1984 was 30 years ago

old hippy · 02-01-2014 05:44PM #1

What are your memories of that year?

I remember being amazed by ZTTs Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Band Aid and Robin of Sherwood on the telly. Holiday in Menorca and going red as a beacon when a topless girl talked to me on the beach

Napper Hawkins · 02-01-2014 05:46PM

Dribbling, mainly.

wazky · 02-01-2014 05:46PM

Its Friday tomorrow, sorry should I have started another thread for that?

Mint Aero · 02-01-2014 05:46PM

and 1974 was 40 years ago. I was nothing, must've been a sad world.

Teyla Emmagan · 02-01-2014 05:47PM

Robin of Sherwood! Oh Michael Praed, how I loved you. I still can't pronounce your name, but you definitely created the first stirrings in my girlish loins.

Sigh!

Nemeses · 02-01-2014 05:48PM

WHAT YEAR IS THIS?

MadsL · 02-01-2014 05:48PM

I Ran the World!!

Wish I still had the T shirt!

Can't find the charity single but

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHoJPUHG83g

Duff · 02-01-2014 05:48PM

Worrying about hanging out in my dad's sac for another 3 years.

MadsL · 02-01-2014 05:49PM

Mint Aero wrote: »

and 1974 was 40 years ago. I was nothing, must've been a sad world.

Don't start that thread, I will really feel old.

branie · 02-01-2014 05:50PM

I got a tractor and trailer for Christmas that year (not a real tractor, of course)

Nemeses · 02-01-2014 05:51PM

MadsL wrote: »

Don't start that thread, I will really feel old.

How far back do we have to go?

1884? :P

o1s1n · 02-01-2014 05:51PM

I was born in July 84. Wait a minute, that means that... argh, no!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:(:(

old hippy · 02-01-2014 05:52PM

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

Robin of Sherwood! Oh Michael Praed, how I loved you. I still can't pronounce your name, but you definitely created the first stirrings in my girlish loins.

Sigh!

My manish loins were not immune, either

The Backwards Man · 02-01-2014 05:53PM

Dukes of Hazzard
The A-Team
The Fall Guy

That's all I remember.

branie · 02-01-2014 05:53PM

old hippy wrote: »

My manish loins were not immune, either

for Maid Marian, I hope

Muise... · 02-01-2014 05:53PM

I thought this was going to be another conspiracist misreading of Orwell.
Phew!

TwoShedsJackson · 02-01-2014 05:53PM

The war with Eurasia.

old hippy · 02-01-2014 05:54PM

branie wrote: »

for Maid Marian, I hope

No offence to Judie Trott (think that was her name) but Praed was much more alluring.

Muise... · 02-01-2014 05:55PM

Muise... wrote: »

I thought this was going to be another conspiracist misreading of Orwell.
Phew!

TwoShedsJackson wrote: »

The war with Eurasia.

Ha!

Maximus Alexander · 02-01-2014 05:55PM

I distinctly remember not existing.

branie · 02-01-2014 05:56PM

The theme from Robin of Sherwood is going through my head now!

Jake Rugby Walrus666 · 02-01-2014 05:56PM

branie wrote: »

for Maid Marian, I hope

I liked the giant, talking deer

old hippy · 02-01-2014 05:58PM

Jake Rugby Walrus666 wrote: »

I liked the giant, talking deer

Herne the Hunter.

That show was such a change to the traditional Robin Hood story. A lot more mysticism and darkness. Much better (IMHO) than that dreadful BBC version a couple of years back...

Killgore Trout · 02-01-2014 05:58PM

Herniated Hunter?

Edit: Doh! beaten to it

mrsbyrne · 02-01-2014 06:07PM

Dancing like mad to Jump by The Pointer Sisters at the disco. Life was great. Life is still great.Great weather great music great friends fantastic snogging.

moxin · 02-01-2014 06:13PM

Eurythmics mentioned 1984 in one of their songs that year. Oh, there was Animal Farm too!

johndoe99 · 02-01-2014 06:17PM

fondly remember going to watch 'Police Academy' in the cinema that year.

RoboRat · 02-01-2014 06:17PM

Lucky No. 7 on a Mr. Freeze
Cigarettes being about 90p (wasn't smoking but used to get to keep the change when I got them for my mother)
Tayto being 8p
Beat the Keeper/ Squares and lots of it
Football being absolutely crap to watch on TV
Ten Penny mixture

Loved Robin of Sherwood but the only woman for me back then was Wonder Woman

Also loved the Greatest American Hero

branie · 02-01-2014 06:17PM

I think Benji, Zax and the Alien Prince was on TV in 84

BorneTobyWilde · 02-01-2014 06:19PM

I was born in 2006 so .

Galwayguy35 · 02-01-2014 06:20PM

It was the year I found out Santy wasn't real.

1984 was 30 years ago

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