PaulandNic

What you couldn't on yours? ...

knockoff nige

I never had one. I just always wanted one. But, we were poor.

PaulandNic

Me too. I had my spoilt only bastard child friends cast off (Raleigh Burner) for my Xmas pressie one year.

Almost a BMX ...

ausi dream

Remember!

Men at work/Down Under
Madness/Our House
Madonna/Crazy for You
Bangles/Walk Like an Egyption
Blondie/The Tide is High
Bon Jovi/Livin On a Prayer
Chris DeBurgh/Dont Pay The Ferryman
Duran Duran/Hungry Like the Wolf
Ligh Orchestra/Dont Bring Me Down
Falco/Rock Me Amadeus
Peter Gabriel/Sledgehammer
Human League/Dont You Want Me
RayParker,jr/Ghost busters
Robert Parmer/Addicted To Love
ZZ Top/Gimme All Your Lovin
Wham/Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
Sade/Smooth Operator
Weather Girls/It' Raining Men
Stray Cats/Stray Cat Strut
Peter Schilling/Major Tom
Michael Jackson/Billie Jean
Dexys Midnight Runners/Come on Eileen
Cyndi Lauper/Girls Just Want to Have Fun
Bobby McFerrin/Dont Worry,Be Happy


And much more!!!!!!!!!

mancfamily

You know you grew up in the 80's if:

1. You used to buy cassette singles… and still have some stashed somewhere…

2. You can sing the rap to the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and can do the Carlton

3. You hold a special place in your heart for "Back to the Future."

4. You know where to go if you "wanna go where everybody knows your name."

5. You've heard of Cabbage Patch Kids.

6. You know that "WOAH" comes from Joey on Blossom

7. Two words: Hammer Pants

8. You watched "Fraggle Rock"

9. You had plastic streamers on your handle bars... and spokey-dokies or playing cards on your spokes for that incredible sound effect

10. You watched "Duck Tales" (Woo ooh!)

11. It was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons.

12. You (your sister, cousins) wore a ponytail on the side of your head.

13. You saw the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on the big screen..and still know the turtles names.

14. You know all the words to "ice ice baby".

15. Poltergeist freaked you out.

16. You ever had a Swatch Watch.

17. L.A. Gear....need I say more?

18. You Believed that "By the power of Greyskull, you HAD the power!"

19. You know the profound meaning of "WAX ON, WAX OFF"

20. You wanted to be a Goonie. ("Goonies never say die.")

21. You ever wore fluorescent clothing. (some of us...head-to-toe)

22. You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off and his cheeks shifted.

23. You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.

24. Your first Walkman weighed about as much as a brick.

25. You still get the urge to say "NOT" after every sentence.

26. You remember Hypercolor t-shirts.

27. You knew "The Artist", when he was humbly called "Prince".

28. You thought She-ra (Princess of Power!) and He-Man should hook up. (Many 80's kids have informed me that this would be incest so scrap that)!

29. You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you exchanged handmade friendship bracelets.

30. After you saw Pee-Wee's Big Adventure you kept saying "I know you are, but what am I?"

31. You were a Cub Scout, brownie or girl guide but now you have no idea what all the badges you got were for.

32. You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates.

33. If you ever said "I pity the fool".

34. You have ever played with a Skip-It or Elastix

35. You had or attended a birthday party at McDonalds.

36. You've gone through this nodding your head in agreement.

37. You remember when cellular phones weighed 15 lbs. and had to be carried over your shoulder.

38. You wore like, EIGHT pairs of socks over tights with high top Reeboks.

39. You wore socks scrunched down

40. You remember boom boxes and walking around with one on your shoulder like you were all that.

41. You remember watching both Gremlins movies.

42. You know what it meant to say "Care Bear Stare!!"

43. You remember watching Rainbow Bright and & My Little Pony Tales

44. You had to come in the house when the street lights came on.

45. You remember Alf, the lil furry brown alien from Melmac.

46. You remember New Kids on the Block when they were cool...and don't even flinch when people refer to them as "NKOTB"

47. You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By The Bell," The ORIGINAL class.

48. You know all the words to Bon Jovi - "SHOT THROUGH THE HEART AND YOUR TO BLAME.. YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME"

49. You just sang those words to yourself.

50. You have a tendency to turn the collar up on your Polo shirts.

51. Your first computer was a Commodore 64 or an Atari 800.

52. You know what movie the phrase, "Number 5 is alive!" is from.

53. You played with Lego’s when they were just blocks of various sizes, not any of the special little parts.

54. You took plastic cartoon lunch boxes to school.

55. You remember that "Up above the streets and houses,
Rainbow climbing high. Everyone can see it smiling over the sky. Paint the whole world with a rainbow"

56. You played and or collected "Pogs"

57. You used to (and probably still do)
say "What you talkin' 'bout Willis?"

58. You played British Bulldog or Man hunt

59."You went to a chinese restaurant to buy a loaf of bread, bread, bread. They wrapped it up in a five pound note and this is what they said, said, said.....

60. You sang " One, two, Freddy's coming for you. / Three, four, better lock your door. / Five, six, grab your crucifix. / Seven, eight, gonna stay up late. / Nine, ten, never sleep again."

Icarus

good one

mancfamily

If your talking about my list it took my ages to type, so glad you appreciate it Icarus

Icarus

its Karma worthy for sure

Jaycee1

very much appreciated m.f
memories...............

lisabarber

do you remember those tee shirts you had printed on blackpool pier with your face on that was "computer generated" made up of zillions of crosses, mum washed mine and i looked like quazi modo!and chocolate tools that you got at xmas, easter eggs that if you got a milk tray one you were posh, the lovely smelling purple wrapper inside the lid and it if you put it up to the light it was all coloured.good news boxes of chocolate and the advert for the cereal country store with the squirrel on it and nuts in little squares. the advert for cyclax hand cream where they put it on a leaf and tried to crush it and it stayed supple, the advert for contact 2000 tablets,oh and choc ice and chips think it was an advert for iceland when the mum left meals in the freezer coz she was having a baby, oh my god i watched loads of adverts and television, ski yoghurts that had lids on that looked like milk churns(hazelnut oh yes) and booty bags 33 pence from quick save , got one every saturday, thought i was fab. bonfire night that was actually on the day with proper fireworks, i even remember on a sober thought, when the yorkshire ripper was about, scary, enough remeniscing,

Racht70

I love that breakdance album ( theres no stoppin' us...99 and a half ) i still have mine on tape!

And i loved my jeans with the piping ...i had white piping lol

Racht70

Wow great list manc family I totally relate to 'em all


Who can remember these or some simlar http://www.nostalgiacentral.com/imag...rskates_02.jpg

smiling4

I remember doing that too!!

Funny cos earlier today I was walking the dog in between the freezing rain and sun anyhow happened to walk past a house and could smell creosote......was gonna post on here, the things that take you back to your childhood and this was one of them, it always seemed as a kid that someone was creosoting their fence and that smell!! Not unpleasant but not the best!
Ems x

smiling4

remember those too - not that I was allowed any!! Told that I had to learn to walk on my own feet first - to this day never been on a pair of skates or blades Ems x

flossie22

I am really sad---I loved A-Ha and Bros!!!!

I remember having 1/2 pence sweets. I loved watching bagpuss and BOD and fingermouse. Does anyone remember the kids tv show-rent-a ghost???

I had bonce-bouncers , owned a pair of jellie shoes and like spangle sweets!!!