80s – Page 6 – retrohen

The Grange Hill effect

Posted on 23/08/202008/02/2023

“I WAS banned from watching Grange Hill” was her reply. It was a reply I’d heard many times from various people. I can understand why some parents would ensure that GH was out of bounds: their reasoning would sound something like this: do not watch or consume – the Grange Hill curse will come upon […]

Woolworths: an imaginary return

Posted on 22/08/202017/02/2023

Cinzano with Joan Collins and Leonard Rossiter

Posted on 08/08/202001/08/2023

The last Rolo: the test of true love & the Madonna connection

Posted on 01/08/202020/03/2022

Shredded Wheat: the impossible three?

Posted on 26/07/202006/01/2024

Lilt, with a totally tropical taste: the Lilt Man to the rescue

Posted on 18/07/202006/03/2022

The heat? It was like being locked in a kitchen saturated with steam from all the pots bubbling away on the stove. I dare not shift from my sunbed – if I did, I’d have to quickly tip-toe across the hot white sand as if practising firewalking. This heat was no joke – it was […]