Where Were You In C86?
Bob Stanley, Times, The, 20 October 2006
THE EIGHTIES HAVE like the stack-heeled Seventies before them been repackaged and filed away as an era of Duran Duran, Dynasty and mobile phones the size of a fridge. Just how it felt to live through the decade if you weren't a plumber on two grand a week or a character in Less Than Zero in fact if you were just a mere pop fan is explored in two forthcoming events.
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