Who remembers the 80's?
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Anyone here ever drink Football Special or banana mineral? Both favorites in Donegal. Football special was great as it kept its head so as young fellows we thought we looked cool drinking what could pass for beer (in a half pint glass of course!).
Big hair was in, grandfather shirts, power shoulderpads (for the ladies)...an great music (for the most part).
Big hair was in, grandfather shirts, power shoulderpads (for the ladies)...an great music (for the most part).
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joejoe
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Ahhh now come on..... Cabbage water
Joejoe
I love to pour the cabbage water over my dinner if the cabbage has been cooked with the bacon - yum
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Simeon
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And when there is at least 20% lovely soft white fat hanging to the edge of the bacon. And pig's head is orgasmic! To my taste buds anyway.
god this post brings back memories! We all had the knitted jumpers, it would take my mam ages to knit one but they were always great when finished! Oh and Christmas, definitely the one big pressie and a surprise, and there was no asking for something stupid. My school lunch was always wrapped in the bread packaging (which made it taste kinda weird) the little milk/strawberry milk cartons we used to get in school (I hated them!) The books were always in wrapping paper. Top of the pops was a ritual. Really big hair! You were realllllly rich if you had more than 1 car! I remember my mam heating us in the kitchens while eating our brekkie before school with the superser (sp?). I had such a happy childhood growing up in the 80's. Kids today get given too much!
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Ah yes, Football Special and Oatfield Emeralds, the best exports Donegal has ever produced (not counting people obviously!!).
Memories, hapenny sweets, mobile sweet shop which came around once a week, Grifters (bikes), MTV USA, wallpaper covered schoolbooks, making our own mince (using one of them handturned mincers), Soda Streams.
.. and you can still get Football Special in Donegal
So what exactly is it then and why is it called football special?
So what exactly is it then and why is it called football special?
It's a carbonated soft drink, very sugary, and when poured into a glass it looks exactly like a half pint of smithwicks. Unsure of why it's called football special. Yummy!
Ahhh now come on..... Cabbage water
Joejoe
Watched Charlie and the Chocolate factory too much in the 80s, so now cant tell the difference between it and reality
Strawberry milk cartons!. We had small glass bottles of milk and the cream was on the top! I remember sometimes there was blood in the milk as it was not pasteurized properly. We also had free cheese or corn beef sandwichs and on Wednesdays a 'yellow' current bun. Yummy. My stomach still churns at the thought of eating corn beef after finding 'something else' embedded in it!
Come on then - like what?
Sorry, I remember a morgage of 20.200 Pounds and paying back 286 Pounds a month. Inflation in 1981 was approx 20 per cent and our combined wages were 750 monthly. We thought we were doing well with two jobs, the 18year old morris minor, and a new sitting room suite. All other furniture was second hand and I finally got a new kitchen suite in 1997.We always had plenty of food , and fuel but definitely were careful with money. I had a book to keep track of bills and savings and I remember the hassle of trying to change your work cheque as the bank opening hours were crazy.
This is an email I got ages ago but I really liked it. I'm sorry its so long but I didn't want to cut it. Enjoy
Don't ever forget your youth guys, if you grew up in Ireland im sure you
can relate to most of these!! So True!!
I'm talking about Hide and Seek in the park, the shop down the road,
Hopscotch, Donkey, skipping, handstands, Kick the Can, red rover,
rounders, stuck in the mud, football with an old can, skipping, Roly
Poly, Hula Hoops, jumping the stream, building a swing from a tyre and
a piece of rope tied to a tree (If you live in Dublin the lampost),
building tree-houses, climbing up onto roofs.
Tennis on the street, the smell of the sun and fresh cut grass..
Hubba Bubba bubble gum and 2p Flogs, toffee logs, macaroon bars and
woppas, 3p Refreshers and wham bars, superhero chewing gum with the
"lick it, stick it" tattoos, golf ball chewing gums and liquorice whips,
Desperate Dan and Roy of the Rovers, sherbet dips and Mr. Freezes,
Marathon bars and everlasting gobstoppers.
An ice cream cone on a warm summer night from the van that plays a
tune,
chocolate or vanilla or strawberry or maybe neopolitan.
Wait ...
Watching Saturday morning cartoons ... short commercials, Battle of th
e Planets, Road Runner, He-Man, Swapshop, and Why Don't You?,
Transformers, How do you do?, Bosco, Forty-coats, the Littlest Hobo an
d Lassie, The Muppet Show, MacGyver, Scarecrow and Mrs King, Little Hous e
on the Prairie and Highway to Heaven, or staying up for Knight Rider
and Magnum PI.
When around the corner seemed far away and going into town seemed like
going somewhere.
A million midget bites, sticky fingers and mud all over you, knee-pads
on your jeans, Cops and Robbers, Rounders, Tip the Can, Queenie-I-O,
climbing trees, spin the bottle, building igloos out of snow banks,
walking to school, no matter what the weather, running till you were
out of breath.
Laughing so hard that your stomach hurt, Jumping on the bed. Pillow
fights, Spinning around, getting dizzy and falling down was cause for
giggles, Being tired from playing... Remember that?
The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team. Water
balloons & eggs were the ultimate weapon. Reflectors in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle.
And don't forget the rich tea sandwiches we'd make by buttering a
couple a rich tea biscuits and stickin' them together. And that quare oul
mixture made in a tall glass with HB ice cream and TK Red Lemonade.
I'm not finished just yet...
Eating raw jelly, orange squash ice pops......
Remember when ...
There were two types of sneakers - girls and boys, and the only time
you wore them at school,was for "P.E.", Gola football boots.
