You Know You Were A Child Of The Uk 80's When...

[medicinebox]

You wore a Kagoul

You remember Le Freak by Chic and Bad Manners' Can-Can.

You and all your friends discussed elaborate plans to

get together again at the end of the century and play "1999" by Prince

over and over again.

You dressed to emulate a person you saw in a Duran Duran, AHA,

Madonna or Bruce Springsteen video.

There was nothing strange about Bert n' Ernie living together.

You remember Garbage Pale Kids.

You knew who shot J.R. (but have probably forgotten!).

You remember which policeman you liked best in "Chips".

Mark from Eastenders will always be Tucker from Grange

Hill/Tucker's Luck.

You remember when Terry Wogan was on TV everyday.

You could sing "99 Red Balloons" in English and in German.

You reckon Wagon wheels and Mars Bars used to be bigger.

You remember a 'Man's got to chew, what a Man's got to chew'.

You remember when there was no breakfast TV and when TV shut down

at midnight, and when there was nothing on TV in the middle of the day

except for that test card girl with the stupid clown and a blackboard.

You remember Farleys rusks tasting nice, but when you had one about

5 years ago they were bloody awful!!

One word.....SPANGLES!!!

You never questioned why the A-Team was always imprisoned in places

that had sufficient tools to build an armoured tank.

Dungeons & Dragons was your favourite cartoon

Your lunch times were spent perfecting swan dives and backspins.

You've ever said "bright light, bright light" in a strange

high-pitched voice.

You know the theme tune and the names of all the actors and

characters in Dallas & Dynasty.

You fell out with friends during heated arguments about the

relative merits of Matt & Luke.

You owned, or wanted a "Frankie says..." T-shirt.

You have ever danced (or even worse cried) to Kylie & Jason.

Cerise pink, electric blue and banana yellow have ever featured in

your wardrobe or make-up collection.

You remember when the AHA video was the pinnacle of modern

technology, and you can still sing all the words.

Video players had a wire on the remote.

You had or knew someone with a Stretch Armstrong.

Raleigh Choppers, Grifters and Strikers were cool in that order.

'My Mums' sweets, pastries, pop and paper bags...

[DJ Pat]

You wore Hai Karate aftershave and chinos

[sbk]

Heh heh.

Take on me... (take on me) Take me oooonnn....

As a child of the US 80's (or rather, a teenager of the 80's) I recognize quite a few of your references there!

But you forgot the part about calculating your age in 1999 and how far away it all seemed!

[traveller_p]

lol

Not only did you wear luminous clothing, but they were mismatched fingerless gloves and towelling socks.

You remember when Betamax was at the cutting edge of technology.

You remember Look In magazine, and when it was only 20p

You can remember what Quatro tasted like

Your best mate had a soda stream at home and you were jealous

You tried to set up a "Famous Five" or "Secret Seven" gang with your school friends.

You wondered why a popular kids TV programme told you to "Turn off your TV set and go and do some less boring instead".

[medicinebox]

Keith Chegwin played pop, and wasn't an alcoholic...heheheh

[Totster]

Don't forget wearing your "baggies".... zips and pockets everywhere..!!

Oh... and the Krankies....

totster

[350torana]

A few other memories

- Commodore 64's were the greatest thing in computer games at the time.

- Wrestling on tv ..guys like King Kong Bundy, Randy Savage, Hart Foundation ..and of course the Hulkster.

- Having a mullet hair cut was cool

- Carbies were still the norm on alot of cars

- And, Murray Head was belting out a song about Bangkok, it didn't seem relevant then

[pluto_manibo]

- you wore Parachute pants

- you wore Ray bans "wayfarers" (after having seen Risky Business)

- you had an Atari 2600

- saved money to go play Pac Man and Donkey Kong

- owned a pair of chequered "VANS"

- you thought wearing shoes with no socks was cool and wearing a t shirt under a suit looked hip like Sonny Crocket in "Miami Vice"

[meom]

Snorting coke was more popular than xtc.

