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Title: Where were you 25 years ago?
Post by: CaptainZok on 28 August 2008, 22:20:58
Can you remember?
I was in a field in Reading watching Thin Lizzy.
Ahh memories.
Title: Re: Where were you 25 years ago?
Post by: Jimbob on 28 August 2008, 22:22:20
at this time....was in bed iirc, only 7 at the time  ;D
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Post by: TheBoy on 28 August 2008, 22:23:23
Getting ready to start secondary school...
Title: Re: Where were you 25 years ago?
Post by: Mr Skrunts on 28 August 2008, 22:25:08
Yes thanks, will post a picture of her one day when I can dig it out. ::) :y
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Post by: dbug on 28 August 2008, 22:25:18
Dunno - was married then - could have been at home, out on the p*ss or away on business????
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Post by: Omegatoy on 28 August 2008, 22:25:26
no forget that !! it was longer than that ago >:(
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Post by: Jay w on 28 August 2008, 22:30:11
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Getting ready to start secondary school...

Please don't tell me i am older than you  >:(
Title: Re: Where were you 25 years ago?
Post by: Jo_Kent on 28 August 2008, 22:31:17
Today is my wedding anniversary, it would have been 26 years if we were still together.  25 years ago I was nursing our first born, Joanne - now she has two of her own and I'm a granny  :)  The time has absolutely flown by unfortunately and shows no signs of slowing down!


Lin
Title: Re: Where were you 25 years ago?
Post by: amigov6 on 28 August 2008, 22:33:57
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Can you remember?
I was in a field in Reading watching Thin Lizzy.
Ahh memories.
So was i John. Did you ever burn me that cd? Weird to think we were both there then in the same field watching the same bands...25yrs on we're still talking gibberish!!!!!!!!!!!! 8-)
Title: Re: Where were you 25 years ago?
Post by: JonArgraig on 28 August 2008, 22:34:29
In bed  I guess...

I was 4 :)
Title: Re: Where were you 25 years ago?
Post by: Entwood on 28 August 2008, 22:35:09
Not sure about exactly the 28th August 1983 .... but the whole of Aug '83 (and a few other weeks) was spent doing the "Airbridge" from the Falklands after the war - living in a converted prison ship called a "Coastel"
Title: Re: Where were you 25 years ago?
Post by: haj on 28 August 2008, 22:35:19
Looking after first born who was 7 months old.
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Post by: Danny on 28 August 2008, 22:35:53
i dont remember, probably out stealing cars, i was 2
Title: Re: Where were you 25 years ago?
Post by: CaptainZok on 28 August 2008, 22:35:54
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Can you remember?
I was in a field in Reading watching Thin Lizzy.
Ahh memories.
So was i John. Did you ever burn me that cd? Weird to think we were both there then in the same field watching the same bands...25yrs on we're still talking gibberish!!!!!!!!!!!! 8-)
Yes mate sent it ages ago. rather post oriface must have lost it. >:( >:(
Are you going to Newent?
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Post by: TheBoy on 28 August 2008, 22:36:06
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Getting ready to start secondary school...

Please don't tell me i am older than you  >:(
Why does everyone, including the rather Wii, thing I am older than I am  >:(
Title: Re: Where were you 25 years ago?
Post by: CaptainZok on 28 August 2008, 22:37:26
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Getting ready to start secondary school...

Please don't tell me i am older than you  >:(
Why does everyone, including the rather Wii, thing I am older than I am  >:(
Hard paper round?  ;D ;D
Title: Re: Where were you 25 years ago?
Post by: Entwood on 28 August 2008, 22:37:39
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Getting ready to start secondary school...

Please don't tell me i am older than you  >:(
Why does everyone, including the rather Wii, thing I am older than I am  >:(


Hard paper round as a kid ???   ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Where were you 25 years ago?
Post by: FRE07962128 on 28 August 2008, 22:38:51
My daughter, youngest of my three children, was about to start school for the first time. Ahhhhhhhhhh!!!! :'( :'( :D :D :D :D :-* :-* :-*

