Wot??? 1987 was the year when the High and Mighty Coventry City won the FA Cup. I reckon that was a mighty fine year

I don't believe it either! Although to be fair I was 14 and when you are that age you really don't give a hoot of much that's going on around you

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TV viewers cringed at Prince Edward's Royal It's A Knockout

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Now you see *I* really enjoyed this, it was reality tv of its day with the royals showing they were almost human. Bring back It's a Knockout (and the Adventure Game )

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and Rick Astley was top of the charts

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*cough* I had 7", 12", albums and posters. What can I say, he was the male singer of the year

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Measures to tackle air and water pollution also mean we spend less on cleaning up our environment.

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blah blah blah on the politics and economy talk - I wasn't old enough to worry about that

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Aside from Britain's economic woes, 1987 was also a year of tragedy.

The Herald of Free Enterprise car ferry sank off the coast of Zeebrugge, Belgium, killing 193 people....

And in a moment of sheer horror crazed gunman Michael Ryan shot dead 14 people in Hungerford, Berkshire.

Then hurricane winds caused £1billion of damage when they swept across the south of England - despite weatherman Michael Fish reassuring viewers they were safe.

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I remember all of these like it was only yesterday - has it really been 17 years


(Edited by Samphirette 24/03/2004 23:36)

I was born in 87 so no