Norm_uk

Ahhhh Hair Metal...and Monsters of Rock at Donnigton.

I'd also mention the Cold War, Back to the Future, The Goonies and computer games that took ten minutes to load (every time you wanted to play them).

N.

commander

yea, the spectrum games. With the blue and yellow loading screens. Didnt it depend on the volume of the tape recorder?

britexpat76

Porky's ! I loved that movie as a youth

Theseus

Depeche Mode and Spandau Ballet
Very tight jeans with zips at the ankles
reading Judy Bloom Books especially the naughty one without my parents knowing
Barbie's house my friend/enemy had one and I didn't, I had stupid Cindy and My brother's old action man and the Jeep which was cool as f...
Watching Neighbours every night and wishing I was Kylie
Getting caught stealing softfruit sweets from the corner shop, telling them my real address and lying awake for 6 months terrified they would come round and tell my mum.

britexpat76

I remember going home at Lunchtimes to watch Neighbours..........
Was Grolsch tops on shoes 80's?

Theseus

Oh yeah i'd forgotten about that - that was a Bros thing - i remember thinking the world would end if i couldn't marry Luke Goss. :rofl

edit* see also stealing VW badges from cars - Beastie boys/break dancing thing

Miss Anne Thrope

American football on Channel 4.

Oh, and The Tube.

Snooker, all the time everywhere...

Miss Anne Thrope

Hill Street Blues - be careful out there....

britexpat76

Quincey and Colombo.

The Dean

Wonderful - the show that changed the face of TV police drama............ what happened to the excellent cast? Most of them sank without trace.......

Millhouse

Airwolf

Miss Anne Thrope

I think a few of them got recycled through subsequent Stephen Bochco productions (NYPD Blue etc) but I agree, it's surprising more of them did not go on to become major fixtures in movies and TV.

Meow

Fame

Sandboy

unemployment - thatcher ( is she not dead yet ? ) - Billy Bragg - Anti Apartheid Gigs

right on brother

silversilver

Reminds me of owning several pairs of leg warmers - although really they should have been called ankle warmers because I certainly never wore them full stretch from ankle to knee!