Christmas Shopping in 1980

Various footage of people shopping at a mall during the Holiday season in 1980.
A visit to a toy store, people trying on jeans, etc...
Unfortunately, the audio goes in and out on this one.
This video last around 16 minutes.

[@Thomas-ky3rl]

Everyone I loved was alive back then and the end seemed like a hundred years away.

[@vickieclark5931]

Same here. I was 8 when this video was shot, and ALL of my loved ones that I ever cared about were alive. Those were the good ole days. Now I sound like my grandpa did. LOL

[@CC-hg9un]

@@vickieclark5931 I was 8, too.

[@swarthos]

Yes, same for me. Troubles and loss of loved ones seemed light years away. Now at age 60 I’ve lost so many that it seems like those time never existed.

[@metalmacabre9991]

I feel the same way, I was 2 years old in 1980 but still it was a cool time.

[@Isprawondogs]

Who knew back in the 80's that one day we would look back with such admiration at how good life was. Such a simpler time, no cell phones, limited technology, people cared about each other. Honestly a time gone forever and we had no idea at the time how great it was, where our country would end up

[@randomtees]

Just people living in the moment.

[@bernieudo4399]

Only challenge facing the country was high interest rates @ 9%. Carter was President & gas was .59 a gallon in 1979.

[@chaddeez8446]

I think this should teach us to live in the moment. Back then it was excitement for the future. We always thought what's next? The '90s looked promising too despite crime did pick up more at malls and even though it seemed like we were progressing I could also see the moral decay. Now we're depressed when we look to our past and anxiety thinking about an uncertain future. I often wonder if we can get back to better times or people and society are too far grown. Society is raising a new generation of docile children and I don't like it. They have no freedom and can't even be kids unless being locked up in your house playing videos is being a kid now. Honestly this was the pre 9/11 world and now we have this dystopian future to look forward to. It's hard to go back to being a kid after seeing the real world and experiencing trauma. You can pretend, but it doesn't get erased, it's embedded in your subconscious. Don't let this stop you from being a kid and enjoying the '80s with your own kids. It will be a new experience living through your kids. I just wish we were in better times now and not in survival mode.

[@jenniferlopez3554]

You’re so right

[@nonyafkinbznes1420]

@@bernieudo4399 Maybe that explains why most Americans were financially stable and not living paycheck to paycheck while financing a new truck every two years. God forbid we reward savers.

[@rotarycomptech]

The good old days back when things were normal.

[@user-ex5fx5jj7z]

You’re delusional

[@benjammin7700]

The opening shot of the parking lot is what really makes this one.

[@vampirerobot]

I agree 💯

[@Religious_man]

Yes, i liked it myself. Although I wish the camera person just swing around and catch the glimpse of the setting sun.

[@kevinwood5317]

I immediately recognized this mall based on the unique Bloomingdale's building design. This was White Flint Mall in Rockville, MD. It survived until the early 2010s only to have most of the mall demolished save for the Lord & Taylor, which had a long-term lease agreement they refused to give up. That store remained open next to a pile of rubble for about a decade until finally closing when the chain went out of business. The originally-planned "town center" concept from the early 2010s was cancelled due to their resistance, so now the whole plot of land is vacant awaiting a new fate.

[@jrowdygi1837]

A lot of pieces of junk cars but who knew at the time.

[@ScoishVelociraptorMaloish27]

@@jrowdygi1837🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ralphjason6720]

I was 20 yrs old in 1980. I was in college and I applied for a cashier retail clerk part time temporary for Christmas. KB Toys hired me on the spot. And I was put in the electronics department which was as long as the store was just about a long glass counter I worked behind and kept it clean. The best thing to was I got to learn all the hand-held electronic games and I could show customers how they would work and make sales after sales. This was my job to play and I always looked forward to going back to work when I was scheduled. Fun times back then. Wow. Time sure flew by...now I'm retired and I'm enjoying the benefits of rest and relaxing and leisure life style. Still got my health. Thank God. ❤

[@patrickc.5441]

If you don't have your health nothing else really matters.

[@KittiesGalore]

The days of a busy shopping mall and helpful, knowledgeable sales people are long gone 😢

[@FriedChairs]

I agree about busy malls but now you can learn way more about a product with your phone online than you ever could with the best sales person.