It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends, when nobody owned a
pure bred dog, when 25p was decent pocket money, when you'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny, when nearly everyone's mum was at home when the kids got there, when it was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner at a real restaurant with your parents.
When any parent could discipline any kid or use him to carry groceries
and nobody, not even the kid, thought a thing of it.
When being sent to the head's office was nothing compared to the fate
that awaited a misbehaving student at home.
Basically, we were in fear for our lives but it wasn't because of
muggings, drugs, gangs, etc. Our parents and grandparents were a much
bigger threat! and some of us are still afraid of them!!!
Remember when....
Decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-mo."
Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, "do over!"
"Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastest.
Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in "Monopoly", the
Game of Life and Connect Four, Atari 2600's and Commodore 64's.
The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was germs.
It was unbelievable that Red rover wasn't an Olympic event...
Having a weapon in school, meant being caught with a biro barrel pea
shooter or an elastic band.
Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better, taking drugs meant
orange-flavoured chewable vitamins, Ice cream was considered a basic
food group.
Getting a foot of snow was a dream come true..
Abilities were discovered because of a "double dare".
Older siblings were the worst tormentors, but also the fiercest
protectors.
If you can remember most or all of these, then you have LIVED!!!!
Pass this on to anyone who may need a break from their "grown up"
life...
I TRIPLE DARE YA!!!
Don't ever forget your youth guys, if you grew up in Ireland im sure you
can relate to most of these!! So True!!
I'm talking about Hide and Seek in the park, the shop down the road,
Hopscotch, Donkey, skipping, handstands, Kick the Can, red rover,
rounders, stuck in the mud, football with an old can, skipping, Roly
Poly, Hula Hoops, jumping the stream, building a swing from a tyre and
a piece of rope tied to a tree (If you live in Dublin the lampost),
building tree-houses, climbing up onto roofs.
Tennis on the street, the smell of the sun and fresh cut grass..
Hubba Bubba bubble gum and 2p Flogs, toffee logs, macaroon bars and
woppas, 3p Refreshers and wham bars, superhero chewing gum with the
"lick it, stick it" tattoos, golf ball chewing gums and liquorice whips,
Desperate Dan and Roy of the Rovers, sherbet dips and Mr. Freezes,
Marathon bars and everlasting gobstoppers.
An ice cream cone on a warm summer night from the van that plays a
tune,
chocolate or vanilla or strawberry or maybe neopolitan.
Wait ...
Watching Saturday morning cartoons ... short commercials, Battle of th
e Planets, Road Runner, He-Man, Swapshop, and Why Don't You?,
Transformers, How do you do?, Bosco, Forty-coats, the Littlest Hobo an
d Lassie, The Muppet Show, MacGyver, Scarecrow and Mrs King, Little Hous e
on the Prairie and Highway to Heaven, or staying up for Knight Rider
and Magnum PI.
When around the corner seemed far away and going into town seemed like
going somewhere.
A million midget bites, sticky fingers and mud all over you, knee-pads
on your jeans, Cops and Robbers, Rounders, Tip the Can, Queenie-I-O,
climbing trees, spin the bottle, building igloos out of snow banks,
walking to school, no matter what the weather, running till you were
out of breath.
Laughing so hard that your stomach hurt, Jumping on the bed. Pillow
fights, Spinning around, getting dizzy and falling down was cause for
giggles, Being tired from playing... Remember that?
The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team. Water
balloons & eggs were the ultimate weapon. Reflectors in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle.
And don't forget the rich tea sandwiches we'd make by buttering a
couple a rich tea biscuits and stickin' them together. And that quare oul
mixture made in a tall glass with HB ice cream and TK Red Lemonade.
I'm not finished just yet...
Eating raw jelly, orange squash ice pops......
Remember when ...
There were two types of sneakers - girls and boys, and the only time
you wore them at school,was for "P.E.", Gola football boots.
It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends, when nobody owned a
pure bred dog, when 25p was decent pocket money, when you'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny, when nearly everyone's mum was at home when the kids got there, when it was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner at a real restaurant with your parents.
When any parent could discipline any kid or use him to carry groceries
and nobody, not even the kid, thought a thing of it.
When being sent to the head's office was nothing compared to the fate
that awaited a misbehaving student at home.
Basically, we were in fear for our lives but it wasn't because of
muggings, drugs, gangs, etc. Our parents and grandparents were a much
bigger threat! and some of us are still afraid of them!!!
Remember when....
Decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-mo."
Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, "do over!"
"Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastest.
Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in "Monopoly", the
Game of Life and Connect Four, Atari 2600's and Commodore 64's.
The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was germs.
It was unbelievable that Red rover wasn't an Olympic event...
Having a weapon in school, meant being caught with a biro barrel pea
shooter or an elastic band.
Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better, taking drugs meant
orange-flavoured chewable vitamins, Ice cream was considered a basic
food group.
Getting a foot of snow was a dream come true..
Abilities were discovered because of a "double dare".
Older siblings were the worst tormentors, but also the fiercest
protectors.
If you can remember most or all of these, then you have LIVED!!!!
Pass this on to anyone who may need a break from their "grown up"
life...
I TRIPLE DARE YA!!!
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They were the days!
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Sitting in the car this morning and my youngest was telling me a story which began..." YEARS AGO....back in the 90's!.."
Those were the days though....the 80's I mean. I remember running through the farmers field with terrified excitement because rumour had it he would shoot any child found in his property.
Those were the days though....the 80's I mean. I remember running through the farmers field with terrified excitement because rumour had it he would shoot any child found in his property.