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Sunny76

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  1. I think it was December 87 that started the change.
  2. Did he Get the Message? Lol I also liked Electronic as well. Such an underrated band, and very much an continuation of New Order. Many football players drank beer in those days. Think that’s why they looked older.
  3. I’m just wondering though, if that did have an influence as to why tv shows were so bleak back then. Especially U.K. based tv shows. Play for Today, and other bbc dramas during that period always looked so grey, grainy and depressing. Not 1975 or 76 though.
  4. I think people born after 1955 tend to have looked after themselves better, and they would have been the first generation to sign up to gyms during the early 80s keep fit boom. Most older folk didn’t really think about keeping fit, or look vain, because day to day survival was more important. The recovery from the impact of WW2 probably took a few decades to recover from.
  5. Yes, the cold dull weather really did outstay it’s welcome in 2023 until about mid May, and into June in some parts of the country.
  6. September 98 was the warmest September at the time since 1980.
  7. I wish I was born in 1966, so I would have been old enough to enjoy and witness the period of September 79 with Gary Numan arriving on the scene and setting the stage for the transition into the 80s. Pink Floyd’s rare occasion of having a number 1, with the impressive music video, the 2-tone stuff with Madness and The Specials, the tail end of New Wave and early synth pop and New Romantic stuff. As for the Jam, they were great, but I do believe Weller made the right decorations to push on with Style Council. Also liked David Bowie around this period, especially his Scary Monsters album. I think Band Aid killed it off, and things were never the same again. I listen to Chart Music podcast with Al Needham and they often refer to the Live Aid period as the boundary between where the good 80s end, and the bad 80s start. Way too many crappy American bands or stuff that sounded yank started popping up in the mid 80s. Anyway back to the weather Yeah agree with this.
  8. That’s an interesting one isn’t it. New Order formed from the ashes, and their first album in 81 still had that leftover sound from Joy Division. Blue Monday didn’t come out until 83, so a lot of changes could have taken place in those 3 years between Love Will Tear Us Apart and Blue Monday. I feel it would have been something similar to the way The Jam ended up, with Paul Weller wanting to leave and form the Style Council. Ian Curtis would have felt increasingly alienated with the changing landscape and would have jumped ship. That’s my take on it.
  9. He hung himself in the bathroom, in May 1980. Go figure. Maybe he was tired of the dire climate back then! In all seriousness, he was consumed with guilt for having an affair with some music journalist who was hanging around with him at the time. Ian Curtis was one selfish stainglass window.
  10. Versus a 9 month test of sanity with grey clag and gloomy cloudy conditions. Just what the doctor ordered. No wonder this country has created bands like The Cure and The Smiths. The grey weather has definitely influenced the music that Britain churns out.
  11. It wasn’t that warm either, but let’s not go there, because I’ll be called ‘boring’ and be banned
  12. Highgate is a nice spot for viewing the city down below. Also, one of the few places that gets snow on winter when the rest of inner London are snowless lol. 2009 was decent too.
  13. I think diet and exercise will factor how much you become stressed, or how one is able to cope with stressful situations. I know caffeine and chocolate make me anxious in large amounts, so when I’m faced with something unforeseen, which may create me to feel stressed, the anxiety or lack of being able to cope will only be ten fold, due to too much caffeine and chocolate. Days when I’ve had less than 4 mugs of tea and hardly anything sweet, my mood is more relaxed and I’ll be able to deal with many things that come my way. Maybe that’s just me though.
  14. To be fair, even I think the early 10s is a long time ago now. Anything prior to 2013 feels like a lifetime.
  15. Yeah. Still too young for the 81 event, but somehow I remember falling snow when we lived near Sloane Square. The lease was up in November 1980, which means I must have remembered it snowing in January 1980 in London. Or maybe I remember the snowfall of 79, I highly doubt it though. 86 and 87 along with Feb 91 are my favourite memories of deep snow in London. I’ll add February 2009 to that list and the snow of February 1994 to a lesser extent.
  16. Most people looked older on tv shows and films in general up until around 1988. Post 88 more people seem to look younger and healthier. That seemed to be the period of rapid warming. Maybe in a warming climate, more people decide to stay fitter, drink more water? How many people do you see walking round with large water bottles nowadays? I don’t remember seeing anyone carrying one of those around back in 1987. Sorry for going off topic.
  17. I still feel cold when it’s in the mid 10s(or mid 50s F in old money), but can tell people who were born after 1995 or so, who complain about 9c feeling cold after dropping from 13c. Yes 9c feels chilly, but it’s not 5c. The thing is, some of them have never seen a cold winter, even the late 2000s 2008-12 era will seem like a long time ago for anyone who is 25 or under. I wish I was old enough to witness 79, but 79/80 and 80/81 were stinkers for winter snow.
  18. The 80s had a few hot summers. 83 and 84 along with 89 still rival most recent years for long sunny periods. It does appear when you look back at the 80s, everyone looks so tired and drab looking. Maybe the cooler climate had that affect on people?
  19. I think I can remember the period from January 1980 up until late 1987, and in that period, late 1987 stands out as being one of the warmer periods. December 79, 82 and 83 all had very mild periods, and so did the early 70s, so it wasn’t anything new. The difference is, that from 87 and beyond, you can see the more milder than average months.
  20. I’m not sure to be honest. Can’t say for sure.
  21. I still see the year of 1987 where things started to change. Just based on my own observations, during the late 80s and early 90s. But also reading Trevor Harley’s weather archive site, I noticed a steady period of cold and warmer months between 1977 until 1987. Most years in that period had at least 3-4 months of below average temps, more snowfall and so forth. The October hurricane(yeah I know it wasn’t a hurricane, but people still refer to it as one lol) in 1987, seemed to usher in a change to warmer months and less frequency of below average months in any given calendar year. December 1987(at the time) was remarkably mild, with a springlike Christmas Day with clear skies and sunshine. 1988 recorded only one or two months of below average temps. So 1987/88 for me, is definitely the start of the change to where we find ourselves now. Yeah, I enjoyed the first half of December 2022 for its cold crisp and clear weather. It was bitterly cold, but I do like that seasonal feel.
  22. Or autumn in summer lol. The absence of true seasons Oh yeah. My mate said it’s a dry clear type of heat, which I prefer. I’m not a fan of humid heat.
  23. Yeah, it’s just sods law I’m in Greece right now, and lo and behold we had a storm this morning. It was noticeably cooler here today at 22c with cloud, after 30c and blue skies yesterday, but as the evening draws in, it still feels very warm. The hotel staff say this is normal as this is northern Greece. If we were here two weeks ago, it would have been 36-37c, and as a heat lover that’s just too hot for longer periods. It’s going back up to 28-29c on Thursday, so that’s good enough for me. Enjoy the heat, or stay cool if it’s not your bag
  24. I would say March is fairly still acceptable for snow, but come April is where I feel short changed if it’s still cold. Early to mid May is also a kick in the teeth, if daytime highs are struggling to reach 16-17c.
  25. Latvia has better summers than the U.K. They regularly hit 25c between late May and mid August, but some summers can be changeable. They seem to have less cloudy summers compared to the U.K, but the upshot is, they get snow every winter. It has been declining a little bit since December 1981.
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