Everything Happened in 1983

British glam rock pioneers Slade had a last hurrah in the early 1980s, having scored a string of hit singles a decade earlier and been regul...

The James Bond film franchise had become a lucrative one for producer Cubby Broccoli since the series began in 1962 with 'Dr No', an...

Former Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne emerged from a difficult period in late 1983 with the release of his third solo album, 'Bark...

It was 30 years ago that a partnership between major record labels came up with an idea so simple, it was amazing it hadn't been done be...

The 'must-have' toy of 1983 was the Cabbage Patch Kids doll. Created by Xavier Roberts, these were hand-stitched, soft-sculptured do...

The media called it 'the crime of the century' when in November 1983, a gang of six thieves broke into the Brinks-Mat warehouse site...

Vandalism was nothing new even in 1983 but the news that the Blue Peter garden had been destroyed in a senseless act made national headlines...