Did you grow up in 70s/80s?

i was born in '71, Op, so the new romantics/culture club are what i remember.
i'm happy to see that Marilyn (remember him?) doesn't buy any of the current gender baloney.

Hi OP born in the late 1960s and recall things a bit differently from you. Lots of sexism and racism that passed without comment as ‘banter’; it being acceptable for a male boss to pat a female employee on the head and call her a ‘good girl’; being told to go home and change if I wore trousers to work. Would not have any of that back again (though I accept we now have some equally divisive issues to manage). I do recall eighties fashion with some affection though; amid the garish horrors there were some wonderfully individual and creative styles around and you could express who you were without bothering about brands or labels. I was always broke so shopped in jumble sales and charity shops. I think my, erm, ‘eclectic’ style has remained (and I still wear the occasional item of jewellery or clothing from that era too).

Yes. I'm 4 years older than you OP, so can just about remember the Beatles. Remember watching their films on TV at Christmas (Hard Day's Night and Yellow Submarine etc). I was a teenager in the 70s and remember when the lads used to wear platform shoes with high heels, even at school. School had to ban them for both sexes in the end because of so many broken ankles on the stairs Lads also wore eyeliner for discos. I think the sexes were much closer in image back then.