Dr. Peter Jachimiak, of the University of South Wales (Cardiff Campus), has yet another article out on the “ZANI – Online Optimism for the New Beat Generation” website. Entitled ‘Bish, Bash, Bosh – Growing Up in 70s Aggro Britain, Part One of Two’, it discusses graffiti, vandalism, and ‘the rat’, as cultural symbols of social decline during that ‘troubled decade’. Here’s the link:

 

 

Indeed, many of the themes addressed in Jachimiak’s ZANI article (and ‘Part Two’ will be out soon!) are tackled more fully in his book “Remembering the Cultural Geographies of a Childhood Home” (Ashgate, 2014):

 

 

Any comments or queries, please contact Peter directly: [log in to unmask]