10 years ago...

[Sheriff Fatman]

i was working on the doors around hillsborough ,

the killing was unreall ,the danes loved parting with the money .

had about 1000 shirts printed ,they was there for 4games .

i have still got 60 shirts left to this day ,i am waiting for the next time

when england play them ,just to sell the damn things .

sadley i got the SACK,only because we was charging them (as every pub in the area was) to get in.

still what a nice bunch of people the danes are .

35 years old with a 34ins waist ,no fat .

i was solid mustle ,bit different now ,droped chest.

I went to the Denmark vs Portugal game at Hillsborough.  I think it was the first one they played.

The Danish fans (defending champions from 1992) were just awesome.  Every single one of them seemed to be in a red shirt, with face paint and a viking hat on.  I have more vivid memories of the fans than I do of the actual game!

Sheriff

[vinni]

still got 60 red shirts left ,any good cheap.

[Sheriff Fatman]

Only if you've got some in XXXXXXXXXXXXL 

Sheriff

[Nem]

20 years ago would be a good thread! Love the 80's

You should start a thread for the old folk of the forum.

[JungleCat03]

I was having a whale of a time at nottingham university, spending most of my time alternating between doing the campus 14 (a tour drinking at every one of the campus resident bars, a practice which was prohibited due to the high incidence of alcohol poisoning in previous years) and chasing girls in the local nightclubs(ritzys, mgm and house all spring to mind!)

Lived in uni accomodation with 2 top blokes and a guy i despised due to his annoying habit of supporting peterborough and ramming it down my throat every conversation we had. Used to love winding him up by an endless stream of practical jokes, including swapping the hinges on his cupboard doors regularly and constructing giant snow  phalluses(phalli?) on his car in the winter. ENded up being best mates with him.

FUNNY WORLD!

Euro 96 was great, living with football mad guys, we covered every square inch of our flat with euro champinship wall charts every one of which was kept up to date. Every time a team was knocked out, we bought a plastic figure of that countries representative (there were a collection of premier league figurines on sale at the time) and performed a ritual sacrifice of that figure, drinking beer and singing their national anthem. When we couldn't find an appropriate representative, francis benali (southhampton right back at the time) was alwyas the substitute and any anthems we werent aware of were replaced by the dambusters theme.

Still have lots of great memories which come flooding back every time i visit the wonderful city of nottingham.

[Sark79]

I was just about to Finnish school around this time and start work at a Horticulture centre. I ended up working there for the next seven years or so. It wasn't the best job in the world and was very repetitive day in and day out. My duties included caring for various types of plants and helping out on the adjacent farm. I was really happy to be putting school behind me as I had always hated it. However soon after starting work, I regretted not trying harder while at school.

Towards the end of the summer of 1996, I had an accident on my bike while out riding. I loved cycling and it took up alot of my time. This was my first of a couple of accidents over the next year or so. My first one left me with a back injury that still effects me and means I can't really cycle for long periods without pain. I spent awhile recovering from this accident and needed a few operation's on my back as a result. One positive thing about this was that I discovered a love for running while recovering. I found it much easier on my back than cycling was.

I was still living at home and hanging out with friends who I had known for years.  It is sad how people drift apart and former bonds are severed through the trials and tribulations of life. Most of my previous friends from around this time are strangers to me as I pass then in the street now. There is the glance and nod that goes between old acquaintances, but the spark that unites people to become friends has vanished.  I am the last of the group of six friends to be single and childless. Everyone I used to know and spent time with are married and have a couple of Kids. They no longer speak to each other either.

Its crazy how such a short period of 10 years can change so much. I now have a completely different lifestyle, different friends and very different aspirations for the future.

[brad.strider]

getting wired far too often,celtic depressingly bad,listening to "richard d james" by Aphex twin,single,long hair and a lost week in amsterdam.

[Nakor]

listening to "richard d james" by Aphex twin

Wow what an album. 4, fingerrbib, milkman etc etc

But 97 ?

Amyway who did I lend that too because they never bloody gave it back.

I'm sure my missing week in dam was 96 - oh well going back in 3 weeks to try and find it.

[vinni]

i worked the mgm 15 years orso ago

sister club to roxys in sheffield

[brad.strider]

listening to "richard d james" by Aphex twin

Wow what an album. 4, fingerrbib, milkman etc etc

But 97 ?

Amyway who did I lend that too because they never bloody gave it back.

