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I am pretty grumpy nowadays but the wonderful documentary of the London 2012 opening ceremony really cheered me up.


So here are my memories of good times and bad over the recent decades.


1978-9. Winter of discontent. Good times - latter stages of punk, gigs, girls and football

1989 - and then like Jerico the walls came a tumbling down

1992 - Bad times, realisation that times weren't a changing

1995 - summer of Britpop - a feal feel good factor

Summer 96 - Euro 96. Things were brilliant for a while

Ditto for May '97

July 05 - getting the Olympic Games - brilliant, then 7/7 awful, then winnng the ashes

05 - 12 Was always a great fan of the Games, despite the numerous moaning minies, and no matter how good the main bash was, the paralympics then took it one stage further. Bloody brillaint. Only disappointment was that I expected to be in a bunker, so didn't apply to be a volunteer.



I've not included personal/family joy and tragedy in the above, rather my take on the world. Great to know what are yours

1977 - God Dave the Queen the Sex Pistols


1980 - Trevor Brooking header


1981 great year for music


1985 Live aid felt good at the time


1989 - acid house moves from clubs to field (and very hot)


1990 - Gazza's tears


1992 - Major wins, just unbelievably depressing at the time


1996 - Euro's in UK fantastic


1997 - "things can only get better".....for a while


2005 - what you said


2012 Olympics were great


As I've got older these cultural things mean less, I guess as I'm struggling after the 90s :)

1985, punting on the Cherwell, picnic, booze, afternoon sleep. And avoiding Liveaid. Otherwise pretty good - including the Brooking header (from a non-West Am fan).


81 - Heaven 17, Haircut 100, Soft Cell, Postcard records, New Order and Factory, Wah Heat and Zoo records, Depeche mode and Mute records, Hicks from the Sticks, the tail end of new-wave and ska, the last time UB40 could be considered seriously

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