Can you remember the fashions, the music, the shops, student sit-ins, strikes and power cuts, and even the dirty politics of a city that was rapidly changing? If your memory needs jogging, this new title — a follow-up to the highly successful “It’s My Life” about the 1960s — will be of great interest.
An appeal to the public to pass on their memories and photographs of the era brought contributions from local heroes like footballer Malcolm Macdonald and Lindisfarne’s Ray Laidlaw as well as stories from many Tynesiders about events including the Newcastle Festival, the opening of Eldon Square Shopping Centre, the new Byker Wall, the arrival of the Metro, President Jimmy Carter’s visit, Newcastle United’s Wembley Cup Final defeat, and the Michael Caine gangster film Get Carter.