FabSwingers.com forum: What's was your favourite thing

By *he love cats OP Couple
14 weeks ago

South Wales

about the 80s?

For me it's the music and the car's although some of the movies were ok too.

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By *mber SkiesWoman
14 weeks ago

Cardiff-ish

Shell suits

Leg warmers

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By *alcon77Man
14 weeks ago

under the sun & the moon

Electronic drum kits. In a hexagonal shape.

They'd make a "ppeeeuuuuu" sound when you hit em.

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By *nkedguy777Man
14 weeks ago

Manchester

Definitely the car's

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By *alcon77Man
14 weeks ago

under the sun & the moon

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By *luebell888Woman
14 weeks ago

Glasgowish

Having my wages all to myself for many holidays, concerts and clothes.

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By *assie101Woman
14 weeks ago

Kent

Having the energy and the money to go out at least 4 nights a week.

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By *avexxMan
14 weeks ago

cheshire

music fashion pubs and night clubs packed great era to be in

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By *glyBettyTV/TS
14 weeks ago

About 3 feet away from the fence

Farleys Rusks, Matchbox Hot Wheels cars, Feast ice cream, Play-Doh/Plasticine, Sesame Street...

Also a Commodore 64 but that's very late 80s for me, I associate it more with the 1990s

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
14 weeks ago

East Sussex

My relative youth

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By *hunky GentMan
14 weeks ago

Maldon and Peterborough

The cars, definitely the cars.

Lamborghini

Aston Martin

Ferrari

Bugatti

Jaguar

Citreon (just kidding)

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By *igballs35Man
14 weeks ago

maidstone

The music

The children Saturday tv

The summers as they seemed hotter

And the hyper glow t shirts and different coloured fila trainers

And of courses the goonies

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By *amantha_NiteTV/TS
14 weeks ago

The beautiful Lake District

Looking too the future,unlike now,looking at past

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By *agatoXXXMan
14 weeks ago

Mordor

"The cars, definitely the cars.

Lamborghini

Aston Martin

Ferrari

Bugatti

Jaguar

Citreon (just kidding)

I couldn't include Aston in that list, as I was never keen on the 70's/80's Vantage or DBS. Too muscle car-y for my liking, and the DB7 mostly came from the F*rd perts bin.

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By *glyBettyTV/TS
14 weeks ago

About 3 feet away from the fence

Also, Fraggle Rock

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By (user no longer on site)
14 weeks ago

Music, TV and fashion. I’ve just started collecting the 80s casual/sportswear I couldn’t afford as a kid

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By *enrietteandSamCouple
14 weeks ago

Staffordshire

Being born

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By *ickshawedCouple
14 weeks ago

Wolverhampton

My mum chose all my clothes, so I could blame someone else for my bad fashion choices. Unlike now

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By *hunky GentMan
14 weeks ago

Maldon and Peterborough

"The cars, definitely the cars.

Lamborghini

Aston Martin

Ferrari

Bugatti

Jaguar

Citreon (just kidding)

I couldn't include Aston in that list, as I was never keen on the 70's/80's Vantage or DBS. Too muscle car-y for my liking, and the DB7 mostly came from the F*rd perts bin."

I know they weren't the best machines, but beautiful muscle cars. Far better than the yank versions of the time.

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By *hunky GentMan
14 weeks ago

Maldon and Peterborough

"My mum chose all my clothes, so I could blame someone else for my bad fashion choices. Unlike now

I'd like to take you shopping

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By *bi HaiveMan
Forum Mod
14 weeks ago

Cheeseville, Somerset

The price of Freddos

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By *ulfilthmentMan
14 weeks ago

Just around the corner

"The cars, definitely the cars.

Lamborghini

Aston Martin

Ferrari

Bugatti

Jaguar

Citreon (just kidding)

I couldn't include Aston in that list, as I was never keen on the 70's/80's Vantage or DBS. Too muscle car-y for my liking, and the DB7 mostly came from the F*rd perts bin."

I disagree. The V8 Vantage Zagato was an 80s classic.

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By *4bimMan
14 weeks ago

Farnborough Hampshire

public transport.

seem to be on time and could get you where you wanted.

was cheap too

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By *agatoXXXMan
14 weeks ago

Mordor

"The cars, definitely the cars.

Lamborghini

Aston Martin

Ferrari

Bugatti

Jaguar

Citreon (just kidding)

I couldn't include Aston in that list, as I was never keen on the 70's/80's Vantage or DBS. Too muscle car-y for my liking, and the DB7 mostly came from the F*rd perts bin.

I know they weren't the best machines, but beautiful muscle cars. Far better than the yank versions of the time. "

I get your point, but after the beauty of the DB5/6...

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By *eliWoman
14 weeks ago

How people can talk about it and remind me that I'm youngish and have many years ahead of me.

