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When violence was the norm: Britain in the 1980s

Football hooliganism led to a shocking number of deaths, as did the many infrastructure disasters caused by negligence, while riots and street fighting were endemic

Hooliganism at the Heysel Stadium in May 1985 resulted in 39 deaths and hundreds of injuries. [Getty Images]
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