Crazes: A flash in the pan - then it's gone.
Discussion
Anyone done DJs yet? -
Jeremy Healey, Danny Rampling, Seb Fontaine, etc
Or less mass coverage - Billy Nasty, John Kelly, Tom Wainright, etc
You could add 100s of names to the latter category. I used to have loads of bootleg cassettes of various DJ mixes. I often wonder if they made enough to retire on, are still in music or doing regular jobs.
I also used to wonder whether those cassettes really were of the DJ named on the sleeve or just some spotty student in their bedroom!
Jeremy Healey, Danny Rampling, Seb Fontaine, etc
Or less mass coverage - Billy Nasty, John Kelly, Tom Wainright, etc
You could add 100s of names to the latter category. I used to have loads of bootleg cassettes of various DJ mixes. I often wonder if they made enough to retire on, are still in music or doing regular jobs.
I also used to wonder whether those cassettes really were of the DJ named on the sleeve or just some spotty student in their bedroom!
Thankyou4calling said:
Discos and nightclubs.
It used to be that every town would have one (often more) you actually paid to get in and dance, drink and meet members of the opposite sex.
They've nearly all gone now.
The places people call clubs aren't clubs at all, just bars with music.
Think they are still there, the old school ones have gone, Quaffers near Stockport was a case in point, used to have big name acts, could get food etc, all now tend to be old warehouse basements, they appear and disappear regularly.It used to be that every town would have one (often more) you actually paid to get in and dance, drink and meet members of the opposite sex.
They've nearly all gone now.
The places people call clubs aren't clubs at all, just bars with music.
I think dating sites mean people don't go as much "on the pull", I look back fondly on my clubbing days but do remember the misery of having spent a load of money and not really enjoyed it
Baz Tench said:
From the early 80s in the West Midlands town I grew up in.
Leg warmers (on men!)
Burgundy Ski jumpers, (3 skiers on the front).
'Y' cardigans,
Burgundy trousers.
When I was at school, these were all the height of fashion for about three months, then..... Gone.
I can't remember the ski jumper; from memory the "Y" cardigan and burgundy trousers should be accompanied by a Fred Perry polo shirt and ox blood shoes.Leg warmers (on men!)
Burgundy Ski jumpers, (3 skiers on the front).
'Y' cardigans,
Burgundy trousers.
When I was at school, these were all the height of fashion for about three months, then..... Gone.
This fad seemed to last for a year or so despite every lad wearing them.
Also brings back memories of the skin and fringe haircut which consisted of a crew cut with the fringe left long and combed straight down
New Age Travellers.
In the late 1980s and nearly nine 1990s they'd always be on the news at this time of year.
Roaming round in old 1960s converted buses with graded hair and kids called Sky and Jupiter they'd fight police at places like Stonehenge at the he solstice.
They created a right old moral panic.
What ever happened to them? I guess they grew up, got jobs etc, but there wasn't a generation to follow.
Apart from the he peace camp near Faslane - which the hippies actually own I am told - I don't know where they hang out these days.
In the late 1980s and nearly nine 1990s they'd always be on the news at this time of year.
Roaming round in old 1960s converted buses with graded hair and kids called Sky and Jupiter they'd fight police at places like Stonehenge at the he solstice.
They created a right old moral panic.
What ever happened to them? I guess they grew up, got jobs etc, but there wasn't a generation to follow.
Apart from the he peace camp near Faslane - which the hippies actually own I am told - I don't know where they hang out these days.
AndyClockwise said:
Baz Tench said:
From the early 80s in the West Midlands town I grew up in.
Leg warmers (on men!)
Burgundy Ski jumpers, (3 skiers on the front).
'Y' cardigans,
Burgundy trousers.
When I was at school, these were all the height of fashion for about three months, then..... Gone.
I can't remember the ski jumper; from memory the "Y" cardigan and burgundy trousers should be accompanied by a Fred Perry polo shirt and ox blood shoes.Leg warmers (on men!)
Burgundy Ski jumpers, (3 skiers on the front).
'Y' cardigans,
Burgundy trousers.
When I was at school, these were all the height of fashion for about three months, then..... Gone.
This fad seemed to last for a year or so despite every lad wearing them.
Also brings back memories of the skin and fringe haircut which consisted of a crew cut with the fringe left long and combed straight down
Thankyou4calling said:
Discos and nightclubs.
It used to be that every town would have one (often more) you actually paid to get in and dance, drink and meet members of the opposite sex.
