I think it would be interesting for the purpose of my research and to potentially site within my audio paper, specific comments from Youtube made by users who attended the parties in the 1980s. Although this may not be seen as a conventional source I feel these comments hep create a more personalised and broader view of the time period.

Putting focus on the individual

Everybody in the Place- An Incomplete History of Britain 1984-1992 by Jeremy Deller

‘This was absolutely brilliant. I grew up in the eighties with parents divorcing and Thatchers government…After one party I was hooked. We escaped all the corporate bullshit, hate, misogyny and racism to get very nicely high and enjoy the most creative, driving, funky, interesting soulful music ever and dance our nuts off. I embraced the whole scene going to Spiral tribe parties, Ibiza clubs , warehouse raves, raves in barns and fields and the jungles in Goa. They are among my most precious memories. I met my soul mate at a party and are together after 26 years. I am agreement that it was political act at the time and I knew it. We where part of a rejection of a life of selfishness and the politics of fear so prevalent now with the likes of Trump, Farage and the cynical power hungry tories.’–honeychurchgipsy6

‘I also think the episode of Hitman and Her from the Hacienda in 89 would have been a better example of Pete Waterman being overthrown. I remember him being totally bamboozled by the music that was being played in that episode. He didn’t know anything about what he was hearing and said so. It’s difficult to express just how massively club culture changed in that time. From having to dress smartly to gain entry, to the permanent threat of drunken violence, there was a revolution over the course of a couple of summers. I’m really glad I got to witness it.’–grizcuz