Topic: calling 80's kids (Read 6078 times)

dreadnought110 · « **on:** February 22, 2008, 19:04:52 »

What did you like most about the 80's i.e rubics cube's etc.... :lol:

ben_haynes · « **Reply #1 on:** February 22, 2008, 22:21:05 »

do i count as an 80's kid (1985) :dance:

hairyasswelder · « **Reply #2 on:** February 22, 2008, 22:27:05 »

Quote from: ben_haynes on February 22, 2008, 22:21:05

do i count as an 80's kid (1985) :dance:

Same here, I think I was particularly enjoying SMA at the time :D

Jess

markyd · « **Reply #3 on:** February 22, 2008, 22:28:38 »

god that makes me feel old :lol:

born in the summer of '69 i was :lol:

ben_haynes · « **Reply #4 on:** February 22, 2008, 22:33:47 »

Quote from: hairyasswelder on February 22, 2008, 22:27:05

Quote from: ben_haynes on February 22, 2008, 22:21:05
do i count as an 80's kid (1985) :dance:

Same here, I think I was particularly enjoying SMA at the time :D

Jess

SMA now the memories come flowing back :lol:

zacspeed · « **Reply #5 on:** February 22, 2008, 22:36:45 »

Wham bars, The Smiths, Ford Cortinas & discovering females :oops: (not in that order) :lol:

hairyasswelder · « **Reply #6 on:** February 22, 2008, 22:44:05 »

Quote from: ben_haynes on February 22, 2008, 22:33:47

Quote from: hairyasswelder on February 22, 2008, 22:27:05
Quote from: ben_haynes on February 22, 2008, 22:21:05
do i count as an 80's kid (1985) :dance:

Same here, I think I was particularly enjoying SMA at the time :D

Jess

SMA now the memories come flowing back :lol:

I just emptied 2 bottles of the stuff so not so much a memory for me!

datalas · « **Reply #7 on:** February 22, 2008, 22:48:24 »

Quote from: dreadnought110 on February 22, 2008, 19:04:52

What did you like most about the 80's i.e rubics cube's etc.... :lol:

My SO :D

Boggert · « **Reply #8 on:** February 22, 2008, 22:48:49 »

Wam bars that brings back memoreies, cans of coke were 12p and Belinda Carslile and big hair on the lasses! :lol:

adafish · « **Reply #9 on:** February 22, 2008, 22:53:00 »

Duran duran...adam n the ants......going to to the village disco ( BALSALL COMMON), with me adam n the ants scarf round me wrist doing the "PRINCE CHARMING "down the length of village hall dance floor....Meeting me bird and going behind the garages...(PRAWN COCKTAIL CRISPS)......and BMX bandits.... been chased round the village by beat bobbies on our BMX's....i wish i was 14 again

tom38 · « **Reply #10 on:** February 22, 2008, 23:16:44 »

iron maiden twisted sister n goth chics in edwards no 8 long time aho lol

BK · « **Reply #11 on:** February 22, 2008, 23:29:20 »

Kim Wilde in the "kids in america"video,my 2.0gl ford cortina with the big stereo,I could afford to fuel up a 2.9 xr4x4 sierra......................ahhhh them were the days :lol:

Range Rover Red · « **Reply #12 on:** February 23, 2008, 00:09:00 »

Scraping together Â£1 in change to put some petrol in RRB's old Escort and go burning round Rotherham for a couple of hours. We'd be lucky to get to the end of the road on Â£1 worth of fuel these days.

Duran Duran, Culture Club

Wispa bars

Ra ra skirts (not on me, though, I hasten to add! NOT pretty)

The mullet was a trendy haircut

Bowling shoes worn with school uniform (influenced by The Jam)

The launch of Channel 4, with the late 'Twice Nightly' Whiteley hosting the first programme, followed later in the evening by p'tang yang kipperbang (now that's sad)

adafish · « **Reply #13 on:** February 23, 2008, 08:10:18 »

"p'tang yang kippa bang......huh".....also pinch me mates dad's reno 12 out the garage..Pushing it quietly down the road (2am) and out we go...remember him hitting a tree in it.pushed back in the garage and his oldman thought a truck at work must of done it [-X

robert francis · « **Reply #14 on:** February 23, 2008, 09:09:27 »

i remember the old mk1 escorts were still so popular then, all those film you used to watch but now they seem so cheesey, i dont smoke anymore but the price of fags were under Â£2 for 20 and petrol was about 25p a litre,

strapping young lad · « **Reply #15 on:** February 23, 2008, 09:36:56 »

born in 73 so i remember the 80's fairly well

saturday afternoons
knight rider or airwolf or a team or street hawk

maguyver was on too i think (what a resourceful guy!)

look-in magazine

beezer/dandy/beano comics

everyone had a bmx trying to copy andy ruffell or eddy fiola

the snow of 81

bucks fizz (the band) and THAT dance move with the skirt... did things to kids back then!

Lord Shagg-Pyle · « **Reply #16 on:** February 23, 2008, 12:09:13 »

A seriously bizarre decade!

