What it was like to live in Great Britain in the 1980s

Britain in the 1980's. The decade of British Prime Minster Margaret Thatcher, yuppies, chunky mobile phones and BMX bikes.The "eighties" are also well known for their extreme fashions, such as "big hair", New Wave, punk rock, funk, or preppies. Rap music first started to get big in the 80s, and often went with breakdancing in what is now called the "old school" days.
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[@LondonPower]

What it was like to live in Great Britain in the 1960s kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJbLqGB8h9eFhLs

[@blingblinginyaface]

Music choice for this video was very poor mate! Should have been a banging 80s track

[@dalebenton3354]

Be interesting history to watch,Was not even born in the 60's,Little way before my time

[@derekporter7658]

What it was like to live in Great Britain in the 1980s? A bloody sight better than today, that's for sure.

[@vannjunkin8041]

Same here in the States.. damn better sight in the 80s also..

[@philipchurchill6508]

@@vannjunkin8041 It was a lot better as regards law and order and feeling safe ,and The country was not swamped with immigrants , however economically it was a grim time , Thatcher did much damage to this country selling off the countries assets wholesale ,this included , North sea gas , oil , electricity.telecommunications ,the post office , british rail and many other brtish institutions ,it has been proven by economisits booth left and right that this was a big mistake , she also oversaw destructin f whole communities by closing industry , coalmines and coalmining communities , she had planned this for years ahead [they were militant and she hated them ] she did this without any back up plan for these people, also unemployment reigned throughout her rule , horrible stupid woman , I am only sorry that she survived the massive bomb that ripped through her hotel in brighton , I can remember in the woodwork shop in school us kids were laughing about it as we hated her [ as did many working class families] , she was about as good for Britain as Regan was for the USA , he also oversaw wholesale destruction of industry and did not give a rats ass for working class people , though like Trump made much of this verbally .

[@vannjunkin8041]

@@philipchurchill6508 yes we were hollowed out very similarly by Reagan.. he turned the truck driving industry into a low paid sham of industry control.

[@jonesroberts3640]

People hate multiculturalism and changes in the UK place is dead everyone so bitter and angry ,lots of racism and segregation today's society

[@daisychain3007]

We are lucky to be alive in 2022. We have Internet, mobile phones and satellite navigations. Every decade has its good and bad points, but, on the whole, the twenty-first century is wonderful.

[@Zlervo]

The styles, the music, the whole vibe was so much better than it is today.

[@cambs0181]

I can remember people use to talk to each other.

[@LondonPower]

That's it people used to talk to each other !

[@welshie1979]

It was bloody brilliant! Best time of my life and yes britain was britain. Dont ask me explain..the music alone is enough. Take me back!

[@kevinshaw1387]

Better then living in the 2020s !

[@truthiskey8625]

That's why i wish i had a time machine

[@DynamicMash917]

Does anyone know the difference between "then" and "than" anymore?

[@kevinshaw1387]

Does anybody care ​@DynamicMash917

[@vinniechudam1835]

My experience of the 80s: Fresh milk in glass bottles with foil tops for every child at school, delicious and healthy school dinners (not a turkey twizzler in sight), my Dad drove us around in a red classic Mini which was followeed by a Ford Sierra in the 90s, we travelled on Leyland buses, InterCity 125 high speed trains and rode pedal bicycles. We hired VHS tape videos from the corner shop and rented a VHS video recorder from Comet. We never had a washing machine but we did have a spin dryer. My brother and I used to watch a black and white TV before we upgraded to a colour one. We listened to cassette tapes and the radio. I bought my first cassette tape in 1988, Kylie's first album. We could do a week's shopping for a family of four for less than £10. We used coins to pay for telephone calls in phone booths as we couldn't afford a landline, I remember it was 10p for a local call. We had £1 notes back then before they turned into coins. And we read books in the library. The 80s were the best.

[@ajs41]

We still get milk in glass bottles with foil tops delivered to our house every day. I don't know whether that's unusual or not for most areas.

