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Category Archives: 80s Nostalgia
Out with the cane and in with GCSEs for the Class of ’88
I will admit it. I still have to resist the urge to refer to John Lamont as ‘Sir’. I guess we’re all the same when it comes to our teachers. In our heads we revert back to the days when … Continue reading
Don proud of playing key role in creating Potteries Marathon
My friend Anthony Davies, originally from Norton but now living in The Smoke, ran the London Marathon last year. I was in awe. I was filled with admiration for what I saw as his Herculean effort. So much so that … Continue reading
Stalwart Mick recalls opening of Potteries Shopping Centre
With a new bus station due and a multi-million pound shopping centre soon to follow, the landscape is certainly changing up ’Anley. Not since the late Eighties have we seen development on this scale in the town. Back then we … Continue reading
Verity’s still radio Ga Ga 30 years after her debut on BBC Radio Stoke
Verity Williams, as she was, was seven the first time she rang in to BBC Radio Stoke. She wanted the presenter – a certain Jack Ward – to play a song for her: Love Me For A Reason by The … Continue reading
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Tagged 80s local radio, 80s Nostalgia, BBC Breakfast Television, BBC Radio Stoke, Bill Humphreys, Brino Brookes, Bucknall, Cheapside, Easter, Grant Leighton, Hanley, Jack Ward, Mel Scholes, North Staffordshire, Pete Conway, Sam Plank, Signal Radio, Stoke-on-Trent Garden Festival, The Osmonds, U.S., Verity Hilton, Verity Williams
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All that’s changed in 30 years is the oatcake fillings… and the prices
The year was 1982. Glenn Fowler was driving up and down Waterloo Street, Hanley, trying to find an oatcake shop. In the end he had to ask a local to point him to the location. There was no signage – … Continue reading
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Tagged 80s Nostalgia, Glenn Fowler, Hanley, Hole In The Wall, Lytham St. Annes, North Staffordshire, oatcakes, Potteries, Waterloo Street
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There’s echoes of the Eighties recession in these austere times
Mention the Eighties and most people think of a ‘me, me, me’ society and a spend, spend, spend mentality. A time of big egos, big hair and big budgets. However, the truth is the decade of decadence showed no indication … Continue reading
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Tagged 80s Nostalgia, Birmingham, Brixton, Eighties recession, Geoffrey Howe, gravediggers, Handsworth, inflation, James Callaghan, London, Margaret Thatcher, Merseyside, miners, NHS, South Wales, The Sun, Toxeth, trade unions, Tyneside, West Midlands, Yorkshire
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