What era/decade did you miss out on or want to relive?
Discussion
marky911 said:
jdizz said:
1950s-60s America for me, just something about that time and place.
Yes that too. I love the cars and music of that era.
MC Bodge said:
jdizz said:
1950s-60s America for me, just something about that time and place.
If you weren't black, gay, poor or a woman.rayny said:
I'm going to kill this 1980's love by remebering :
1981 Riots, with more riots in 1985
Interest rates reached their highest point in modern history in 1981 when the annual average was 16.63%, according to the Freddie Mac data.
The 1980s were an expensive time to borrow money.
During the 1980s :
The Hyde Park and Regent's Park bombings were carried out on 20 July 1982 in London,
Miners strike
Brighton bombing
Falklands war
AIDS Crisis
Chernobyl
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
Challenger Explosion
Finally moving into 1990 with the poll tax riots.
But I did pass my driving test in 1988 on my 30th birthday - It was a good time.
Edited to add - I forgot to mention Bhopal
I was 16 in 1980 so lived through most of this, yes it was a time of excess, but it was also hard work and lots of hours for me. The Falkland's war saw me working shifts making missiles, The IRA bombings kept me on my toes as I worked in Aldershot and you got into the habit of checking under your car for bombs before getting in it and driving off. Aids was always on the cards for someone in the late teens early 20's. The late 80's interest rates really hurt, and I nearly ended up homeless. The good sides were you could pick and choose where you worked as there was so much work, Drinking and partying was almost daily. But the thing I got wrong the most was during a job interview, Thought to myself "who would want a phone in their pocket?" Luckily I took the job and surprise surprise the Mobile phone really did turn out to be a thing everyone wanted 1981 Riots, with more riots in 1985
Interest rates reached their highest point in modern history in 1981 when the annual average was 16.63%, according to the Freddie Mac data.
The 1980s were an expensive time to borrow money.
During the 1980s :
The Hyde Park and Regent's Park bombings were carried out on 20 July 1982 in London,
Miners strike
Brighton bombing
Falklands war
AIDS Crisis
Chernobyl
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
Challenger Explosion
Finally moving into 1990 with the poll tax riots.
But I did pass my driving test in 1988 on my 30th birthday - It was a good time.
Edited to add - I forgot to mention Bhopal
Edited by rayny on Monday 13th September 20:51
CheesecakeRunner said:
I’d quite happily do 1992 to 2000 on a loop. The period of my life between school and responsibility, before the world mostly turned to s
t in 2001.
I was born in '81, I didn't really appreciate it at the time, but those first 20 years of my life were absolutely PERFECT, couldn't have asked for a better childhood, despite us being cash poor, I was rich in every other department, and would gladly go back and start all over again.t in 2001. The world really did change for me in September 2001, all that innocence and joy seemed to be lost and it's never come back, despite becoming a father and now having a few quid in my back pocket (compared to previous!) I really don't have the same joy or zest for life anymore.
I realise there is a large chunk of rose tintedness in there, but I do think the world changed on 9/11.
Gary29 said:
The world really did change for me in September 2001, all that innocence and joy seemed to be lost and it's never come back, despite becoming a father and now having a few quid in my back pocket (compared to previous!) I really don't have the same joy or zest for life anymore.
I realise there is a large chunk of rose tintedness in there, but I do think the world changed on 9/11.
How did life change for you on 11 Sept 2001? Were you a Firefighter in NYC?I realise there is a large chunk of rose tintedness in there, but I do think the world changed on 9/11.
Gary29 said:
I was born in '81, I didn't really appreciate it at the time, but those first 20 years of my life were absolutely PERFECT, couldn't have asked for a better childhood, despite us being cash poor, I was rich in every other department, and would gladly go back and start all over again.
The world really did change for me in September 2001, all that innocence and joy seemed to be lost and it's never come back, despite becoming a father and now having a few quid in my back pocket (compared to previous!) I really don't have the same joy or zest for life anymore.
I realise there is a large chunk of rose tintedness in there, but I do think the world changed on 9/11.
Not rose tints, the world really did change, and everyone has been affected to varying degrees, some made £billions and gained massive power which propably pleases them (though they've never got enough), at the other extreme people lost their lives families homes and all hope, and for what.The world really did change for me in September 2001, all that innocence and joy seemed to be lost and it's never come back, despite becoming a father and now having a few quid in my back pocket (compared to previous!) I really don't have the same joy or zest for life anymore.
I realise there is a large chunk of rose tintedness in there, but I do think the world changed on 9/11.