[@mrnobody1067]

Amen to that ❤❤❤🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@Lee69111]

spent all my teen years in the '80s...it was an awesome time to be alive :)

[@davidlloyd3116]

The 80s were the best. I went to university (no fees, no debts), young ones on TV, met the love of my life, partied all night, saw the greatest bands and had an absolute wail of a time. Got a good degree, straight into work as a virologist, affordable digs, no regrets. Bought my first house, but I’m now retired at 55 years old. I wouldn’t want to be a student nowadays with a huge student debt, and unaffordable housing.

[@MrAdriancooke]

Many people hate the 1980s but it was probably my happiest decade. I'm 64 now.

[@ronwhite8503]

I am 63 and totally agree.

[@angelacooper2661]

You are therefore eleven years older than me, as I am 53 and spent my adolescence during that decade!

[@hopebgood]

It was without a shadow of a doubt a fun time to grow up in.

[@marktazzioli2882]

I’m 61 and it was a great decade

[@Trish-ql9kz]

for many of us 60 somethings it all happened in the 80’s, I left school, left home, progressed in my career,met and married, bought first property, had two children, I’m now 61.

[@rakeshparekh4828]

What a decade. I grew up in Scotland in the 1980s. Can’t imagine how happy and care free life was then. I’m close to 60 now but will always relive the 1980s again and again as a teenager then in the twenties. Music, culture the sights sounds and fashion. Just loved it. 💕💕

[@OCONNER-oj3xg]

Exactly.not sure about the music though 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@kung-fuhustle5755]

All I can say is the 80's were the best, Better than today's Bullshit.

[@sambrooks7862]

It was awful, police attended burglaries and arrested criminals, ambulances turned up the same day you called them and they didn't allow you to doss in the back of them for hours and hours, oh no, you were forced to lie in a bed on a ward, and what's worse the wards were clean. But it didn't end there, people who couldn't afford their own home were shamed into accepting a council house and everywhere you went everyone could be heard speaking English FFS. You could fill your petrol tank, buy a weeks shopping, pay your utility bills and still have enough money left each week for a night out. Thank God those days are gone forever and we are fortunate enough to live in the utopia that we privileged few call England!

[@coniferclose]

My god, it sounds shocking.😂😂🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@Steve-gc5nt]

Beats the crap out of the 21st century, that's for sure.

[@ianbutler3659]

A damn sight better than nowadays

[@truthiskey8625]

A whole lot better then now it's a hellhole we live in now

[@joeillingworth5867]

I like to think in a past life I lived in the 80s, because my god the music alone was beautiful in that decade

[@creightonjason]

Ill agree with that.

[@timothywebb5100]

I was a teenager in the 1980’s and absolutely loved it.

[@angelacooper2661]

So was I, Tim!

[@timothywebb5100]

@@angelacooper2661 the best and happiest time of my life 😀

[@timothywebb5100]

No doubt about it fantastic times

[@oddsandwindsocks5905]

Luckily we are in the 2023 era because ive just built a time machine, whos coming back with me to the magic 80s.

[@martinjenkins8270]

Can you drop me off in the 70s and I’ll catch you up later

[@johnr7769]

The video needs to be properly titled 'What it was like to live in London in the 1980's'

[@stephenhoskins1532]

it was a million times better than living in the 2020s thats for sure

[@LouiseTaylor-ub5zq]

Would you have 80s furniture and tvs in your house today tho? No exactly

[@colineastwood7005]

@@LouiseTaylor-ub5zqyeah I would go back to 80s tech, clothes and everything else, if you don’t like it you never experienced it! You’re obviously fooled by everything you have today I feel sorry for ya.

[@emmetdonnelly2072]

Colourful, magical , wonderful, exciting, electronic, mysterious, people talked more, were respectful, modest, disciplined, music was excellent, cars looked great, clothes and hairstyles more confident and exciting.

[@lazycalm41]

What was it like to live in Britain in the 1980's? in short, damn brilliant. in fact everything thats missing from living in Britain today, and that makes it so damn awful!

[@philipchurchill6508]

Allright for the rich and middle classes maybe , it was great yeah but a lot of unemployment and poverty , but yeah many things were better .

[@sambrooks7862]

@@philipchurchill6508 no mate, nowhere in England in the 80s experienced poverty on the level we're seeing now, it would've been unthinkable to suggest that a household with both parents working couldn't afford to pay for heating.