[@KittiesGalore]

@Chris That's probably why companies don't bother to train their employees anymore 😕 retail stores, I mean

[@bernieudo4399]

Tru dat. Worked at Sears in the Toy Department back in '87 during the fall & it was full customer service. Period. Self service didn't exist. If our store didn't have it, the manager had you call other stores in another city. Think about that. Now that was customer service.

[@forapps9364]

I know - sales people who cared.

[@Waderoe1193]

@@KittiesGalore retail companies don’t pay workers enough to tolerate physical and emotional abuse from customers.

[@galerice7143]

I was 22 years old during Christmas 1980. It was my first year out of nursing school, i had my first job and my first apartment. Oh those happy days were yours and mine, happy days!

[@untalfelipin5202]

Well, I was 4 months old in December 1980 and it was very important for me because they gave me my first cloth diapers. 😂😅

[@JayLangly]

13. And we thought The Empire Strikes Back was the coolest thing since sliced bread!😅

[@nowintroducinghertome]

Happy days 😂😂😂

[@johnroberts2444]

I was 14 years old in 1980 ,I wish we could go back in time too enjoy everything back then, I miss my late mom ,may she R.I.P! 😥🤧🌺🥀💐🙏🕊

[@johnroberts2444]

@@pedro_0791 I hear ya my friend! 🤜🤛

[@elebeu]

Those clerks at the jean store were salesmen. Now you can't get anyone to look away from their phone to help you.

[@lulub1433]

People then took pride in their jobs because they knew they were getting a paycheck for doing a service. Nowadays people act like they are doing you a favor and aren't paid enough to do a job. Back then we knew we weren't being paid enough, but also knew that you use that time in to build a work ethic and work your way up. Yeah it was hard work and sucked at times but we sucked it up. It's incredible to me how little effort people are motivated to put in these days and feel like they are owed something.

[@rocknroller77]

​@@lulub1433if this isn't bang on

[@PrincessPink-is6kf]

@@lulub1433Entitled rude customers don’t help much either. It’s not always the workers. Dealing with selfish people all day can get to someone eventually

[@veronicaalmeda8014]

Almost anyone working retailer will tell you how disgusting it is that job bc customers are hellish, mean and rude. Culture has changed, it's not just kids who are rude, it is also adults, perhaps kids are rude bc parents are rude, everyone is just so baby today, zero manner.

[@chriswagner7891]

I see all the comments about how great a time it was back in the 80’s and 90’s and it’s true but I read people saying we will never get back to a time like this. It’s up to us to bring this back. Put away your cell phones , go out shopping, stop ordering online and most important be kind to people. We make our own reality.

[@smartman123]

but u can't do it by your self society becoming more and more garbage

[@cmdrfunk]

Gotta mass deport to get back to that

[@jenniferlopez3554]

Back to those days , old days when life seemed to be so quiet and peaceful 😌

[@blackghanistant.v.456]

👖 jean quality was even better 💯

[@jannydots3870]

Look at those racks of designer jeans. I love the way the store attendants help the customers. That is hard to find nowadays. I had a pair of Jordache cords, I didn’t like them, too hot for the South. But, loved my Jordache jeans. This video is a treasure. Takes me back to my youth, long ago forgotten. Feathers in the hair, Maybelline blush and mascara, Friday nights at the Movies in the mall with friends, the smell of Loves Baby Soft in the air. I would love to go back.

[@bernieudo4399]

Oh yes. The '80s. Clothes, hairstyles, & makeup were essential. Young ladies were natural & clothes emphasized figures tastefully. Didn't have to expose yourself--a nice pair of jeans reminded guys why ladies were special.

[@carlossebastiannecroticgot7232]

​@@bernieudo4399they're trash now

[@productplacement39]

What I like about some of these videos from the early 1980s is the transitional styles that people wore. Some people still wore the 70s hair and clothes. It's educational to see the gradual changes in the way people changed their appearances.

[@vistatiger7493]

Designer jeans like Jordache and Calvin Klein a hot item in 1980.

[@NemeanLion-]

You got the look, the Jordache loooooook……..

[@plutoplatters]

and before that.... Ditto !! Jeans

[@boostedmaniac]

Is Jordache around anymore? I haven’t seen them anywhere.

[@brendaechols5929]

Yeah...no such thing as plus size cause we were all skinny as hell.

