Child Of The 1980’s

Well, he’s up there on our banner, so we should definitely write something about Emily’s big fat hairy catpuss. The series may have first appeared on our screens in 1974, but I certainly fondly remember the saggy old cloth cat and all his chums. It was a staple of the BBC’s early afternoon programmes for pre-school children for many years, so I feel it deserves a mention.

Bagpuss was a pink and white striped cat owned by Emily, a little girl who also happened to own a shop, of sorts. As the title sequence said, it was a very unusual kind of shop because it didn’t sell anything. The premise was that Emily would find lost and broken “things” and bring them to Bagpuss to be fixed. It’s kind of debatable who actually did the fixing of these “things”, since the average episode generally involved a discussion of what the object was, followed by some songs and stories. After this, whatever the “thing” was would be miraculously fixed, and dragged into the shops front window to be collected by whoever had lost it in the first place.

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As the name suggests, this site is dedicated to everything about growing up during the decade of the 1980’s.

We try to cover everything from TV and film to toys and sweets. Basically anything aimed at kids, from pre-school to teenagers, during that decade is ripe for inclusion within our pages. Sometimes we may cover things that actually originate from a time outside of this period, but if you were a kid for any part of the 80’s, you’ll probably remember them.

So please browse through the entries, and see what you can find that brings back a wry smile or happy memory. We’d love to hear your own stories and opinions on the things we write about, so please post a comment whenever you feel like it!