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Alba: Alba 1980s

Maureen MacLeod

Alba: Alba 1980s: Episode 8: 1987

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1987

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Episode 8: 1987

Alba 1980s

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Mass riots in Scotland's prisons and how the village of Crawton was put up for sale.

Experience some of the stories in the headlines from 1987, through archive footage and the year's chart hits, including Michael Jackson's 'Bad' and 'You Win Again' by The Bee Gees.

Sealladh air na sgeulachdan a bh' anns na naidheachdan ann an 1987 cuide ri taghadh de cheòl na bliadhna. 

Nam measg: aimhreit ann am prìosain na h-Alba, luchd-obrach Caterpillar a' gabhail am factaraidh a-null agus baile Chrawton ann an sgìre Obar Dheathain air a' mhargaidh. 

Am measg a' chiùil tha Micheal Jackson le Bad, Kiss le Crazy, Crazy Nights agus na Bee Gees le You win Again.

Experience some of the stories hitting the headlines in 1987 through archive footage and the year's chart hits. There are mass riots in Scotland's prisons, workers at the Caterpillar factory stage a sit-in and the village of Crawton in Aberdeenshire is put up for sale.

The year's chart hits include Michael Jackson's 'Bad', Kiss with 'Crazy, Crazy Nights' and 'You Win Again' by The Bee Gees.

Revisiting the stories in the headlines in the 1980s with archive footage and chart hits

Experience some of the stories hitting the headlines in the 1980s through archive footage and chart hits

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