In Which Decade Were You Born?

Yah know, thinking about these things makes me sad for our society. Dance halls, gone. Skate rinks, gone. Malls, gone. All places where people gathered and socialized. Now they just seem to make huge, huge arenas where sooo many gather but there’s no intimacy.

I was born in 1969. As a result I have a real fondness for retro 1960s & 70s decor, fashion, and just the way everything looked during those times. That's the world which I was first aware of having exited the womb.😊

One of my first clear memories was how popular the movie Titanic was. I remember everyone being so excited about it. My sister would play My Heart Will Go On nonstop and one time she had me stand on the coffee table and lip sync it with a toy microphone in front of my mom and grandma.

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Originally Posted by Nammu Ooo I knew about the museum but I hadn’t heard they’d inducted the the battling robots. How cool. I know, I miss malls. You could make a day of it. Plus they were great places to walk in the fall, winter and spring.

Yes, the battling robots and delightful Light Bright! (Lite Brite?? not sure of the spelling.)

Oh, so true about malls - wonderful places to walk, to really exercise. My mom, when she was in her 70's, used to walk around the mall because she felt safe.

We do have skating rinks here, still, just not in this town. We have a bowling alley, which is nice for some people. It's been there since David was growing up here in the 50's and 60's. During the holiday season a bunch of outdoor ice skating rinks are set up in several locations. Some years ago I tried to ice skate - I had enjoyed figure skating so much as a kid - but couldn't do it. My sisters, who grew up in NYC, flew around the rink, though.

Public pools are very popular here. They are almost all outdoors and open only during the summer months.

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Originally Posted by mote.of.soul I was born in 1969. As a result I have a real fondness for retro 1960s & 70s decor, fashion, and just the way everything looked during those times. That's the world which I was first aware of having exited the womb.😊

I like that. "Exited the womb" My children can say that with all sincerity; they were c-section babies.

You're a bona fide Gen-Xer, alright!

I was born in 1983, I still remember a few things from the 80's. One of the things that stick out to me is eating Rainbow Brite cereal and watching cartoons. I'm a 90's kid though, and I miss those times from time to time.

My daughter still has her cabbage patch doll. Those are the epitome of her generation. I snagged one with red hair blue eyes and a Pacifier like her. She was about 3 when she received it. My pony and cabbage patch.

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Originally Posted by Amethyst_Stargazer I was born in 1983, I still remember a few things from the 80's. One of the things that stick out to me is eating Rainbow Brite cereal and watching cartoons. I'm a 90's kid though, and I miss those times from time to time.

I miss the '90's. What a fun decade that was!

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Originally Posted by Nammu My daughter still has her cabbage patch doll. Those are the epitome of her generation. I snagged one with red hair blue eyes and a Pacifier like her. She was about 3 when she received it. My pony and cabbage patch.

Oh, yes. Cabbage Path dolls. Sheesh, I remember that people slept overnight in lines outside of toy stores to buy them for Christmas. The one you snagged sounds adorable. And My Pony.

Yeah it was a rare find. And cost a dear penny too. Fortunately I lived in the cities back then and had a lot of stores to browse until I found one that looked like her. Teddy ruxpin was big and hard to get too but that was beyond my income. The 80’s had some great toys for kids. I thought it would be cute to name the doll with a name that started with her initial, guess what she named her daughter all these years later! 😂 I think it was when she was 2-3 when target had special stuffies for Christmas. She wanted one so bad but I said we had to get one for her cousin. Then I bought a secret one from Santa for her. She was so ecstatic .

1950's. A good decade, it seems.

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Originally Posted by Nammu ....I thought it would be cute to name the doll with a name that started with her initial, guess what she named her daughter all these years later! 😂 ....

THAT is precious.

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Originally Posted by Travelinglady 1950's. A good decade, it seems.

What are a few things you remember, Trav?

1989 was when i was born

what i miss was Animals of Farthing Wood

and Animal Hospital

both was TV shows in the 1990's

Animals of Farthing Wood was a cartoon, it'll never get shown now cause a lot of animals die in it and basically nowadays, people don't like to show kids loads of deaths in cartoons

Animal Hospital was a show that followed a actual vet practice in London, the main vet was nearly retired in the 90's i think, they will never show that one again anywhere, not even on youtube, cause of Rolf Harris

I vaguely remember being obsessed with House Hunters on HGTV when I was 5ish???

You're my daughter's age @willowtigger. What happened with Rolf Harris? Did he do something naughty?

House Hunters...that sounds so familiar @MuddyBoots. What was it about?

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My earliest memory from the early 90s is of us getting home from a day out cause my grandad was well enough to have a trip out, to find a horrible note through the door from my "dad" who had not bothered to tell anyone he would be coming, I was only about 4 at the time

Thing was, there was loads of times he would pretend he was coming to see us, then wouldn't bother to show up simply cause he couldn't be arsed

I remember one of the few times he did bother to show, he brought his new baby with him and he spent the whole visit showing off his new kid

It was about people going to different houses and seeing which one they'd buy. I'd find it excruciatingly boring now though haha.

The vets name in animal hospital was David Grant I remember

I was born in the 60s. I'd rather forget most of my childhood and adolescence, but the 80s had some cool music. Hard to think that it's now "classic!"

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Originally Posted by willowtigger My earliest memory from the early 90s is of us getting home from a day out cause my grandad was well enough to have a trip out, to find a horrible note through the door from my "dad" who had not bothered to tell anyone he would be coming, I was only about 4 at the time Thing was, there was loads of times he would pretend he was coming to see us, then wouldn't bother to show up simply cause he couldn't be arsed I remember one of the few times he did bother to show, he brought his new baby with him and he spent the whole visit showing off his new kid

I am so sorry. How painful for you.

I think they still have that show

My grandad had had a bad stroke, what I don't know is whether I was born when he had it, it's why if he was having a good day we had to make the most of it with him cause the next day he could be bed bound as in have to stay in bed all day

I was 11 when he died, mum moved me and older brother away when I was 9 and grandad gave up at that point, according to grandma he waited to die

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Originally Posted by willowtigger My grandad had had a bad stroke, what I don't know is whether I was born when he had it, it's why if he was having a good day we had to make the most of it with him cause the next day he could be bed bound as in have to stay in bed all day I was 11 when he died, mum moved me and older brother away when I was 9 and grandad gave up at that point, according to grandma he waited to die

I feel for you on this and

My grandpa had a “mild” stroke at age 87. It affected him some physically, but mainly it affected his speech/communication. He barely spoke from that day till he passed age 94. Sometimes I find myself missing his voice.

My dad had a stroke August 23rd, 2022. It was bad. He passed 3 days later. I’m not sure if I’ve even registered what has happened yet.

Ty for sharing about your granddad. It sounds like you cared for one another muchly. Very cool. I’m sorry you were moved away.

Memories can be bittersweet, eh?

— lemonSys