It saw illegal wars be excused by state sanctioned subterfuge, wars which have killed millions and changed the middle east and north Africa permanently, leading to never before seen (since the worrying parallels of 30's europe) migrations of people and increasing stolen losses of freedoms for billions of others for a multitude of reasons.
You would have to be pretty obtuse (thick) not to have the gut feeling that since the more innocent days before that something has changed which is has affected our lives and those of our children for ever.
An interesting film on Netflix at the moment called Official Secrets, Fiennes/Knightley starring, covers the early part of this from a British/GCHQ perspective, worth watching, Blair doesn't come out of it well so worth watching to remind everyone about him if nothing else, no gratuitive violence no gore no unecessary sex scenes, all of which have reached literal overkill proportions in so much of filmworld.
Smint said:
You would have to be pretty obtuse (thick) not to have the gut feeling that since the more innocent days before that something has changed which is has affected our lives and those of our children for ever.
For most of us, non-military/intelligence services, surely life didn't change that much?Terrorism has been a part of life for a long, and more of a risk to UK people in the past. Wars have always gone on.
I was born in 1972, so being a teenager in the 1980s was generally great, and I loved the whole 'Madchester' scene in the early 1990s, my generation's Swinging Sixties.
I've often pondered where I would like to go if I had a Bill and Ted-esque time machine telephone box. The main eras I would like to visit for a few days are:
Medieval Britain - hopefully as a castle-dweller rather than a peasant
Dickensian London - as a Dandy rather than a street urchin
The Wild West - to drink bourbon in a saloon bar, watch a bar fight, maybe go and round up some cattle
I've often pondered where I would like to go if I had a Bill and Ted-esque time machine telephone box. The main eras I would like to visit for a few days are:
Medieval Britain - hopefully as a castle-dweller rather than a peasant
Dickensian London - as a Dandy rather than a street urchin
The Wild West - to drink bourbon in a saloon bar, watch a bar fight, maybe go and round up some cattle
Gary29 said:
I was born in '81, I didn't really appreciate it at the time, but those first 20 years of my life were absolutely PERFECT, couldn't have asked for a better childhood, despite us being cash poor, I was rich in every other department, and would gladly go back and start all over again.
The world really did change for me in September 2001, all that innocence and joy seemed to be lost and it's never come back, despite becoming a father and now having a few quid in my back pocket (compared to previous!) I really don't have the same joy or zest for life anymore.
I realise there is a large chunk of rose tintedness in there, but I do think the world changed on 9/11.
Or, is it to quote the Manic Street Preachers "There's nothing nice in my head, The adult world took it all away"? Personally I don't think anything changed as such on 9/11, but the transition from no resposibility to adult responsibilities is slow and unperceivable. It is only when you stop and look back at when you were younger that you dream of those times again.The world really did change for me in September 2001, all that innocence and joy seemed to be lost and it's never come back, despite becoming a father and now having a few quid in my back pocket (compared to previous!) I really don't have the same joy or zest for life anymore.
I realise there is a large chunk of rose tintedness in there, but I do think the world changed on 9/11.
I think this is the main reason people are into cars and music from earlier eras, it just takes them back and nostalgia sells.
MC Bodge said:
For most of us, non-military/intelligence services, surely life didn't change that much?
Terrorism has been a part of life for a long, and more of a risk to UK people in the past. Wars have always gone on.
It’s noticeable if you watch tv drama from the 80s and 90s and compare it to stuff made in the ‘00s and ‘10s. Everything is much darker now and it’s a reflection of reality. Terrorism has been a part of life for a long, and more of a risk to UK people in the past. Wars have always gone on.
That’s not to say there haven’t been massive changes in the world before, but there is a clear line to be seen in 2001. I suspect in hindsight it will be seen in a similar way to pre-WW1 world and post-WW2.
CheesecakeRunner said:
It’s noticeable if you watch tv drama from the 80s and 90s and compare it to stuff made in the ‘00s and ‘10s. Everything is much darker now and it’s a reflection of reality.
That’s not to say there haven’t been massive changes in the world before, but there is a clear line to be seen in 2001. I suspect in hindsight it will be seen in a similar way to pre-WW1 world and post-WW2.
I would say that that is over-stating it a little.That’s not to say there haven’t been massive changes in the world before, but there is a clear line to be seen in 2001. I suspect in hindsight it will be seen in a similar way to pre-WW1 world and post-WW2.
Not sure about 9/11 but things definitely started to feel rubbish around the 2008 banking crisis and we’ve never really recovered. Before that we had sub prime lending and an economy built on debt and after, wage stagnation and more debt. Austerity to lower the national debt, after 2008 was pants, Brexit was also rubbish and then Covid which has put us back to around 1945. Poverty, high taxes and low wages. What’s not to like?
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