This Is England '86

[Renton 17702]

Whenever I used to stay at my nana's you'd hear the fog horn regular from down Tynemouth 8 mile away, never really heard it after the 80's.

I remember hearing the fog horn actually. She lived near the Lightfoot (easy to forget how close it is to the river). Rough as owt where she lived but it never bothered my playing out there as a kid.

 

I don't think it's changed actually, I still hear it regularly. Once you think about it you're fucked - sleep is impossible.

[Guest Tuco Ramirez]

Whenever I used to stay at my nana's you'd hear the fog horn regular from down Tynemouth 8 mile away, never really heard it after the 80's.

I remember hearing the fog horn actually. She lived near the Lightfoot (easy to forget how close it is to the river). Rough as owt where she lived but it never bothered my playing out there as a kid.

I loved it down Walker to be honest round Roman Avenue, made loads of friends when I was small, never ever in any danger. My uncle reckons his street is full of Africans now though, but in his words (not being racist his words) "they're aaalreet for darkies".

 

One thing I used to love about Walker was the ice cream man used to do strawberry ice cream off the pump.

[Renton 17702]

End of the Cold War seems like a lifetime ago now.

 

'Frankie says relax' and the Two Tribes video. 'Threads'. 'When the wind blows'. Literally being scared to shit about being nuked every day.

 

Good times.

[Guest alex]

End of the Cold War seems like a lifetime ago now.

 

'Frankie says relax' and the Two Tribes video. 'Threads'. 'When the wind blows'. Literally being scared to shit about being nuked every day.

 

Good times.

I was actually scared about a nuclear holocaust. I had a vivid dream about it once. I love Raymond Briggs btw. His darker stuff's the best.

[ChezGiven 0]

End of the Cold War seems like a lifetime ago now.

Iain Banks' latest book is quite deliberately set between 'fall of the wall and the fall of the towers', he claims the former heralded in a false dawn of hope that the latter smashed.

 

Good one Renton, 'Frankie says' t-shirts too.

[Guest alex]

Whenever I used to stay at my nana's you'd hear the fog horn regular from down Tynemouth 8 mile away, never really heard it after the 80's.

I remember hearing the fog horn actually. She lived near the Lightfoot (easy to forget how close it is to the river). Rough as owt where she lived but it never bothered my playing out there as a kid.

I loved it down Walker to be honest round Roman Avenue, made loads of friends when I was small, never ever in any danger. My uncle reckons his street is full of Africans now though, but in his words (not being racist his words) "they're aaalreet for darkies".

 

One thing I used to love about Walker was the ice cream man used to do strawberry ice cream off the pump.

[Guest Tuco Ramirez]

End of the Cold War seems like a lifetime ago now.

 

'Frankie says relax' and the Two Tribes video. 'Threads'. 'When the wind blows'. Literally being scared to shit about being nuked every day.

 

Good times.

Too right. I used to think about it all the time. Thank fuck for Gorby.

[Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0]

The smell of fresh bread from Don Millers bakery in Eldon Square

Beatties toy shop

The christmas toy floor at Fenwicks

Yellow buses

[Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0]

Pony NFL trainers

[Guest alex]

Pony NFL trainers

Forgot about them. The NFL in general became a phenomenom (much like Bullseye) just by being on a Sunday afternoon when there was fuck all else on (Songs of Praise etc.)

[Happy Face 29]

The American Drugstore on King Street. Burgers and coke brought to your table in a dodgem before McDonalds appeared and everyone defected.

 

It was where Geordie Jeans had been iirc.

[Geordie Boot Girl 0]

Whenever I used to stay at my nana's you'd hear the fog horn regular from down Tynemouth 8 mile away, never really heard it after the 80's.

I remember hearing the fog horn actually. She lived near the Lightfoot (easy to forget how close it is to the river). Rough as owt where she lived but it never bothered my playing out there as a kid.

I loved it down Walker to be honest round Roman Avenue, made loads of friends when I was small, never ever in any danger. My uncle reckons his street is full of Africans now though, but in his words (not being racist his words) "they're aaalreet for darkies".

 

One thing I used to love about Walker was the ice cream man used to do strawberry ice cream off the pump.

 

 

would that be old vincie?

 

my mam used to get ice cream off him when she was a kid and reckons he looked old when she was young lol

[Guest Tuco Ramirez]

Olivers Coffee Shop on Northumberland Street.

 

Provident Men.

[Guest Tuco Ramirez]

Whenever I used to stay at my nana's you'd hear the fog horn regular from down Tynemouth 8 mile away, never really heard it after the 80's.

I remember hearing the fog horn actually. She lived near the Lightfoot (easy to forget how close it is to the river). Rough as owt where she lived but it never bothered my playing out there as a kid.

I loved it down Walker to be honest round Roman Avenue, made loads of friends when I was small, never ever in any danger. My uncle reckons his street is full of Africans now though, but in his words (not being racist his words) "they're aaalreet for darkies".

 

One thing I used to love about Walker was the ice cream man used to do strawberry ice cream off the pump.

 

 

would that be old vincie?

 

my mam used to get ice cream off him when she was a kid and reckons he looked old when she was young lol

Aye that was him I can still remember the tune, and thinkin get the fuck in he's here. "Nanaaaaaa...."

[Guest alex]

Olivers Coffee Shop on Northumberland Street.

 

Provident Men.

Do you mean the insurance man? It's just the Prudential man used to come round to my other Grans.

[Geordie Boot Girl 0]

the pop man who used to come on a friday, you could take the bottles back to the corner shop and get 10p for a mix up lol

[Guest Tuco Ramirez]

Olivers Coffee Shop on Northumberland Street.

 

Provident Men.

Do you mean the insurance man? It's just the Prudential man used to come round to my other Grans.

Nar Provvy men different thing I think.

[Happy Face 29]

Olivers Coffee Shop on Northumberland Street.

 

Provident Men.

Do you mean the insurance man? It's just the Prudential man used to come round to my other Grans.

 

My mam was always getting chased by the "Provie".

 

Remember being made to hide and be quiet when they knocked on the door.

[Guest Tuco Ramirez]

Kids never seem to have mix ups these days. In fact I haven't seen "black bullets" since the 80's.

[Guest alex]

Kids never seem to have mix ups these days. In fact I haven't seen "black bullets" since the 80's.

You can still get them. 'Jesmona' still make them. The paper shop near me sells the tins.

[Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0]

Loading games onto a Commodore 64 via a tape recorder. Used to take about 20 minutes!

 

Summer Games II by Epyx stands out in the memory as does Pitstop II

[Guest Tuco Ramirez]

80's porn and the radge music which used to accompany it pmsl

[Guest alex]

80's porn and the radge music which used to accompany it pmsl

Chawaka-wow!

[Guest Tuco Ramirez]

80's porn and the radge music which used to accompany it pmsl

Chawaka-wow!

 

 

Ugly men and women on television. No way would Juliet Bravo be produced now with her. No way would Duncan Wood or Paul Frost get jobs on telly, let alone Mike Neville.

[Geordie Boot Girl 0]

Kids never seem to have mix ups these days. In fact I haven't seen "black bullets" since the 80's.

 

there is a shop on heaton road (cloughs) sell all the old sweets such as black bullets and choco licka lol