I had also again gained promotion and was driving a new Cavalier 1.8 SRi...zoom....zoom; it was about this time I achieved my first 130 mph on the M5!  Like a rocket on rails!! ;D :y
Title: Re: Where were you 25 years ago?
Post by: Elite Pete on 28 August 2008, 22:38:52
I was still single and probably out on the beer. 8-)
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Post by: Mr Skrunts on 28 August 2008, 22:40:39
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I was still single and probably out on the beer. 8-)
Lol.  I was single........still am.    Ah well. :-/
Title: Re: Where were you 25 years ago?
Post by: chunk on 28 August 2008, 22:43:08
Working in a gas refinery dreaming about saving up enough money to buy a Vauxhall Carlton. ;D
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Post by: iainb on 28 August 2008, 22:43:23
I spent most of August nursing lots of sore bits after my mate rolled his Dolly sprint with me riding shot gun   :(
should worn bloody seat belt   >:(
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Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 28 August 2008, 22:43:26
I was 23 .I had just bought a Triumph 2500S .The one with stag wheels.
It had overdrive on 2nd ,3rd and top gear..
I was on holiday with my girlfriend in Porlock Somerset. great  days. :y :y
Title: Re: Where were you 25 years ago?
Post by: robbo299 on 28 August 2008, 22:46:00
I was single, just, and enjoying life in my MGBGT. As my missus has often said, before the miggy, "you had all the good cars before we met". She loves the elite now though. :y
Title: Re: Where were you 25 years ago?
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 28 August 2008, 22:46:41
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My daughter, youngest of my three children, was about to start school for the first time. Ahhhhhhhhhh!!!! :'( :'( :D :D :D :D :-* :-* :-*

I had also again gained promotion and was driving a new Cavalier 1.8 SRi...zoom....zoom; it was about this time I achieved my first 130 mph on the M5!  Like a rocket on rails!! ;D :y
130 m.p.h. with Lizzie behind the wheel.......we are talking major scary here. :y :y
Title: Re: Where were you 25 years ago?
Post by: Hog on 28 August 2008, 22:49:19
Playschool, attending that is  :D
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Post by: yorkshire ripper on 28 August 2008, 22:50:18
well im 40 tomorrow and 25 year ago i had my 15th birthday in salou. thinking i could drink...... ;D i did capture tho....lol but thats another story :y
lee
Title: Re: Where were you 25 years ago?
Post by: Golfbuddy on 28 August 2008, 22:51:38
28th August 1983, I was a police cadet in Weston Super Mare. 22:49 in the evening, I was probably getting ready to go out and blag our way into every nightclub in town for a free night out.  8-)

Being in the 'job', albeit as a gadget, in those days had very good fringe benefits.  :)
Title: Re: Where were you 25 years ago?
Post by: Vamps on 28 August 2008, 22:51:56
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no forget that !! it was longer than that ago >:(

I thought that when you  posted, I was the last of the 15 year old school leavers and that was in 1972, :-[ and I went in the Navy, HMS Ganges 28th November 1972 :)
Title: Re: Where were you 25 years ago?
Post by: Pitchfork on 28 August 2008, 22:53:33
Gigging! :)
Title: Re: Where were you 25 years ago?
Post by: Entwood on 28 August 2008, 22:54:38
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no forget that !! it was longer than that ago >:(

I thought that when you  posted, I was the last of the 15 year old school leavers and that was in 1972, :-[ and I went in the Navy, HMS Ganges 28th November 1972 :)


Get some time in !!!   :)

Joined up (RAF) 1 December 1970 and I leave on the 10 September 2008 ... nearly 38 years later .. :)
Title: Re: Where were you 25 years ago?
Post by: HolyCount on 28 August 2008, 22:56:52
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28th August 1983, I was a police cadet in Weston Super Mare. 22:49 in the evening, I was probably getting ready to go out and blag our way into every nightclub in town for a free night out.  8-)

Being in the 'job', albeit as a gadget, in those days had very good fringe benefits.  :)

I was probably running away from Golfbuddy !!!!!  Remember those days of police cadets  ;)  Remember the nursing cadets too  :y  Happy days 8-)
Title: Re: Where were you 25 years ago?
Post by: haj on 28 August 2008, 23:03:06
And Manc.U hammered us 4-0 in fa cup final replay :(
Title: Re: Where were you 25 years ago?
Post by: Vamps on 28 August 2008, 23:05:59
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no forget that !! it was longer than that ago >:(

