action 155
Diana, Princess of Wales 609
economic decline 9
economists 452, 453
Falklands War 77, 752, 753, 755, 804, 825
Fares Fair 594
fashion 615
feminism 58–9
Foot, Michael 377
football hooliganism 211, 216
foreign cars 309
Gang of Four 414
GLC (Greater London Council) 579
Greenwood, Ron 207
Heath, Edward 668
immigration 504
interest rates 112
IRA 561
Iranian Embassy siege xviii
Juliet Bravo 67
Labour Party 355–6
conference 1980 371
loyalty test 415
‘the lady’s not for turning’ 269
Lennon, John 331
Livingstone, Ken 580, 591, 599, 600
Moscow Olympics 183, 185, 186
New Cross protest march 501
Northern Ireland 559
NUM (National Union of Mineworkers) 436
People’s March for Jobs 463
public spending 104
riots 509, 513, 514, 517
Robinson, Derek 321
Royal Wedding 603, 607–8
Sands, Bobby 567
SAS (Special Air Service) 643
SDP 428
SDP–Liberal Alliance 667, 668
snooker 494, 498, 499
Sony Walkman 301
South Georgia 787
steel strike 148, 150
Tebbit, Norman 158train drivers’ strike 840
TUC (Trades Union Congress) 154
Weston, Simon 829
William, Prince, birth of 839
Williams, Shirley 63, 665
women in trousers 60
working mothers 72
Yugoslavia 165
Daily Mail
Brixton riots 514
Cabinet reshuffle 658
Carrington, Peter 758
Falkland Islands 763
Falklands War 762, 825, 836, 837
Foot, Michael 551
Foreign Office 758
GLC women’s committee 597
Ideal Nuclear Shelter Exhibition 407
Livingstone, Ken 580, 589, 590, 592
Moscow Olympics 183
Right to Buy 244
San Carlos, Battle of 811
Sands, Bobby 567
sandwiches 127
Sony Walkman 301
Daily Mirror
alcohol 694
Basle, Battle of 210
Beatles 330
Benn, Tony 344, 347, 367, 532, 536
Blitz Kids 284–5
Botham, Ian 634, 641
British Leyland 308, 315
Brixton riots 514
Budget of 1979 103
Budget of 1981 449
Budget of 1982 706
Canberra 841
Chelsea Barracks bombing 575
Christmas 693, 694
Coe, Sebastian 627
computers 711
Conservative Party revolt 661
Crosby by-election 667
decline of UK 16
Diana, Princess of Wales 601, 609, 610
economic slump 201
economists 452
England football team 207
Falklands War 762, 773, 798
Foot, Michael 382
football hooliganism 208, 211
Good Samaritan parable 188
Goose Green, Battle of 814
interest rates 112
IRA 561
Juliet Bravo 67–8
Labour Party 355, 538
Birmingham rally 1981 542
conference 1979 348, 349, 350
conference 1980 371
electoral college 369–70
leadership 371
Wembley conference 1981 382
‘the lady’s not for learning’ 269
Lennon, John 330
Livingstone, Ken 598
McDonald, Ian 799–800
To the Manor Born 85
Moscow Olympics 182
New Romantics 293
Numan, Gary 279
nuclear weapons 396–7
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Old Codgers’ letters page 115
People’s March for Jobs 463, 464
race relations 526
Robinson, Ben 318
Robinson, Derek 320, 321
Royal Wedding 602, 608–9
Ruddock, Joan 400
rugby union 488
St Paul’s riot (Bristol) 509
Sands, Bobby 567
Scarman report 524
SDP 427
Sony Walkman 301
Spandau Ballet 286–8
Spencer, Lady Diana 601
steel strike 150
and Sun 667, 802
Tenko 67
Thatcher, Margaret 199, 269, 833–4
TUC Day of Action 154
unemployment 113, 267, 273, 703
Walters, Alan 437–8
Warrington by-election 432
Wets 649, 658
Williams, Shirley 64, 665
winter 1981–2 692, 702
Daily Star 432, 501, 706–7, 772, 775
Daily Telegraph 96, 111, 230, 231, 340, 373, 551, 587–8, 798
Dainton, Sir Fred 415
Dairy Crest 134–7
Daley Thompson’s Decathlon 630
Dalyell, Tam 754, 792, 802–3, 803–4
Dancing with Dogma (Gilmour) 95, 192
Daniel, Carol (Mass Observation Project) 21, 24, 72–3, 169, 391, 483, 702, 766, 793, 831–2
Daniel, Sir Goronwy 556
Danish Food Centre 128
Darblay, Jean 67
Darlaston 262–3
Darlington 341, 605
darts 493
Darwin, Charles 732
Darwin, Wynn 67
Daventry 681
Davidoff, Constantino 740–41, 785
Davies, Gavyn 477
Davies, George 710
Davies, Hunter 497
Davis, Fred 488
Davis, Steve xxiii, 484–6, 490, 491–3, 495–6, 497
improves weak handshake 492
plays Space Invaders 485
prefers snooker to sex 491
Wembley Conservative youth rally 496
world title win 484–5
Davison, Peter 475, 618
Day, Sir Robin 45, 50
Dayan, Moshe 128
de Gaulle, Charles 7
de Lisle, Tim 301–2
Dean, Christopher 628
debt, personal see credit cards; mortgages
decline, perception of 7–20, 48–9, 412–13, 518–19
defence spending 388–91, 406, 736–7, 832
deficits see budget deficits
deindustrialization 261–2, 478
Dell, Edmund 193, 257, 261, 269, 342, 415, 439, 455, 459
Delors, Jacques 458
Denning, Alfred (Baron Denning) 234
Denselow, Robin 279
Depeche Mode 291
Depression, Great 479–80, 653
Derer, Vladimir 344
Derry 558
Deverell, John 317
Devlin, Matt 569
Diamond, Jack 415
Diana, Princess of Wales 600–603, 605, 607, 609–11, 614, 615, 839
as Sloane Ranger 611
as Tatler’s Judge Dredd 615
Dickens, Charles 672
diet books 19
dieting 62–3
Dilley, Graham 639
Diplock, Kenneth, Baron 594
‘dirty protest’ 562
Dirty War in Argentina 739
Dobbs, Michael 32
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