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Blog, Sport
Time for an update on my skateboarding progress after my first post about Learning to skateboard in my 40s a...
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Blog, Sport
I’ve recently gotten really into American Football again. I watched the Super Bowl earlier this year and it just reignited...
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Blog, Books, Movies
My collection of movie novelisations is growing. I’ve got nearly sixty now. But I think I’ve only read two of...
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Art, Blog
I’ve mentioned in previous blog posts that I had a few posters on my childhood bedroom wall that I’ve been...
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Blog, Top Tens
They say that music and smell can be the best triggers of nostalgia. I find that to be absolutely true....
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Blog, Top Tens
Often people say that you are either a dog person or a cat person. Personally I don’t like labels like that. There...
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Animation, Blog
As time progresses we can start feeling nostalgic about different and more recent things. One thing I have been increasingly...
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Blog, Sport
So… I’ve decided to learn to skateboard in my 40s. That’s cool, right? It’s not going to hurt at all,...
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Blog, BMX
As of the time of writing this, I have few retro holy grails left. I have acquired or re-acquired a...
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Blog, Books, Toys & Games
My memory is that one of the TV ads said that “Micro Machines have the power to move”. That was...
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Blog, Movies, Top Tens
I’m writing this one during the Covid-19 lockdown of 2020, and like a lot of people I’ve been watching slightly...
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Blog, Cartoons
As someone who has been actively enjoying and researching retro stuff for many years, and runs a retro website, it...
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Books, Comics, Mags
Name: WWF sticker album Publisher: Merlin Year: 1990 Country of origin: UK Category: Books, Comics, Mags Tags: stickers Notes: This...
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Misc
Category: Tags: badges Notes: I love badges. Always have done. So I was very excited to get my hands on...
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Books, Comics, Mags
Name: Care Bears sticker album Publisher: Panini Year: 1985 Country of origin: USA Category: Books, Comics, Mags Tags: Panini, stickers...
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Books, Comics, Mags
Name: Gremlins sticker album Publisher: Panini Year: 1984 Country of origin: US Category: Books, Comics, Mags Tags: Panini, Gremlins Notes:...
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Music
Song: Tina Turner – We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome) Album: Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Year:...
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Books, Comics, Mags
Name: Mean Machines Publisher: EMAP Year: 1990 Country of origin: UK Category: Books, Comics, Mags Tags: computer magazines Notes: Mean...
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Movies
Name: Highlander Year: 1986 Distributor: Thorn EMI, 20th Century Fox Director: Russell Mulcahy Country of origin: UK / USA Category:...
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Books, Comics, Mags
Name: 2000 AD Publisher: IPC Magazines, Fleetway Publications, Rebellion Developments Year: 1977 Country of origin: UK Category: Books, Comics, Mags...
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