The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #34046 Message #457789
Posted By: KingBrilliant
08-May-01 - 09:26 AM
Thread Name: BS: Generation W members, Unite!
Subject: RE: BS: Generation W members, Unite!
Hey I feel all defined now. I'm a W-er. UK brand. Remembers...(in no particular order) Having no TV without being odd Videos did not exist Music was on vinyl Decimalisation (just about) Flares being really, really, really uncool Punk & the hot summer of 76 Radio Caroline & Radio Luxembourg Stylophones OOoohhh just remembered those horrible 'flicks' hairstyles where girls folded back their overgrown fringes & glued them into flat boards using 'hair laquer' Pale blue eyeshadow with flicks (see above) Big pointy collars on men's patterned nylon shirts Y-fronts!!!!!!!!! hehehehehe Hotpants & tank tops The Navy Lark on the radio Do-Do-Pad diaries (of which I didn't get mum to buy me one til the fad was over.... ain't that always the way) Belt & Loop ladies' 'things' Dad contemplating the building of a nuclear shelter Mum wearing 'coat-dresses'. Men with perms. 'The Family' fly on the wall documentary. ..... Sigh....