Neighbours inspired millions like me to swap grim Eighties Britain for exotic Australia - The Telegraph

The soap, which ends tonight, was the perfect escape from dreary Britain – and the ultimate advert for Aussie tourism

Although I wouldnt swap being a teenager during the Eighties for any other decade, the bigger picture in Thatchers Britain was grim. Three million were unemployed. Angry clashes between pickets and p… [+1562 chars]

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