From the McVitie's website - the launch of the mighty Hobnob biscuit in 1985 was quickly followed by others, like the chocolate varie...

'West End Girl' - a 1987 poster by Athena. The spiky-haired foxtress has obviously been surprised on the fire escape. Wonder what...

Ugh! Here's a Boots HOME WINE AND BEERMAKING catalogue from 1984-1985. Doesn't it all look complicated? My stepfather's attem...

Cowboy Snoopy in the 1980s: "Howdy, Pardner!" Pauline wrote to ask what my favourite Snoopy fantasy figure was after my post...

Howard Jones and a lovely brolly (£2-99 - a snip!) star on a 1985 "Smash Hits" cover... Lovely freebies... Mid-1980s ...

Remember some posts ago when I wrote about the Now That's What I Call Music pig and posted a pic of my bedroom in 1985? Well, lookin...

A newspaper advertisement for Bejam, December 1981. Nobody in my very working class neighbourhood even owned a freezer in 1981. Seems incr...

Appealing to the teens - NatWest, 1984. Cash points began to become popular in the 1980s. But as for having a Mum that would always give y...

From the TV Times , 6-12 July, 1985. Some interesting soap predictions can be found under 2000 - a watch-this-space odyssey . The serial is...

Above and below: details from the original C5 advertising, 1985. Sir Clive Sinclair in his C5, 1985. Practical personal transport - powere...

A 1980s signed Maggie pic. In 1985, Mrs T was in her second term as Prime Minister, having won the 1983 General Election with a landslide....

After Band Aid in 1984, 1985 gave us Live Aid - the Global Juke Box - the 12 hour pop marathon, watched by an estimated 1.5 billion people...

Christmas is just around the corner, and I'm startled by the suddenness of it all! Where did 2011 go? Anyway, to celebrate the forthco...

Run D.M.C. hailed from New York's Queens district. Their involvement as youngsters with the underground club scene placed them in a good...

"Pressing Towards New Horizons - British Telecom The Power Behind The Button", an advertisement which appeared in the Sunday Peop...

A Sun newspaper "Page 7 Fella" from February 1985. Note the 1980s bouffant mullet hairdo!  The Sun Page 7 Fella caused a st...

Frank Sidebottom relaxes in 1985 . 1985 again - Frank's Firm Favorites. - the EP ! Chris Sievey, the genius behind Frank Sidebottom...

'80s fashion revolution for men.. . Sunday Mirror , January 15 1984: Boy George may be the High Priest of High Camp, but the 1984 f...