south wales echo archives 1980s

“People would say to my mum ‘Jayne is looking a bit weird lately’ and my mum would fire back: ‘She isn’t taking drugs, and she isn’t causing any problems, it’s just a phase she’s going through!’”. Jayne started going to clubs when she was 15 and one of her pictures includes a snatched picture with Welsh new romantic pioneer and clubland legend Steve Strange at The Funktion Suite alternative night at Neros. Let us know in the comments below. If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to inaccuracy or intrusion, then please contact the editor here. ©Copyright 2001-2020. “We all used to meet up in St David’s Hall on Saturday afternoon and sit on the balcony on level three – and we were removed because there were complaints from customers because we were scaring them. 1980s; 1990s; 2000s; See also: List of years in Wales; 1983 in The United Kingdom England Ireland Scotland : This article is about the particular significance of the year 1983 to Wales and its people. 0 comment. Incumbents. Tiger Bay, the movie partly shot in Cardiff was in cinemas this year. Show caption 1 / 1. “That’s going to be fantastic – to meet up with friends from years ago and to remember those who are no longer with us,” she said. If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can contact IPSO here. Now, of course, it’s commonplace for people to take pictures at everything. Do you have any memories or pictures from the past you'd like to share with our readers? “All this has been a bit of a revelation. Brecon Reporter and South Wales General Advertiser. “At the time people had never seen anything like it,” she laughed. “My mother was fuming. But, as these pictures from the Echo archives show, some of those who attended the meetings were good-humoured and peaceful. Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. A Gannett Company. HP10 9TY | 01676637 | Registered in England & Wales. Cookies on BNA: ... Merthyr Times, and Dowlais Times, and Aberdare Echo: 1892-1899: South Wales: Monmouthshire Beacon: 1837-1872, 1874-1877, 1888-1895, 1897-1900, 1909-1911: South Wales : Monmouthshire Merlin: 1829-1872, 1874-1884: South Wales: Montgomery County Times and Shropshire and Mid-Wales … Those ads you do see are predominantly from local businesses promoting local services. These pictures are the perfect window into the world of the alternative crowd from 1980s Cardiff, Get the biggest stories sent straight to your inbox. “I started off on mild stuff like Duran Duran and Spandau Ballet then started to get into Siouxsie and the Banshees, Southern Death Cult, Bauhaus, amongst others. They were brilliant, brilliant times.”. There was no South Wales Echo or Western Mail for six weeks due to a printers strike. Jayne was a regular at alternative city centre haunts like The Lexington in Queen Street, Neros nightclub in Greyfriars Road, The Mars Bar in Charles Street, and alt-nights at The Philharmonic in St Mary Street, which burned brightly but briefly in the early to mid-1980s. With their unmistakable gravity-defying hair and heavily made up faces, these brilliant pictures are the perfect window into the world of the alternative crowd who frequented Cardiff’s clubs, pubs and bars back in the ’80s. Jayne said she has always loved taking pictures – even from an early age, “I loved it. You can unsubscribe at any time. Though, due in large part to its association with coal and iron industrialists, much of Southern Wales looked upon the paper with an undisguised distrust. 1728 pages . “We went to the South Wales Echo and there was a piece in the paper about it. Newsquest Media Group Ltd, Loudwater Mill, Station Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. “People would cross over the other side of the road if they saw you. 1850-1872, 1874-1877, 1897: Cambrian News. “I said I had hundreds of pictures in boxes and he said I should dig them out and put them up on the Facebook page that has been created about the alternative nights at Neros.”. 1863-1868, 1874-1896, 1898-1910, 1912: Cardiff Times. Get involved with the news in your community, This website and associated newspapers adhere to the Independent Press Standards Organisation's Editors' Code of Practice. EASILY recognisable by their shaved hair, Dr Martens boots and smart shirts, mass gatherings of skinheads were a regular sight in Southend throughout the Seventies and Eighties. If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to inaccuracy or intrusion, then please contact the editor here. By “The reaction has been incredible,” said Jayne, who is originally from Grangetown but who now lives in Pengam Green. We've been having a dig through the Daily Echo archives and came across these snaps from 1980. “People on the group were saying these are the best pictures from the era they’ve ever seen.”, She added: “It made people’s day, especially when they picked themselves out from the pictures I put up.”. As a subscriber, you are shown 80% less display advertising when reading our articles. Those ads you do see are predominantly from local businesses promoting local services. 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The subculture first emerged among working class youngsters in London in the Sixties, as a rejection of the decade's dominant theme of "peace and love". Get involved with the news in your community, This website and associated newspapers adhere to the Independent Press Standards Organisation's Editors' Code of Practice. These pictures are the perfect window into the world of the alternative crowd from 1980s Cardiff ... “We went to the South Wales Echo and there was a piece in the paper about it. A Gannett Company. 17033 pages . Manor Way, which runs through Whitchurch, was opened. Both papers were sold by Lord Kemsley to the Thomson Organisation this year. Are you in any of them? Email echonews@nqe.com. Explore the Welsh newspapers included in The British Newspaper Archive.

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