I’m building a time machine, to go back to the 80’s.

[Twoweekcruise]

Just for the weekend.
They’ve just played ‘Together in electrics dreams’ on the radio and it’s left me aching for my youth.
So, for just this weekend only, I don’t want to be almost 45, I don’t want to keep hearing my kids squabbling with each other, I don’t want any responsibilities or to worry about the state of the world.
No, what I want is to go to the school disco tonight, I want to spend hours perfecting my gaudy sparkly make up, I want to wear my new ra-ra skirt or my batwinged jumpsuit, I want to hot brush my hair into an 80’s flick (with the help of a whole can of ozone-unfriendly hairspray!) and I want to smear my lips with that spearmint flavoured lip gloss from that little glass bottle with the roller ball and dance the (earl Your) evening away to Wham!, Whitney Houston, Duran Duran, Madonna and the like.
When I get up on Saturday morning (about 10am, I want to watch kids morning tv, for breakfast, I want my dad to cook his famous French toast (eggy bread really but French toast sounded posh), I want to go into town with my mates and buy the No.1 single from Our Price, I want to go to Top Shop and look at the posters in Athena and have a knickerbocker glory at The Wimpy. I want to spend the afternoon watching Knight Rider, Chips, The Fall Guy, Murder She Wrote, Hart to Hart and The Golden Girls.
On Sunday, I want to help dad wash the car in the morning (never did that in real life but my nostalgic brain tells me I did!), I want to eat my mum’s lovely Sunday roast and not worry how many calories, saturated fats, gluten or other nasties are in it. I want to see my much loved and missed grand parents and hug our lovely beloved family dog.
But most of all, I want to tape the Top 40, being careful not to get Bruno Brooke’s voice in at the end of each song ( that took great skill and judgement!)
So, does anyone fancy joining me for a trip back to the 80’s this weekend?
Refreshments on the journey will include, Panda cola, Clearly Canadian, Lilt and Quatro to drink and Spangles, Marathon bars (NOT snickers!), fruit salads and black jacks and 54321 bars ( E numbers included, yum!) to snack on.

Horrifying fact - Tainted Love was released closer to WW2 than to today

No way!!!!!!!

If Tainted Love is playing then it must be Freshers week at university for me. More Yugoslavian Laski Riesling anyone?

Horrifying fact - Tainted Love was released closer to WW2 than to today shock

Yes by a year

Tainted Love was in the charts when my grandfather died. That would have been Easter around Easter of 1980.

I think this is one of my favourite threads ever. I have laughed out loud about five times. Takes you right back there!

Me too I have thoroughly enjoyed reading every bit.

Twoweekcruise. Shaders and Toners. So much more trendy than Harmony Hair Colour in those little trangular boxes. I'm going to wash my hair in original Vidal Sassoon shampoo (god, that stuff smelt good) wash my face with Body Shop's original Oatmeal face wash and dig out my seventeen eyeshadow and the Mary Quant lipstick that I got from a sales rep. . As I was later teens come the 80's I won't be joining you with Bruno Brookes, I'll be listening to one of my Marillion albums and pulling on my stretch jeans (size 8, which is a bit big for 17 year old me)and my Dunlop Green Flash trainers. I won't be joining you at the school disco, if you need me I'll be up at the Charles Dickens in Broadstairs drinking cheap cider