[@DJaySplitSecond]

Uh Ohhhhhh Sergio!!! Haha Sergio Valente jeans were hot too lol

[@MrHeem94]

Because of my beliefs I cant take my own life, but watching this and the pull I feel for what was a better time and then having to snap back into the insanity that is this reality...is hard.

[@leonidaspetsakos9690]

I was born in 89, but I get where you're coming from.

[@areality40]

I don't think your depression is what people were looking for in response to this video...

[@anaccount7923]

@@areality40 Maybe he’s just venting

[@musicismyfriend7919]

@@areality40 What was the point of that comment? You're entitled to your opinion, but there was no reason to write that.

[@kaleendavis8427]

I don't want to take my own life , but I was from that same time & I totally understand what you mean & feel the same, minus wanting to take my life. Stay alive, you're special😊

[@YuChiGongG]

Nothing in those stores was made in China in 1980. China was still suffering the effects of the Cultural Revolution. Mao was a NITWIT.

[@GadsdenHomie1776]

Maoism is making a comeback but in the US this time.

[@shadow03clb]

Such peaceful times. No mall shootings, no people addicted to their cell phones in front of their faces, people that actually look nice to go to the mall, patience... I was an '80s kid. I long for those times and I wish we could take it time machine. I hate this world that we're living in now. I never had kids and I don't envy those that are now having babies. What a time to raise a child. Fearful of going to the mall, fearful of going to a outlet mall, fearful of going to school.

[@m0L3ify]

There were a lot of kidnappings back then, tho. We were constantly reminded of stranger danger. I even had a 2nd grade teacher tell us to never look at the ground when we walked because kidnappers would think we had no friends and we'd be targets. It was crazy the stuff adults told us back then. It did not feel safe to even just walk to a friend's house, even though we did it anyway.

[@lonniemcguire1343]

​@m0L3ify there was the mall shooting in Miami by the drug cartel and Adam Walsh was kidnapped by Otis 'o toole. No one's safe both ways.

[@carlossebastiannecroticgot7232]

I don't have kids either I don't like them besides it's not worth having children at this difficult and dangerous times

[@metjovi]

I'm a 33 year old male and I'm not having kids either. I find the present not inspiring at all and I'm not willing to explain a child the society we live in. I can barely understand it myself. I'm happy with my life without such a responsibility.

[@emteebee1872]

@@m0L3ifyin the early 80s my friends and I would bike around til around 11pm weeknights… we survived… then again maybe kidnappers didn’t want us 😂

[@planetfabulous5833]

I miss seeing cars of all types of colors like in the parking lot footage in this video.

[@teresapflaumer5717]

In 1980 I was a happy 8 year old. Mom and I took bus trips to the Moorestown Mall every couple of months. To me, it was like being in Disneyland. This mall had fountains, trees, little bridges, ducks! Sometimes they held a petting zoo (a goat ate my sweater) or a famous character visited (Big Bird visited in '80). The huge Winnie the Pooh was at the anchor store Sears, Kay-Bee toy store was a kids paradise, and Roy Rogers restaurant had the best burgers and fries. Those were good times!

[@HeadNtheClouds]

I used to love when Winnie the Pooh was at Sears! 😊

[@mattf.1233]

Sadly the Moorestown mall doesn’t have the ducks or bridges anymore. I heard stories about it. The mall is struggling to stay afloat with Cherry Hill mall just down the street.

[@dammitbobby283]

When I was ten in 1980, my family didn't have much money, so going to Kmart was a huge event. I had no clue that malls existed at that time. I knew that some of my classmates had nice clothes, but I didn't know where they came from, and I was too ashamed to ask.

[@paulrose319]

8 years old back then

[@Mustang1984]

@@paulrose319 4 years before I was born!

[@GrandTime-17]

@jimrockford Wow! Exact same as me!

[@bernieudo4399]

Was seventeen back then & no need even then to feel bad shopping at K Mart. Kids teased but a dad & mom who loved you was all that mattered. The only thing bad then was the high interest rates (even higher than now), but better times were ahead.

[@cherieadams77]

@@bernieudo4399 Amen, Bernie, so true🙏💞

[@bryanburnap4537]

I was 7. Wow I wish we could go back !! My life was all about the Dukes of Hazard the Dallas Cowboys matchbox cars Larry Bird and playing my hand held electronic football game that I played day and night !! I think I got the Smokey and the Bandit matching car with Jerry Reeds trailer set that Xmas. Always a nerf football that I would keep the plastic on for a day or 2. Im grateful that I was part of a generation that weren't attached to the internet and social media. The 80's were the best time to be a kid !!!

