This cache: will be very easy.
Biography: For most of 1981 I was 9, so it involved a lot
of Lego, looking for frogs, a caravanning holiday in Cornwall and
Action Man battles with my brother. Monopoly would end in fights
(he always cheated) and I think this was the year I saw a
UFO early one morning.
Wider world: 1981 was the year of the big royal wedding
where Prince Charles married Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul's, the
identification of AIDS, John McEnroe beating Bjorn Borg at
Wimbledon and Columbia, the Space Shuttle, flew into orbit for the
first time. MTV launched, London's Nat West tower became the
tallest building in Europe (42 floors - I ran up them all in under
7 minutes in 2011), Phone Cards began to appear and Pixie boots
were all the rage. Chariots of Fire, Porky's and The Cannonball Run
(which popularised showing out-takes at the end of a film) were all
doing the cinema rounds while on TV it was all about The
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and Hi-De-Hi. Thanks to Tizwaz lots
of boys wanted Spit the Dog puppets and Lego Railways were the
stuff of kids' dreams. Breville sandwich toasters were the stuff of
cheese dreams. CND was popular, as was Johnny Morris's Animal Magic
and Blankety Blank. Only Fools and Horses appeared for the first
time and New Romantics (Adam Ant etc) were popping up. Bucks Fizz
won the Eurovision Song Contest and Jo Dolce was telling people to
'Shutupa ya face'... Number 1 on my birthday: Under Pressure by
Queen and David Bowie.
Where next: Just follow your GPS, looking out for the
handsome oak with REAL birdbox on its rear on your right along the
way.
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