[RDN]

....There was nothing strange about Bert n' Ernie living together....

I thought "Eric and Ernie" in the same bed was pretty strange...

...but that was the 70's

[thaiwing]

I liked 1977......

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/mugshots/gatesmug1.html

[damnaam]

- saved money to go play Pac Man and Donkey Kong

...or even Space Invaders sat at one of those fancy smoked glass tables. Let's also not forget the legend that was Daley Thompson's Decathlon - available on Spectrum 64

[Dickie]

Everyone hated the Argies, even though we put them to bed.

Millions unemployed.

Scargill ranting like a deranged muppet.

Bonking on the touchline of the local footie pitch.

[Narachon]

....... All your friends look and dress and act like the characters on "The Young Ones".....

[penelope]

you could get a job as a COBOL programmer

you thought Tom Selleck was cool

[sbk]

Leggings and leg warmers

Oversized jackets

Flashdance and Footloose were killer movies

Wham!

You thought Billy Idol was the pinnacle of bad boy cool

[Jowels]

- saved money to go play Pac Man and Donkey Kong

...or even Space Invaders sat at one of those fancy smoked glass tables. Let's also not forget the legend that was Daley Thompson's Decathlon - available on Spectrum 64

Although I knackered plenty of joysticks on DT's Decathlon, I never recall doing it on a Spectrum 64???????

BTW - Was 'Garbage Pale Kids' the American name for what us Brits called 'Cabbage patch Kids'?

[DJ Pat]

Hi-Tec trainers were cool.

wern't they?

[fatter than harry]

You wore a Kagoul

You remember Le Freak by Chic and Bad Manners' Can-Can.

You and all your friends discussed elaborate plans to

get together again at the end of the century and play "1999" by Prince

over and over again.

You dressed to emulate a person you saw in a Duran Duran, AHA,

Madonna or Bruce Springsteen video.

There was nothing strange about Bert n' Ernie living together.

You remember Garbage Pale Kids.

You knew who shot J.R. (but have probably forgotten!).

You remember which policeman you liked best in "Chips".

Mark from Eastenders will always be Tucker from Grange

Hill/Tucker's Luck.

You remember when Terry Wogan was on TV everyday.

You could sing "99 Red Balloons" in English and in German.

You reckon Wagon wheels and Mars Bars used to be bigger.

You remember a 'Man's got to chew, what a Man's got to chew'.

You remember when there was no breakfast TV and when TV shut down

at midnight, and when there was nothing on TV in the middle of the day

except for that test card girl with the stupid clown and a blackboard.

You remember Farleys rusks tasting nice, but when you had one about

5 years ago they were bloody awful!!

One word.....SPANGLES!!!

You never questioned why the A-Team was always imprisoned in places

that had sufficient tools to build an armoured tank.

Dungeons & Dragons was your favourite cartoon

Your lunch times were spent perfecting swan dives and backspins.

You've ever said "bright light, bright light" in a strange

high-pitched voice.

You know the theme tune and the names of all the actors and

characters in Dallas & Dynasty.

You fell out with friends during heated arguments about the

relative merits of Matt & Luke.

You owned, or wanted a "Frankie says..." T-shirt.

You have ever danced (or even worse cried) to Kylie & Jason.

Cerise pink, electric blue and banana yellow have ever featured in

your wardrobe or make-up collection.

You remember when the AHA video was the pinnacle of modern

technology, and you can still sing all the words.

Video players had a wire on the remote.

You knew someone or had a Stretch Armstrong.

Raleigh Choppers, Grifters and Strikers were cool in that order.

'My Mums' sweets, pastries, pop and paper bags...

All of the above!

Also you wrote into Jim'll fix it asking if you could become a member of Bucks Fizz for a day........

Come on, it wasn't just me was it?