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By *zeroMan
14 weeks ago

A wretched hive of scum and villainy

Born in 1988. Probably rusks or the Gordon the Gopher puppet I had

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By *ynamicnatureMan
14 weeks ago

Doncaster

"about the 80s?

For me it's the music and the car's although some of the movies were ok too. "

G'day OP,

I was born and grew up in Sydney so for me it was just hanging out with my mates at the beach for 9 months of the year.

They were really good times,

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By *ickshawedCouple
14 weeks ago

Wolverhampton

"My mum chose all my clothes, so I could blame someone else for my bad fashion choices. Unlike now

I'd like to take you shopping

Ok. But I veto fluorescent cycling shorts and jelly shoes. And no bumbags!

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By *ixiePoisonWoman
14 weeks ago

Darlington

My age!

Left school and got married in the 80’s

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By (user no longer on site)
14 weeks ago

The ability to go to the pub with £15 and get pissed and get chips on way home

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By *rsKOTCTWoman
14 weeks ago

Leeds

I don't remember the 80's

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By *iltsTSgirlTV/TS
14 weeks ago

chichester

My bmx snd my exploring areas with my friends like the goonies

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By *y AmoreMan
14 weeks ago

london

The cartoon sound tracks

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By *laytonAMan
14 weeks ago

Newport

My Raleigh burner and the tea time telly

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By *ouple4voyeurCouple
14 weeks ago

Birmingham

Wouldn't it be easier to say what we didn't like about the 80's lol

Can't think of anything we didn't like.

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
14 weeks ago

little house on the praire

My age started of as a carefree teenager being wild and rebellious. Finish them being a woman who was pregnant and about to get married. Did a lot of changing during the 80s

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By *hunky GentMan
14 weeks ago

Maldon and Peterborough

"My mum chose all my clothes, so I could blame someone else for my bad fashion choices. Unlike now

I'd like to take you shopping

Ok. But I veto fluorescent cycling shorts and jelly shoes. And no bumbags! "

So long as blue underwear is on the list.

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By *etropolitainMan
14 weeks ago

Redworth Co Durham

Clackers

The wombles

The Tommorow people

Lots of pussy

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By *OUBLE THE DICKCouple (MM)
14 weeks ago

WOLVES WALSALL ETC

How about the Citroën with the Maserati engine?

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By *punk n gushCouple
14 weeks ago

walmer

Sex

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By *B69Woman
14 weeks ago

Wiltshire

Music definitely and some great tv shows

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By *alcon77Man
14 weeks ago

under the sun & the moon

The commodore 64.

Unreliable. Slow. Cumbersome.

But great fun.

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By *alcon77Man
14 weeks ago

under the sun & the moon

The yamaha dx 7 synth.

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By *eordieJeansCouple
14 weeks ago

Newcastle upon Tyne

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By *eordieJeansCouple
14 weeks ago

Newcastle upon Tyne

My dummy.

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By *elronMan
14 weeks ago

Liverpool

Music ,football,TV the tube ,the water margin ,monkey.to name but a few

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By *avinaTVTV/TS
14 weeks ago

Transsexual Transylvania

Goth music and being a student.

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By *alcon77Man
14 weeks ago

under the sun & the moon

"My dummy."

Going to the metro centre in gateshead numerous times after it opened.

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By *obby3264Man
14 weeks ago

Cambridge

The comedy was revolutionary and it’s a shame we seem to have lost it over the last decade or more. Same with music tbh.

Probably the internets fault.

Every thing is just a bit bland nowadays.

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By *aturefunswTV/TS
14 weeks ago

bristol

Music definitely

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By *glyBettyTV/TS
14 weeks ago

About 3 feet away from the fence

"The commodore 64.

Unreliable. Slow. Cumbersome"

Did you see it's competition though?

The Amstrad CPC ran at about 4 frames per second the moment there's more than 2 colours on screen, and had a built-in tape deck which meant you had to basically replace the entire computer when the tape drive malfunctioned. This is how Alan Sugar made his millions

And the ZX Spectrum was at the other extreme, where it came with ZERO peripherals...not even built-in joystick ports, and everything went through flimsy expansion ports at the back. It didn't even have an off-switch. To turn it off you basically unplugged it at the mains.

Commodore 64 was luxurious compared to these

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By *ittlebirdWoman
14 weeks ago

The Big Smoke

The music

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By *alcon77Man
14 weeks ago

under the sun & the moon

The deregulation of advertising restrictions to children by reagan administration politician, mark fowler.

Actually I was being sarcastic.

-However I did think "transformers" was great as a kid..

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By *alcon77Man
14 weeks ago

under the sun & the moon

"The commodore 64.

Unreliable. Slow. Cumbersome

Did you see it's competition though?

Commodore 64 was luxurious compared to these

The was something charming about the spectrum, with its black and white style graphics..I went round to my neighbours who had one, a lot. Possibly preferred it to the commodore even.

