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

[medicinebox]

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

No, they were a sort of vile parody of the original 'Cabbage Patch Kids', In the uk in the mid 80's. Chewing gum with collection cards.

Full Collection here And we think Thai comic books are morbid...

'British Knights'

Wow I'd forgot all about my BK's. They were cool as <deleted>. Where did they go???

Sky divers crisps(pickled onion flavour) mmmmm

Rock'n'rollers crisps.

"Salt 'n' vinegar, flavour, no wonder they call em rock 'n' rollers!!!" song.

[damnaam]

Drooling over Daisy from Dukes Of Hazard and wishing I was older

What with this excellent thread and the fact I'm currently clearing out my place before renting it out (found lots of 80's stuff but no point keeping it any longer...) it's a right old trip down memory lane

[fatter than harry]

Jumbo cords

Fleck suits

Patent leather slip ons (with tassles) [shudder]

piano keyboard tie

Pastel coloured cardigans

Check print jeans

signet rings

Crackerjack

Playaway (Brian Cant)

Playschool (Big Ted)

Morph

Captain Caaaaaave maaaaAAAAaaaaAAAAAaaaan

Kajagoogoo

Black Lace (Aaaaaaaaagaaaaadoo doo doo)

Wham

Deeley Boppers

Space hoppers

Scalextric

Purple people eater

Kerplunk

Mousetrap

Simon

Space invader crisps (Maize snacks) Pickled onion flavour

Drifter bar

Sherbet discs

mojo's

Vimto

Star Wars arcade game

Paperboy

Jet set willy (Commodore 64)

Pacman (Atari)

ZX Spectrum - just kidding

My Grifter / my paper round route - heaviest bike without a motor in the world

The Goonies

Flash Gordon

Say anything (John Cusak)

Nightmare on Elmstreet

The two ronnies

The good life

Grange Hill

Tomorrow's world

Dickie Davies

Noel Edmonds (Have signed picture )

Dr Who

The red hand gang (do do do duh duh duh, danana na na na na)

Battle of the planets (Transmute!, Zoltar, Kiok)

Transformers

Ahhhhhh, good days.

[Totster]

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

What arguments... everyone knows Tiswas was better.....

totster

[Totster]

check these links

Java Rubik's Cube

totster

[phazey]

owning one of those "harrington" jackets with your name on the back

[andyadam]

Brute 33 !!!!!!!!!

Spandau Balet

Warehouse parties (laterly called raves!)

bondage trousers

Not the nine o'clock news

Spectrum zx80 and 81!!

Sinclaire C5

[kayo]

Flashdance and Footloose were killer movie

Wham!

Excellent... I was about 8 or 9 years old, dancing around my bedroom the the Wham Rap!

Wham,

Bam,

I am,

The Man...

Or dancing with a broomstick to Careless Whispers..

"I´m never gonna dance again,

Helpless feeling I´ve got to know the rythm,

Though it´s easy to pretend,

I know you´re not a fo-oo-ool.

Should have known better than to cheat a friend,

....

And then that wonderful bridge in the middle:

...

"""ToNIGHT the music seems so loud,

I wish that we could lose this crowd,

Baby, it´s better this way,

We´d hurt eachother with the things we want to say,

Could´ve been so good together,

Could have built this dance forever,

But no-oooow who´s gonna dance with me...

Please stay! """

Ha,

what a trip.

And what was with all the Dance movies in the eighties anyway??

BTW, somebody mentioned the guy on Rollerskates from Fame...

If I remember correctly that was a Character called Leroy (the black guy) real name I believe was Anthony something or other, and he died a few weeks ago, aged 41, after a long and succesful Broadway/off Broadway career.. RIP, Leroy.

Cheers for the memories...

BTW, you don´t catch me dancing with broomsticks anymore.

[Dickie]

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

What arguments... everyone knows Tiswas was better.....

totster

No one has EVER bettered TISWAS!!! The first two series were SOOOOOO good! If anyone has the bottle to say something has ever been better then post here now!

WARNING: being laughed at can damage your health.

[tutsiwarrior]

I had a lovely 6 foot tall American girl friend in the 80s that enjoyed being on the dispensing end of oral sex...

[RDN]

I had a lovely 6 foot tall American girl friend in the 80s that enjoyed being on the dispensing end of oral sex...

Thanks for sharing....

[Dickie]

I had a lovely 6 foot tall American girl friend in the 80s that enjoyed being on the dispensing end of oral sex...

Thanks for sharing....

I bet that's what he said.

[DJ Pat]

the A Team were my heros

[IamMaiC]

I had a lovely 6 foot tall American girl friend in the 80s that enjoyed being on the dispensing end of oral sex...

Thanks for sharing....

I bet that's what he said.

She Probably said the Same!!!

[IamMaiC]

Should this thread be renamed?? Child of the US 80's Half these TV programs were from the US Didnt you Brit's have your own shows? I know because I watched them in the states.

Monty Python's Flying Circus

and Faulty Towers are my Favs.

[medicinebox]

Should this thread be renamed?? Child of the US 80's Half these TV programs were from the US Didnt you Brit's have your own shows? I know because I watched them in the states.

Monty Python's Flying Circus

and Faulty Towers are my Favs.

No because,

We 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.

[mango]

5 pence bus fare.

A squirell (Tuffty) telling you about road safety.

Kick start

Splicer bars

you know what colour socks Dirk wore

Chris Waddle perms

Bannana splits

Chockys children

Fear on Friday (hammer house of horrors)

BOY LONDON

The Moomins (i have seen Moomin Troll here)

Beats International

Purple Omes (ahhhhh)

The proffesionals

Stretch Armstrong

Operation

Jumbo ice pops

Good thread hope it doesnt get closed for not being Thailand related

Cheers Mango

[medicinebox]

Many of these toys were made in Thailand.

Many of the songs of the eighties were played in Thailand.

Lots of Thai children grew up in the eighties.

Totally Thai related

[andyadam]

Mary Mungo and Midge

Mr Ben

Skol TV adverts

[lowersmiths]

1/32 plastic soldiers

Grifter bikes

Terry and June

Watching the "BIG" movie on Xmas day that nobody had ever seen before.

[Bizz]

BOZ SCAGGS SAN FRANCISCO 1980 Anyone remember.

[Totster]

HI - DE - HI

[mango]

Duty Free

[Bizz]

OK. Free, ALL RIGHT NOW

Momgo Jerry.

Ireally do feel my age now.

[chonabot]

OK. Free, ALL RIGHT NOW

Momgo Jerry.

Ireally do feel my age now.

That was the 70's....

[stroll]

Early 70's, or so I heard.

[Bizz]

Early 70's, or so I heard.

Why are you reminding me that im 50 i know it

[chonabot]

The clue is in the thread title...............

[Bizz]

The clue is in the thread title...............

Mabye i should have said U2. Mabye i should be in Bed now its 2.45am here

Nite everyone

[chonabot]

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Free were way better than U2 ever could be...........

Paul Kossoff RIP