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Alba: Alba 1980s

Maureen MacLeod

Alba: Alba 1980s: Episode 10: 1989

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1989

Episode 10

Episode 10: 1989

Alba 1980s

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With stories on the Poll Tax, a Sunday ferry for North Uist and Nairn's gull invasion!

Experience some of the stories hitting the headlines in 1989 through archive footage and the year's chart hits.

Sealladh air na sgeulachdan a bh' anns na naidheachdan ann an 1989 cuide ri taghadh de cheòl na bliadhna. Nam measg: am Poll Tax, aiseag a' fàgail Uibhist a Tuath air an t-Sabaid agus faoilleagan ag adhbhrachadh àmhghar ann an Inbhir Narann. Am measg na taghaidhean ciùil tha 'Simply the Best' le Tina Turner, 'If I Could Turn Back Time' le Cher agus 'We Didn't Start the Fire' le Billy Joel.

Experience some of the stories hitting the headlines in 1989 through archive footage and the year's chart hits. Featuring stories on the Poll Tax, a Sunday ferry for North Uist and Nairn is inundated with gulls. The year's chart hits include Tina Turner's Simply the Best, Cher's If I Could Turn Back Time and Billy Joel's We Didn't Start the Fire.

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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