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Top 90s brands included Calvin Klein, Guess Jeans, Tommy Hilfiger, and Polo. Some of the sculpted, fitted looks of the 80s were replaced by natural shoulders and fluidly draped jackets, blouses and dresses. Oversized, loose-fitting sweaters and vests topped gathered skirts of varying lengths. Trousers were multi-pleated or gathered and cut with wide legs –Continue reading “1990s Women’s fashions”

1. Richard Marx – Hazard – 05-1992 2. Manic Street Preachers – Motorcycle Emptiness – 06-1992 3. Jimmy Nail – Ain’t No Doubt – 07-1992 4. Sophie B. Hawkins – Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover – 07-1992 5, Guns N’ Roses – November Rain – 02-1992 6. Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballe –Continue reading “My Top Thirteen 1992”

Following on from last week, here’s a more detailed look at my/our fave movies – all three of our kids have grown up with a glorious appreciation of movies and TV shows – when we got a copy of Scene-it the battles were hard fought, and both Jo and Steph quote lines at each otherContinue reading “1990s Top Thirteen Movies”

We had a tradition for several years when Bri worked shifts, that the kids would stay up until he finished work at 9pm on Friday. We’d have a carpet picnic including hula-hoops, mini cheddars and popcorn, but the star turn had to be the sandwiches with “billy-bear” processed meat. We always watched a movie –Continue reading “1990s Movies”

The 80s was a busy decade and saw me going from a single journey away from the UK (to Brittany in 1978) to four wonderful trips to Greek Islands, the first being Rhodes in 1985. The second of these (Crete, May ’86) included an off-the-cuff proposed and a mere 6-months later, I married my wonderfulContinue reading “My 1990s”

The start of the decade saw me with two kids under 18-months, which meant I didn’t have the same opportunities to listen to music. Suddenly all the cool music from the previous two decades got booted out by tuneless techno-drivel and repetitive hip-hop with lyrics which could have been written by five-year-olds. And it justContinue reading “My Top Thirteen 1990”

Who doesn’t love a Marvel Movie? My absolute favourites are the Guardians of the Galaxy, but the Thor movies are second fave. I’ve always been keen on Norse Mythology, so it was great fun for me to dive into a bunch of the stories, especially the ones involving Loki. Such an awesome character, and theContinue reading “Release of Turn Back Time”

Unemployment in England in the 80s had reached record-breaking numbers, the highest it’s ever seen since The Great Depression. It caused mass hysteria, riots, rebellion against manufacturing plant shutdowns and protests. Much of these numbers were caused by the government’s monetarist policies to tackle inflation. Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher also cut benefits to stateContinue reading “1980s World Events”