I'm sure my missing week in dam was 96 - oh well going back in 3 weeks to try and find it.

ahh 97, told you i was wired too much, it must have been "selected ambient works " then , went to see the twin 2 weeks ago, hes still amazing

[bhoywonder]

1996 was a huge year

was 25...my 1st daughter was born...happy days,moved from our council house,to an upmarket part of town,got a massive mortgage,got a new car,got a new job with great pay
worked loong hours but that was ok,still went out with the boys occasionally,a stag weekend in mancheter being a highlight...I was lil naughty there ( not girls..E...1st n last )
played golf when i could ..oh yeah n played brag for pennys into the early hours while drinking buckfast....sense of responsiblilty hadnt took its final grasp yet...lol..crying for scotland when gazza done us good...


all in all a very happy period


it all went tits up within a few years but at the time yeah great

[snoopy1239]

So we all know what will be happening in 10 years, but what was happening in your life 10 years ago?

Awesome idea for a thread. I'll post my answer shortly, although it probably isn't anywhere near as fascinating as some of the responses I've read thus far.

[ACE2M]

I was just about to Finnish school around this time and start work at a Horticulture centre. I ended up working there for the next seven years or so. It wasn't the best job in the world and was very repetitive day in and day out. My duties included caring for various types of plants and helping out on the adjacent farm. I was really happy to be putting school behind me as I had always hated it. However soon after starting work, I regretted not trying harder while at school.

Towards the end of the summer of 1996, I had an accident on my bike while out riding. I loved cycling and it took up alot of my time. This was my first of a couple of accidents over the next year or so. My first one left me with a back injury that still effects me and means I can't really cycle for long periods without pain. I spent awhile recovering from this accident and needed a few operation's on my back as a result. One positive thing about this was that I discovered a love for running while recovering. I found it much easier on my back than cycling was.

I was still living at home and hanging out with friends who I had known for years.  It is sad how people drift apart and former bonds are severed through the trials and tribulations of life. Most of my previous friends from around this time are strangers to me as I pass then in the street now. There is the glance and nod that goes between old acquaintances, but the spark that unites people to become friends has vanished.  I am the last of the group of six friends to be single and childless. Everyone I used to know and spent time with are married and have a couple of Kids. They no longer speak to each other either.

Its crazy how such a short period of 10 years can change so much. I now have a completely different lifestyle, different friends and very different aspirations for the future.

Nice post sark. The part about friends is so true for me to, at that time we had an unbelieveably solid group of 12 friends and we hung out everday, went on holidays, went to gigs and thought it would always be that way. Now i very rarely see any of them and it is the same for all the others, we tend to all end up at weddings and christenings and have great time reminiscing but amazing how a really tight group of friends can drift apart in no time at all.

[Sark79]

Yea ACE, weddings seems to be a place where you see people who were once a big part in your life.  Someone who a couple of years before was a person who you could confide in just becomes another face.

I got an email recently from Friends Reunited telling me about a school reunion.  To be honest I can't remember joining Friends Reunited, so I am confused how they got my  email.  If I decided to go, It would probably end up being another group of people from another school.  They would be saying all night   "  who the hell is the Scottish guy ".

[Mr F]

96 was a lifechanging year for me.  Not in a bolt of lighting type way, more a gradual change in perspective and a realisation of what life is about. 

Having repeated year 10 at school I was coming to the end of year 11 and thus my GCSEs.  It had been a tricky few years at a decent grammar school and my final result of 1 B 5 c's and 2 d's were pretty appalling in their eyes, but it was ennough to get me into college. 

I ws finally getting to terms with my dad's death 7 years after he died.  This was mainly due to meeting a guy in church who helped me through it.  I was heavily involved in the church youth group and we had a fantastic summer.  There was about 10 of us.  I had met and become great friends with an Australian girl who was over for a year working at a local boarding school.  She spent the first eight months of the year fending off advances from another of my mates. 

The church was holding a holiday club for kids and we all had some role to play, it was great, we'd do the holiday club and then stroll into town get a maccyd's and then chill on the hot afternoons.  Unfortunatelly at the start of that week my granma had a stroke on her way to Scotland for a holiday which meant my mum and younger brother left me all week home alone, some thing I had never experienced.  I had to stay for college enrolment.  During that week we had a youth group bowling trip at which I managed to get drunk for the first time ever.  That caused a right ruckus at church!!  Whoops.

Through all the stress the Aussie girl started to warm to my mate, they got together and I struggled with that, pushing away two of my closest friends.  I turned 17 and watched the Usual Suspects for the first time, still love watching that film, an absolute classic. 

Started college, three blokes on a course with 18 girls, certainly an eye opener for an innocent like me. 

It's funny to look at the group from church now, since 96 we have had many graduations, 4 weddings one couple are due a baby later this year, and sadly one death.  The Australian girl married my mate (we sorted it out), after getting together he moved away to Bath for Uni and she went home to Melbourne.  They emailed each other every day, she eventually moved back here and they got married two years ago, choosing yours truly to usher which was a great honour for me. 

I think Sark hit the nail on the head talking about old friends, I'm still close to a couple but I thought we would be a huge family for the rest of our lives, I guess I was a bit naive back then.