My recollections of the 80's?
Hmm.
Bunking off from Sixth Form and getting ratted on cheap Fosters lager.
Having a shiny suit, with a red tie.
Going on a CND march to try and impress a lass I was trying to 'get to know'.
Having a ponytail.
A mates parents getting a new fangled CD player and a copy of Dire Staits 'Brothers in Arms' and trying to work out what the difference was in sound quality while ratted on cheap Fosters lager.
Seeing the Met's Special Patrol Group in action and thinking 'I could do that job'.
Seeing a 'swedish art movie'.
Sitting in a computer class and thinking 'What is the point of this? No one will ever have computers at home! Where is the cheap Fosters lager?"
Seeing Boy George on TOTP and thinking "What the hell is that?"
Watching Bucks Fizz on the Eurovision Song Contest, purely for the bit where the skirts get ripped off.
Having to leave school and get a job! The end of freedom!

dreadnought110 · « **Reply #17 on:** February 23, 2008, 13:48:56 »

Quote from: strapping young lad on February 23, 2008, 09:36:56

born in 73 so i remember the 80's fairly well

saturday afternoons
knight rider or airwolf or a team or street hawk

maguyver was on too i think (what a resourceful guy!)

look-in magazine

beezer/dandy/beano comics

everyone had a bmx trying to copy andy ruffell or eddy fiola

the snow of 81

bucks fizz (the band) and THAT dance move with the skirt... did things to kids back then!

Good year 73 (same year i was born!!) I remember watching knight rider through the banister's on the stairs cause i was supposed to be in bed! such good time's....Oh and me dad had an Audi 100 Avant 5E CD and it used to fly!! loved it remember coming back from a firework dispaly with about 6 adult's and 4 kids in it!!!

strapping young lad · « **Reply #18 on:** February 23, 2008, 14:45:57 »

fireworks seemed better back then, louder and you could stand feet away from the bonfire..

also remember in the youth club setting off fireworks, the holder tippnig and the rocket shooting past my head missing me by inches and blowing up on the field

ace!

these days

HSE would go nuts!

oh

dempsey and makepeace ;)
bergerac (got some inconsistencies pointed out to me by a jersey resident who is quite miffed)

biggerlandy · « **Reply #19 on:** February 23, 2008, 15:32:42 »

battle of the planets

Range Rover Blues · « **Reply #20 on:** February 23, 2008, 16:17:10 »

Here's a tip for anyone who loved the 70s/80s cop shows like the Proffesionals or Starsky & Hutch.

Don't buy them on DVD and sit and watch them one after another ;)

Once a week is fine, but too often and you start to see the same clips used over again, plus the baddies all drive either a '56 green Chevvy or a brown Grand Torino week after week.

Thrasher · « **Reply #21 on:** February 23, 2008, 17:46:17 »

After going to see a band first saw in '88 and sitting here with my leg up in the air for it to recover ... I'm convinced I'm still in the 80's ;-)

The 80's for me were the best years of my life :) (born 17171!)

beast5680 · « **Reply #22 on:** February 23, 2008, 18:35:49 »

aaaah the 80,s
the music seemed so much better

you could have a fight at school without it appearing on you tube the following day
teachers could give the yob element a clip round the ear without fear of a law suit
we were genuinely respectful of the old bill =;
we could throw sticks at conker trees without the health and safety risk assessment police stopping us and then have a conker fight without safety goggles :shock:

strapping young lad · « **Reply #23 on:** February 23, 2008, 19:03:00 »

pole position
ulysses
monkey (although i think this was 70's)
bj mckay and the bear
"right turn clyde" (you know what im talking about here)

adafish · « **Reply #24 on:** February 23, 2008, 19:33:57 »

GARLIC BREAD........i remember tasting it and thinkin....thats the future :lol:...trying to pull a wheelie on a GRIFTER...bloody heavy bikes, then having me first dropped handlebar bike...with SD1 handbrake grips on the bars (me oldman worked at Solihull)...

dreadnought110 · « **Reply #25 on:** February 23, 2008, 19:52:32 »

Off course not forgetting Kickstart loved watching that with me brother and dad also rentaghost etc... :lol:

Range Rover Blues · « **Reply #26 on:** February 23, 2008, 19:54:03 »

Rentaghost, what ever happened to that :D

dreadnought110 · « **Reply #27 on:** February 23, 2008, 20:00:40 »

This sights got some interesting stuff on http://www.80snostalgia.com/

dreadnought110 · « **Reply #28 on:** February 23, 2008, 20:02:15 »

Shed loads of 80's nostalga out there!!! http://www.pure80spop.co.uk/ and oh my god how many of these do you remember!!! http://80scartoons.co.uk/

marjan · « **Reply #29 on:** February 23, 2008, 20:45:34 »

Fraggle Rock - Brilliant !!!

My Eddie Lawson Kawasaki 1100R in bright green with every imaginable extra on it, I loved that bike :'( :'( :'(

Doing the Tour of Mull in 1982 with my mate in his Escort Mk2 - Great fun :D :D :D

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