I was an ‘80s kid and nothing could quite beat sitting back to watch “Rainbow Brite” or “The Wallace and Ladmo Show” with my Cabbage Patch doll in tow. I was a little young to participate in some of these activities but here is a list of ten things other ‘80s kids (and their adults) may also remember.

  1. Watching a movie at the local drive-in theatre…

A Subset/Flickr Hopefully it didn’t look like this at the time.

2. …or at the Cine Capri.

A Subset/Flickr

Hopefully it didn’t look like this at the time.

3. Going to Legend City in the early ‘80s.

4. Being the last generation to watch “The Wallace and Ladmo Show.”

Oh, how I wanted a Ladmo Bag 🙁

5. And waking up early to watch Saturday morning cartoons.

This video is 20 minutes long but it brings back lots of memories.

  1. Shopping at Tri-City Mall if you were in the East Valley.

Osiris7/Wikimedia Commons That’s where I had my ears pierced at age five.

  1. You shopped at Montgomery Wards, Diamond’s, Smitty’s, or Woolworth’s for family goods.

Jimmy Emerson/Flickr

  1. Actually driving through miles of orange groves or other farmland that now house sprawling residential neighborhoods.

seaturtle/Flickr

  1. Ice blocking in summer was a favorite pastime.

Steve Rhodes/Flickr You also probably tried to perfect how to avoid going home with a wet bottom.

  1. Actually using lockers in school.

Gordon Lew/Flickr Kids these days don’t know the perils of losing your locker code on the first day of school or avoiding getting hit in the head if you had a bottom locker.

What other things do you remember from the ‘80s? Tell us in the comments below!

Osiris7/Wikimedia Commons

That’s where I had my ears pierced at age five.

Jimmy Emerson/Flickr

seaturtle/Flickr

Steve Rhodes/Flickr

You also probably tried to perfect how to avoid going home with a wet bottom.

Gordon Lew/Flickr

Kids these days don’t know the perils of losing your locker code on the first day of school or avoiding getting hit in the head if you had a bottom locker.

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