Author: Molly Atherton

1. These hair clips We all loved these hair clips when we were younger, didn’t we? These were easily the most pointless clips in the world though! 2. Funny Bones This was one of the best books tht we had from our childhood. via/Waterstones They also made this into a series too, didn’t they? 3. This pen! Every single person who went on holiday came back with this pen. This brings back so many memories! 4. These earrings via/Childrensplace We all had these earrings when we were younger. These were so ugly, no-one can deny that. Claires gave us the…

Teenage girls practically live in their bathrooms, pampering themselves and applying layers and layers of make-up. However, when we were younger we hated the bathroom, and would associate it with those obligatory baths where we would always get shampoo in our eyes, or being forced to brush our teeth. See if you can spot any classic 90s bathroom items… 1. Jelly Candles Who else used to poke at these? 2. Johnsons No More Tears ‘No more tears’ pfffffffft, good one Johnsons. 3. Matey Bubble Bath These were the best!! 4. Gel Bath Balls I used to squeeze these until they popped,…

1. Cadbury Dream They just suddenly appeared in Heroes boxes, but were never a match for milkybars! 2. Twix Top Somehow tasted better than the original twix! 3. Cadbury Snowflake Was never a fan of these, can’t beat the original flake! 4. Nestle Double Cream Hands down best chocolate bar to ever exist. 5. Milkybar Choo A mixture between a fudge and a milkybar…interesting. 6. Milkybar Munchies Amazing biscuity crunchy white chocolate deliciousness. 7. Taz Bar Before Freddo Caramel’s over ruled! 8. Kit Kat Sense As a child I associated anything with nuts to be healthy so this chocolate bar was…

HEIDI THEN: We all remember watching this show when we were younger. I think we can all agree that the place she moved to was picturesque and we all secretly wanted to live there too! She got sent to live with her Grandfather in the mountains, she quickly discovers that it is such a magical place until it all gets taken away from her. This series first came out way back in 1978. Katia, the Austrian star, was only 11 years old when she began to star as the main character in this series. This programme is the one she is most…

They were the best TV Shows back in the day, and we would ALL wish we were on them (especially Get Your Own Back when your mum wouldn’t let you leave the table until you’d eaten all your veg). Although we probably never applied to go on any of these when we were younger, we still had daydreams of us going on them. Whether it was completing the Way of the Warrior on Raven or collecting the Ruby monkeys on Jungle Run, we pictured ourselves smashing these game shows! Did anyone else used to get so into it that they…

Being a 90s girl was the best, some of the accessories we owned were just hilarious yet we thought we were the coolest people in the world with them. See if you can spot any of your guilty pleasures! 1. Choker Necklace The most uncomfortable but essential 90s accessory. 2. Mood Ring Mine always said stressed, story of my life. 3. Butterfly Clip Did you ever forget you were wearing these and lie down? Ouch. 4. Rosary Beads Why were these ever a fashion statement? cringe. 5. Alice Band Good lord these were worse than I remember. 6. Denim Bandana When…

Brookside lasted 20 years on our screens, started in 1982 and ended in 2003. Here are 13 things I bet you never knew about Brookside! Enjoy 🙂 1. The houses were custom-built for the show in an attempt to add to the show’s realism. Bloody hell, I wonder how much that must have cost them…do you know some people live on the street now? 2. Some of the properties were used as post-production and canteen facilities for the cast and crew. 3. The houses have been renovated and are now used for the interior scenes in Hollyoaks (1995). I bet you…

Avon was an extremely popular brand back in the 70s & 80s. A lot of people used to sell the products and one of the best sellers were the pomanders. I think everyone will remember the ballet shoe pomanders….but what about the rest? Here are 11 of our favourite ones from back in the day. Enjoy 🙂 1. Ballet shoes. Out of all the Avon Pomanders, I think these ones were the most popular…. 2. Gloves. You could hang them up on your cupboard handles…. 3. Umbrella. Or on your door knobs…. 4. Purse. These’s ones were very popular too,…

1. Auto braiding your hair These things never actually worked like they used to advertise them on the box. But, we all never stopped using them. I swear that half of my hair used to get ripped out with these because I could never use them properly. 2. Heelys There was no better way to get around in the 90s when we were younger than on these bad boys. I used to wear mine EVERYWHERE. Whether it was to go to the post office or shopping round Tesco with my mum. 3. Fibre light Who else remembers getting…

Here are 13 things that’ll take you back to your childhood. They’ll remind you of growing up 70s & 80s Britain. I hope they bring back some good memories for you 🙂 Enjoy! And don’t forget to share this with your friends if you enjoyed it! 1. Walnut whips. They were just so much better in the 70s & 80s! They taste nothing like they used to when we were younger. 2. Mr Benn shopkeeper. Mr. Benn used to visit this fancy-dress costume shop where he is invited by the mustache, fez-wearing shopkeeper to try on outfits. 3. Garden chairs.…

There were a few things that we will all remember from being kids! This is because growing up in the noughties meant we had the best childhood! This was before kids stopped going out and playing with each other every school night. Here are 13 things you will remember if you were a child who grew up in the amazing era. 1. These sherbet sticks! These were the best things ever. They cost about 5p each which meant that you could get loads! They were a pain though when your spit got stuck in the top and clogged all the…

There were loads of cool things when we were growing up in the 80s! From all of the toys that we used to play with to the amazing fashion… big hair, neon EVERYTHING and pedal pushers. But, there were some things that tend to stick in our memories more than other things do! This is because some things just bring back the best memories and can’t be forgotten! Here are 14 images that will instantly take you back to your youth and the greatest era of all time! Enjoy! 1. The old £10 note Who remembers when the £10 note…

This Test Paper Our GCSE’s were probably one of the hardest things we had to do back then, and how we hated them. I don’t know about you, but I was 90% sure that I’d fail maths and science. When we ha to sit down to actually take the exams, I nearly had a heart attack – it was the worst. Remember how they gave us practice ones to take home… “Yeah, thanks Sir, I really wanted to spend my weekend doing this!” Reading this Anthology Remember having to memorise lines from random old poems? Yeah, because knowing what Simon…

1 – Mini Bean Bags Every PE lesson was boring as hell, but then there would be one lesson when the teacher got these out and everyone would go insane. You loved played with these things. Well, actually, you just loved throwing them at people and terrorising all the other kiddies. These were the perfect weapons – they left no bruises or marks. 2 – Bucket Stilts These must have been the most impractical things in the entire world, yet we all had some at one point. You must remember trying your hardest not to fall over. It was basically…

1- Mini Kievs We all knew that chicken Kievs were delicious… but the mini ones were even better! 2 – Micro Chips Apparently, you can still get these. But, they just aren’t the same. 3 – Ez Squirt Remember when ketchup was green. Those were the glory days! 4 – Arctic Rolls Ice cream in a roll? Um, yes please. 5 – Smiley Faces We didn’t just want chips! We wanted chips shaped like faces. 6 – Dinosaurs These things needed a WHOLE lot of ketchup to taste of anything. Yummy. 7 – Turkey Twizzlers We’re still mad that Jamie…

1. 80s magazines. Which 80s magazine was your favourite? I used to love them all. I’d save up my dinner money every week and just buy one at the end of the week and hide it from my mum. 2. Cassette Player. Did you ever have a Cassette player? Remember when they looked like this?  3. Playing on the swings. Remember playing on swings and swinging as high as possible then flinging yourself off! I flew too high once and landed in a puddle. It was disgusting and it put me off doing it ever again, I was covered in mud.…