Do You Remember the 1980s?

Large Print Stories and Memory Prompts of British Life: Video Nights, Car Boots and the Computer in the Corner

von Evelyn G. Harper

166 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Do You Remember the 1980s?Video nights. Car boot Sundays. Cassette-loading games. The telephone in the hall.>In Do You Remember the 1980s?, Evelyn G. Harper invites readers to step back into a decade of changing family life, new technology and unforgettable everyday moments. Across 20 warm, large-print stories, this nostalgic collection revisits the sights, sounds and small pleasures that made the era so distinctive.

Remember choosing a film from the local video shop, carefully rewinding the tape before returning it? Trying to load a computer game from a cassette, only to be met by an error after ten long minutes? Waiting beside the telephone in the hall, wandering around a Sunday car boot sale, heading off to the garden centre or settling down with the family for a television event everyone seemed to be watching?

These pages bring those memories back to life with warmth, gentle humour and vivid period detail.Inside, readers will revisit:

- video recorders, video shops and Friday-night films- home computers, joysticks and cassette-loading games- CB radios, microwave ovens and household gadgets- car boot sales, garden centres and caravan holidays- fun runs, family meals and changing fashions- royal occasions, Live Aid and shared television moments- children growing up, leaving home and starting families of their own

Each story is followed by thoughtful memory prompts designed to encourage conversation, reflection and the sharing of personal experiences.

This makes the book especially suitable for:

- older readers who remember the decade first-hand- families looking to preserve treasured memories- carers and activity coordinators supporting reminiscence- reading groups, care homes and community settings- anyone who enjoys warm, accessible British nostalgia

Written in clear, large-print text, the book is easy to read alone or aloud with a parent, grandparent, friend or relative.

Do You Remember the 1980s? is more than a collection of memories. It is a gentle reminder of how quickly ordinary life becomes history-and how much joy can be found in remembering it together.

Book Four in The Britain We Remember series.

• Reihe: Do You Remember the 1980s?
• ISBN: 9798186808220
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 11.07.2026
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Independently published