1980s News Reviews

By 12th of March 20072007, Features

The 1980s: Can you remember a time before personal computers, eBay and the Rubik’s cube? The eighties were a time of changing technology.
Listen as I take a look back at the events that shaped and changed the world in the years 1980 to 1984

  1. 1980 News Review

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  2. 1981 News Review

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  3. 1982 News Review

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  4. 1983 News Review

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  5. 1984 News Review

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