Are we lucky to be alive........?!
Nov 25th 2004, 4:20 pm
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Re: Are we lucky to be alive........?!
Originally Posted by SunshineGirl
I lived near Oulton Park and used to go a lot around 1976/7.
We went quite a lot around then too. Probably saw you! Spooky! I remember watching the Transatlantic Trophy with Randy Mamola in particular and all the other big names as well as a few national and clubmans races. I have a great photo somewhere of Jock Stein and passenger hanging off their sidecar as it went upside as it came towards us.
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Nov 25th 2004, 4:28 pm
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Re: Are we lucky to be alive........?!
Originally Posted by Professional Princess
I remember running out of loo paper and mum forcing us to use 'Izal' toilet role
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Nov 25th 2004, 4:51 pm
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Re: Are we lucky to be alive........?!
Originally Posted by SunshineGirl
Trademark restrictions in the UK. They've been known by the 'newer' names abroad for years.
I think Rolf grew up on the Swan River. Went on a wine cruise earlier this year and the guides kept referring to him. I'll check again when I try the cruise again a few weeks.
I think Rolf grew up on the Swan River. Went on a wine cruise earlier this year and the guides kept referring to him. I'll check again when I try the cruise again a few weeks.
Yes he's known as the Boy from Bassendean. Quite right!
Nov 25th 2004, 4:57 pm
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Re: Are we lucky to be alive........?!
Originally Posted by Cheeky
Ok girls!! 
Who remembers Sindy dolls? (Barbies predecessor)
And Girls World???
And not forgetting Tiny Tears!!!!!
Aw to be a kid again!!!
Cheeky
Who remembers Sindy dolls? (Barbies predecessor)
And Girls World???
And not forgetting Tiny Tears!!!!!
Aw to be a kid again!!!
Cheeky
Nov 25th 2004, 5:01 pm
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Re: Are we lucky to be alive........?!
Originally Posted by worzel
I would still much rather have carnation milk on my apple pie than custard or cream. And I like Battenburg cake, Sam.
My Dad used to take me and my brother to Oulton Park in his van to watch the motorbike racing. We had to hide in the back amongst all the greasy tools under a sheet so he didn't have to pay for us
My Dad used to take me and my brother to Oulton Park in his van to watch the motorbike racing. We had to hide in the back amongst all the greasy tools under a sheet so he didn't have to pay for us
Drive-ins!!!!!!!!
Oh wow they were good value. Used to get a cartoony thing and two movies. Mum and dad used to lay the back seat down and make us lie really really still under a blanket so they didn't have to pay for us. Lying in the back of the car (Station wagon aka Estate) with pillows and blankets. All jumping around in the warmth of summer evenings.
Obviously this was in Oz.
Nov 25th 2004, 5:03 pm
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Re: Are we lucky to be alive........?!
Originally Posted by worzel
Whereabouts? I am from Chester and my Dad's family were from Ashton near Kelsall
We went quite a lot around then too. Probably saw you! Spooky! I remember watching the Transatlantic Trophy with Randy Mamola in particular and all the other big names as well as a few national and clubmans races. I have a great photo somewhere of Jock Stein and passenger hanging off their sidecar as it went upside as it came towards us.
We went quite a lot around then too. Probably saw you! Spooky! I remember watching the Transatlantic Trophy with Randy Mamola in particular and all the other big names as well as a few national and clubmans races. I have a great photo somewhere of Jock Stein and passenger hanging off their sidecar as it went upside as it came towards us.
Nov 25th 2004, 9:02 pm
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Re: Are we lucky to be alive........?!
This is one of the funniest non-oz threads i've read in ages, thanks!!!!! 
Nov 25th 2004, 9:16 pm
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Re: Are we lucky to be alive........?!
LOL!!!! I have no idea what happened to mine.......
I know my daughter has had one and its now gone, gave it away already!! She lost interest, well they dont make em like they used too!!
Cheeky
I have no idea what happened to mine.......I know my daughter has had one and its now gone, gave it away already!! She lost interest, well they dont make em like they used too!!
Cheeky
Originally Posted by Ushas
I Loved my Girls World. Only gave it away when I moved from Oz to UK 6 years ago.
Nov 25th 2004, 9:53 pm
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Re: Are we lucky to be alive........?!
W ow really luvin this post sam,certainly bringin back some memories.
spam fritters for school dinner :scared:
tracey.
spam fritters for school dinner :scared:
tracey.
Nov 26th 2004, 5:49 am
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Re: Are we lucky to be alive........?!
Guys
Got so nostalgic reading this thread yesterday that I flicked to VH1 Classics last night just to wallow in it again! What about the music?:
The Police
The Jam
The Beat (that little guy with wobbly legs always made me laugh)
The great Madness (baggy trousers!)
Blondie (.....I'll be back in a min - just off to the loo!)