I thought that when you  posted, I was the last of the 15 year old school leavers and that was in 1972, :-[ and I went in the Navy, HMS Ganges 28th November 1972 :)


Get some time in !!!   :)

Joined up (RAF) 1 December 1970 and I leave on the 10 September 2008 ... nearly 38 years later .. :)

In Uniform or Civy? that is a long time in uniform, guess you must be an air marshall or something like that.
Good for you, days seem to be gone of peeps staying in the same Job from school to retirement. :)
Title: Re: Where were you 25 years ago?
Post by: Entwood on 28 August 2008, 23:08:44
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no forget that !! it was longer than that ago >:(

I thought that when you  posted, I was the last of the 15 year old school leavers and that was in 1972, :-[ and I went in the Navy, HMS Ganges 28th November 1972 :)


Get some time in !!!   :)

Joined up (RAF) 1 December 1970 and I leave on the 10 September 2008 ... nearly 38 years later .. :)

In Uniform or Civy? that is a long time in uniform, guess you must be an air marshall or something like that.
Good for you, days seem to be gone of peeps staying in the same Job from school to retirement. :)


In uniform ... Got my "Warrant" in 1988 and have been a "Warrant Officer" ever since ... :)
Title: Re: Where were you 25 years ago?
Post by: Martin_1962 on 28 August 2008, 23:09:56
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Can you remember?
I was in a field in Reading watching Thin Lizzy.
Ahh memories.


So was I!
Title: Re: Where were you 25 years ago?
Post by: Martin_1962 on 28 August 2008, 23:11:04
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Can you remember?
I was in a field in Reading watching Thin Lizzy.
Ahh memories.
So was i John. Did you ever burn me that cd? Weird to think we were both there then in the same field watching the same bands...25yrs on we're still talking gibberish!!!!!!!!!!!! 8-)


Not you too!

I rode down on my GS250T and parked it just outside the field
Title: Re: Where were you 25 years ago?
Post by: humbucker on 28 August 2008, 23:12:40
i think i was probably in bed as i would have been 5 years old...

rock and roll
Title: Re: Where were you 25 years ago?
Post by: CaptainZok on 28 August 2008, 23:15:46
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Can you remember?
I was in a field in Reading watching Thin Lizzy.
Ahh memories.


So was I!
That'll be three of us then. Bloody scorching all weekend IIRC.
Lived on bacon buttys, chinese take aways and beer all weekend.
Almost got arrested for scavaging wood for the nightly campfire.
Great days.
Title: Re: Where were you 25 years ago?
Post by: Martin_1962 on 28 August 2008, 23:19:51
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Can you remember?
I was in a field in Reading watching Thin Lizzy.
Ahh memories.


So was I!
That'll be three of us then. Bloody scorching all weekend IIRC.
Lived on bacon buttys, chinese take aways and beer all weekend.
Almost got arrested for scavaging wood for the nightly campfire.
Great days.


I went as it was Thin Lizzys last concert AFAIR also liked was it Ten Years After (I think)
Title: Re: Where were you 25 years ago?
Post by: CaptainZok on 28 August 2008, 23:30:10
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Can you remember?
I was in a field in Reading watching Thin Lizzy.
Ahh memories.


So was I!
That'll be three of us then. Bloody scorching all weekend IIRC.
Lived on bacon buttys, chinese take aways and beer all weekend.
Almost got arrested for scavaging wood for the nightly campfire.
Great days.


I went as it was Thin Lizzys last concert AFAIR also liked was it Ten Years After (I think)
Yes I think it was Lizzy's last UK gig. think it was Ten Years After, I'll have to dig out my Tshirt and have a look.
Title: Re: Where were you 25 years ago?
Post by: amigov6 on 28 August 2008, 23:32:05
Small world. :y
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Post by: CaptainZok on 28 August 2008, 23:39:40
Look what I just found.
http://www.ukrockfestivals.com/reading-83.html
Did either of you see the mad australian roaming round the campsite wearing a viking helmet with a ginger wig and berating us "pommy b**tards" for allowing the 125 limit to be brought in for learner bikes?
Real rather nutter he was.
Title: Re: Where were you 25 years ago?
Post by: Jay w on 28 August 2008, 23:40:49
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Getting ready to start secondary school...

