80s – Page 13 – retrohen

Yesterdays Drive: A brief review of car advertising in the 70s and 80s

Posted on 03/11/201812/11/2023

BACK in the 70s and 80s, before driving off, we’d pull the aerial up in order to get a radio reception. Once inside, we’d manually operate the choke and start the engine. After winding down the window and adjusting the wing mirror, a bit of strength was needed to turn the non-powered steering wheel. Todays […]

The water in Majorca: from posh to cockney

Posted on 13/10/201830/01/2023

Grange Hill 40: Friends Reunited – the return of the Nostalgic Geeks

Posted on 18/09/201819/01/2023

Rigsby’s rules: the rules of a rogue landlord

Posted on 08/09/201823/04/2022

School’s out for Summer: playing out

Posted on 04/08/201826/04/2020

Ready Brek: How to avoid being dragged through the imaginary courtroom

Posted on 25/04/201826/11/2023

IT’S wet, cold and dark when your kids set off to school. They beg you for a lift in the car but you refuse and watch them trudge out the door into darkness. Your poor kids arrive at school shivering and sneezing. It takes them all morning to defrost. Once the school day is over, […]