Pretenders
Bad Manners (lip up fatty, ah lip up fatty, fatty reggae!!)
then of course onto my era with:
Depeche Mode (saw them twice - once in 1981 and again in 1994)
The Human League
Yazoo (saw them in 82 - Alison Moyet was just out of this world)
Tears for Fears (saw in 82)
Ultravox (oooooooo Vienna! - saw in 86)
China Crisis (going a bit deep here)
Soft Cell (no comment)
Echo and the Bunnymen
The Cure
Spandau Ballet
Wham! (Wham bam....I am...a man....job or nooo job......)
Duran Duran (still good)
ABC (shoot that poison arrow to my heeaaart!, shoot that poison arrow..)
god, I used to have all the clobber too - pleated trousers with 25 pleats in, Cavalry shirts, pointed shoes and a flick haircut
Then what about all the NAFF stuff
Bros
Dollar
Captain bloody sensible
Joe Dolce (kept Vienna off the No 1 slot!)
Kool and the Gang
Hot Chocolate (debateable if Naff or not)
Could go on and on but how about you lot......
Got so nostalgic reading this thread yesterday that I flicked to VH1 Classics last night just to wallow in it again! What about the music?:
The Police
The Jam
The Beat (that little guy with wobbly legs always made me laugh)
The great Madness (baggy trousers!)
Blondie (.....I'll be back in a min - just off to the loo!)
Pretenders
Bad Manners (lip up fatty, ah lip up fatty, fatty reggae!!)
then of course onto my era with:
Depeche Mode (saw them twice - once in 1981 and again in 1994)
The Human League
Yazoo (saw them in 82 - Alison Moyet was just out of this world)
Tears for Fears (saw in 82)
Ultravox (oooooooo Vienna! - saw in 86)
China Crisis (going a bit deep here)
Soft Cell (no comment)
Echo and the Bunnymen
The Cure
Spandau Ballet
Wham! (Wham bam....I am...a man....job or nooo job......)
Duran Duran (still good)
ABC (shoot that poison arrow to my heeaaart!, shoot that poison arrow..)
god, I used to have all the clobber too - pleated trousers with 25 pleats in, Cavalry shirts, pointed shoes and a flick haircut
Then what about all the NAFF stuff
Bros
Dollar
Captain bloody sensible
Joe Dolce (kept Vienna off the No 1 slot!)
Kool and the Gang
Hot Chocolate (debateable if Naff or not)
Could go on and on but how about you lot......
Nov 26th 2004, 5:54 am
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Re: Are we lucky to be alive........?!
Originally Posted by Cheeky
Ok girls!!
Who remembers Sindy dolls? (Barbies predecessor)
And Girls World???
And not forgetting Tiny Tears!!!!!
Aw to be a kid again!!!
Cheeky
Who remembers Sindy dolls? (Barbies predecessor)
And Girls World???
And not forgetting Tiny Tears!!!!!
Aw to be a kid again!!!
Cheeky
My Tiny tears doll is currently in the junk room here!!!!!! I have never had the heart to get rid of it!! 
Nov 26th 2004, 12:45 pm
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Re: Are we lucky to be alive........?!
thpinkpussycat that was great, boy it all brings back some good memories just wish our children could have the fun we had 
in our way that is
just wish our children could have the fun we had in our way that is
Nov 26th 2004, 12:50 pm
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Re: Are we lucky to be alive........?!
Craig,
Wow this lot takes me back!! I used to love all the groups you mention in the second list!
Ive just been out and when I got in the car I turned on the radio Tpau were playing 'China in Your Hand'. It was no1 in 1987. I loved that group (at the time!) and I thought I would add it to the list. I remember I used to have big, curly hair (again at the time!) like the the lead singer, Carol Decker!!!
Going back.......back.......back a bit more I used to love Wham!! Had the t-shirt too! Flippen heck your second list I cant beleive it I remember them all!! China Crisis I know the name but what did they sing? Alison Moyet in Yazoo had a fantastic voice. Ultravox, wow I thought Midge Ure was gorgeus!! Wow Duran Duran, my fav was John Taylor!!! Echo and the Bunnymen did they sing Echoe Beach?? The song is in my head now! (Echoe beach, far-away-in-time, echoe beach faraway-in time........) I liked that one!
ABC had a fantastic album, all the songs were brill!
Who remembers Adam and the Ants??!!!!!!! OMG I liked them as well! Prince Charmin!! LOL Stand and Deliver!!! LOL!!
I didnt get many clothes as a teenager (had my sisters hand-me-downs ) but I can remember skin tight jeans (I was stick-thin back then anyway) my hair was like the girls who sang in Human League, got my sister to cut it for me!!
No she isnt/wasnt a hairdresser so you can imagine that!! And I thought I looked fantastic!!
Thanks for the memories!!!
Cheeky
PS BTW (Desperately trying to redeem myself!!) The music I like at the mo.....fav is Keene, also like Dido, Natasha Bedingfield, the Darkness, Stereophonics and of course Robbie Williams!! I hope my taste in music has improved with age! Crowded House were brill too (still listen to their stuff) but are no longer around....
And I have enough money to buy my own clothes now and my hairdresser is one of my bestest friends! (no not my sister!!)
Wow this lot takes me back!! I used to love all the groups you mention in the second list!