[@marks9351]

@@sambrooks7862 bang on

[@adrianfox9431]

@@sambrooks7862 indeed, and I can't ever remember there being food banks back then

[@rjjcms1]

@@sambrooks7862 Shhhh,the politicians and their media lackeys are hoping we don't notice.

[@thepub245]

It was better, people were generally happier back then than today I believe. . Life was slower but more satisfying as a result. There wasnt as much choice but you had time to savour and appreciate what there was. Take tv, 4 tv channels in those days but the talent and content was far better. The essence and spirit of the time has been lost and replaced with something sinister, cynical and ugly in my opinion.

[@thra5herxb12s]

Life wasnt slower in any way and plenty of people had cable and sky tv. People were most certainly lees selfish and greedy though.

[@Shockerpitzwei]

the AIDS epidemic. The cold war was still going on we had the war on drugs still going on The pmrc was still a thing. People smoking in cars was not taboo yet. This one's a personal thing, but we had hair metal.

[@freestuffgiveaways]

TAKE ME BACK PLEASE!!!!!!!!!

[@harimadhavan1712]

I loved the 80's in the UK. I did experience racism, but I found most people to be friendly and approachable. Nowadays people, save for the older generation, keep themselves to themselves, or stick to their own group of friends or race. Also life was a bit simpler then. Technology was coming up, but at a pace that your brain could keep up with. Now it's advancing rapidly, that it's become a nightmare and is more about control rather than freedoms.

[@jonesroberts3640]

Older generation in the UK are very racist and divisive same with the youngest generation too people are not open minded in the UK everyone just keeps to themselves.

[@dexocube]

@@jonesroberts3640 I've seen and heard more racism here in the UK in the last ten years than I ever saw in the 80's. Back then the far right were seen as extremists and weirdos, today far right politics is almost mainstream, it's scary.

[@jonesroberts3640]

@@dexocube Agree. The hatred and racism in the UK is not hidden at all. Many English people pretend there Is no racism in the UK and hide behind thier racism yet they are the masters of racism in the UK and always blame the USA.

[@bollock1213]

​@@simonwalters912 yh its great down in london aint it joker

[@tichaonamugabe7107]

​@@simonwalters912Funny thing is it was the exact opposite for me. I was a naive child who thought race didn't matter. I loved all races of people. smdh. How can you love a group of 'people' who hate you?I foolishly thought racism was a thing of the past until I moved to britain as a child with my parents. I'm about Black people now. NOT white validation. Let's not get it twisted.

[@tonywilliams3229]

No social media, it was fantastic

[@em6577]

Or mobile phones...went downhill rapidly once technology took over...

[@nevetsgnil1962]

Best time ever all my best memories live in the 80s, far better times than today.

[@andrewbriggs6083]

Lived that, seen it, done it, Best time of my life.

[@ashdrive]

I absolutely loved it, I was in my twenties...brilliant times

[@alexanderrichardson484]

I wish to God i was alive and around in Great Britain as a full grown proper adult in the 1980's those times and years were much more better and nice not like the bloody 2000's, 2010's and 2020's. I would've had such a fantastic time if I was around as a proper adult in 1980's with all the things that was out and in use then and seriously enjoyed it all definitely no question what so ever

[@katymagnets]

It wasn't nice. There was more racism, more homophobia, more sexism, mental health wasn't taken seriously, Thatcher was PM and a lot of us were worried that there could be a nuclear war.

[@friendlyattack1181]

People say that shit about every generation/couple of decades since decades were invented in the 50s. Did you like getting your face smashed in with police batons on picket lines? Did you enjoy the imminent threat of nuclear annihilation. White dog shit? Time filters out the shit cause we don't like to look at the banal and monotonous. Sure had it's moment just like every time. The world's still here and there still loads of beauty in it and are you going to wait till the best of reel is playing back to wish you were here now. Your lack of participation and wistful wishful thinking contributes to the general shit we have to tolerate day to day and it's sure as shit not nostalgic counts like yous who make anything worth fucking remembering or being alive for. There the people you malign in your own times the people who understand that life is change and that survival is not the survival of the strongest it's those most adaptable to change.

