Welcome to the final post in my trilogy of scrapbooks covering The Jam years 1981 and 1982. I have been blown away by some of the information people have shared with me and the feedback I've received about the last two scrapbooks. I hope you will enjoy this wander down memory lane too. Putting these posts together has really highlighted to me how dramatically things changed over the course of The Jam’s short but explosive career. With hindsight you can see the split was inevitable although it took many of us a while to accept it. In the Desperately Seeking Paul podcast Steve Hinders and I took part in I spoke about how in the months after The Jam split, a group of friends and I started a petition asking them to reform. I know for certain there were many others who felt the same way. In fact I wouldn't be at all surprised to hear there were petitions all over the country filled with signatures from heartbroken fans. With hindsight it is clear to see The Jam’s legacy is an ...