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This weekend is the first time Wales and England have clashed in a football World Cup qualifier for 20 years. And the world is a very different place to what it was in 1984. Back then a pint in the pub cost just 66p, compared to today's average of around £2. A packet of cigarettes then cost £1.25 - these days you'd be £4.85 out of pocket. In the past few years house prices have rocketed, shooting the average cost of a house up to £162,000. Back in 1984 it was £33,000. The big box office films at the time were Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom, Ghostbusters and The Terminator. And as for telly, kids were watching Johnny Ball - now you can hear his daughter Zoe on the radio. Pushing the boundaries of comedy were Smith and Jones - now we have Ricky Gervais. And the top sitcoms today are My Family, Phoenix Nights The Office and Friends. In 1984 we were glued to Hi Di Hi, and we saw the debuts of Miami Vice and The Cosby Show. University Challenge has started pitting contestants from different professions against each other but back then, the most famous contestants were... The Young Ones - from Scumbag College. In music, Prince released Purple Rain, Frankie said: "Relax", Madonna sang Like A Virgin and Black Lace did The Conga. The top chart stars of the day got together to raise £8m for the famine in Ethopia by releasing the Band Aid single Do They Know It's Christmas? Torvill and Dean became national heros after ice dancing their way to Gold medals in the Sarajevo Winter Olympics. The biggest stories of the year were the Miners' Strike, the IRA's Brighton bombing of the entire Tory Cabinet and the fatal shooting of WPc Yvonne Fletcher outside the under-siege Libyan Embassy in London. Prince Harry - and Avril Lavigne - were born, and comedian Tommy Cooper died on stage. Also facing their final curtain in 1984 were Eric Morecambe, Marvyn Gaye, Welsh actor Richard Burton, the halfpenny coin and the £1 note.

Do you mean 1984? Jo.

Yeah rotflmao

I was only 27! :o((

I was 18 !

I thought the thread was going to be about how we are now living under the circumstances (Thought Police (political correctness); doublespeak (spin); eradication of history and heritage (House of Lords reform, foxhunting); and everything else that George Orwell predicted so accurately, other than he got the date 13 years too early!

1984 i lived in warsash hampshire near locksheath,with my parents who owned the silver fern public house.aged 13.spotty ,skinny,no boyfriend.not a great era for me.just great music.LOLxxxxxxxx(:

I was 10 turning 11 at the end of the year. I remember writing all the words to Madonna's "Like a Virgin" so I could learn them but would just hum the word Virgin as I didn't know what it meant really and thought it was a bit naughty!

i wasnt born!!!! lol

i was 14 and in love with John Taylor

and a size 8

My daughter was 2yrs, and it was a lovely time,wish I could turn the clock back,many times!.

Lisa, I love Warsash, whereabouts id the Silver Fern? My Mum used to like going there as a treat for crab sandwiches, I think somewhere near the water. Ann Glos

1984 they were good the 80s, my hubby was about to do a second tour in the falklands, we were 20 , and a year later met each other.

Afternoon Linda, doesn't that seem a long while ago?. remember seeing the miners strike on the news at that time!.

Blimey Steedie, now I really feel old!! Remember 1984 very well, I was 20 and we got married. And still married .... !! Mandy :)

Sept 27th 1984 my first child was born, I weighed less than I do now BEFORE he was born (boo-hoo), my hair was all one colour (!!!) and I hadn't yet endured two stroppy teenagers!! But I wouldn't change 1984 for the world.

oh my god kate i remember now i was i size 8 and didnt have to color my hair and yes i didnt know either the joys of having teenagers. thats wot was good about the 80s , no worries lol.

1984 is the year my middle son was born, blue eyed and blond hair now 20 years on he still has blue eyes but two tone hair black at the sides and red in the middle, a blushing skunk!!!! any one from Exeter will now know who I am or at least who I'm on about... :))) Bev