Please don't tell me i am older than you  >:(
Why does everyone, including the rather Wii, thing I am older than I am  >:(

hell i got away without losing my post count.......again  ;)
Title: Re: Where were you 25 years ago?
Post by: Dazzler on 28 August 2008, 23:43:07
I was 11, so i guess i was at school.
Title: Re: Where were you 25 years ago?
Post by: Jay w on 28 August 2008, 23:46:09
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I was 11, so i guess i was at school.

you mean i am older than you as well!!!!!
Title: Re: Where were you 25 years ago?
Post by: HNO3GOH on 29 August 2008, 00:05:54
I was 6 and dam sure i was in s**t with someone ;D ;D
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Post by: woodsy_mv6 on 29 August 2008, 11:11:16
Guess I would have been swimming :-/
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Post by: platty on 29 August 2008, 11:15:30
I was inside a womb, had been for 5 months.  :P
Title: Re: Where were you 25 years ago?
Post by: Varche on 29 August 2008, 11:32:39
That was the week I lent my K reg Vauxhall Viva HB to a good friend as his Datsun Sunny had been written off. On the Friday he rang me to say the brakes had failed completely!!

varche
Title: Re: Where were you 25 years ago?
Post by: Bo Bo on 29 August 2008, 11:41:19
I can't remember where I was 25 mins ago let alone 25 years ago!
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Post by: omegaman2 on 29 August 2008, 14:06:09
doon the lincoln for a pint
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Post by: Plomien on 29 August 2008, 14:18:45
school holidays most likely I was 7
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Post by: Brian T on 29 August 2008, 14:20:51
Working for Radio Rentals mending Telly's in grotty estates around SE1 and SE11........and before you ask I haven't done that now since 1988!
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Post by: cem_devecioglu on 29 August 2008, 14:49:33
Age 17.. Summer time ..Sure I was running after the girls ;D
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Post by: bob.dent on 29 August 2008, 15:23:41
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I can't remember where I was 25 mins ago let alone 25 years ago!

Snap! :D

But counting back the years I was 29 and enjoying my last year of freedom before getting hitched to ex-Mrs Dent. :)


Title: Re: Where were you 25 years ago?
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 29 August 2008, 15:31:56
I suspect ....in bed asleep probably after a hard day on the BMX or having rolled a few round bales donw the hill up the road.....I was only 9!
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Post by: albitz on 29 August 2008, 15:35:26
about 18 months into a lifetime of wishing i could find a clock that goes backwards very quickly,
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Post by: sir moanalot on 29 August 2008, 17:10:49
i was 18 so i would have been in the showboat amusement arcade wasting my weeks money in slot machines. (sad but true i had a gambling addiction -which i can say i grew out of at 19 when i was told by a relative the chances of getting a jackpot!!!!) :y
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Post by: Pete Wright on 29 August 2008, 17:27:35
Like The Boy, I was getting ready for my first day of High School. Arrived on first day  in friend's father's Rolls Royce Silver Shadow. Felt a million dollars as we arrived in style. Caused some consternation as we were all from the "Rough" side of the city and so questions such as "Where the *&!? did they get that?" were raised. Made us laugh!!! ;D
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Post by: Omegatoy on 29 August 2008, 20:37:26
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no forget that !! it was longer than that ago >:(

I thought that when you  posted, I was the last of the 15 year old school leavers and that was in 1972, :-[ and I went in the Navy, HMS Ganges 28th November 1972 :)

lol yep was 15 then and as stated cacking it at the thought of joining the army, And i thought Harrogate was the end of the known world!!! :y
Title: Re: Where were you 25 years ago?
Post by: Vamps on 29 August 2008, 23:37:42
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no forget that !! it was longer than that ago >:(

I thought that when you  posted, I was the last of the 15 year old school leavers and that was in 1972, :-[ and I went in the Navy, HMS Ganges 28th November 1972 :)

lol yep was 15 then and as stated cacking it at the thought of joining the army, And i thought Harrogate was the end of the known world!!! :y

Had Lunch there last week, and noticed a Mig estate Taxi. ;D
Title: Re: Where were you 25 years ago?
Post by: JamesV6CDX on 30 August 2008, 00:17:03
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Can you remember?
I was in a field in Reading watching Thin Lizzy.
Ahh memories.

I was waiting to pop out ;D