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By *orny PTMan
14 weeks ago

Peterborough

"The yamaha dx 7 synth."

Don't let Jean Michel Jarre hear that. Yes, I know how common it was, but that's like saying Stock Aitken and Waterman are great because they saturated the charts in that decade.

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By *eordieJeansCouple
14 weeks ago

Newcastle upon Tyne

"My dummy.

Going to the metro centre in gateshead numerous times after it opened.

Metroland but that was the 90s for me. God knows when it opened.

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By *alcon77Man
14 weeks ago

under the sun & the moon

"The yamaha dx 7 synth.

Don't let Jean Michel Jarre hear that. Yes, I know how common it was, but that's like saying Stock Aitken and Waterman are great because they saturated the charts in that decade."

I want a yamaha cs80 now...

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By *orny PTMan
14 weeks ago

Peterborough

"The deregulation of advertising restrictions to children by reagan administration politician, mark fowler.

Actually I was being sarcastic.

-However I did think "transformers" was great as a kid.."

Die cast metal transformers, not plastic imitations.

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By *rchie300Man
14 weeks ago

Hamworthy

The porn was cool , it was really hard to get hold of so when you did get a porno video you certainly became popular, never mind the dodgy copy with lines running through the middle of the picture

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By *punk n gushCouple
14 weeks ago

walmer

Being skinny and having lots of energy

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By *pankingNorfolkCouple
14 weeks ago

Norwichish

Being a teenager at the end of a decade.

Whereas now I find out Music for a jilted generation is 30 years old

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By *alcon77Man
14 weeks ago

under the sun & the moon

Rocky 4

The guns and roses album 'appetite for destruction'.

michael jackson's music videos.

The friendships I had with other kids in the neighbourhood, I wonder what became of them sometimes.

Raleigh chopper bikes and BMXs.

Collecting garbage pail kids sticker cards..

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By *lue Eyed JokerMan
14 weeks ago

Always on the move

The cars, music, fashion, and being born haha

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By *ortySwitchMan
14 weeks ago

london

"The price of Freddos"

I dont remember the price of Freddos, but I DO remember Curly Wurlys' costing only 7 and a half pence.... and paying with half penies too!

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By *ulieAndBeefCouple
14 weeks ago

Manchester-ish

Luminous socks

Pink Le Shark shirts

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14 weeks ago

Noel Edmonds

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By *alcon77Man
14 weeks ago

under the sun & the moon

"Noel Edmonds "

I specifically remember tuning in to a kids TV show he hosted. Because I wanted to watch godzilla. ( and godzuki)

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By *eordieJeansCouple
14 weeks ago

Newcastle upon Tyne

Most of people’s favourite things were part of Operation Yewtree.

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By *ansoffateMan
14 weeks ago

Sagittarius A

The arcade

McDonalds Cheeseburgers with fries on.

Playing football till it went dark

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By *asilForty77Man
14 weeks ago

a hundred and sixty of us living in a small shoebox in the middle of the road

The Mysterious Cities of Gold

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By *alcon77Man
14 weeks ago

under the sun & the moon

"V"

The TV show.

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By *oleene HoneybeeWoman
14 weeks ago

on the naughty side of the street

My roller skates and walkmen

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By *exyScientistsCouple
14 weeks ago

Castlebar

Perms

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By *he love cats OP Couple
14 weeks ago

South Wales

Thank you all for taking part so far, there's some great memories being brought back.

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By *hunky GentMan
14 weeks ago

Maldon and Peterborough

"Perms

The mullet

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By *heBigLibowskiMan
14 weeks ago

Hampshire

Me.

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By *ickyKlungespeareMan
14 weeks ago

St Leonards

I just loved the clubs in Brighton.

If I wanted to shake my disco shit there was The Suite, or Pink Coconut.

If I wanted comedy, art, coffee, and Alternative music and dancing there was The Zap, or Sister Ray's.

If I wanted to shake my shit to the Communards and Weather Girls and politely disappoint the gay guys who wanted my bumhole, it was Manhattan's.

And Wham! was played in all of them.

A lot of fun for a 16-19 year old

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By *buseme2000Man
14 weeks ago

Kettering

Filthy perverts

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By *amescoupleCouple
14 weeks ago

north walsham

M- still being carefree and in school. My only worries were what cartoons to watch and what time i had to be at football.

C- nights at youth club and being with friends.

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By *or-QueeningMan
14 weeks ago

Manchester

In the 80s they discovered the formula for making family-friendly films that were equally popular with every age-group - Ghostbusters, Gremlins, Back To The Future, Indiana Jones, etc. And then in the 90s they lost it and with the occasional exception we never really got it back.

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By *hesubtlegentMan
14 weeks ago

surrey

The cars

Page 3 girls (Sam fox)

The music

Out cycling with my mates till it was dark and my mum was yelling for me to come home for tea

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