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"Obviously unbeknown to us 1989 was the last year my family was complete and was a pretty good one. First proper boyfriend, some great music about and a lovely summer.."

"Wasn't the '89 summer another scorcher? I recall my sister constantly coming home fr 24 hr raves in the Thames Valley. Later in September I went to a secret Stone Roses gig in Shrewsbury right at the height of their hype. Only about 200 people & stood literally 2m away from the band that were seriously cooking. Discovering Jane's Addiction where Perry Farrell came out wearing a stripey body stocking, long purple dreads, barefoot, huge straw hat & chugging a bottle of wine. Legendary night. Little known Nirvana also supported Tad (never to be heard of again). Again only 2m away from the band. For some reason I can't recall any West Ham from about 1986 to 1994 so totally missed the 1989 debacle. Must have been pretty distracted."

"Danny Wilson had a good record out called The Second Summer Of Love. It went ""Acid on the radio, acid in the brain. Acid everywhere you go go, acid in the rain."

Jive Bunny

"(Gotta get up, gotta get up, gotta get up) Woh-oh (Gotta get up, gotta get up, gotta get up) Woh-oh (And time won't take my love away) Woh-oh, woh-oh, o-oh-oh, o-o-o-oh-oh"

"Del Boy falls through a bar. US drama series Midnight Caller makes its UK debut Dirty Den falls into a canal after being shot by a bunch of flowers. Frank Bruno gets battered by Mike Tyson. Five Star get called fucking crap on Going Live! Blackadder Goes Forth, Goodbyeee is broadcast. Oh, and the Berlin Wall came down. ."

"Lil Louis - French Kiss was from around that time too. I remember buying it on white label 12"""

There was little love shown in Tiananmen Square that summer!

Faith no more - The Real Thing

Astoria - the trip and sin Heaven on Mondays Spectrum/land of Oz and Rage on Thursdays. Still raving now. The ones I go to are mainly 40 - 60 yr olds with a few younger and some older.

Technique - New Order Disintegration - The Cure The Seeds Of Love - Tears For Fears

"Council.... Yup Big Fun absolute top choon that year... wine bars, clubs.... Football wise in a season of shit I had one of my fav ever away games ... LEROY at Highbury. Oh and the 3-0 dumping of the Great Unwashed wasn't bad... apart from that was crap..."

NS You forgot:- Inner City - Paradise.

De la Soul (3 Feet) Stone Roses (Stone Roses) Nirvana (Bleach) T4F (seeds of Love) Soul 2 Soul (Club classics) Pixies (Doolittle) Happy Mondays - Born on the 4th July Glory Henry V Indiana Jones and the last crusade Field of Dreams Oh and the British Lions going down under and Mike Teague and co kicking the living shit out of Nick Farr Jones and co.... Great year

"Moved in with the missus, never looked back.."

Raves Ecstacy Relegation End of the Lyall era Bukta kit Me hooking up with a bird my mates dubbed Psycho who was desperate to get pregnant and me fitted with a ball.and chain.

LBW Alderman

We went down. Lyall was sacked. Macari came in. Ince left. I don't remember much else about that year..