June - Southall

Available for 27 days

Writer John L Williams remembers the stifling summer that loosened societal norms and laid the foundations for modern-day Britain. "For teenage boys in the seventies, violence was almost inescapable. You were constantly on the lookout for trouble. But that sense of threat was magnified hugely if you really did stand out from the pack..." Read by Dean Rehman Abridged by Rosemary Goring Produced by Eilidh McCreadie A BBC Audio Scotland production for BBC Radio 4.