The Thompson Twins released this classic anti-drugs rant in 1985, but aside from its important message to the kids, it is a classic tune, with the most instantly catchy and incredible base-line - ooh ooh ooh ooh ow ooh ooh ooh ow.
He’s not one for sympathy though, old Doctor Dream, so don’t mess with him. […]
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A Big Long History of the Summer Olympics 1896 - 2008
Posted in 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Art & Design, Australia & New Zealand, Before my time, Rest of World, Sport, UK & Ireland, US & Canada on Jul 23rd, 2008
1896 ATHENS, Greece
Dates: from 6 to 15 April 1896.
Participants: 14 National Olympic Committees (NOCs), 43 events, 241 athletes (men only).
Officially opened by: King George I.
The Games of the Olympiad in Athens were financed by a donation of approximately one million drachmas from a rich businessman, Georges Averof, and by the sale of souvenir stamps and […]
Mona Lisa the film was nominated for an Oscar and Bob Hoskins performance won many other awards. It tells the tale of a man released from prison who is given a job as a driver for an up-market prostitute. It’s very London - though, the seedy side thereof. The film is well shot and shows […]
Cassius Clay - Bygone Olympics
Posted in 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, Sport, Sports Personalities on Jul 22nd, 2008
The only other outstanding memory outside of the Olympic athletics was in the boxing stadium with the victory of a young heavyweight - a boxer from the United States called Cassius Clay. We all later knew him as Mohammed Ali. He later lobbed this gold medal into a river in protest against the treatment of […]
I watched “How to Get Ahead in Advertising” for the first time last night. Everything about it is so Eighties - the discontentment with the rat race, the power-suiting secretary, the smoking indoors and the Range Rover in the middle of London.
Richard E. Grant plays the madman very well indeed and that boil is absolutely […]
Snuff - Have a Bit Up!
Posted in 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Before my time, Food & Drink, Products, UK & Ireland on Jul 3rd, 2008
Some people chew it, some people smoke it, but no-one seems to sniff tobacco anymore.
In our local pub (very oldy worldy CAMRA type), there’s a rack by the door filled with little metal pots. They have funny flavours written in old school lettering on the lids. This is snuff and you won’t find many pubs […]
The Queen and Racing at Ascot
Posted in 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Personalities, Sport on Jun 16th, 2008
The Queen’s involvement with racing stretches back to before she came to the throne in 1952, with her first winner, owned jointly with her mother, the late Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, being Monaveen in a National Hunt race at Fontwell.
On the death of her father, King George VI, the Queen inherited the Royal string […]
A Big Long History of The Epsom Derby
Posted in 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Before my time, Sport, UK & Ireland on Jun 6th, 2008
1780
Diomed, owned by Sir Charles Bunbury, wins the inaugural running of the Derby
on Thursday, May 4.
1784
The distance increases from a mile to a mile and a half which still prevails today,
though from 1991 the offi cial distance has been one mile, four furlongs and 10
yards.
1794 The smallest fi eld of four goes to post and […]
The Derby at Epsom
Posted in 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Before my time, News & Current Affairs, Sport on Jun 6th, 2008
The Derby has been run on the Downs near Epsom since 1780 and is named after Edward Smith Stanley, the 12th Earl of Derby. The original race was The Oaks, named after Derby’s estate, and was exclusively for three-year-old fillies. The race became so successful that The Derby was created to find the best colts […]
Absolutely awesome song. “Money for nothing and chicks for free” - what a slogan. I love calling people “yo-yos”. Sting’s vocals on the track are really memorable and stamp the era all over the thing.
I remember my Dad getting the album Brothers In Arms and listening to it in the car all the time. Sing […]
Spokelers / Spokies / Spoke Beads
Posted in 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Toys & Games, UK & Ireland, US & Canada on Apr 30th, 2008
Remember getting spokies in your Frosties? Remember trying to out-do your friends with the number you could fit on your bike? It used to make a racket but we loved spokies. They’re still widely available - especially the Disney ones. Some clever people used to get flashing ones or spokies that made a noise […]
Moonwalker - Michael Jackson
Posted in 1980s, Movies, Music, Personalities, US & Canada on Apr 29th, 2008
Moonwalker was released in 1999 as a strange way of linking together a string of Michael Jackson’s songs. It was a success and feature in a number of Christmas repeats to this day.
All I really remember about this film is the scene where Michael Jackson takes on the now embattled Wesley Snipes in a pop […]
Indiana Jones
Posted in 1930s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Movies, Rest of World, UK & Ireland, US & Canada on Apr 16th, 2008
Christmas would not be complete without repeats of this fantastic series of films. There are so many memorable moments, the Chinese orphan, Short Round, driving a car with boxes tied to his feet in Temple of Doom, the fight next to aeroplane propellers in Raiders of the Lost Ark and the infamous Venice boat chase […]
Blackadder
Posted in 1980s, 1990s, T.V. Shows on Apr 11th, 2008
Before Hugh Laurie had an American accent and limped around a hospital, he was dim-witted Prince in Blackadder. “Queenie” was hilarious with her indiscriminate orders to behead and whims attended to by none other than Rowan Atkinson. My favourite character by far was Lord Flashheart -played by Rick Mayall. See him here:
Spacehoppers
Posted in 1970s, 1980s, Toys & Games on Apr 9th, 2008
I’m not sure precisely when, but at some stage in (I think) the 1970s, some genius came up with the incredible “Spacehopper“. What was, presumably, one small step for a man, became a giant leap for under 10s the world over, as they bounced around aimlessly for hours upon end.
Spacehoppers were quite possibly the silliest […]