8 Gr8s from '88

[jill]

Bit of a dearth of TIE ’88 related news at the moment. Is it too early for our build up?

Your list of 8 greats and grates from ‘88 ?

GREATS

Perfect-Fairground Attraction
A Short Film About Killing (Kieslowski)
Launch of the Hubble Telescope
Birth of the Simpsons (Tracey Ullman show )

GRATES

Thatcher (obviously)
The birth of Red Nose Day
The birth of Richard Madeley’s career
Euro ‘88

1988 also saw the launch of Weird News, so a special prize (well, kudos) to whoever comes up with the oddest fact/story from ’88 ;D


In 1988, there were 15 cases in the US in which men were injured trying to get a can drink out of a vending machine. 3 died, the other 12 required hospitalization for injuries-fractures of the skull, toe, ankle, tibia, femur, and pelvis; inter-cerebral bleeding, knee contusion, and one punctured bladder. As a result, vending machines now display a warning label (The Journal of the American MedicalAssociation).

[saffy]

The birth of our daughter Hannah ..

[kelpie]

Is this personal ones? I was 6, so mine are probably:

Greats:
Red Dwarf
Count Duckula
Being able to Read It Myself with Puddle Lane
My red and blue scooter

Grates:
Going to bed at 8pm when all the good TV starts
Tap dancing lessons
Being stung by a jellyfish on a Pontins holiday in Prestatyn.
My parents refusing to buy me Sylvanian Families stuff.

[jill]

Nov 2, 2011 20:57:43 GMT kelpie said:

Is this personal ones? I was 6, so mine are probably:

Greats:
Red Dwarf

My parents refusing to buy me Sylvanian Families stuff.

Agreed!

Ha! You should look at this from the parents perspective-I bought the wrong (secrets) keypers toy for Xmas! This was still alluded to in 88- and occasionally today!

[jill]

Crossroads King's Oak (king's Heath/Selly Oak??) came to an end in 1988. The last, extended episode was on 4 April with Jill (Jane Rossington) riding off with her lover, John Maddingham (Jeremy Nicholas). Asked what name she would give the hotel she would be running in her new life, the character remarked, a little sadly, "I always thought Crossroads was an awfully good name".

Not sure if that's a great or a grate

Edit: The Comic Strip Presents also did Mr. Jolly Lives Next Door-directed by Stephen Frears. A great, I think!

[skinduff]

On the 8th of the 8th 88 it was my birthday, I was 7 and to this day I'm still gutted I wasnt 8

[RichK]

8/8/88 - I caught 3 carp from the pond across the road from t'farm. 8lb 9oz, 8lb 11oz, and 5lb 9oz. In that order. Aged 14, I was interested in fishing, Jane Brassington, then fishing again, and I was at the height of my photographic memory powers. Been downhill ever since.

I blame lager.

[saffy]

I excuse myself for not having any more than one memory from 1988. Anyone with children will know that it's a momentous occasion, especially your first child ... Am sure other stuff happened, but it's all a bit of a blur.