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    Posted: 28 April 2024 at 11:15am
Has to be the 80s for me.

I was young, full of dreams and aspirations. So many good films made, music awsome, life was simpler.

Scarlets wore adidas, first rugby World Cup.

And no mobile phones 
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90s for me, travelled the world had a few quid for 1st time ever, i was young fit with out my aches and pains of age  we had a really good team , i and brit pop was a thing

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For me, the 70s, just shading the 60s...

Wales had an awesome rugby team, and I saw a very large number of matches that decade.
Scarlets contributed mightily to that Wales team, and I saw Benny, Derek Quinnell, Grav, Bergiers, Andy Hill and all the rest play on multiple occasions (though far less than if I'd been living in Llanelli...)
Carwyn James led the Lions to victory in NZ, and the Baa-Baas beat them in Cardiff with 'that' try.

On a more personal level - met my lovely wife (a definite highlight!)
Got my career properly under way, after a period of drifting and uncertainty. 

I'd already travelled a lot with my parents, but continued to do so on my own to the USA (first time), France (always a favourite), Amsterdam, Edinburgh, London. Got to know NYC well during a 2 month work placement... including the great cinema scene... the Thalia, etc.
Lived and worked in Liverpool, still buzzing a bit not long after the Merseybeat years; saw the Reds a few times in a year where they won the European cup. The Everyman theatre and film club... Willy Russell, David Hare etc. Great city. 

So, for me, a tipping point decade when I grew up and got to know what I could and could not achieve. Important to be able to distinguish between dreams and realistic ambitions. 



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Originally posted by aber-fan aber-fan wrote:

For me, the 70s, just shading the 60s...

Wales had an awesome rugby team, and I saw a very large number of matches that decade.
Scarlets contributed mightily to that Wales team, and I saw Benny, Derek Quinnell, Grav, Bergiers, Andy Hill and all the rest play on multiple occasions (though far less than if I'd been living in Llanelli...)
Carwyn James led the Lions to victory in NZ, and the Baa-Baas beat them in Cardiff with 'that' try.

On a more personal level - met my lovely wife (a definite highlight!)
Got my career properly under way, after a period of drifting and uncertainty. 

I'd already travelled a lot with my parents, but continued to do so on my own to the USA (first time), France (always a favourite), Amsterdam, Edinburgh, London. Got to know NYC well during a 2 month work placement... including the great cinema scene... the Thalia, etc.
Lived and worked in Liverpool, still buzzing a bit not long after the Merseybeat years; saw the Reds a few times in a year where they won the European cup. The Everyman theatre and film club... Willy Russell, David Hare etc. Great city. 

So, for me, a tipping point decade when I grew up and got to know what I could and could not achieve. Important to be able to distinguish between dreams and realistic ambitions. 


Sounds like you enjoyed aber ...Thumbs Up Living in Lerpwl in the 60s sounds epic, golden era all around
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Late 1950's/early 1960's for me, Leicester rugby was pretty poor as was Englands, but there were steam engines, you could go out with no fear of being mugged/stabbed or molested, they were naïve times for us as kids, but after sweet rationing ended, the world seemed full of hope and expectations and it was not  until the 1980's that those hopes were dashed, when mines were closed, industries were wiped out and unemployment affected everyone.
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Now isnt too shabby.....judgement day ar a teledu now.  then...t20 cricket world cup live in my living room later from the caribbean and USA ....endless tunes off the spotify and dominos and joes ice cream on my doorstep ...joyoTongue
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Grew up in tge 60,70s and 80,s

The 70s was just incredible,  but for me the 80s ....outrageous and just so exciting, new age music, great music the dress sence and the snow blizzard in 82 was out of this world , I remember the summer of 1976 but for me the 80s was the decade for the above and so much more and when I had my first proper Honda 750 cc in 1980 when I travelled everywhere..
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