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I was 9 in 1988. Things looked a lot different then, here are some examples.

Me and my friends looked like this (I’m second from left). Simply, if you didn’t have a mullet and wear fluorescent clothes you couldn’t hang out with us. (My sister – far right – should not be in this photo! She’s nowhere near cool enough and for some reason is wearing her bridesmaid dress).

I worshipped Michael Jackson back then and 1988 was a big year for him. He looked like this back then.

That’s taken from the Moonwalker set which was released in 1988. I loved that film.

Boy bands looked a bit different back then too. ‘Big Fun’ were formed in 1988 and although nowhere near as amazing as Micheal Jackson I did allow them 1 poster space on my wall.

Comedy was already an important part of my life (this is not a reference to my fashion sense or hair cut which was very very cool) so it’s fitting to mention that it was the first Red Nose Day in 1988. The first Red Nose looked like this. I seem to remember it pinching quite a bit.

TV looked different too, with the premieres of some true classics in 1988 like The Wonder Years, Home and Away and Count Duckula (Whose Line is it Anyway also premiered in 1988 but I wasn’t really interested in that at the time). It’s a wonder I had time to do anything what with styling my mullet, perfecting my moonwalk, learning how to jump onto my tiptoes whilst screaming ‘Ow!’ and watching these gems.

TV sets themseves looked great – mostly all of them featured bits of wood, very cool. Here’s a Sony ad from back in the late 1980’s.

I could go on, but lets leave it at that.