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 Mr_Gristle  In the land of Whelk Eaters 14 Oct 16 9.22pm |
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Aaaargh yes. Good thread. I vaguely remember thinking that we were all going to go up in Mushroom Clouds from about 1980 for a good few years, (Whoops Apocalypse and Spitting Image on telly) but apart from that: Ski Sunday theme tune, nicked from Innsbruck Winter Olympics coverage as I recall. If Innsbruck was '76, I was only 7. Downhill skiing looked AMAZING! The drought of '76 and standpipes. Silver Jubilee street parties and mugs, '77 Star Wars. Battle of the Planets hitting children's hour somewhen in the late 70's / early 80s. Seriously. Street Sounds Electro albums, early 80's and doing windmills on spread-out cardboard boxes in the playground. Miners' Strike, '84 Gauntlet hitting arcades. '85? Chernobyl disaster '86 Herald of Free Enterprise sinking with open doors '87 Hungerford massacre '87 Serious, proper House club culture and first drug use ' 88 and ongoing dance club madness for about 5 years. Ceaucescu execution and Berlin Wall '89 Foot & Mouth and having to drive through disinfectant 2001 Anything more recent is probably in line with everyone else, apart from the sudden spike in aggressive media manipulation of opinion over the last couple of years and the State doing for David Kelly because he blew the whistle on the whole blag of the Iraq WMD bollox.
Edited by Mr_Gristle (14 Oct 2016 9.28pm)
Well I think Simon's head is large; always involved in espionage. (Name that tune) |
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| JL85 London,SE9 14 Oct 16 10.14pm |
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Channel 5 - Confessions of a Window Cleaner/Red Shoe Diaries
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 Michaelawt85 Bexley 14 Oct 16 10.58pm |
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When I was a young girl my Mother said to me.. You listen here kid you're CPFC |
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| Michaelawt85 Bexley 14 Oct 16 10.59pm |
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Originally posted by JL85
Channel 5 - Confessions of a Window Cleaner/Red Shoe Diaries Rather red faced here. I remember watching the red shoe diaries (tv on silent) so I could hear if anyone came up the stairs....
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Henry of Peckham  Eton Mess 15 Oct 16 12.13am |
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Concorde has been and gone. First flew in 1969 and retired in 2003.
Denial is not just a river in Egypt |
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| Thegamesafoot Somewhere but Nowhere 15 Oct 16 3.41am |
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Multiculturism being an import as well as an export.
It's good to keep an opened mind, but not so open that your brains fall out. |
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| chris123 hove actually 15 Oct 16 7.37am |
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The Geneva Summit in 1985 for me.
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| doi209 Fighting for the weak and innocent... 15 Oct 16 8.42am |
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Originally posted by Painter
9th August 1969 Palaces first game in the top flight against Man Utd including Charlton and Best at Selhurst Park Coincided with having our home telephone installed. What a day !
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| doi209 Fighting for the weak and innocent... 15 Oct 16 8.46am |
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Originally posted by Midlands Eagle
Or Izal The only downside to the passing of the old hard toilet paper is that the comb and toilet paper was a musical instrument that everyone could afford Didnt find it any good. The s*** muffled middle C.
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| kingdowieonthewall Sussex, ex-Cronx. 15 Oct 16 8.52am |
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our first colour tv. On a serious note, one of the most shocking memories was the brutal lynching / murder of the 2 plain clothes soldiers who took a wrong turn & got stuck in a republican funeral march in N.I (80's?) Edited by kingdowieonthewall (15 Oct 2016 8.53am)
Kids,tired of being bothered by your pesky parents? |
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| Hoof Hearted 15 Oct 16 11.23am | |
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I was born in 1954 (so sub 4 minute mile and climbing Everest happened in my lifetime).... but I only really remember experiencing major events from 1960 onwards. The highlights/lowlights include.... JFK shot in 63 Winning the World Cup in 66 Aberfan Disaster also 66 The Moon landings 69/70's Red Rum winning the Grand National 3 times 73, 74 and 77 Botham's Ashes 81 Berlin Wall (built 61) destroyed in 89 Death of Princess Diana 97 New Millennium 99/00 Twin Towers 01 Frankie Dettori's 7 winners in one day 06 EU referendum result 16 These are/were just in my head - I checked the dates on google but remembered most of them.
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| doi209 Fighting for the weak and innocent... 15 Oct 16 11.34am |
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Originally posted by Hoof Hearted
I was born in 1954 (so sub 4 minute mile and climbing Everest happened in my lifetime).... but I only really remember experiencing major events from 1960 onwards. The highlights/lowlights include.... JFK shot in 63 Winning the World Cup in 66 Aberfan Disaster also 66 The Moon landings 69/70's Red Rum winning the Grand National 3 times 73, 74 and 77 Botham's Ashes 81 Berlin Wall (built 61) destroyed in 89 Death of Princess Diana 97 New Millennium 99/00 Twin Towers 01 Frankie Dettori's 7 winners in one day 06 EU referendum result 16 These are/were just in my head - I checked the dates on google but remembered most of them. Hilary's Everest news reached London on 2 June 1953. You must have heard it on the radio as a very young (unborn ) boy.
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