have you ever owned a ....

[rugeleyboy]

record player

betamax video player

atari

"Y" cardi or jumper.

fingerless gloves

anything i have forgotton for the 80's child?

[joggerjayne]

Record Player ... yes.

All the rest ... no idea what they are.

[sara3]

hello JJayne :o)

record player, fingerless gloves, leg-warmers, ra-ra skirt, yes.

but I never had a "Relax" t-shirt.

[Abdulmajid]

Still have a record player!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Betamax, maybe as a child. Can't remember. But the remote control was on a long wire flex and it was top-loading!!!!

"Y" cardi. Have no idea what they are!!!

Fingerless gloves. Yes for fishing

What about a Rubicks cube or The Millennium Falcon??

[bigmamma]

Used to have a record player in the 70s , and a Beta video player in the early 80s rugeleyboy :-)

[sara3]

no record player now but I want one. I have all my old vinyl in the loft. my kids say, "what are THEY??"!

I even have a signed George Michael 12" single, woo hoo!

[joggerjayne]

Hi Sassy.

Hey, ra ra skirt wasn't on the list.

That's cheating =0)

[sara3]

no, RBoy asked if he'd forgotten anything!

he forgot my Adam Ant posters I had on my bedroom wall.. not that he'd ever seen them, you understand ;o)

[Kidd72]

Still do!

Yep (second hand one for my bedroom after VHS took over)

No but my brother had one, XL i think (tapes when they crashed what a B******!)

not that I can recall.

nope, usually for goths as I remember.

A BMX? I had a copy type Italian made 'v-dek rader'

[Jugglering]

Yes to all five... but you sure are showing your age there !

PS For the unknowing....

A Record Player was a device that could *read* very old fashioned *vinyl* albums.... which were easily damaged - some came in 12" sleeves and some in much smaller ones... They first appeared around the turn of the last century and had great sound qualities attached, as well as sentimentality. Just google *don't sit on my jimmy shands* to fully appreciate how precious folk became about them....

Betamax video player - a superb format for video recording, unfortunately it got driven off the market by the sub-standard VHS.....

Atari - hehehe.. now how old are we ?

Y cardi - never heard of them... do they resemble Y fronts ?

Fingerless gloves - my musician mates used to have loads of these so they could play guitar even when it was effing freezing outside...

Other stuff - how about food scares (must peel carrots), mustn't eat eggs (salmonella), don't share showers (legionnaires), MMR vaccines, strikes, creepy politicians, the royal family having marriages and making us take unpaid leave.... lol... I'll shurrup now !

[EngTeach]

Yes, to all except the Betamax.

Did you wear colored shoelaces in your Reebocks to match your shirt and socks. Of course the socks were worn over the jeans.

[sara3]

hey NK, I have a superb record collection! lots of Bowie, Jam, a few odd punk ones, X-Ray Specs, the Anti-Nowhere League.. probably a bizarre collection!

make me an offer I can't refuse..... ;o)

[joggerjayne]

sara, I sold some of my vinyl records on eBay and made over �1,000 for 40 or 50 records.

[imhotep]

AHA, yes, I have a Hitachi stereo vinyl record player in the corner of our lounge.It's a bit old,and it also has a twin cassette player built in,as well as a radio.
The speed switch is a little loose,but it just about works.
I have to wiggle the speed switch just right in order to get it at the right speed.I have quite a big collection of vinyl records,33rpm and 45 rpm!!
I even have a vinyl record of an old Dr Who classic story of Genesis of the Daleks,which is still in good nick!!It even still has the price on it, �3.45 from WHSmith!
Other records I have in good nick are Pinky and Perky,The Wombles,Walt Disney's The Jungle Book,and Tales of Beatrix Potter read by Wendy Craig,amongst others.

Do you mean an Atari vcs or Atari computer?
I did have an Atari VCS,until I mislaid it somewhere.It could well be in the loft, I hope!!
I haven't got a betamax video player,but I do have an AKAI Vcr under the lounge TV.
What else happened in the 80's?
Ooh yes,I also have 2 ZXSpectrum computers.
A ZX Spectrum+3 128K with disc-drive,and a Spectrum+ 48K,and they still work believe it or not.

[Buenchico]

Record player: 8th birthday present (1961)

Betamax: Nope

Atari: Games console = No, but ST 1024 computer = Yes. (Still the best computer I've ever had. I ran a business with it. Atari TOS will always be far better than any version of Windows).

Y-cardi: I'm not even sure what one is (but I've got several bin-liners full of old jumpers which I keep promising myself I'll either wear or throw out).

Fingerless gloves: Are you comparing me to Fagin, by any chance? ;-)

http://www.childhoodsite.com/

Chris

[sara3]

wow! I've always been quite sentimental about my records.. but now I'm not so sure.

which ones sell for the most?

[Abdulmajid]

Yes Joggerjayne but what you failed to realise was a stated signed copy of Please Please Me demo was in fact worth �20K on its own.

Cheers for the sale though. XX

[chicho,bird2]

still got 2 old record players
and a very old black and white tv

plus me hotpants and midi skirt and mini skirt

and me lush midi coat
but that was in the 60 70 group

but the eightys i was looking after me kids

but i do remeber an old stlye radiogram and vynal player i had
cant remember proper name for it than
radio gram xxxxxxxxxx