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So are you're off to a fancy dress party and you want to go as an icon from the eighties. Or you just love the eighties and don't need any excuse to dress up in 1980's fashion. Today we look at some great fashion tips for a real eighties look. Simple rule of thumb is go big bright ...
Here is a toy that you may remember if you grew up in the Eighties. Rubber Poppers It was a simple concept. Turn the rubber popper inside out and wait for it to ping into the air. Parents everywhere would exclaim "I'll buy you one, but do not put it in your mouth"! This retro toy from the ...
1966 Carry On Screaming, was a marriage of everything British at the right time in the right place with the right storyline and cast. Unusually many of the Carry on team weren't used in which is arguably the best Carry On film made by far. It has an atmosphere that stays throughout along with a ...
Back in the 1975 everyone had an idea of what life would be like in the year 2000. Silver jackets, food in the form of tablets and games with a twist to keep you from being board as the robots carry out all the chores of the day! - Get real! Four sight by Invicta ...
Before the computer age of home entertainment, before video recorders or the internet, adults entertained friends by using there vintage boxed set of home carpet biased bowls in the 1960 and 70's. If you owned a set, you would know the frustration of never having a hallway wide enough or a lounge long enough to ...
1970's Lesney Matchbox toy bike - 1/75 No 33 Police Motor Cycle Motorbikes were always disappointing as they never stood up. As soon as the momentum of launching them along the smooth hall carpet had slowed to a halt the bike would always fall over. This was never too satisfying and probably the reason i would stick to 4 ...
Remember the "DICK DASTARDLY RACER" ? Made by CORGI and around 5 Inches long, kids of the seventies must remember today's classis car From Wacky races in and around 1970 this Corgi Comics model number 809 goes to collectors for around £50 these days. The model has Dick Dastardly and Muttley in the Mean Machine. Mutley is removable and can face ...
Robin Hood "the hero who robs from the rich to give to the poor" is an animated film produced by the Walt Disney Studios back in 1973. As a childhood memory, Robin Hood was a colourful delight. Who can forget Sir Hiss the snake played by Terry Thomas and Prince John the lion a real ...
Mazogs. Anyone who had a ZX81 probably had Mazogs too. In the early 80s, well 1981 to be exact, UK kids either had a Vic 20 or a ZX81. The ZX81 had Mazogs, a good reason to go for Clive Sinclair's machine. The Vic 20 had a great arcade reproduction of Pacman. Soon kids were hooked ...
Often known as 'Action Transfers', there was Castles and catapults, Racing cars, Moon Exploration transfers, Circus scenes, Football transfers. in the Seventies transfers were big. Simply you would get a sheet of transfers, and a background scene and place the sheet down and rub the transfer with an old coin or pencil onto the scene, the ...
