1986

It’s 1986 and the single of the year is Don’t Leave Me This Way (for some unknown reason, there were in my opinion better songs that year). Anyway, both Chernobyl and the space shuttle Challenger had gone bang in the worst ways possible, Halley’s Comet makes its second visit of the 20th Century, and the first computer virus hits the screens/hard drives/floppy disks. Amongst such momentous events I leave school, as much to the relief of the teachers as mine (it’s the only reason I can imagine the teachers buying…

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