A young Kylie Minogue as Charlene Mitchell in her very first on-screen "Neighbours" appearance. The road to Ramsay Street bega...

Charlie writes: I love 80's Actual and would like to ask you something. What on earth was New Wave? I've read reams about it, and ...

Les has written: I'm having an 80s fashion revival, and am seeking inspiration for autumn/winter wear. I know jackets with pushed...

Madonna was definitely one of the biggest "movers and shakers" of mid-to-late 1980s pop music. I went to see her in "Despera...

A-ha's Take On Me was a great song which was accompanied by a very innovative video, linking animation with live action. In retrospect...

Born in a sewer at King's Cross (some say that he was actually created, voiced and operated by one David Claridge, so believe what you ...

Starring Bea Arthur, Rue McClanahan , Betty White and Estelle Getty, American comedy series The Golden Girls began in 1985, and made its w...

The Janet Frazer autumn/winter 1984/5 catalogue brought us some snazzy roller boots - and a dramatic scene from the local roller disco wher...

The eccentrically named Kajagoogoo hailed from Leighton Buzzard and London, England. Kajagoogoo was formed after three members of a band...

Black was the colour... highly popular for furniture in the mid-to-late 1980s. Argos catalogue, spring/summer 1989. In the 1980s, ther...

Fashion '83: this ad, which I found in the local newspaper archive, stirred fond memories - although my donkey jacket was not tartan-lin...

The '70s revival of the '60s scene brought about the creation of bands like the Jam, the film Quadrophenia and a revival of Mods an...

"'Ere, just 'ow well do you remember the 1980s?" asks Lou Beale of early EastEnders fame. The character was only in the se...

The Human League arrived - first hitting the Top 40 in May 1981 with Sound of the Crowd . The original Human League had formed in 1977, and...

The Tandy Electronics Catalogue , 1980-81, provides rich pickings for those wishing to relive technological memories of the first two years...