[@MrJestyler]

Dukes of Hazzard and Dallas on Friday night and than Saturday night was love boat and fantasy island or abc/nbc/cbs night at the movies

[@Yemaya888]

1975 baby over here.i was 6 years old in august of 80'.lots of relay racing,and catching fureflies in jars at night and watching them light up! Skinned knees and climbing trees

[@shannonmarie294]

❤❤❤

[@maryw3643]

Those jeans were quality material back then.

[@plutoplatters]

actually... still are !

[@ricochetey]

​@plutoplatters My Levi's are typically destroyed and ripped with holes in a couple months. My Dad still has Levi's from the 70s been washed hundreds if not thousands of times. Quality not the same whatsoever

[@LetArtsLive]

​@@ricochetey maybe you should buy the jeans that are not worn out already a little stiff but they last way longer

[@LetArtsLive]

Probably because they were made out of hemp and not cotton right?

[@Dom_721]

They're still quality....just cost 3x as much though

[@steveharper5368]

notice how slow things seem to be, proof that actual time is moving faster and we move faster in it, we are in end days.

[@Plan9-3127]

Thank you for posting this... It really brought back warm memories of shopping with my mom as a child... The 80's were a great time to be a kid, and things just seemed to be a little more simple than nowadays...

[@johnbravo7542]

It was even better as a teenager

[@romethagentleman5689]

women were way hotter back then, no fake plastic surgery .. I love a nature woman body.. lOl they dont make them like they used to. I wish I could back in time.

[@Jocelyn_Jade]

I love the time spent on the child staring at the toy. They zoom into the object and stare at it as if to try and see what the child does. Truly fascinating filming here.

[@healingandgrowth-infp4677]

Still couldn't work out what he was staring at maybe the sound would have helped there does it talk to him perhaps ?

[@fordxbgtfalcon]

Those jean girls were so cute! 😍

[@azure628]

I was 11 years old...Life was so much different and peaceful. Seeing this footage takes me back to being a kid again. 😊❤ Thanks a bunch for the upload! 😊

[@StacyL.]

2 years before the cabbage patch could came out! Can you believe that????? Can you imagine just one pair of vintage jordash jeans in mint condition today? I would LOVE to have a pair today. Wow... Just an amazing piece of video! Thanks for sharing it!

[@kayfitzgerald309]

@Stacy L., I have a pair of vintage jordache girls jeans,that were my daughter's, I just came across them the other day!! I think size 18 months!!?!! I'll have to look again!

[@GrandTime-17]

I remember my first and only pair of Jordache jeans. Somehow my dad managed to buy a pair for me and a pair for my sister, even though, looking back, i know he couldn't afford to buy designer jeans at that time. My mom and dad were the best ever!! I still remember shopping for those jeans. I was probably 14 or so. Wish i still had them but after i outgrew them i gave them to a younger girl who was so excited to have them. Good memories. Miss those times.

[@StacyL.]

@@kayfitzgerald309 Sweet!!

[@StacyL.]

@@GrandTime-17 Awww! Thank you for sharing your story. Our parents were awesome! Not too overprotective but just enough to scare the crap out of us yet love us and want to make us happy.

[@kristyevans3066]

The youth of today have a very different body type now.

[@flipnap2112]

bro, your channel is a national treasure. I swear.. that you remind me of me in the 80's. I video taped every single event in my life. let us not forget "Vidal Sassoon" ha ha.. I knew a guy who wore them in high school. they called him "sassoony" and mocked him relentlessly. one day he exploded and beat them down to a pulp. jammed his thumb down this guys throat. they never bothered him again

[@davidtriana]

Ooo, La La, Sassoon!

[@Cartier_specialist]

I remember that brand. Girls wore them alot when I was in high school and junior high. Also Calvin Klein jeans were popular with the girls.

[@ecstanton8385]

Jordache

[@funkster007]

I was 12 at this time. I remember how exciting it was rolling with the changes from 70's into a new decade. The fashion, music , culture, everything. Even then I thought to myself "Oh yeah, this is my era!"

[@patrickmccarron5059]

That 2XL was the shit back in 1980. Eyes would light up red and damn thing talked to you.

