You know you were part of the 1980s when... 13 Articles

by Emma Riley Sutton

"You know were part of the eighties when you have to make a conscious choice not to say 'gag me with a spoon'," I laughed as a friend and I compared our teenage experiences in the 1980s. "I have to be careful because my ...read more

by Leigh Goessl

The 80s were fun, wacky and bizarre all wrapped into one decade. If you were a teen like I was, you were forced to follow General Westmoreland's lawsuit against CBS, cut out newspaper clippings on the trial and write weekl...read more

by Marci Leigh

Each decade has its memorable defining events. The 1930s are remembered for the Depression and prohibition, the 1940s for World War II. The 1950s was the explosion of the Baby Boomer's and Nuclear Threat. The 1960s was ...read more

by Kim Latham

What can I honestly say? The 80's was the best decade ever that I have experienced! You know you were a part of it when you and your friends would meet up on Friday night and go roller skating. You had your shiny lip gl...read more

by Susan Huizinga

You know you were part of the 1980s when... If you've ever submerged yourself in a bathtub, fully clothed so your jeans would dry on your body skin tight - or if you've used a clothes hanger to pull the zipper up on a p...read more

by Jobie Weetaluktuk

You know you were part of the 1980s' when; you are qualified to write about it. You have a nostalgic sense of Michael Jacko Jackson. You know who Larry King is. You know that Nelson Mandela was once a prisoner, turned p...read more

by Rob Purifoy

I hear a flock of seagulls overhead yet I do not duck, but rather I dip a shoulder and do a slide to the right. When Prince comes on the radio I wonder if 1999 was a prophesy sung a bit too early, maybe that's why the dove...read more

by Louise Keeble

You know you were part of the 1980's when... You find yourself singing every word to Duran Duran songs or Adam and the Ant songs, lol. God, the radio station I listen to plays songs from the 60's, 70's and 80's. And m...read more

by Linda L Kinyon

Do you remember when a BMW 320 was only $12,000? Do you remember the Rubiks cube? How about Calvin Klines and the controversial ads picturing Brooke Shields? Growing up in the 60's and 70's I didn't really think much ...read more

by Bev Spritzer

The 80's was, indeed, a time of neon spandex and acid washed jeans, overly synthesized rock, and cheesy slash metal. Yet even acknowledging that aesthetically, the 80's didn't really have much to work with as a decade, the...read more

by Thomasina Jackson

You remember all the words to Culture Club's Kara Chameleon. It was a time when you could go out with your friends, fall off the climbing frame and know that your parents weren't going to sue the council. AIDS and HIV were...read more

by Matthew Grant

It was the decade of decadence. It was about glitz and glamour as well as baubles, bangles, and beads. Everyone loved Luke and Laura in the afternoon. Lady Diana became the People's Princess when she married Prince ...read more

by Carl Halling

I was a New Romantic Camp Follower 1981 was the year in which I was most active as an enthusiast of the New Romantic movement, this having been initiated some two or three years earlier in reaction to the increasing uni...read more