My earliest political memories are of the Heath government, though I cannot be precise about the elements, except I clearly remember the three day week, the power cuts, and joining the EEC. I believe I remember the earlier miners’ strike but I can’t be sure as it may blend with the 1973 one. I was brought up in a mining area so it was important. I certainly don’t remember the first Wilson governments
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My earliest political memory is of Margaret Thatcher stepping down as Prime Minister. It was all over the news when I got back from school and I remember thinking about it a lot as I did my paper round in the evening and having the feeling it was important that…
In "earliest political memories"
Last autumn we ran an experimental online public engagement series called 'earliest political memories'. We collected a total of 68 memories that were generously contributed by members of the public. You can read all the contributions here. The series caught the attention of our colleague Rachel O'Connell in the School of English who…
In "earliest political memories"
Mine is: "Maggie Thatcher, milk snatcher!" I remember going to nursery school when I was older and being surprised there was still milk. Round about that time was also the news about Idi Amin in Uganda and I remember being absolutely terrified of him: he was like the bogeyman. I…
In "earliest political memories"