Eighties Things

Eighties things were fondly remembered at my recent jaunt to Ascension on the weekend, where I jivebunnied to Spandau Ballet, Kraftwerk and Kate Bush. This gives a reason for another list methinks, a list of Eighties Things (at least they were for me). Add your own to the Comments, if you like!

Adrian Mole.
Polo mints. Blue light discos.
Small Wonder. Metal Mickey.
She-ra: Princess of Power
(and the hidden critter you had to find in every scene).
My Little Ponies: Minty was rare. Cotton Candy was common.
I never got Majesty's Palace for Christmas.
My aunt wearing backcombed hair, thick eyeliner and scissor-stricken clothes.
My uncle's coffin money-box (with the boney arm that snitched your penny).
Peroxide quiffs. Safety pins. Daffodils.
Fraggles (the little miners made eating glass look palatable.
They stirred in me the desire to lick windows).
ReddyBrek.
Sundays with afternoon tea. Mr Kipling's Iced Fancies.
Bullseye (a darts program my father watched).
Leg-warmers. Hoola hoops. Go-go balls.
Bucks Fizz. Blush Champagne.
Barbecues with Paul Simon's Graceland
as the soundtrack
and Tropicana as the choice beverage.
Penelope Pittstop re-runs. Grange Hill.
Charles in Charge.
And how I loved Scott Baio.