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Random things that were big in the '90s.

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StanleyTheCrane · 08/04/2022 19:19

I'm trying to make up a quiz for a friend's birthday based on things that were popular in the '90s, plus I was just having fun reminiscing with another friend. So I wondered, what random and lesser known things do you remember being popular back then?

Riverdance is one I remember. That was so huge back then and I was obsessed with it and Michael Flatley. I remember watching Eurovision live when they had Michael Flatley and Jean Butler perform and being blown away by it.

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Luredbyapomegranate · 09/04/2022 13:06

@Antarcticant

The book 'Wild Swans' - everyone was reading it, me included. I still have my 90s copy and re-read it occasionally.
@Antarcticant

God I never got through it. I have a 25 yo copy though. Should I try again?

lancaster · 09/04/2022 13:10

The Sweate Shop, Bennetton, Athena posters.

woodhill · 09/04/2022 13:11

@AncientofMuMu

Celestial bedrooms
Yes had some curtains like that

Pokémon

Antarcticant · 09/04/2022 13:11

Definitely give it another try @Luredbyapomegranate . It's worth persevering through any bits you might find a bit 'dry'.

I also read the Mao biography Jung Chang co-wrote with her husband - I don't think it was very well-reviewed when it came out, but I found it a very interesting read.

VeryQuaintIrene · 09/04/2022 17:54

@BlancheB

What did Blair do in the 90s that made him a war criminal? You might be much younger than me, but I remember very well when he could do no wrong for a few brief years in the 90s when many of us were so thrilled to be rid of the Tories. The 2000s were a different story, of course.

Unavailableusername · 09/04/2022 19:32

Stiltskin 'Inside' from Levi jeans ad
The Cranberries
Yes to beige / oatmeal!
C4 on Fridays ~ Father Ted / Black Books / The Word / Eurotrash
Curtains hairstyle
Trevor and Simon ~ swing your pants
Inspiral Carpets / KLF/ Progidy
Jarvis Cocker in Michael Jackson parody
Queuing for a bulky PC at university
Netscape navigator
MSN messenger

heidbuttsupper · 09/04/2022 19:57

@DoctorSnortles I still drink this Grin

SallyCinnamon3009 · 09/04/2022 20:01

Tazos
Tamagotchi
Babysitter club books
ck one
Tommy Girl
Naff naff

PleaseYourselfandEatTheCrusts · 09/04/2022 20:01

Haven't read the whole thread yet, so sorry for any repetition -

Gel pens
Fluffy notebooks / Keyring notebooks
Gap fleeces
Mystic Meg
Goosebumps books
Pizza Hut / McDonald's birthday parties
Kids' Saturday morning cinema for £1
Penny sweets that were actually a penny

PleaseYourselfandEatTheCrusts · 09/04/2022 20:04

Dinner money taken to school in an old tobacco tin, that the school had given us.
Recorder lessons in infants

PenguinLove1 · 09/04/2022 20:25

bomber jacker with the velcro rip off name tag

Jane norman school bags

Sweater shop jumpers

Kickers shoes

Kappa tracksuit

Daisychainsandglitter · 09/04/2022 20:29

Gameboys- I spent hours playing Tetris and Donkey Kong.
Pogs and hair mascara. Also remember those hologram necklaces on a black cord chain.,

PollyPutTheKettleOnKettleOn · 09/04/2022 21:10

Dinner money taken to school in an old tobacco tin

I remember some school friends taking lunch money to school in a plastic tube thing that hung around their necks on a black string- does anyone else remember those??

PollyPutTheKettleOnKettleOn · 09/04/2022 21:12

The chewits (? Was it chewits? Maybe opal fruits?) advert with the boy dressed in a white shirt and sunglasses singing I'm Too Sexy

breakdown19 · 09/04/2022 21:12

Placemarkinh to come back to

PollyPutTheKettleOnKettleOn · 09/04/2022 21:15

@PollyPutTheKettleOnKettleOn

The chewits (? Was it chewits? Maybe opal fruits?) advert with the boy dressed in a white shirt and sunglasses singing I'm Too Sexy
FRUITELLA!
SpringHasSprungYay · 09/04/2022 23:26

@Antarcticant

The book 'Wild Swans' - everyone was reading it, me included. I still have my 90s copy and re-read it occasionally.
And Shantaram Grin
underneaththeash · 09/04/2022 23:30

Q: What was in Blastaway
A: Diamond White and Castaway

gogohm · 09/04/2022 23:36

Lara Croft, PlayStation, gameboys, iced tea in bottles, Cool Britannia clothing, hooch

gogohm · 09/04/2022 23:37

And Labour being

DragonOverTheMoon · 09/04/2022 23:40

Baby G watches and buffaloes

catfunk · 09/04/2022 23:44

Who remembers kookaj the clothes shop?
We used to wear t shirts from warehouse and kookaj with the brand name on the front. And French connection if you saved up all of your pocket money!

Antarcticant · 10/04/2022 00:54

[quote VeryQuaintIrene]@BlancheB

What did Blair do in the 90s that made him a war criminal? You might be much younger than me, but I remember very well when he could do no wrong for a few brief years in the 90s when many of us were so thrilled to be rid of the Tories. The 2000s were a different story, of course.[/quote]
Yes, the 1997 Labour landslide was the release of the pent-up frustration of the 'Thatcher' generation who had reached adulthood too late to vote in the 1992 general election. All the big names toppling one by one Grin .

MidnightMeltdown · 10/04/2022 12:16

I seem to remember a trend for cycling shirts, hot pants, and tie dye T-shirt's when I was a kid in the 90s

BlueBellsArePretty · 10/04/2022 13:00

Father Ted