Ive just been out and when I got in the car I turned on the radio Tpau were playing 'China in Your Hand'. It was no1 in 1987. I loved that group (at the time!) and I thought I would add it to the list. I remember I used to have big, curly hair (again at the time!) like the the lead singer, Carol Decker!!!
Going back.......back.......back a bit more I used to love Wham!! Had the t-shirt too!
Flippen heck your second list I cant beleive it I remember them all!! China Crisis I know the name but what did they sing? Alison Moyet in Yazoo had a fantastic voice. Ultravox, wow I thought Midge Ure was gorgeus!! Wow Duran Duran, my fav was John Taylor!!! Echo and the Bunnymen did they sing Echoe Beach?? The song is in my head now! (Echoe beach, far-away-in-time, echoe beach faraway-in time........) I liked that one!ABC had a fantastic album, all the songs were brill!
Who remembers Adam and the Ants??!!!!!!! OMG I liked them as well! Prince Charmin!! LOL Stand and Deliver!!! LOL!!
I didnt get many clothes as a teenager (had my sisters hand-me-downs ) but I can remember skin tight jeans (I was stick-thin back then anyway) my hair was like the girls who sang in Human League, got my sister to cut it for me!!
No she isnt/wasnt a hairdresser so you can imagine that!! And I thought I looked fantastic!! Thanks for the memories!!!
Cheeky
PS BTW (Desperately trying to redeem myself!!) The music I like at the mo.....fav is Keene, also like Dido, Natasha Bedingfield, the Darkness, Stereophonics and of course Robbie Williams!! I hope my taste in music has improved with age! Crowded House were brill too (still listen to their stuff) but are no longer around....
And I have enough money to buy my own clothes now and my hairdresser is one of my bestest friends! (no not my sister!!)
Originally Posted by Craig Brooke
Guys
Got so nostalgic reading this thread yesterday that I flicked to VH1 Classics last night just to wallow in it again! What about the music?:
The Police
The Jam
The Beat (that little guy with wobbly legs always made me laugh)
The great Madness (baggy trousers!)
Blondie (.....I'll be back in a min - just off to the loo!)
Pretenders
Bad Manners (lip up fatty, ah lip up fatty, fatty reggae!!)
then of course onto my era with:
Depeche Mode (saw them twice - once in 1981 and again in 1994)
The Human League
Yazoo (saw them in 82 - Alison Moyet was just out of this world)
Tears for Fears (saw in 82)
Ultravox (oooooooo Vienna! - saw in 86)
China Crisis (going a bit deep here)
Soft Cell (no comment)
Echo and the Bunnymen
The Cure
Spandau Ballet
Wham! (Wham bam....I am...a man....job or nooo job......)
Duran Duran (still good)
ABC (shoot that poison arrow to my heeaaart!, shoot that poison arrow..)
god, I used to have all the clobber too - pleated trousers with 25 pleats in, Cavalry shirts, pointed shoes and a flick haircut
Then what about all the NAFF stuff
Bros
Dollar
Captain bloody sensible
Joe Dolce (kept Vienna off the No 1 slot!)
Kool and the Gang
Hot Chocolate (debateable if Naff or not)
Could go on and on but how about you lot......
Got so nostalgic reading this thread yesterday that I flicked to VH1 Classics last night just to wallow in it again! What about the music?:
The Police
The Jam
The Beat (that little guy with wobbly legs always made me laugh)
The great Madness (baggy trousers!)
Blondie (.....I'll be back in a min - just off to the loo!)
Pretenders
Bad Manners (lip up fatty, ah lip up fatty, fatty reggae!!)
then of course onto my era with:
Depeche Mode (saw them twice - once in 1981 and again in 1994)
The Human League
Yazoo (saw them in 82 - Alison Moyet was just out of this world)
Tears for Fears (saw in 82)
Ultravox (oooooooo Vienna! - saw in 86)
China Crisis (going a bit deep here)
Soft Cell (no comment)
Echo and the Bunnymen
The Cure
Spandau Ballet
Wham! (Wham bam....I am...a man....job or nooo job......)
Duran Duran (still good)
ABC (shoot that poison arrow to my heeaaart!, shoot that poison arrow..)
god, I used to have all the clobber too - pleated trousers with 25 pleats in, Cavalry shirts, pointed shoes and a flick haircut
Then what about all the NAFF stuff
Bros
Dollar
Captain bloody sensible
Joe Dolce (kept Vienna off the No 1 slot!)
Kool and the Gang
Hot Chocolate (debateable if Naff or not)
Could go on and on but how about you lot......
Nov 26th 2004, 3:05 pm
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Re: Are we lucky to be alive........?!
who remembers dancing at the disco to dexies midnight runners :scared:
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Nov 26th 2004, 3:29 pm
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Re: Are we lucky to be alive........?!
Originally Posted by scissors
who remembers dancing at the disco to dexies midnight runners :scared:
tracey.s
tracey.s
Have been to a club up Birmingham recently that is all 80's - everybody danced all night (around their handbags, of course). It was great, we would have looked mental to most people screaming "OMG remember this - gotta dance" but everybody was the same.