*The Week That Was – 18th May 1981

Single of the week: Killing Joke – Tension, Stiff Little Fingers – Silver Lining

18th May 1981
It rained part 2

19th May 1981
Mrs Neeves gave me a talk!
I must (illegible)

20th May 1981
AZ67 Alkamaar 4 – Ipswich 2 (agg 4-5)
High Jump Final – I won

21st May 1981
WE WON THE CUP

22nd May 1981
Long Jump – I won
Triple Jump – I won

23rd May 1981
Hurrah
England 0 – Scotland 1
Well done Wattie

24th May 1981
Hey Vicks – he came yesterday
I’M ILL

This week’s chart-topper is Adam and the Ants – Stand and Deliver

*The Week That Was – 4th May 1981

Single of the week: Vice Squad – Young Blood, Dangerous Girls – Men in Suits

4th May 1981
Off school MAYDAY

5th May 1981
GO FOR IT
What a shit holiday yesterday
STIFF LITTLE FINGERS

6th May 1981
We are the champs
We hope
Ipswich 3 – AZ67 Alkmaar 0

7th May 1981
No one dropped the bomb
But only just

Operation RYAN
At a secret meeting of top Soviet officials in May 1981, General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev condemned Reagan, whose aggressive rhetoric was decidedly anti-communist. Yuri Andropov, the head of the KGB and the future General Secretary, furthermore explained that the Reagan administration was preparing for a possible preemptive nuclear strike against the Soviet Union. Andropov announced that the KGB was launching an intelligence program, Operation RYAN, which was an acronym for Raketno-Yadernoe Napadenie, or “nuclear missile attack.”

8th May 1981
I’m dead
Hoare’s read my story

9th May 1981
FA Cup Final
Spurs vs City 1-1 replay Thurs
PiL

10th May 1981
SID VICIOUS LIVES (Sid Vicious born 1957)

This week’s chart-topper is: Adam and the Ants – Stand and Deliver
straight into top 75 (at number 1)

*The Week That Was – 16th March 1981

Single of the week: Stiff Little Fingers – Just Fade Away

16th March 1981
16UP yesterday at 10.45

17th March 1981
Heard new charts at school

18th March 1981
Ipswich 3 – St. Etienne 1 (1-0)
agg 7-2

19th March 1981
We’re gonna win the UEFA Cup
Drawn against Cologne

20th March 1981
Some of my records came tomorrow

21st March 1981
Manchester United 2 – Ipswich 1
Oh well

22nd March 1981
I got Bubbles and a Tommy Gun

This week’s chart-topper is: Roxy Music – Jealous Guy
Highest new entry: Linx – Intuition