[@sambrooks7862]

But the other side of that coin is that if you were an adult at the start of the 80s you would now be staring down the barrel of retirement and terrified at the prospect of not being able to afford care should you need it.

[@friendlyattack1181]

@@sambrooks7862 yeah we've got to help people as much as we can, economic out look isnt good, the lesiure centre in our area closing down we think

[@stephengirling7859]

I was 23 in 1980 and i can tell you, it was an awesome time! Never to be seen again!

[@charmainnosworthy1195]

We had the best TV shows, music and toys back then. Chocolate bars were bigger.

[@stephendavies925]

I think we had the best of everything in the 80s music football work was good, most teenagers were happy and positive, compared to now things are declining the young people are miserable and think the world owes them a living, I was in my 20s in the 80s hungry for work money and fun and you couldn't do one without the other, I had a blast them times will never be seen again

[@evelynwilson1566]

This seems very London-centric. Growing up in a small town in Scotland, you hardly ever saw punks or New Wave-ers(?) , and McDonalds was twenty years away - and only rich teenagers had tvs in their rooms! I remember my town having an air of neglect, the buildings were dirty, most of the youth clubs and entertainments had gone, the industries were not the big employers they had been. Kid had a lot more freedom though and you knew your neighbours. My happiest times were playing in the nearby woods with my dog! I would say that they were friendlier times, but when I think about it, people around my way are still pretty friendly and will help each other out when needed.

[@philipchurchill6508]

your the only person to mention the destruction oof industry which happened everywhere , in Scotland the shipyards and Ravenscraig steel come to mind

[@derekporter7658]

@@philipchurchill6508 Ravenscraig was binned in the 90s.

[@michaelrodgers7109]

Smashing X I reamber steam driven Traction engines X as boy X going down the road X just pure joy X of it X bike rides to buy music 🎶 then not so many cars X yeah man it was great

[@chrisr5499]

What about The Exploited ? You must of had Bikers, Skins, Casuals and Mods in Scotland as London, Mancester and Dublin had them in 1983 ?

[@AA-mt3jg]

If only we could reverse time and go back the cars, the music and the films. It’s all rubbbish now.

[@richardsingh5827]

I was in record shops a lot back then

[@kirstyburden9262]

I remember the 1980s well in my childhood days. I was living in Tilehurst in Reading in the 1980s. I look back at the 1980s with fondness and joy.

[@garypautard1069]

It is interesting to note the variety of music genre that was around in this period. From boy bands to heavy metal to glam rock and punk . Now we have only black music used on TV ads and dance music stations and other genre seem to fall into minority special categories ,like C&W and Epic music and opera and folk.

[@museonfilm8919]

@@sabrinabelladonna3200 The commercial radio stations are part of that universal American umbrella that is trying to make a ghetto of every country, and teach the young that everywhere is a 'hood'.

[@rafiqadarr6217]

Would not say it was happier, exactly, but it was a simpler time. In those days everybody was poor, and yet there were no foodbanks like now. People managed. They had enough to eat and to pay their bills. Now life is much tougher. There also seems to be much more social division and isolation.

[@pabo-qv3nx]

Very True .

[@alexwatson5507]

I regret what my children have to grow up in! Thanks for that by the way. The '80s were great.

[@masaukochitsamba7808]

I lived in London from 1984 to 1987. Great times.

[@user-st4jt3si6f]

Some fantastic photos. I grew up in the 70 s and 80s ,,, thank god……

[@grummer8537]

A dam better than it is now

[@Aaron-nq9rh]

Imagine living in the 80s. No phones no social media 😮

[@traceyculyer5811]

We had C.B. radio thanks. We went on eye balls.

[@adrianfox9431]

@@traceyculyer5811 10-4 to that

[@milehighclassics]

Yes we did , the pub or pool hall and a home phone

[@2345bcde]

It was way better

[@DWXY]

Yes, that’s what was so good about it! You have no idea

[@bsport131]

Better than now

[@catherineholdsworth9588]

The 80s were the best decade .for music. None of the crap we have to day.we could go out and play with our friends till it got dark .how I missed the 80s fab times

[@andyb4417]

I was 16 in 1980, great year. Celebrated by watching Pink Floyd at Earls Court and going to the Reading Rock Festival a few weeks later, the rest of that decade was a bit of a blur :)

[@angelacooper2661]

You are therefore six years older than me, as I was ten in 1980 and still at junior school. I spent my adolescence during that decade and came of age at end of it!

