D-block GB-332000-390000
1986 Hobbies Survey
Top ten hobbies for 375 people were:
1 Watching television.......178 (47%)
2 Reading...................127 (34%)
3 Going to pub or club......101 (27%)
4 Knitting or sewing.........86 (23%)
5 Walking out................85 (23%)
6 Playing sport..............59 (16%)
7 Do It Yourself.............50 (13%)
8 Bingo......................38 (10%)
9 Computer...................34 ( 9%)
10 Car Maintenance............16 ( 4%)
11 Others.....................22 ( 6%)
Most popular TV programmes,nationally,
for the week ending 29/6/85 were:
1 Coronation St.(Mon) - 16.29m viewers
2 Coronation St.(Wed) - 15.71m viewers
3 Dallas -------------- 14.27m viewers
4 Emmerdale Farm (Tues) 12.72m viewers
5 Emmerdale Farm (Thur) 12.04m viewers
6 Dynasty ------------- 12.00m viewers Pictures from this D-block
Written accounts from this D-block
- Liverpool Central (north)
- Headlines Mid'85
- Vauxhall
- Everton
- Residents' Views
- Everton Park
- Housing
- Residents Survey
- Moving House
- Employment
- Hobbies Survey
- The Food We Eat
- A School History
- A School Today
- Caretaker Poem
- Two-ball Rhymes
- Central Station
- A Police Station
- The River Mersey
- Doomsday 1986
- Tourism In Liverpool2011
- The Food We Eat2011
- The River Mersey2011
- Housing2011
- Liverpool Central North 20112011
Map of the area
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