Customised story books

[Richard1978]

I remember in the 1980s at least two friends had the same book which had been printed with their names in, which seemed really impressive before desk top publishing was something even the professionals took for granted.

From what I remember the main character wore a wig & sunglasses...

[Richard1978]

I remember one of the companies I used to work for normally bought 80gsm paper, but tried economising by ordering a batch of 50gsm paper, which had a habit of jamming up in the printers & photocopiers!

[Richard1978]

I remember the 1980s adverts with the song "cook-ability - that's the beauty of gas"

[Richard1978]

Luca at my cousin's house.

[Richard1978]

If you avoid the celebrity gossip magazines & most of the tabloids then you don't need to worry as much.

Since I started living on my own I've never bought a newspaper for myself, just using the BBC website for the news.

[Richard1978]

I presume the original Convoy was considered different enough to pass muster. BBC4 Top Of The Pops repeats featured The Timelord's Doctorin' The Tardis even though it borrows a lot of Rock & Roll Part 2....

[Richard1978]

I got the impression by the late 1980s that the BBC had relaxed the rules, even in The Young Ones a lot of products are mentioned & logos are in shot.

[Richard1978]

Quite a few arcades seemed to change the video games for gambling machines after the mid 1990s, when home consoles started to have games as good as the ones found in arcades & owners of arcades found they could make more money from gambling machines.

[Richard1978]

I was a little slow getting a girlfriend as I was busy with education & settling into work.

[Richard1978]

Channel 4 seemed to snap up the rights to all the niche sports for many years, especially if Milton Keynes was one of the first places here to have a team.