[@rogerdoger3347]

Life wasn't perfect but people were more civil and caring in the 1980s there was compasion and support music and fashion was the best decade now 2022 is toxic and vile in the UK.

[@eleanordavies9815]

Refreshing to see the people on the tube not glued to their phones! People seemed more alive somehow back then

[@southface6684]

best time ever

[@internationalfranchisealli5547]

Spot on

[@thegrimlok7944]

Thanks for this, brought me back to happier times briefly

[@pauladams838]

I loved the 80s ,,life was so easy

[@jazzlife8691]

My teenage years were the 80’s, and they were bloody brilliant! Great time to be young.

[@lordpurchase9189]

@1:21 I checked the plate on that red Ford Escort TRU 378X which comes back to a brown Ford Escort. I loved those classic Fords I always check the plates out just out of curiosity to see if any of those old classics are still on the road today.

[@racecardriverrr4201]

No way. My Dad was born in 67 and one of his first cars (or maybe his 1st one) was an orange 3rd gen Escort with the reg TRU 000X. (I can't remember the numbers I must find them tommorow) My Uncle says he always refered to it as "trucks" and it was his pride and joy until it got written off in a crash. What a coincidence!

[@racecardriverrr4201]

Update: My dad's reg was TRU 859 X, but it was indeed an orange escort. The third coincidence (the previous being the similar reg and same car) is that the cars were registered just 3 days apart, with the one in the video being on the 9th of Jan 1982, and my Dad's one being registered on the 11th of Jan 1982

[@michaeltaylor8835]

How do you do that

[@philipchurchill6508]

Fantastic detective work m`lord

[@racecardriverrr4201]

@@philipchurchill6508 Thanks mate! I love these old classics, though I'm sure they must have been dogs to drive. At least they were cheap and cheerful!

[@ultimatemagic2125]

I was born in 79, my childhood was the 80s and I couldn't have asked for a better decade to grow up in. The greatest time of my life. And I'm sure growing up as a teen and a young adult was awesome in the 80s too.

[@pokemonandfingerboarding7588]

I was born the same year and feel the same. An amazing decade. Glad I got to live through it. It was just so modern and different to what had come before

[@rayalbion9637]

it was most definitely

[@angelacooper2661]

I began the decade at junior school (aged ten) and finished it in my first job (aged nineteen) so went from childhood to adulthood during that period! Remember this era well.

[@garyleroy6999]

As a quinquagenarian I whole heartedly agree.

[@philipchurchill6508]

@@garyleroy6999 Did not know we suffered from that Gary is there a cure ? , seriously gaz ,never heard that word before, heard the oct one and the sept one ,but they are childs play top this gobfull , I suppose I will just have to accept that I am one and get on with it .

[@philipchurchill6508]

Same here born in 71 , though 19 was a prison land mark for me unfortunately , though even the likes of me become , boring old men , a middle aged man well freaked out by the knife wielding,gang affiliated, entitled , rapping youth .

[@redfred70]

I was born 1970, so child/pre-teen throughout the 70's and then teenager throughout the 80's. We had a great time, not perfect, but more fun. The shared experience we had culturally, through minimal tech and tv channels etc helped and created the collective good memories. Music, different tribes e.g. soul boys, rockers, mods, punks, goths, new romantics etc made it an incredibly creatively diverse and exciting time. The improving tech helped drive the changes. I lived in London - all races got on generally very well, we were all in it together. Me and mates would often travel around central London on our own aged 10, it was safe, even at night. Working class in London were the most generous and happy-go-lucky, the wartime generation helped us keep what was important perspective. The fun and laughter we had was off the scale - you were told new jokes many times a day. And then in the early 80's, CB radio became the forerunner for social media - that was a great way to chat and build social skills and have fun in a respectful way. But, not a perfect time, and the years went very quickly ! The 90's were similar to the 80's, have to say Labour coming to power in the late 90's changed things, made things culturally divisive and initiated the decline. Overall, my personal opinion is that the 80's are a nice place to visit - but you wouldn't want to stay there - always best to be right here, right now.

