my stepfather, London born and Oxford educated, who moved to the US from a town in the North of England, bought a fucking nice bottle of champs and called everyone with the good news.
I'm old enough to remember those bad old days -- mirrored by Reagan. The Specials' tune "Ghost Town" perfectly encapsulated the desperate tone of Britain in the early 80s due to austerity bullshit.
my stepfather, London born and Oxford educated, who moved to the US from a town in the North of England, bought a fucking nice bottle of champs and called everyone with the good news.
I'm not clear from your post whether this was when she was elected or when she died.
I sent my daughter an email on her death with just a subject line
"The bitch is dead"
http://www.isthatcherdeadyet.co.uk/
I'm old enough to remember those bad old days -- mirrored by Reagan. The Specials' tune "Ghost Town" perfectly encapsulated the desperate tone of Britain in the early 80s due to austerity bullshit.
Have you listened to Elvis Costello's "Tramp the Dirt Down" lately? It's the first thing I think of when anyone mentions Thatcher.