Peak Nostalgia: 35 Things We Used Daily In The 80s
If you were born in the 80s or lived through it, there are some experiences that we all seem to have in common. As surprising as it is to comprehend, in a time before the internet, a rumour about Marilyn Manson went ‘viral’ so to speak. The funny thing is, this little fabrication spread unfathomably wide, taking over the world, which was an astonishing feat as this was before global connectivity was such an easy thing. I recall how this particular juicy tidbit was shared by a schoolmate in hushed tones to a posse of gossip-hungry teenage girls during my youth, even on my little island.
Similarly, there are some items from the 80s that we all seemed to know about or have, like the radio set that looked like a wannabe high-riser or the albums of puffy stickers, which we were all so very proud of and are probably still tucked away in a drawer somewhere. The everyday vibe of the 80s was fun and full of the possibilities of technology. Let’s reminisce with a list of the best throwback photos to take you down memory lane and enjoy peak 80s nostalgia, shared in the gallery below.
#1 Did Anyone Else Sleep In One Of These? I Think I Would Have To Be Helped Out Of It Today
#2 Visiting The Cousin’s House Circa 1986-88
#3 This Stereo System And Glass Case
#4 The Puffiness Made Them Better
#5 Who Had A Spirograph Growing Up?
#6 Who Remembers The Waterful Ring Toss Game As A Kid? It Was So Simple, But So Much Fun To Me
#7 Tupperware Just Filed For Bankruptcy. Rip To That Set Of Bowls All Our Grandma’s Had
#8 The Ge Alarm Clock That Everyone Seemed To Have
#9 Pencils With Cartridges
#10 Blank Vhs Tapes
#11 The Casserole Dish That Every Family Had
#12 Anybody Remember The Fisher Price Toy Barns That Make The Moo Sound When You Open The Door?
#13 Turned My Spare Bedroom Into A Nostalgia Oasis
My house is a 4 br built in 2007. I was born in 1981 and was trying to recreate the feeling of growing up in the 80s middle class home. Needed a project after my wife passed and it was so much fun putting it together. My teenage girls would let me convert the whole basement.
#14 Trivial Pursuit ’81, Spent So Many Winter Weekends Playing This Game
#15 Who Else Grew Up With These?
#16 The Tomato Pincushion Our Grandmothers, Mothers, And Aunts Had
#17 I Don’t Know About You Folk. But, This Was Core 80’s For Me
#18 Who Else Destroyed Their Bedroom Walls, Taping Posters Directly To Them?
You say destroyed. I say decorated.
#19 Making Orange Juice From A Frozen Paper Can
I can remember my mom getting this out of the freezer, into a Tupperware gallon jug, adding water and you you had to stir it all up.
#20 Electric Carving Knife
#21 Who All Had These, Candy Cigarettes Growing Up ?
#22 Pizza Hut’s Drinking Glasses From The 80s And 90s!
#23 Fantastic Setup
#24 Anybody Old Enough To Remember The Whee-Lo?
#25 If You Know, You Know. If Not Then I Feel Sorry For You
#26 Almost Every House In The 1980s Had A Room That Looked Like This
#27 If You’re Interested In Dust, Here’s A Quaint Little Piece From The 1980s, It’s Called A Dustbuster
#28 How Many Of You Owned This Bad Boy??
#29 A Classic
#30 Old Polaroid We Found From The 80s
#31 Removing The Faceplate Of Your Car Stereo So It Wouldn’t Get Stolen
#32 Beach Chairs From The 80s. Get A Tan And First Degree Burns At The Same Time
#33 Tape Recorded Answering Machines
#34 I’m This Old
#35 What Was It Like Growing Up In The 80s? The 80s:
Shanilou Perera
Shanilou has always loved reading and learning about the world we live in. While she enjoys fictional books and stories just as much, since childhood she was especially fascinated by encyclopaedias and strangely enough, self-help books. As a kid, she spent most of her time consuming as much knowledge as she could get her hands on and could always be found at the library. Now, she still enjoys finding out about all the amazing things that surround us in our day-to-day lives and is blessed to be able to write about them to share with the whole world as a profession.
