Reply to: Memories of the 80s for 'Generation X' (where X is a generic meta-letter).

[barrydidit]

Back to the future
Porn mags hidden in bushes
Those space hopper balls with a circular step for your feet
Katie crossman showing off her knickers in the playground
Snow
Saturday morning in Morley baths
Baker days
Giving a tulip about Christmas

[SueEllen]

St Winifred's school choir

[stek]

White shoes with no socks, light trousers, plain teeshirt with jacket and rolled up sleeves, bleached hair and it was Miami Vice but in Bolton......

[LondonManc]

The world of music:
Michael Jackson and Madonna ruling the world of pop
U2 being angry and non-preachy
INXS being awesome
Debbie Gibson
Wendy James

Elsewhere:
Bullseye
Red Dwarf
Blackadder

[BlasterBates]

Duran Duran
Spandau Ballet
Adam and the Ants
Echo and the Bunnymen
Boy George

[SueEllen]

Brixton riots

Poll tax

Michael Foot

Neil Kinnock

[NotAllThere]

2b. Miners strike and interminable coverage of violence - it was a kind of civil war really

That was the plan, I believe. Civil unrest spreading until the government is violently overthrown and a communist paradise is implemented.

8. Going to university and being exposed to lefty causes: gay rights etc for the first time.

Ha, yes. I was a socialist until I went to university and met left wingers.

[SueEllen]

Lots of women with dyed Ginger hair due to Fergie marrying Prince Andrew.

Fergie bows

Puff ball skirts

Duran Duran

Bros

MC Hammer pants

[ZARDOZ]

Videos of films costing £80 and coming out 18 months to 2 years after the film which in turn came out 6 months to a year after the US.

Unemployment lower than today but unemployment statistics being higher

Every adult male scouser having a moustache

Women with big Bonnie Tyler hair (still in fashion in Hampshire)

Snowwash denim

Stock Aiken and Waterman

[LondonManc]

The A-Team
Knight Rider
Kevin Moran getting sent off then Norman Whiteside scoring the winner in extra time
That Ricky Villa goal
Airwolf
R-TAPE LOADING ERROR
6031769 (let's see who gets that one)
The Renault Fuego

[SueEllen]

British bulldog being banned every time we got caught playing it.

[Bee]

Rubik cube.
The Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Frank Sinatra
Billy Idol
Tears for Fears
U2
Atari computer
Tetris game

[VectraMan]

0. Maggie wins.
1. Jingoism and the Falklands War - comparing UK and Argie war technology at school

The day after the Raid on Pebble Island we reenacted it at school by dividing into two groups and having a big fight at play time. It was great.

[Bee]

"A lady called in saying there would be a storm...don't worry..."

I remember Dallas.

[SueEllen]

"A lady called in saying there would be a storm...don't worry..."