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Led Zeppelin
English rock band (1968–1980)
Black Sabbath
British heavy metal band
Yes
English progressive rock band
skinhead
A skinhead or skin is a member of a subculture that originated among working-class youth in London, England, in the 1960s. It soon spread to other parts of the United Kingdom, with a second working-class skinhead movement emerging worldwide in the late 1970s. Motivated by social alienation and working-class solidarity, skinheads are defined by their close-cropped or shaven heads and working-class clothing such as Dr. Martens and steel toe work boots, braces, high rise and varying length straight-leg jeans, and button-down collar shirts, usually slim fitting in check or plain. The movement reac
King Crimson
English progressive rock band
Victoria line
London Underground line
Accrington Stanley F.C.
association football club in Accrington, England
UFO
English musical group; rock band
Hipgnosis
thumb|upright=1.15|The logotype for Led Zeppelin, designed by Hipgnosis in 1973|alt=The name Led Zeppelin in irregular capitals in black and white
British Leyland
1968–1986 automotive manufacturing conglomerate
Amstrad
Amstrad plc was a British consumer electronics company, founded in 1968 by Alan Sugar. During the 1980s, the company was known for its home computers beginning with the Amstrad CPC and later also the ZX Spectrum range after the Sinclair deal, which led it to have a substantial share of the home computer market in Britain. In the following decade it shifted focus towards communication technologies, and its main business during the 2000s was the manufacture of satellite television set-top boxes for Sky, which Amstrad had started in 1989 as the then sole supplier of the emerging Sky TV service.
Free
English rock band
Northern Premier League
English football league
Colosseum
British band
Apple Corps
company formed by The Beatles
Birmingham City W.F.C.
semi-professional English Women's football club
King's Singers
British vocal group
Argent
English rock band
Egg
music group
Trident Studios
British recording facility, located at 17 St Anne's Court in London's Soho district between 1968 and 1981
Henry Cow
English avant-rock group
Hayward Gallery
art gallery in London
Orange Music Electronic Company
British manufacturer of guitar amplification and accessories
Crown Ground
football stadium
International Computers Limited
defunct British computer hardware, computer software and computer services company
Thames Valley Police
British police force responsible for policing the counties of Bucks, Berks and Oxon
Newman University
university in Birmingham, UK
Ronan Point
22-storey tower block in Canning Town in the London Borough of Newham, which partly collapsed on 16 May 1968
Edgar Broughton Band
English musical group; rock band
ITV Yorkshire
British television service provided by ITV Broadcasting Limited for the Yorkshire franchise area on the ITV network
Bristol Jamia Mosque
mosque in Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Mothers
UK club in the Erdington district of Birmingham, West Midlands, during the late 1960s and early 1970s
Delivery
British prog rock band
Sussex Police
police force in Sussex, England
Freightliner
rail freight and logistics company
Cambridge Audio
Audio equipment manufacturing company
Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station
coal-fired power station in Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Bakerloo
English heavy blues-rock trio
Christ Church Picture Gallery
art gallery in Oxford, England, UK