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Ditching Hard Rock

Atomic Hobo by JULIE MCDOWALL

Jul 11, 202627:05Society & Culture

Hard Rock in 1982 would've been the biggest nuclear war planning exercise in Britain for years - but the government were forced to cancel it, and anti-nuclear campaigners reacted with glee! What happened? See the SOLACE...

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