Chris goes to Liverpool University to study architecture. During 1981 ‑1982 he spends a year gaining practical experience in a London architectural practice, designing a staircase in an industrial development in Milton Keynes. “It’s not a remarkable staircase”, he comments when visiting it in 1988, “It’s just a functional staircase”.
Bronski Beat headlines ‘Pits and Perverts,’ an LGSM (Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners) concert at the Electric Ballroom in London to benefit a miners’ strike. Neil and Chris are in the audience.
They meet Dusty Springfield for the first time at London’s Advision Studios, where they discuss her pending vocal work on ‘What Have I Done to Deserve This?’
The Boys perform in Manchester, U.K.
They work with Stuart Price on the medley they will perform at the upcoming BRITS Awards.