Hi,
Some nostalgia for some of you, but I really need some help with learning about the 1980s as some coursework background before I go on to do coursework on “Educating Rita” – now no silly comments, I’m just an ickle baby born in the early 90s so anyhelp would be nice.
– Which films won the Oscars?
– Whick books were on the best sellers list?
– What sort of stuff did you do in your leisure time?
– What happened in the 60s that changed the education system?
As I mentioned – all help is much appreciated,
Wozza
By: Arm Waver - 26th April 2006 at 11:32
RELAX t-shirts…
Shiny jackets…
By: holty - 26th April 2006 at 11:07
my mum wore them like that all the time….most embarrasing as a teenager!!!
remember tea bag t-shirts
By: Arm Waver - 26th April 2006 at 10:51
The 80’s were brill… Went solo in a Venture in ’88…
Oh remember the floursecent socks? Never worn as a proper pair???
By: Mark9 - 25th April 2006 at 18:19
😮 😮 80’s LOL The new romantics 😀 😀 Madness gave us the Mods 😀 😀 and who can forget Adam Ant 😀 😀 😀 the YUK Years!!
By: Comet - 24th April 2006 at 12:47
Leisure in the 1980s from my own experience:
Listening to music (not much different to today, but tapes and not MP3 players).
Watching films (video rather than DVD!)
Playing on my home computer, the annoyingly temperamental ZX Spectrum.
Walking the dog (now I have no dog at all so that is one thing which is gone).
Going to the vets (not a regular leisure thing for most people but when I was a kid I was there all weekends and in school holidays).
By: DazDaMan - 20th April 2006 at 19:14
And the rest of the 80s were a blur! :p
By: Ren Frew - 20th April 2006 at 19:12
Hi,
Some nostalgia for some of you, but I really need some help with learning about the 1980s as some coursework background before I go on to do coursework on “Educating Rita” – now no silly comments, I’m just an ickle baby born in the early 90s so anyhelp would be nice.
– Which films won the Oscars?
– Whick books were on the best sellers list?
– What sort of stuff did you do in your leisure time?
– What happened in the 60s that changed the education system?As I mentioned – all help is much appreciated,
Wozza
Corporal punishment was banished in schools in 1982 which made a big change.
In my leisure time I used to run for a local atheltic club in the early 80’s, rode my bike, played in the woods etc. In the late 80’s in my late teens I discovered the joys of wine, women and song (gigs).
By: wozza - 20th April 2006 at 17:06
education……11plus exam and grammar schools were done away with
Many thanks for the replies but I must strongly disagree here – I took (and passed) my 11 plus and go to a grammar school (not wanting to boast – I really hate it when people go “F’in bod or snob behind your back when you tell em what school I go to)
Wozza
By: holty - 20th April 2006 at 16:07
1980 to 1989
Driving Miss Daisy (1989) Rain Man (1988) Last Emperor, The (1987) Platoon (1986) Out of Africa (1985) Amadeus (1984) Terms of Endearment (1983) Gandhi (1982) Chariots of Fire (1981) Ordinary People (1980)
By: holty - 20th April 2006 at 16:04
education……11plus exam and grammar schools were done away with
By: DazDaMan - 20th April 2006 at 16:03
You can check out the Oscar winners on the IMDB, I think, for that decade.
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