Birmingham Quote by Noel Gallagher

When my family moved from Ireland in the 70s, Britain was such a difficult place to be Irish. It was a decade of real…

— Maggie O'Farrell

England was very frustrating in the Seventies for anyone who was trying to wake up. It was visible in punk, in clothes, and in…

— Genesis P-Orridge

London in the '70s was a pretty catastrophic dump, I can tell you. We had every kind of industrial trouble; we had severe energy…

— Ian Mcewan

I mean, I was born the day war broke out, but I don't remember all the bombs though they did actually break up Liverpool,…

— Ringo Starr

I can just remember the blitz of Manchester, or perhaps my father's tales about the blitz of Manchester. I can remember the blackout, the…

— Norman Davies

I've always been fascinated with Ireland, especially Northern Ireland, having lived in London in the '80s when there was an Irish republican bombing campaign…

— John Gordon Sinclair

I thought the 60s in London was normal, so when it stopped it was a shock.

— Rita Tushingham

I can't even remember when the Seventies was.

— Robbie Keane

The more visible signs of protest are gone, but I think there is a realization that the tactics of the late sixties are not…

— Coretta Scott King

By the end of the 1970s Britain was in a mess.

— Anonymous

Rioting has always been a London tradition. It has been since the early Middle Ages. There's hardly a spate of years that goes by…

— Peter Ackroyd

Yes, I remember the bombings. Yes, I remember, because - yes, I remember being in air raid shelters. Even though I was evacuated because…

— Joan Collins