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.

But I’m keeping the free Duran Duran poster

And I'll bring my record player, obviously.

Young People now call them turntables, snort!

Ah yes, I am the same age... same nostalgia!

Recording the top 40 without the DJ's voice, I was a pro at that (you see, you have to use the "pause" button to avoid the abrupt click at the end, you can then use a pencil to rewind the tape a tiny bit ...)

Fancying the paperboy, and following him around with my best friend, but NEVER ever talking to him (do girls still do joint crushes?)

I’ll bring my Fuzzy Peach and ex’cla-ma’tion perfumes.

Was sunflowers 80s or 90s? At one point I had about six bottles

Yes you needed to be a bit ambidextrous to record the top 40, all fingers needed, pause, play, record!

Can I join please. I will have a can of Quatro and a Cabana bar. I too want to go to a school disco and then be lazy tomorrow. I also want to watch Top of the Pops but sadly that is only on a Thursday. I want to wear my La Jardine perfume and some stone washed jeans with zips on them with a crop top (o to be 13 and seven and a half stone again). I will read Adrain Mole tomorrow when I am being lazy

I am wearing a shocking pink pencil skirt, a white jumper made of some synthetic material, and plastic pink beads round my neck. Which I am chewing. I think I am the bee's knees. I have a squirt of White Satin on my wrist which I got from the Avon lady. It came in a white satin bag and is the classiest thing on the planet. I have gold sparkly nail varnish on which may have come free with Jackie magazine.

I would also like to pick up some copies of Nikki comic to find out how it's going at The Comp.

I want to come.
I’m starting to do my make up now and I will have to spend three hours tonging my hair and using at least a whole can of ‘lacquer’ on it. Plus I will put my Braun independent in my handbag with my anais anais so if anybody wants to use them in the ladies just ask me.
I will be wearing a batwing sleeved dress which has a Vee back and buttons up down the back. It’s fuscia and I will wear really high sparkly navy blue stilettos.
I’m going to pull for the last dance tonight!

White musk perfume! They still sell that in Body shop and I had a nostalgic sniff of it recently.

It was either that or Dewberry perfume.

I want to sit on the stairs next to the family's Trimphone and talk to my school friend for exactly 92 seconds before my dad yells out "How long you gonna be on that phone! I'm paying for that!" So I quickly hang up and don't talk to my school friend until Monday morning because there is no mobile, no what's app, no snapchst, no Facebook, nowt.
So I shall be forced to listen to my clumsy tape of last Sunday's top 40. Press pause, press pause.
Until Sunday evening when I can tape the new chart on my brand new TDK 90 that Auntie Mary got me for Xmas.

Well I'm older, but will still come if I may?
Give me a mo to sort my giant shoulder pads out and I'll be there.

Of course, everyone will turn up where we pre-arranged, at the right time, as no-one will have a mobile to change the plans or check where you've got to.

I will backcomb and crimp my hair,then spray it with insette.Spray some le'jardin perfume on after getting dressed in my fades,pixie boots and black and white checked jumper.twilight teaser lipstick then off to the disco and hopefully have a slowy at the end of the night.

Just rolling my hair with papillotens now, and dousing myself with dewberry.
I've just packed a neon top and my black puffball skirt into my Benetton duffel bag, I'll just wear my reversible jumper and stonewashed jeans round yours, I'll be getting the bus where I can have a fag up top.
Get the taboo cold! See ya later

Lazy Sunday afternoons reading Nancy Drew or Sweet Valley High. God I missteps days

Has anyone mentioned Rimmel's Heather Shimmer ?

I'm with you on this trip. Just planning popping to WHSmith for Smash Hits and a creme egg, then home for the A Team.

Miss those not missteps

Ohhh, white satin perfume in the little satin bag, I'd totally forgotten that but yes Little, classiest thing ever!

I'm in!

Can you bring some Dewberry bath pearls to get ready?

The guy she shares studio space with is older than us and said that he was there and the 80's were shit

The guy was right btw.

I'm learning all the lyrics from Smash' Ver Hits' Hits. I'm wearing black leggings, a massive silk shirt and DMs. If anyone comes too close to my ultra crimped and back combed hair with their fag I'll go up in a ball of flames.

I'm in. I'll wear my 'Heather Shimmer' lipstick and my jacket with enormous shoulder pads. Ooh and I'll dig out my beloved PuffBall skirt while I'm at it!

I'm coming. I'll be in my neon ski pants and a real Fruit of the Loom jumper, its embroidered logo will show it wasn't a market knock off. I'll bring my George Michael poster, one day he's going to marry me y'know. (😢). I've outgrown Shakin' Stevens now. I'm practically a woman. This bra has two clips on it. So there.