Takes Me Back !!!

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Well Not A Poll As Such  But .......

Just something That when you See or Hear Makes you think 80's

1.   What item of Clothing
2.   What sweet
3.   What Soft Drink
4.   What Car
5.   What Purfume/Aftershave
6.   What Toy/Game
7.   What Snack
8.   What Place (Venue)
9.   What Word/Saying
10. What Film

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1.   What item of Clothing - Fingerless Gloves
2.   What sweet - Stardust
3.   What Soft Drink - Quantro
4.   What Car - The Ford XR3i
5.   What Purfume/Aftershave - Opium
6.   What Toy/Game - Rubiks Snake
7.   What Snack - Pot Noodle
8.   What Place (Venue) - Madison (Nightclub)
9.   What Word/Saying - OK Ya!
10. What Film - Breaking Glass

[StrangerWithin]

Good call

1.What item of Clothing - Box Jacket or Italian Combat Jacket. I had both and lived in them.

2.What sweet - Cough Candy, I ate a tonne of these back then.

3.What Soft Drink - TAB, not because I drank it, I seem to remember seeing it everywhere.

4.What Car - TR7, My mates Mum had one which we borrowed from time to time when she wasn't about. Happy days

5.What Perfume/Aftershave - Aramis, I was forever blagging my brothers

6.What Toy/Game - The hand held Astro wars game. My mate had one for which I was very envious.

7.What Snack - Burton's Fish 'n' Chip biscuit/crisp things.

8.What Place (Venue) - Milton Keynes shopping centre. As a teen I loved the place. As an adult I would love to see it raised to the ground.

9.What Word/Saying - Lush or Sweet As A Nut

10.What Film - Back To The Future. Remember walking out of The Point in MK to a warm summers evening after going to see it there on the day The Point opened. Others would be Top Gun and the lesser known Lemon Popsicle.

[Shytot]

1.   What item of Clothing - Bomber Jacket / Doc Martens
2.   What sweet - Spangles
3.   What Soft Drink - Boddingtons ..... or maybe Fresca
4.   What Car - Ford Cortina (my first car) or 3l Capri Ghia
5.   What Perfume/Aftershave - Hai Karate
6.   What Toy/Game - Battlezone, Missile Command, Scramble, Phoenix, Galaxian, ...
7.   What Snack - Corned Beef Vienna
8.   What Place (Venue) - Cyprus Tavern Manchester
9.   What Word/Saying - Frankie says
10. What Film - Porkies

I could probably do another list tomorrow ....

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   Butons Fish And Chips Were Moreish in Deed   

Oooo Forgot About the Porkie's Movies.......... 

[DIVA NO1]

1.   What item of Clothing  - Deffo a Rah-Rah dress which looked like a mobile Twister game

2.   What sweet - Kola Kubes or Sherbet Lemons

3.   What Soft Drink - Lilt

4.   What Car - Ford Capri 2.8i (my hubbby's fav car)

5.   What Purfume/Aftershave - Estee Lauders Youth Dew for the ladies and Aramis for the boys!

6.   What Toy/Game - Kerplunk or Walkie Talkies

7.   What Snack - Not sure - perhaps a Wimpy (there used to be a big Wimpy place in Manchester on the corner of Market Street and I think Cross Street/Deansgate?)

Also not quite a snack but SUPERWHIP!!!

8.   What Place (Venue) - Rainbow Roooms in Eccles Manchester/Randy's Fun Bar again in Eccles Manchester (I might of called these Nightclubs at one stage in my life - I can assure everyone now they weren't they were DIVES pure and simple!!!!!) + cigaretteins (Nightcub in Manchester City Centre)

9.   What Word/Saying - "YUPPIES" _ I think that's how you spell it - can't remember what it stood for now either!

10. What Film - Mad Max/Ferrie Bueller's Day Off!!

Just reading these made me laugh!

8.   What Place (Venue) - Cyprus Tavern Manchester

Not sure if I ever went to be fair - just remember people talking about it all the time - that and The Mark Addy!

[snappycat]

clothing- black suede pixie boots and batwing jumpers

sweets- chocolate cigarettes

soft drink- soda stream

car- KITT

purrfume/after shave- Charlie

toy/game- pogo stick

snack- pop tarts

place/venue- Inn on the park/ aquila youth club

word/saying- Frankie say...(sorry to copy the smart kid, Shy!)

film- Labyrinth/ Flashdance/ Footloose...i could go on and on!

[Vauxhall Victor]

Good questions.....

1. Clothing - Parker Coat with the orange-trimmed hood inner lining.

2. Sweet - Wham Bars.

3. Soft Drink - Quatro - I thought it tasted rank, but as it was exclusively an '80s thing....

4. Car - Rover SD1 - Luxury and poor build-quality. That's the spirit!

5. Aftershave - Old Spice - I know it was probably more of a '70s thing, but it's '80s for me.

6. Toy/Game - Tomytronic 3D 'Thundering Turbo' - the white one.

7. Snack - KP 'Outer Spacers' Crisps

8. Place/Venue - Hempstead Valley Shopping Centre, Medway Towns, Kent - always referred to at the time as the 'Savacentre', because that was the name of the dominant supermarket (now Sainsburys) in the centre.

9. Word/Saying - "E.T. Phone Home."

10.Film - 'Gregory's Girl'

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Some good ones Coming up 

[obsdoc]

ooooh I likes this!   some good treasures found too 

1.   What item of Clothing              Pixie boots, studded belts and loads of bangles!
2.   What sweet                           Refreshers and Wham bars
3.   What Soft Drink                      Cherry Coke
4.   What Car                               Fiesta XR2 (my mates Dad had one)
5.   What Purfume/Aftershave        Lou Lou or Poison (both hideously rank now, but I wore them both at some point!) 
6.   What Toy/Game                     Galaxy Invaders (my big bruv had this) and Scramble 
7.   What Snack                           Chicken flavour Whickers (made by Smiths I think) and the aforementioned Fish n Chips!
8.   What Place (Venue)               The Point in MK (sorry I know it's a dive SW)
9.   What Word/Saying                  .....................can't think of anything! 
10. What Film                               Goonies!

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9.   What Word/Saying - "YUPPIES" _ I think that's how you spell it - can't remember what it stood for now either!

Yuppie (short for "young urban professional" or "young upwardly-mobile professional")

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A Second list 

1.   What item of Clothing - White Stilettos
2.   What sweet - Hubba Bubba
3.   What Soft Drink - Um Bomgo
4.   What Car - Porsch
5.   What Purfume/Aftershave - Denim
6.   What Toy/Game - Simon (Says)(Follow the Lights)
7.   What Snack - Hedghog Flavoured Crisps
8.   What Place (Venue) - The Rec
9.   What Word/Saying - "Follow the Bear" (Hofmeister)
10. What Film - Karate Kid

[snappycat]

5.   What Purfume/Aftershave        Lou Lou or Poison (both hideously rank now, but I wore them both at some point!) 

i love Poison!     

[DIVA NO1]

9.   What Word/Saying - "YUPPIES" _ I think that's how you spell it - can't remember what it stood for now either!

Yuppie (short for "young urban professional" or "young upwardly-mobile professional")

that be the one!