1980s
THE EIGHTIES
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The company’s undaunted taste for
experimentation reaped more rewards.
There were acquisitions on both sides of the
Atlantic and its growth strategy within the
US rental market took off like a rocket. Its
one notable failure was a tentative foray into
the leisure industry, but it took this knock on
the chin and moved on.
CHAPTER FOUR
1982
Argentina invades
the Falkland Islands
In 1986
the average
cost of a detached
house was £40,000
DID YOU KNOW?
In 1988
the
average cost of
a new car was
£12,207
DID YOU KNOW?
(left)
Shorpak manhole
excavation support
frames
1987
Conservative Prime Minister
Margaret Thatcher wins a
third term