[@em001868]

Born 1966... I still have my Colleco head to head sports games I bought back then!! Cool to see them new again.

[@peacefulpear8]

I have noticed how much more patient people are compared to now. Everything took a lot longet back then and everyone is just patient. No rushing, no being a Karen etc. Just calm folks.

[@sean2015]

C'mon, try to think. They have a video camera pointed at them. So they're not going to show their true selves.

[@lulub1433]

Occasionally (at best) there were people like that, even then. We did not publicize it so it's harder to tell how common or uncommon. Plus it was very important to be considered normal back then.

[@vickieclark5931]

@@sean2015 Your probably too young to remember the 80s, but trust me, it was much better back then. It wasn't perfect, but there was a lot more care than what you see now. More patience and sales staff that actually helped you. I'd go back if I could.

[@sean2015]

@@vickieclark5931nah I'm in my mid-40s so I remember the 1980s quite well. I don't really understand, though, why you say things were "better" back then. 🤔The thing that never really changes over time is people. There will always be evil, selfishness, greed and aggression. We may dress differently and drive cars that look different and wear different hairstyles, but who we are as a human race never really changes. The nostalgia that you feel for that era may be simply because you associate that era with a friend or family member that you had around, who made life enjoyable for you. I sometimes get nostalgic for childhood simply because I didn't have to work 40+ hours a week and pay bills. Or deal with all the aches and pains (both physical and mental) that go along with aging. Maybe you feel the same way.

[@frankrizzo4460]

​@@vickieclark5931Yes I agree with you I really miss those days now more than ever before. There was a different feel to the world back then it's hard to describe unless you actually lived through it 🤔

[@cindyeisenberg8367]

I graduated in 1980. I remember designer jeans, Izod shirts, Candies slip on, Terri cloth dresses and Sperry topsiders. I had to buy my own clothes. So, I didn’t have a lot of designer things. I was lucky to be given a car and needed to keep it running. When I got out of college and had a better paying job. I got my designer clothes.

[@MK-fc2hn]

So your parents paid thousands of dollars to put you thru college, gave you a free pre owned car, and a weekly allowance to help you "buy your own clothing"?? That's not "luck".. it's called "White Privilege". 😂 I'm glad their investment in you paid off with more designer clothes.. ( once you started to actually pay your own way.. ) Just remember the wise words of former president Barack Obama: "YOU DIDNT BUILD THAT".. He was so right.

[@DJaySplitSecond]

About how much were a designer pair of jeans back then? I was 7 in 1980 wow

[@cindyeisenberg8367]

@@DJaySplitSecond I don’t remember. I think Nana bought me some Gloria Vanderbilt corduroys for $10. That was when that brand was high end. They were on sale and Nana worked at Jefferson’s and got a discount. Otherwise, Jordash and Sassoon were about $20. I am guessing at that. Because, I know that they were expensive and $20 was a lot of money. In 1990, I think spent $30 for Guess jeans. That was a lot of money, then. Now, I can get Jeans between $10 and $40 and am not as brand conscious. I went through this phase in the 2000’s and 2010s with designer purses.

[@DJaySplitSecond]

@@cindyeisenberg8367 IKR?? In 1998 I paid $70 for a pair of designer jeans to impress my girlfriend, and it works but now we can get designer jeans at a Burlington Coat factory for about $25 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️😜😜😜😜

[@cindyeisenberg8367]

@@DJaySplitSecond I agree. I used to get Coach shoes there.

[@rfjohns1]

$24+ for a pair of jeans was pretty expensive back then.

[@libertycan6959]

They would last and never wear out lol

[@chriscallen6897]

That would be like $90 today. Very expensive

[@eyeseer1]

Federal minimum wage in 1980 was about $2, so almost 8 hours of work for jeans.

[@mjp29]

I actually remember a young girl helping mom and I find jeans for me when I was a kid. Boy have times changed!

[@QuadirBrown-lf9rg]

The good ole days...it was sure good fun while it lasted!

[@btceth4714]

I STILL have my 2XL robot-- box and all. Great memories.

[@isabellesender]

I loved those days. People used to look each other in the eye and smile, stand close to each other. Things got gift wrapped at the store. People actually cared. There wasn't rampant assault and crime everywhere. God help us.

[@carlossebastiannecroticgot7232]

And now we don't make eye contact with anyone and we don't want people near us

[@Kgio-2112]

​@@carlossebastiannecroticgot7232for a " connected" world, we are now , unconnected.

