To think growing up in the 80s was the best?

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Feeling all the nostalgia.
Big scrunchies,nike air max,fun house,mix tapes,michael Jackson before the rumours,sweeties and irnbru in spades ,playing out from the moment you came in till it got dark,sitting around a small 20inch tv,proper playing make believe, eating loads of stodgy food!the music high school with crazy teachers.all the stuff that's frowned upon now basically.
I had such a fun adventure filled childhood even though we never travelled even out of our home town.And we were poor!
Anyone else?

Anyone?!no 80s children here?

I grew up in the 80’s. Was a great time, music especially. Defending remember Nike airmax though !

Ahhh, great days. Was five in 1980. TV was absolutely awesome back then. A Team, Airwolf, Knight Rider. And the food! Findus Crispy Pancakes were my fave tea

I loved the 80s. I was a teenager and having an absolute blast.
The music, the fashion, everything.
Happy, happy days.

Oh god yes I agree. Saturday night TV with the family. School holiday tv. Neighbours. Hollyoaks. Why are all my happy memories about TV!! And being a teen in the 90s was incredible, just before social media. The music, changed my life , the sheer amount of gigs, every weekend in a different pub (and could get served at 15). I even love the fashion.
I turned 18 in 1997 and have nothing but happy memories about childhood and teens. You are absolutely not being unreasonable

I loved it.. but then I was a kid so everything was fun. I remember lots of bus strikes though. I tell my sons all the time about the sweet/crisps trolley that used to come to the classrooms in my primary school and chips and burgers everyday was a standard choice at lunch time, lol. They dislike Jamie Oliver with a passion but I reminded them that in those days we were outside a lot running up and down playing as we didn’t have computers, games consoles and mobiles to keep us in.

Also PE in secondary school was either gymnastics, netball or hockey ( I went to an all girls school) and none of the gentle dancing stuff or badminton they do now. Coming back with swollen ankles from the hockey stick was a given.

I was 12 in 1980 , being a teen in the 80,s was my best time ever.
For me no music has ever compared , i was into new wave , old school soul , clubbing every fri and sat night without fail, underage but always got in !
Original fashion , sun in, miners makeup , records from woolworths.
It was a time of endless fun , new experiences ,totally wild sometimes but so carefree and happy.
What would i give to go back , just for one night !

80s were tops.

I agree. Playing out til it got dark or you were hungry, knowing all the neighbourhood kids, my favourite meal was meatballs out of a tin. Seeing computer games being invented. Getting a video player and going to the video shop for a treat. I dont feel that old until I realise how things have changed, we were given free reign at primary school to go where we wanted at lunchtime, I liked a bit further from school so would walk home to a different friends house every day and go to the chip shop with my pocket money others. Now they are only allowed to walk to and from school in the last year of primary.

Omg cheesy, I remember knight rider!I loved David hasselhoff
And baywatch!

Global video rentals on a Friday night!measured sweeties from the post office.ice cream and everything experiments, milk coke beer!

Yes, I agree. I often listen to Absolute 80s to relive those happy days.

Vienetta ice cream slab used to be a posh treat!

video rentals

Ooh, yes - nothing beat renting a video! The excitement of taking it home in its plain cover!

Yes the 80s were indeed great.

Apart from the ever-present fear of nuclear annihilation due to the Cold War, obv...

Gladiators on the telly!Michael Barrymore strike it lucky!

I was a teenager so that probably made some of it less fun. Although I still had a terrible fear of anihilation by nuclear bomb.

I think there was more freedom then- in the 1970s when I was at primary school we all played out in the street. I was too old for that in the 1980s, but it was easier to do things like get a Saturday job & have a bit of freedom. Some of my friends left school & got full-time jobs at the end of year 11 (known as 5th Year then).

I was getting into fashion which was great at the time, but I think it's awful now- all those floppy hair bows & scarves, & fingerless gloves! I looked like the cast of Band Aid.

I wasn't into the music of the time back then but I get very nostalgic when I hear 1980s hits now. They remind me of 18th birthday parties in village halls & the thrill of a slow dance to "Every loser wins" by Nick Berry &

I started uni in Manchester when it was Madchester, so that was a lot of fun, even for a square like me.

I think I enjoyed the 90s more though.

I feel the same way about growing up in the 70s though. Isn't it just notalgia for times when we didn't have bills to pay and jobs to go to? Everyone thinks that when they grew up it was the best time!

@AgeLikeWine
Apart from the ever-present fear of nuclear annihilation due to the Cold War, obv...
Ooh, you felt the same! I know things are tough for young 'uns now, but that cold war threat had a big impact on our generation. My kids don't understand it (& I hope they never experience it)

Pods and swatches. Ska music. Back to the Future, Gremlins and Ghostbusters released in the same year.

Watching live coverage of nelson Mandela being released .
I know it was 1990,but it was a pivotal powerful moment and I remember being in awe of him even at 10 years old.

@Zaphodsotherhead I think you're right about nostalgia.

Talking of responsibility, that's the kick I need to get off my phone & get some tea sorted.

Sadly, I have "Every bloody loser wins" as an earworm now!

Nope. I'm a child of the 80s, born in 1976

It was Ireland, we didn't even have a TV! (Got one when I was about 9, only allowed watch initially on special occasions, subsequently a bit more, but we only had the 2 Irish TV channels that were available at the time, none of the fancy 'foreign' ie UK TV channels that our friends had so no cool TV).

I found everything so boring, to be honest. There were v few activities for kids (I definitely over-compensate now with my own kids) & no question of doing anything or going anywhere with your family at weekends.

I read a huge amount (which was great, I think fondly of all those days reading for hours and hours) and played outside which was nice too, great freedom.

I had v few, terrible clothes! I looked terrible, short hair like a boy (every girl I knew had long, long hair). In retrospect I looked fine. But I didn't think so at the time!

Also I was terrified of nuclear war. There was a lot about the Cold War & East/West politics in the 80s. I read a terrifying children's book set in the aftermath of a nuclear attack. I was absolutely traumatised by it for a year, honestly. I tried to ask my dad, who was the type who loved to educate us, so earnestly told me all about the chances of a nuclear attack & what would happen to us, immune to the scared 10 year old face looking at him!

One of my most defining memories was the fall of the Berlin Wall in 89, I thought it was amazing & also hoped that it meant no nuclear war to worry about.

Ah, bleak times!!! 😂

Life improved so much for me after I left for university ...

I mean, I did love my siblings & parents & they were great, I was v secure. But I hadn't really found my place & I'm quite a different personality to my mum especially, much as I love her so adult life has been much better.

I wonder what my kids will look back on? 🤦🏻‍♀️

@AgeLikeWine

Yes the 80s were indeed great.

Apart from the ever-present fear of nuclear annihilation due to the Cold War, obv...

Ha! Cross post wit mine Wine. Glad it wasn't just me!

80s child here. Can relate to everything you've said. Life had its complications but I look back with such fond memories. I love, love, LOVED school.