[@andyculf8887]

A kid in the 80s and teen in the 90s I thank my lucky stars every day! Hate to be a kid nowadays I feel sorry for them 😔

[@andyculf8887]

@ciao214Z no born 1981, so I don't consider myself a millennial

[@erdevon3257]

Such a confused lost generation now

[@RetroReminiscing]

🥰😍😍Takes me right back , thanks you

[@user-yf7js1ew1h]

I was 16 in 1981, i`d go back in a heartbeat.

[@Alanardo1989]

Wish I could've expirenced life in the 50s, 60s, 70s & 80s

[@honeybunch5765]

I'm an 80's teen, I loved the punk look but we weren't allowed any other hairdo than what the schools dictated. I so would have had a multicolour Mohawk. I did colour my hair with food colouring.😄🥰

[@andrewcottington3742]

My school was the same. However boys were allowed a pierced ear, although it was frowned upon. So my bit of rebellion was to get my left ear pierced as a 15 year old in 1985. When the healing period was up, l was only allowed to wear a small thin gold sleeper hoop earring in it. Wanted a proper gold hoop earring like pop stars of that period wore but could only wear it outside school much to my disappointment.

[@angelacooper2661]

​@@andrewcottington3742Same age as me, Andrew. However, I have a very sensitive skin and get eczema, so piercings of any sort would be asking for trouble. And dying my hair was out of the question!

[@andrewcottington3742]

@@angelacooper2661 l bet you found other ways to be rebellious though Angela! A shame you couldn't have piercings because of your skin condition. Some time after l left school l got a second hole pierced in my left ear and got my right ear pierced as well, so school never managed to knock the rebellious streak out of me.

[@angelacooper2661]

​​@@andrewcottington3742I was never a rebel, Andrew. Admittedly, as a YTS trainee after leaving school in 1986, I was not streetwise and had to end a toxic friendship abruptly. That's the nearest I got to rebellion and I turned my back on dodgy company! Personally, I am very squeamish about body piercings and wouldn't have any even if I had no skin problems.

[@trevorjones9706]

I was 16 in 1980 best decade for me.

[@kevinshaw1387]

So was I - great music, great fashion and a freedom that kids these days don't get

[@truthiskey8625]

Best horror movies greatest music and the great console nes as well

[@OlafProt]

By the time of the 80s, that was cartoon punk. The real thing was 1975-76

[@adrianfox9431]

yeah as I recall it was more of a goth trend in the 80s for those that wanted to be different

[@jillybe1873]

New Wave in the 80s

[@chrisr5499]

Punk split between Goth, Anarcho Punk and Psychobilly.

[@tarlkoroban3733]

Sad to see the London Boys. Hope they are resting in peace.

[@coniferclose]

Na mate, they all moved out.

[@simontracey3920]

Loved the 80s

[@roomullan3050]

Best years of my life. This video would have been better with some 80s music instead of that racket

[@Khaos969]

no internet no social media no mobile phones …. everyone lived in the moment ;) so glad i experienced that last era before the dawn of the Net

[@bluumuun]

the 80s were a golden decade

[@deandraper9105]

Ah when England was still England.

[@truthiskey8625]

It was 100 % of england back then its only 30% of England we have now 43 years later

[@keith2599]

AWESOME PICTURES, YEP ABSOLUTE 1980' GOOD TIMES GOOD FUN GOOD LAUGHS.... LOVE THIS.... ❤😊

[@unies176]

Loved it in my early 20s back in the 80s the music. No social media a different generation of people not like the younger attention seeking pouting Instagram Facebook tik tok insecure people today..

[@Michelle_Schu-blacka]

For all its woes, it was a great time to be a kid. It wasn't fancy, you had to make do with a lot, a great deal of it would be shocking today and I've no doubt that half of those punks are now accountants. But it worked and we had fun. It's a good thing time travel isn't possible, otherwise my generation would all disappear and live out our days in the late '70s to early '90s.