[@ClipHarvey]

Enjoy the parking lot shots. Nice to see the days populace of the different car models.

[@Cola64]

Now it’s a rare site to see more than 2 cars in a mall parking lot

[@hollyking2580]

I didn't realize they made those anti-theft devices seen on the jeans way back in 1980! I recall seeing those until the 90s.

[@knuteboy3778]

Yeah I was surprised too. Didn't realize the tech went back that far.

[@eyeseer1]

I was born in December 1980 and of only 3 weeks old this is a surreal and simple vision to a past few could comprehend. This is a glowing time capsule of a different outlook in people and society.

[@debbylynn9635]

I graduated high school in 1980 and we wore Lee painter jeans with leather converse all stars. We could change the stars out in different colors. Levis were popular to but not as much as Lee painter jeans. Boys and the girls wore them.

[@mikemarsh7387]

I wasn’t born yet for another 4 years but this looks and feels oddly familiar.

[@geezitshuge]

Christown Mall in Phoenix opened in 1966 or 67. Much larger than Town and Country mall in Scottsdale. It had Broadway,Sears, Montgomery Wards, JCPenny, plus a fountain, movie theatre and a great food court. It was the hangout for many years. I saw Bobby Kennedy there during the 1968 Pres Campaign. Just before he was shot in LA.

[@lambjack1]

Where's this filmed ?

[@brendaechols5929]

Oh ..I remember mom taking me to Beall's for all the school clothes. Cordoroid pants in every color you could imagine. I loved them.

[@kathleenking47]

It was the last time corduroy was out I'd love for long corduroy skirts to come back for.winter

[@bassage13]

​@@kathleenking47Corduroy was popular in the 90s.

[@ColdbrewNet]

1980-1981 was my senior year in high school. We loved our designer jeans, Izod shirts, Candie’s and Sperry’s shoes!

[@DJaySplitSecond]

These videos are treasures!!

[@markaruski]

OMG we had that same game at 9:37 -- I hadn't thought about it in years, good times! Thanks Vampire Robot!

[@beingroxy]

My mom was 14 at that time, but did not live in the US. Im always fascinated by the 80s and 90s, being a 90s (93 to be exact) baby myself.

[@rubenwatson1723]

Wish I could travel back in time to 1980!!!! I would definitely stay there!!!!

[@IAmError0706]

So weird to think even the youngest of these kids are in at least their 40’s now

[@johnbravo7542]

If you look at the crowd in general in that shopping mall 50% of them would not be alive today.

[@lambjack1]

Cadavers mostly now, sadly.

[@jameskox872]

​@@johnbravo7542 . . I was a teenager in 1980 . . Guess what . . . I'm still here . . . And I know plenty of other people from back then and they were older than me . . But we are all still here . . . Hahaha 😂😂😂 . . . We ain't dead yet .

[@randomtees]

Wow. Not a cell phone in sight. Just people living in the moment.

[@user-py8kn1ym5u]

That's White Flint Mall in Rockville, Maryland. Bloomingdale's, I. Magnin, and Lord & Taylor. That mall was torn down about six years ago. The only building that remains is the abandoned, boarded-up Lord & Taylor. In it's day, it was a beautiful, very upscale, and successful mall.

[@eyeseer1]

Mind-blowing.

[@andrewwilks5155]

Awesome video! Like some of the others, I was wondering where this mall is. I remember these portable electronic games when I was 8 years old. I remember when I was little when our family had a set of grandparents that lived in Bucks County PA. One such time when visiting these grandparents in about 1980 here when I was little, I remember family and I shopping and hanging out at a large shopping mall nearby Philadelphia PA close to Bucks County PA. On a note: imagine a video being put up on this channel showing shopping at a large shopping mall in and or nearby Philadelphia PA in 1980 and that video happening to be the time when family and I went to the large shopping mall I remember from back then and in such a video seeing and recognizing me when little with seeing my parents and siblings, grandparents and other family members in the video and recognizing them all in video from over 40 years ago when us siblings were children and recognizing my younger looking parents of then as well and recognizing the grandparents to! That would be very coincidental, cool, and awesome! This could happen.

[@georgegreenhalgh993]

I think the mall was called Park City

[@GrandTime-17]

​@@georgegreenhalgh993 Isn't Park City in Lancaster Pa?

