What were you buying 26 years ago?
16-11-2011, 18:45
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What were you buying 26 years ago?
Complete Argos catalogue from 1985 - what do you remember?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/3830187...57619206330728
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16-11-2011, 18:49
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Re: What were you buying 26 years ago?
I remember buying the polaroid 600 camera, I thought wow.
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16-11-2011, 19:14
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Re: What were you buying 26 years ago?
We had a four year old who was mad about Masters of the Universe. I remember buying Battle Cat and see we paid the vast sum of £4.95. Happy days. 
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16-11-2011, 19:30
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Re: What were you buying 26 years ago?
funky 
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16-11-2011, 19:57
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Re: What were you buying 26 years ago?
nothing i was dead! 
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16-11-2011, 20:04
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Re: What were you buying 26 years ago?
For the older generation..... 1976
http://www.flickr.com/photos/3830187...th/3589183781/
You've got to check out the digital watches. Brilliant read up.
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16-11-2011, 20:17
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Re: What were you buying 26 years ago?
LOL peanut, another blast from the past. Now I really feel my age. I still have the Leather Briefcase that my Father bought me to celebrate my first court case. £5.25.
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16-11-2011, 21:09
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Re: What were you buying 26 years ago?
Sony Walkman
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16-11-2011, 21:24
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Re: What were you buying 26 years ago?
Page 200 in the 1985 catalogue. You can now buy your own landline phones if you've got one of the 'new style BT jack socket'
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16-11-2011, 22:14
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Re: What were you buying 26 years ago?
I did not go up to senior school till 87 and I can not remember last week never mind that long ago?
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16-11-2011, 22:27
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Re: What were you buying 26 years ago?
I was biding my time.
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16-11-2011, 22:42
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Re: What were you buying 26 years ago?
I bought the impact driver and the Stanley socket set.
them were the days when Argos was cheap. today they're more expensive than a lot of places.
I've just noticed everything was square 26 years ago. apart from the round things.
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17-11-2011, 10:55
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Re: What were you buying 26 years ago?
I knew toys were blooming pricey these days but they were so cheap back then!
He also has the 1986 Argos catalogue too.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/3830187...7619081815831/
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17-11-2011, 11:06
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Re: What were you buying 26 years ago?
26 years ago i had one of these a MG Metro.
http://www.austinmemories.com/page59/files/page59_1.jpg
Quite nippy as well.
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