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Thursday, 21 June 2007, 08:25 GMT 09:25 UK

Your home movies of the 1990s

WHAT'S THIS ABOUT?


Andrew Marr The Magazine is compiling a people's history of modern Britain - featuring your written memories, photos and home movies. This week we asked for your recollections of the 1990s.

We've already received hundreds of written memories and family photos, which will be published on Friday. But here's a taster of some of your home videos from the time, submitted through the BBC's modern history YouTube group.

RECLAIM THE STREETS, BIRMINGHAM 1998

"I filmed it because I'd been following the anti-road movement ever since leaving film school in 1995," says Jamie Lowe, now 38. "I sympathised with their campaigns but was also attracted by the creative and inspiring protests they held.

"This particular protest was the moment the anti-road movement started going global, not only with simultaneous 'street parties' being held all over the planet, but because the G7 were meeting in Birmingham that day.

"This was before Russia joined, I think, and was also before protests against the G8 became mainstream.

"In some ways I miss the 'single issue' protests and this day was another turning point when everyone started to join under one global anti-capitalist umbrella. Whether that was a good thing or not I've never quite decided."

As a film-maker, it was a good day, he says.

"Moments like the tripod going up and the crowd breaking through, still send shivers down my spine."


Above is just one of several home movies of the 1990s uploaded by you to


Tony Blair in the Commons the BBC's modern Britain group on YouTube.

If you want to see more, go to the group by clicking on the link, right.

You also sent in hundreds of written memories of the time, on themes from the credit boom to the dole queues and the legwarmers, and there are photos too.

HOW TO UPLOAD MOVIES

YouTube You can now upload your videos of the past to the BBC's modern history group on YouTube. This could be a home video of the time or an interview today of someone talking about the past.

How to upload to the BBC's modern history YouTube group:

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