With thanks to the lovely folk at Truffle Shuffle we have been having a trip down memory lane. (They tweeted earlier about Mr Frosty remember that??)
Over lunch in the park we have been discussing our 90's favourites. Are you ready to take a trip down memory lane with these "blasts from the past"?
1.
Music
Spice Girls: I’ll tell you what
you want, what you really really want... and that was a pair of platform
trainers or a union jack dress.
PJ and Duncan: Now more commonly
known as Ant and Dec these two Geordie Lads knew how to bust a move!
Westlife: The sitting on stool
and standing at the key change was an absolute winner for these Irish Lads.
Take That: Granted they look
better now than they did back in the day, but these boys had songs that would
get you dancing all night long.
B*Witched: You listen back to
their lyrics and realise just how dodgy they were, but back in the day it was
all about rocking the Double Denim!!!
5ive: “Everybody get up, singing
1...2...3...4... 5’ll make you get down now!!” We know the dance routine. Please
tell us you do too!!
2.
Toys
Furbies: “Furbee bye, bye!” These little balls of fluff were
the bane of all parents lives back in December 1998 (this is our rough guess on
the year) as many of them had to queue to buy them over night. Only to find out
that they were pretty annoying! (Mine always talked and NEVER slept anyone
else?)
Pogs: We can’t really remember what the whole idea was
behind POGS all we remember was swapping them in the school yard and if you had
a shiny one you were the coolest kid in school!
Tamagotchi: The shear panic that you felt when you had
forgotten to feed your tamigotchi! Remember that??
3.
TV
SM:TV: Saturday Mornings were all about Ant and Dec and Cat
Deeley... Chums and all your favourite cartoons! "9:45 on a saturday don't be a jiggly-puff ahhhh yeah!" (I was the only one who could remember this rhyme - please tell me someone else can!!)
Arthur: “Everyday when your walking down the street...” Even
when you got too old for this programme you would still rush home from school
to watch it!! We are not ashamed to admit it!
Sabrina the Teenage Witch: We adored this programme and were
so happy when she finally ended up with Harvey!!
The Queens Nose: Who had a 50p that they kept and thought
was magic? Come on you can admit it, you're among friends - we did too!
Bernard’s Watch: Oh how we wanted one of those
watches!! We wonder how old Bernard is
now??
The Demon Headmaster: We had an old boss who looked a little
bit like him... we were petrified!!!
4.
Food
Ice Pops/ Jubblies: Any form of frozen juice was a must – no
matter how cold it was!!!
Sunny D: Anyone else’s mum stop them from drinking it after
the article about the kids that were turning orange?!
Opal Fruit: Ok we know that they are still around but
Starburst just don’t taste the same!
Hubba Bubba: Need we say anymore?!
5.
Games
British Bull Dogs: This game got banned from J’s school...
again we can’t remember the full rules just that it involved running and
tackling people! We think we remember it being pretty vicious!
Kiss Chase or Torture: Do kids even play this anymore?!?
Classic game to play on the school yard hoping that you’d get caught by the boy
you liked!
Chinese Whispers: This game is STILL funny!!
Heads Up Thumbs Down: Everyone thought this game was great
but really it was a way of teachers getting the class to be quiet for 5
minutes!
Wink Murder: The sheer thrill of being able to scream as
loud as you wanted in school without getting in trouble... this is why this
game was great!
If you have ANY more to add to the list then PLEASE send it to us.... there's so much we missed out we know but we just couldn't fit it into one post! We're off now to find our My Little Pony Collection and watch Clarissa Explains It All while eating "Millions"!
Lots of 90's Love
SGW