[@PcLover81]

You might be thinking of Franklin Mills or Philadelphia Mills as the youngsters call it today.

[@scottdunn2178]

1980 I was 14, lived in Phoenix. Saw my first concert; Rush with 38 Special opening. Fun times.

[@honeybdream]

The denim jeans and clothing were made with such high quality! Better than half the so called luxury clothing these days.

[@bassage13]

The only important event in 1980 was the release of The Empire Strikes Back. The greatest movie ever.

[@johnwalsh7256]

We were fortunate to have lived in that time. Greatly missed.

[@sololuisvlogs]

They even had to make the packing lines big enough to fit big vehicles back then. Unfortunately, I grew up in the late eighties and nineties. Now I’m old as fudge!

[@vampirerobot]

You don't look old

[@mamadoom9724]

Ahh the 80’s-the last time I was happy

[@tycanuck]

Yikes.

[@deepelements]

Outstanding footage

[@DelbertSting-th7if]

I remember 1980 so well. I was 7 years old. I had just switched elementary schools. Tensions with Iran, the hostage situation, the USA hockey team comprised of 20-21 year old college kids beating arguably the greatest hockey team ever to play at the Olympics in lake placid. What a wonderful time to be alive.

[@ericzerkle8486]

I was 6

[@thenightporter]

I think I see our family car! 1978 Cutlass Supreme!

[@Gameboy-Unboxings]

I cant deal with the fact that this was 44 years ago.... i just can't. It's so fucking depressing man.

[@westleyanson]

Great video! The kid playing handheld games brought memories. Head to Head Football was the first one I had. Great times…👍🏼

[@shadow03clb]

I'm always curious who taped these? Did they know that one day this would be like a time capsule? Did people know that they were being filmed so closely? I'm sure they had permission, but I find it so strange that to think someone was walking around with a video camera lol

[@jenjen462]

Most likely it was the local news filming B roll for a news story. There is one in target in 1994 and you hear the camera man tell someone "just act normal, I'm just doing a story on the layoffs". Video cameras were not the norm so people either tried to ignore it or got smiley and nervous. They were huge cameras and had bright lights so I'm sure everyone noticed them.

[@ABigNUT69]

@@jenjen462 I say the same thing when people see me outside their windows recording them 😏

[@msjuju-cj3xc]

At this point, I'd believe that you're a time traveler. But, stock footage from a news channel is good too as someone said below 😏. I was 8yrs old in 1980....ah the (truly) good ol' days 😔

[@brendaechols5929]

Me too. Good days.

[@OFF-GRIDPhenohunt]

me too 1972.

[@Yemaya888]

1975 baby.old enough to remember 1980

[@vickieclark5931]

I was 8 also. I miss those days.

[@emteebee1872]

I was also 8 in 1980… and around the same time, John Lennon was killed. I remember running around the house telling my older brothers who were Beatles fans “John Lemon was shot. John Lemon was shot.” They both laughed at me and corrected me of his last name.

[@IRNews48]

6:48 That cashier woman is delicate and feminine.

[@lemonhead162]

I want to go back NOW!!! I was seven years old in 1981, and it was awesome!!! We would always go up to Almeda Mall in Houston, and my mom would shop at Foleys & Joskes.

[@LOCKnLOAD122]

Whoaaaa, that's a Mego Corp 2-XL robot with 8 track to boot. 😮

[@eric_bee]

That 2XL Robot at 10:56. I loved that so much!

[@buckeyefangirl1976]

We didn't realize how great things were then. Or what a mess society and our country would be now. Thanks for sharing this although it makes me sad it also brings back good memories too.

[@boostedmaniac]

Before the faded and ripped Jean look became popular. I remember getting a new pair of jeans for that dark blue color before it got washed many times and faded.

[@Lostforwords12345]

I love my Jordache Jesns Sassoon Levi’s

[@tempest411]

I was ten years old in 1980. I wish I could go back and talk to my younger self, and my mother. I would insist to my younger self that I had to join the military as soon as I turned 18. To my mother...Maybe I'd skip talking to her. She didn't listen to me later about her drinking, I can't think of any reason why she'd listen to me even if an older version of me popped out of a wormhole from the future and warned her then...

