Event Type: Branch

Takes Place: 13th May 2026

Time: 7.30pm

Venue: Bristol University,Humanities Building, 7 Woodland Road, BS8 1TB

Description: The 1980s in Britain was a time of bitter political discord, and growing social divisions resulting in many communities being “left behind” even today. It was either a time of heartless estate agents, designer suits and Harry Enfield yelling “Loadsamoney!” or it was the era of the miners’ strike, inner-city riots and growing unemployment (shorthanded as “Thatcher’s Britain”). For Bristol, it was a decade of two halves, the first angry and confrontational, the second more materialistic and hedonistic.

How to book: No need to book just pay on the door if you are a guest and members and students are free but sign in on the door with Rob. Doors open at 6.45pm

Price: £5 for guests free for students and National members and members of the university

Tel: 0117 9442896

Email: Maryfeerick58@gmail.com

Website: https://bristolha.org/

Organiser: Mary Feerick

Lecturer: Eugene Byrne

Comments: This lecture by local historian and writer Eugene Byrne replaces our lecture by Professor Adam Smith. Eugene invites you to don your Dig Deep For The Miners badge (or red braces and shoulder pads) and come on down in your hot hatch (or Citroen 2CV with th

Region: South-West England

Branch: Bristol