What was life like in the UK in 1982

[Its5656]

Of the back of a 90s thread I saw earlier I was wondering What was life like in the UK in 1982, the year I was born.
I lived in council housing in London. Mum was 17 and dad a 23 year old bricklayer.
I'm not in contact with them so can't ask but I remember it being pretty bleak for the most part but also some good.. fruit and veg markets and stalls in Woolwich, pie & mash shops with my Nan. I also remember seeing punks and football violence. And the storm in 1987.
Just wondering.. What would life have been like from an adults perspective in 1982?

Yes I was 8.5 stone when I was 18 and wore a size 12. I was slim and had a flat belly.
Years later in the 2000s I was 9.5 stone and wore a size 10.

Interesting, I was 8st 7lb, 5'7" and in 1982 wore an 8 to 10!

Would someone like my mum have stood out then.. 17, married with a baby? My parents definitely didn't marry for love, I think my Nan insisted because of the pregnancy. Was a baby out of wedlock frowned upon on in the 80s?
@Its5656

I was also a similar age to your mum . I do remember a couple of girls having babies at around that age - they were given council/HA accommodation with their partners. I don't think it was particularly unusual, but they would have obviously led a different life to me and my friends, going out to pubs and gigs etc. I recall my friend's sister 'having' to get married as her parents were quite old fashioned, but as far as I'm aware, she and her husband are still together . Amongst my friendship group, it was a lot less common to go to university than it is now.

In the second half of the 80s I had two children in my class whose mothers had been 14 when they were born.

I was the teacher btw not a child.