They've nearly all gone now.
The places people call clubs aren't clubs at all, just bars with music.
I'd think the more relaxed licensing hours made a difference as well - why pay to go into a nightclub when you can stay in a pub until the same time? Local town to me has a few pubs that are almost like older nightclubs - dance floor area, (relatively) quiet bits, even charge you to go in after 11pm. Can't just be about admission price, though, as I believe it gets quite busy.It used to be that every town would have one (often more) you actually paid to get in and dance, drink and meet members of the opposite sex.
They've nearly all gone now.
The places people call clubs aren't clubs at all, just bars with music.
wildcat45 said:
New Age Travellers.
In the late 1980s and nearly nine 1990s they'd always be on the news at this time of year.
Roaming round in old 1960s converted buses with graded hair and kids called Sky and Jupiter they'd fight police at places like Stonehenge at the he solstice.
They created a right old moral panic.
What ever happened to them? I guess they grew up, got jobs etc, but there wasn't a generation to follow.
Apart from the he peace camp near Faslane - which the hippies actually own I am told - I don't know where they hang out these days.
And the Greenham Common anti-nuclear soap dodgers.In the late 1980s and nearly nine 1990s they'd always be on the news at this time of year.
Roaming round in old 1960s converted buses with graded hair and kids called Sky and Jupiter they'd fight police at places like Stonehenge at the he solstice.
They created a right old moral panic.
What ever happened to them? I guess they grew up, got jobs etc, but there wasn't a generation to follow.
Apart from the he peace camp near Faslane - which the hippies actually own I am told - I don't know where they hang out these days.
Anyone remember the really long whip aerials on boot lids of cars? (Capri's and Escorts usually)
wildcat45 said:
New Age Travellers.
In the late 1980s and nearly nine 1990s they'd always be on the news at this time of year.
Roaming round in old 1960s converted buses with graded hair and kids called Sky and Jupiter they'd fight police at places like Stonehenge at the he solstice.
They created a right old moral panic.
What ever happened to them? I guess they grew up, got jobs etc, but there wasn't a generation to follow.
Apart from the he peace camp near Faslane - which the hippies actually own I am told - I don't know where they hang out these days.
The next generation have become the Occupy crowd, who spend their time blogging about the inequalities of corporate domination and demanding an end to poverty using their iPhones.In the late 1980s and nearly nine 1990s they'd always be on the news at this time of year.
Roaming round in old 1960s converted buses with graded hair and kids called Sky and Jupiter they'd fight police at places like Stonehenge at the he solstice.
They created a right old moral panic.
What ever happened to them? I guess they grew up, got jobs etc, but there wasn't a generation to follow.
Apart from the he peace camp near Faslane - which the hippies actually own I am told - I don't know where they hang out these days.
Brigand said:
Weren't they supposed to prevent people inside getting car sick or something? I've a vague memory of what they were for, but they used to be attached to loads of cars.
I have similar recollections. Must have been effective too... 
We never had one on our car and my sister was sick just about every time we went out. This started a chain reaction as the infectious stench caused the others of weak constitution to feel the quease
Brigand said:
idiotgap said:
Anti static straps
Weren't they supposed to prevent people inside getting car sick or something? I've a vague memory of what they were for, but they used to be attached to loads of cars.
wildcat45 said:
New Age Travellers.
In the late 1980s and nearly nine 1990s they'd always be on the news at this time of year.
Roaming round in old 1960s converted buses with graded hair and kids called Sky and Jupiter they'd fight police at places like Stonehenge at the he solstice.
They created a right old moral panic.
What ever happened to them? I guess they grew up, got jobs etc, but there wasn't a generation to follow.
Apart from the he peace camp near Faslane - which the hippies actually own I am told - I don't know where they hang out these days.
Wasn't there a massive riot/ war between the Police and the Travellers at Stone Henge one year and all the vehicles penned into a field, where they got condemned/ smashed up (depending on who's side of the story you believe), so their transport/ homes are no more.In the late 1980s and nearly nine 1990s they'd always be on the news at this time of year.
Roaming round in old 1960s converted buses with graded hair and kids called Sky and Jupiter they'd fight police at places like Stonehenge at the he solstice.
They created a right old moral panic.
What ever happened to them? I guess they grew up, got jobs etc, but there wasn't a generation to follow.
Apart from the he peace camp near Faslane - which the hippies actually own I am told - I don't know where they hang out these days.
Edited by Mr_Yogi on Thursday 23 June 15:36
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