I was born that year so I don't remember it, but I would like to hear first hand accounts from people who remember that year. What were the current events you remember, what were the styles and fads?, how old were you then?
2006-10-17 04:25:30 · 9 answers · asked by Justme 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
13, and punk was fading, New Romanticism was budding, with weird hairdos, men in makeup, fancy clothes, etc. Bands like Squeeze were riding high in the charts, and electro was getting plugged in. Very exciting time, the first woman Prime Minister had just been elected, everyone was hopeful for the 80s, though by 1982 we had all become disenfranchised and cycnical.
It was a realIy great year.
2006-10-17 04:34:31 · answer #1 · answered by SteveUK 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was 14yrs old...
it was a hell of alot better than it is now....there wasn't as much violence.....
it's really funny because if you watch billy madison with adam sandler...the part when he goes back to high school and he's wearing a flannel shirt over a concert shirt and it's tucked in just in the front so you can see his cool belt buckle...thats how we really used to dress...LOLOLOL...
van halen,pink floyd,cheap trick and kiss were some of the most popular rock bands...
pet rocks and mood rings were big fads back then.....
it was a really cool time...sometimes i miss those times but ido enjoy the modern technology.
2006-10-17 04:40:31 · answer #2 · answered by chefzilla65 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A great year. Margaret Thatcher became British Prime Minister.
2006-10-17 08:32:37 · answer #3 · answered by Jim Lattin 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ahhh! The good 'ol days...I was 3 years old and my life was all about little play pals, sandboxes and alot of running....the nights wre kinda long; mainly because my folks made me sleep by 8pm but what the heck! I could get up at 6am and start the day all over again...bring back those simple days!!
2006-10-17 05:13:24 · answer #4 · answered by boston857 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was 17. The clothes were terrible. As was the feathered hair. It was rare for men & women to live together. I know this as I moved in w/my boyfriend and we only knew one other couple that "lived in sin". I seem to remember thinking that Bush Sr. or Reagan were stepping perilously close to nuclear war with USSR and it felt like it does now with the Korea issue.
2006-10-17 04:36:27 · answer #5 · answered by Terri A 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I turned 2 in August of 1979... I was highly interested in learning how to go potty in the big girl potty, watch sesame street and the Muppet's, and bite my older sisters (oh yes, I was a biter).
2006-10-17 04:33:47 · answer #6 · answered by ChemGeek 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I turned 15
Disco was dying out ,
the clothes are coming back in fashion, , we wore jeans more
New Wave started to come in ,
people were more relaxed, not so full of themselves, people hand many friends , I miss it
there were problems, (of course)
see if this link will open , it might help you
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0005252.html
2006-10-17 06:16:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was good & bad, I was finishing school under a Jimmy Carter program that helped me get my life together, reagan cut the program later. we were poor but my wife & daughter inspired me to finish and the job I was hired into is still my job today.
2006-10-17 05:48:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was 4 then. I remember starting preschool. I wore oshkosh overalls.
2006-10-17 04:45:23 · answer #9 · answered by retorik75 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