NEWS FOR THE SMALL HOURS: EVERYONE HAS THEIR FAVOURITE ERA, AND WITHOUT A DOUBT THE 196OS IS PROBABLY THE MOST ICONIC FOR THOSE WHO ARE OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER IT. HOWEVER ACCORDING TO A RECENT SURVEY PEOPLE WERE GENERALLY MORE HAPPY DURING THE 1980S THAN ANY OTHER PERIOD IN BRITISH HISTORY, EVEN WHEN COMPARED TO THE SO CALLED SWINGING 60S, AND THIS WAS THE CONCLUSION AFTER INVOLVING LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN A NATIONWIDE SURVEY. BUT WHAT WAS SO GREAT ABOUT THE 80S? WELL FIRST OF ALL WE MUST REMEMBER THAT EVERY DECADE HAS ITS BAD MOMENTS, REGARDLESS OF WHAT ERA WE ARE LOOKING AT. BUT OVERALL THE 1980S WAS A POSITIVE DECADE FOR MANY PEOPLE, BY AND LARGE THE MIDDLE CLASS WERE STILL THRIVING, TECHNOLOGY WAS MAKING HUGE STRIDES, ALTHOUGH YOU WOULDNT EXPECT TO HAVE A LAPTOP UNLESS YOUR DAD WORKED FOR NASA. FASHION SAW MORE VARIED AND INTERESTING CONCEPTS THAN ANY OTHER TIME, BRUNCH WAS THE KING OF MEALS, MUSIC WAS THE BEST OF ANY ERA WITH SOME TRULY FANTASTIC TRACKS TO GET YOUR BODY MOVING AND SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL LOVE BALLADS OF ALL TIME. THERE WAS NO SHORTAGE OF TOYS, TV SHOWS, GREAT MOVIES THAT WOULD PUT MANY TO SHAME THESE DAYS, AND BOOKS. KIDS STILL PLAYED OUTSIDE DESPITE THE ARRIVAL OF COMPUTERS AND GAMING CONSOLES. THEY HAD TOTAL FREEDOM WITHOUT THEIR PARENTS BEING ABLE TO CONTACT THEM ON A MOBILE PHONE, THEY WERE MORE HEALTHY AS A RESULT OF THEIR PHYSICAL EXERCISE AND PARENTS GOT THE BREAK THEY SO OFTEN NEEDED, SO EVERYONE WAS HAPPY ALL AROUND. THE WEATHER WAS GENERALLY BETTER THAN TODAY SO PEOPLE GOT OUT AND ABOUT MORE THAN THEY DO TODAY, GROCERIES AND GAS WERE STILL AFFORDABLE, AND THERE WAS ALLWAYS A GREAT SONG ON THE RADIO. IN MY PERSONAL OPINION THE MUSIC AND FASHIONS WERE THE BEST THING ABOUT THE 80S, BUT BELOW I LIST 29 GREAT THINGS OF THE 1980S ACCORDING TO THE RECENT SURVEY:
Posted on: Thu, 28 Nov 2013 02:28:33 +0000
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