[@eurotom288]

It was BRILLIANT, Best time ever.😊

[@clairecooper197]

Watching this sure brings back happy memories of my childhood. ❤

[@gettinoveritgettinoverit1062]

Sadie Frost & Spandau Ballet GOLD

[@alexduggan68]

Better than now.

[@OCONNER-oj3xg]

A lot better than today i can tell you that 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@LTFC1964]

I was sixteen in 1980…..what a fantastic era it was

[@pbosustow]

Number one reason we miss those years? We were young.

[@debsmostexcellentadventure5353]

Nice to see alot new punks in this,77 to 82 me debs xx

[@doobiedoo74]

Born in the 70's, grew up in the 80's, lived the 90's and could not be bothered in the 2000's. Playing football on the streets upsetting all the neighbours 😁. The mobile video man with all the pirates, or spending hours in the video shop as it was 2 for a quid rental night. Mobile pop man. Ice pops, 1p ice cider lolly's in the summer. Summer was sunny, winter was snowing. Building ramps with wood and bricks see who could jump the highest on your boxer. Bboying in the class room. Bulldogs, rounders, enjoying the big shop. Walker, puma, einesse, Adidas colorado. Being poor was just normal, sack of spuds, Sunday tv was the best. Back in the day

[@alisonbailey2636]

The time of great music and when I wore shoulder pads, kitten heels and wore lip gloss. Thought I was cool back then 😕

[@section5760]

You was hen . I could just imagine dancing with you. In Birmingham club called the powerhouse ? If not it must have been someone like you 😉. Great days indeed. Love from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 hen 👍🏼❤️🥰🇬🇧

[@vanessaeden8174]

We all were Alison.

[@angelacooper2661]

​​@@section5760You mean that Alison was classified as fowl species? Cluck, cluck!!

[@gzappa]

You wouldn't have heard music like that very often, It sounds more like the 1970s.

[@baggy79]

Ecstasy arrived and we all went raving all weekend 😂

[@seanrm]

01:30 Iconic 70's & 80's in a single frame!

[@Peaceshiet812]

The years of my 20s

[@garydouglass9577]

Late 70s 80s and 90s the best for me but being a punk and loving skin also today is a great time also although we have lost a lot of great legends PUNKS NoT DEAD ✊🏼

[@lucaschapman2188]

Don’t miss smoking in buildings, my car 🚗 not starting in the morning, Busses never turning up , Paul bloody Daniels and Noel Edmonds being on the Television 📺 every time I turned it on!. Don’t miss Bloody Yuppies and Margaret Thatcher and all the bloody shops being closed on a Sunday. Apart from that great Decade !😊

[@ks-qu4kj]

best decade ever❤

[@emmaheyes1694]

Life was more peaceful no internet then u had to use phone boxes or landline phone to ring people up i remember the 80s vwry well

[@michaeltaylor8835]

Times were rough

[@jasoncreighton5140]

Were you a miner ?

[@coniferclose]

@@jasoncreighton5140😂😂😂

[@truthiskey8625]

Times was way way greater too more freedom more quality of life more entertainment life in 80s was the golden era

[@melkent399]

6'45" we didn't have email addresses. LOL

[@matthewc.419]

Arrhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh England b4 enrichment was such a heavenly place to be

[@Seminal_Ideas]

Outside of London a different universe in the 1980s. Mass unemployment, our industrial base closed down and assets stripped. A sense of bleak dystopia which could be swept away by thermonuclear light as almost happened by accident in 1983 with the Able Archer debacle.

[@Steve-gc5nt]

I lived outside London and the 1980's were great.

[@PSUK]

I loved every minute

[@mrdewonderful1201]

The 80s were definitely an improvement on the 70s for most of the country - thanks to the late Margaret Thatcher.

[@Ineedyoulou]

Better than today

[@donnietobasco9791]

If you wanted to get from the 70s to the 90s......then the 80s really WAS the only practical way to do it.

[@bushwhackeddos.2703]

Children of the ashes though they didn’t realise it, those still alive realise it now.

[@krystjanchanerley9288]

Bloody great ERA