[@missangelcherie27]

KZbin is the closest time machine we have

[@Mszahnclass95]

wow w look how big the cash register is are back then . when you grow up. in the 70 or 80s like me during that time you dont think nothing is big like cars an hair or cash register s until you get older an go through eras an look back at like this an think holy moly everything was big an bulky

[@tempest411]

Those older ones were bullet proof. I worked in retail from the late 80s until 2020. Each new cash register design we got was always worse than the one we had before it, and by 2010 they got rid of them altogether and had us ringing up people on PCs, which was a HUGE step backward in terms of speed and convenience. This was at an auto parts chain.

[@marka.2715]

Can we please go back? What a great time it was then.

[@cehin]

I still have my 2XL robot that I got for Christmas that year!

[@vampirerobot]

Does it still work?

[@cehin]

@Vampire Robot It's been yesrs since I checked. Last time it seemed like the 8 track tape was degrading. It's at my mom's house in another state.

[@rollenswollen6694]

Your videos are Great/perfect.👍🏻

[@jaypowell5064]

I can't tell you how many of those handheld games my teachers took from me. And my mom had to come up to the school to get it back. 🤣🤣

[@mickeyshooter5298]

I had a second generation 2xl in the 90s. I loved that thing.

[@timdumoulin2576]

I noticed not 1 fat person in the video. they were all fit and sexy inn those days.

[@tempest411]

I noticed that too.

[@jamesmclaughlin9984]

There were some big girls back in the day but most of them still had a shape.

[@moshesett8580]

i notice that as well

[@brendaechols5929]

😂😂😂 true. Thats cause we didn't have all the food choices we have now. Too much variety. My mom would always get so frustrated looking for jeans for me. I was so darn skinny.

[@tempest411]

They need to levy huge taxes on food based on how much sugar, fat, and salt they contain, and use that money to subsidize healthier foods...which always seem to cost more.

[@ManningTaylor]

Was this White Flint Mall in Maryland? I saw Lord and Taylor and I. Magnin at the beginning.

[@patriotdrone9566]

You can't even get a sales person to look you in the eye anymore, if you're lucky enough to find one. Face to Face retail is all but dead.

[@lonniemcguire1343]

Thank you internet 😢

[@skywishr1313]

where do you live in 2080

[@lonniemcguire1343]

@@skywishr1313 Mars.

[@stevelachowicz7989]

I was 14 at the time. Wish I could go back……

[@shannonmarie294]

Watching video’s of life back then really get’s me emotional…. 😢😔 Our country now is such a mess!….. I miss the 80’s…..

[@kyolym]

To think this was 44 years ago and 44 years from 1980 it was 1936 yet things have not changed to much from 1980 to today other then prices and styles all these clothes have come back

[@lonniemcguire1343]

Boomerang like bellbottoms.

[@Packer1290]

10:29 I had this toy. It accepted an 8 track tape. It would ask you mulitple choice questions and then you answered by pushing the A, B or C button. It was actually pretty cool because it didn't just run through a list of questions, it also gave background on the topic and even played little audio clips. They tried to give it a personality.

[@pamelawages7927]

I love the cars! They were tanks! I was in 11th grade. Only could afford Levi's.

[@stevengallant6363]

What do you mean only? I thought Levi's were always the most expensive brand. Growing up my family couldn't afford to buy Levi's... I finally got my first pair of Levi's in like 10th grade

[@smartman123]

80 s my childhood best time to be alive

[@ewn0404]

It’s surreal seeing the mall with all that inventory out and no one running in and grabbing it. Things have really gone downhill in 40 years.

[@Qboro66]

The two boys playing the tabletop electronic games are approximately 55-57 years of age today...

[@carlossebastiannecroticgot7232]

Or maybe ☠💀who knows

[@vickieclark5931]

Yeah, it's interesting seeing those kids and teens in there and then realizing that they are all either my age or older.

[@Qboro66]

@vickieclark5931 I was already in 9th grade, then and I now recently turned 57 yrs old...😄

[@timfahey7127]

I remeber the 2 XL....wow.....

[@stephaniedixon8366]

We sure were looking a lot healthier and fit. What changed? Hmmmmm

[@vickieclark5931]

Back then most people's food was home cooked. Nowadays, most people eat out 3-5 times a week.

[@owllymannstein7113]

So it turns out the game she's playing at 8:50 is "I took a lickin from a chicken".

[@RSmith-fb4sf]

we were so poor in 1980, we would go to the mall just to look at stuff. i always looked around at the other shoppers thinking they were rich.