[nogutsnoapplepie]

You wore a Kagoul

You remember Le Freak by Chic and Bad Manners' Can-Can.

You and all your friends discussed elaborate plans to

get together again at the end of the century and play "1999" by Prince

over and over again.

You dressed to emulate a person you saw in a Duran Duran, AHA,

Madonna or Bruce Springsteen video.

There was nothing strange about Bert n' Ernie living together.

You remember Garbage Pale Kids.

You knew who shot J.R. (but have probably forgotten!).

You remember which policeman you liked best in "Chips".

Mark from Eastenders will always be Tucker from Grange

Hill/Tucker's Luck.

You remember when Terry Wogan was on TV everyday.

You could sing "99 Red Balloons" in English and in German.

You reckon Wagon wheels and Mars Bars used to be bigger.

You remember a 'Man's got to chew, what a Man's got to chew'.

You remember when there was no breakfast TV and when TV shut down

at midnight, and when there was nothing on TV in the middle of the day

except for that test card girl with the stupid clown and a blackboard.

You remember Farleys rusks tasting nice, but when you had one about

5 years ago they were bloody awful!!

One word.....SPANGLES!!!

You never questioned why the A-Team was always imprisoned in places

that had sufficient tools to build an armoured tank.

Dungeons & Dragons was your favourite cartoon

Your lunch times were spent perfecting swan dives and backspins.

You've ever said "bright light, bright light" in a strange

high-pitched voice.

You know the theme tune and the names of all the actors and

characters in Dallas & Dynasty.

You fell out with friends during heated arguments about the

relative merits of Matt & Luke.

You owned, or wanted a "Frankie says..." T-shirt.

You have ever danced (or even worse cried) to Kylie & Jason.

Cerise pink, electric blue and banana yellow have ever featured in

your wardrobe or make-up collection.

You remember when the AHA video was the pinnacle of modern

technology, and you can still sing all the words.

Video players had a wire on the remote.

You knew someone or had a Stretch Armstrong.

Raleigh Choppers, Grifters and Strikers were cool in that order.

'My Mums' sweets, pastries, pop and paper bags...

All of the above!

Also you wrote into Jim'll fix it asking if you could become a member of Bucks Fizz for a day........

Come on, it wasn't just me was it?

Ahhh The UK 80's.No idea chaps.

[phazey]

you thought the guy wearing the roller skates in Fame was cool

chip vans!

1litre family choice cola for 29p

top of the pops - and waiting for chas n dave to come on

three weetabix and noel edmonds multi coloured swap shop on tv was the highlight of a saturday morning

giant haystacks and big daddy were gods

[Jockstar]

Texan bars

T.J.Hooker

Wearing Grolch tops on your shoes

The Incredible Hulk TV show

Street Hawk

Knight Rider

Black Jacks

Sky divers crisps(pickled onion flavour) mmmmm

Adam and the Ants

Dukes of Hazard

Cola flavour Kwenchy cups(frozen)mmmm

Liverpool in europe and winning

Ahhhh. When i was a lad..

[Insight]

Also you wrote into Jim'll fix it asking if you could become a member of Bucks Fizz for a day........

With some help from Mr Cigar

[thaiwing]

Terry ###### Wogan

[grahamb]

three weetabix and noel edmonds multi coloured swap shop on tv was the highlight of a saturday morning

Arguments about whether Swap Shop or Tiswas was better...

[Sunburn]

You know all the words to 'The Chicken Song!!!'

[RDN]

Hi-Tec trainers were cool.

wern't they?

Blimey - I had some of them! Used to play 'squash' in 'em

[stroll]

-You know the answer too the question what Great Britain would be without Thatcher. Remember the cartoon?

-You debated with the WRP guy collecting for the miners whether Britain was at the brink of a revolution.

-You had all bootlegs of the Sisters of Mercy.

[Jockstar]

Or British Knights basketball boots

[Insight]

Terry ###### Wogan

Is Terry's middle name really ###### ???