Mass Observation Project (MOP) Database 1981+

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COVID-19 2020 open call collection (SxMOA59)COVID-19 open call collection (SxMOA59)Diaries; COVID-19; everyday life; Lockdown
1:Summer 1981: Currency, Royal Wedding, Business Premises, Unemployment, Holidays, FoodDirective - pre 2020 opening and closing of new shops; price of local veg; reactions to proposal of £1 and 20p coins; unemployment; holidays;
2:Royal Wedding Special 1981: Diary for the DayDirective - pre 2020The 1981 Royal wedding
3:Autumn 1981: Currency, Pet Food, Shopping Strategies, Business Premises, Unemployment, Liberal-SDP Alliance, ChristmasDirective - pre 2020 opening and closing of new shops; cheque books; use of loose change; effect of unemployment on family relationships; food shopping strategies; unemployment; the labour party's deputy leader election in 1981; 1981 Christmas; Liberal-SDP Alliance; the cost of feeding pets;
4:Spring 1982: House Prices, Unsolicited Mail, Weather in January, Railway Strike, Local Elections, Business Premises, Unemployment, Falklands/Malvinas WarDirective - pre 2020 opening and closing of new shops; Local elections; Local house prices; Unemployment; Rail strikes; Industrial relations; Unsolicited mail; Food prices; Effect of weather on food prices;
5:The Falkland Islands Crisis 1982: War with ArgentinaDirective - pre 2020War;Media
6:Summer 1982: Public&Private Services, The Budget, Gas & Electricity Bills, Royalty, Inflation, Currency, Food, EECDirective - pre 2020 Electricity bills;general knowledge and opinions about the EEC;weekday & Sunday main meals;gas & electricity bills;the NHS;DIY, services, maintenance: the 1982 Budget;reactions & predictions to inflation;health, education, transport cuts;dreams about Royal family;the impact to tecnology on jobs;½p and 20p coins;
7:EEC Special: Tenth Anniversary of British Entry Into EuropeDirective - pre 2020 Holidays; Leisure; Elections; Europe; EEC Parliament;
8:Autumn 1982: Pocket Money, Business Premises/Cheque Books/CurrencyDirective - pre 2020 Parenthood; Pocketmoney; Teenagers; opening and closing of new shops; Cheque books; Children/ Childhood; Currency; Coins; Family relationships; description of mantelpiece; Homes; Income
10: Winter 1982: Food, GardeningDirective - pre 2020 remembered foods from childhood;food and the environment;food preferences;vegetarianism, 'grow your own'
11:Spring 1983: The General Election, Water workers' Strike, Coinage, Viewing and ReadingDirective - pre 2020issue of £1 coin;the general election;waterworkers;reading;watching videos;reading magazines;newspaper reading;choice of newspaper, journals and magazines;favourite news programmes
12: Summer 1983: WorkDirective - pre 2020 work and unemployment: future hopes and fears;comparisons: men's & women's jobs;employment, past, present, future;retirement;
12th May 2020 diary12th May diaryDiaries; COVID-19; everyday life; Lockdown
13: Autumn 1983: Housework & maintenance, business premisesDirective - pre 2020 Mantelpieces;housework allocation;sharing of domestic work;description of living room;a week's domestic work log;
14: Winter 1983: Christmas Cards, Buying BritishDirective - pre 2020 spending £250,000;buying British;opening and closing of new shops;Christmas cards;
15: Spring 1984: Social Well-Being Directive - pre 2020 Health care;self esteem;health;well-being
16: Summer 1984: Electronic Banking, MiscellanyDirective - pre 2020 cheque books;buying on credit;using banks;cash cards;saving;cash points;and current issues in the news
17: Autumn 1984: Attitudes To USADirective - pre 2020 President Kennedy;European in relation to USA;attitude to American films;attitudes towards to the USA;
18: Winter 1984: Relatives, Friends & NeighboursDirective - pre 2020 relatives and neighbours;Friendships;gender roles and social relationships;relatives
19: Spring 1985: Morality & religion; PostersDirective - pre 2020 abortion;charities and moral beliefs;crime and moral issues;gender roles and morality;medical experiments;morality;overseas aid;beliefs & practices;science and medical experiments;animal experiments;vivisection

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