What was the absolute peak status symbol at your primary or secondary school?

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lime-enthusiast@reddit

For some reason it was who had the most of those rubber wristbands

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iykyk@reddit

No like livestrong and others like it

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Deezape@reddit

Ha "shag bands" feels like such a specific time frame reference. I'm going to guess you're somewhere around 43 years old give or take a couple years.

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PinOwn4261@reddit

I’m 25 and we had “shag bands” in my school

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wrighty2009@reddit

Yess same age, 25 and also deco shag bands. The different colours had different meanings of things we should maybe not have been discussing in primary school.

My parents would've had an aneurysm.

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PinOwn4261@reddit

Did your school have the Jesus bracelets?

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wrighty2009@reddit

The wooden ones?

Then there was those weird ball bracelets with the metal magnet balls on them

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PinOwn4261@reddit

Yeah with every little piece had a picture of Jesus on there lol. Now we’ve separated because I don’t remember any metal bracelets

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wrighty2009@reddit

Ah, shamballa ('style') bracelets is what theyre called apparently. They were rapidly followed by snapbacks when I was in school.

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boroxine@reddit

Yeah I heard the kids brought them back, along with the usual moral panic amongst their parents. (I am 10 years older than you therefore surely you must be "the kids")

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jimmybiggles@reddit

same here! defo had shag bands in school

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Purple-Sound-4470@reddit

I was seconds away from posting that I know what shag bands are at 40 which is obviously not even remotely close to 43...

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alfa_omega@reddit

How about 34? Asking for a friend... 😬

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Am 40 in November, and they were defo shag bands when we were growing up. Diff colours meant diff things, (that were usually ridiculous and wildly inappropriate and probably didn’t make sense, because we were all like 6-8, maybe?)

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New_Pop_8911@reddit

44 and transported back to the playground 😭

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No-Cheesecake4430@reddit

40 here and we had those skinny rubber bracelets that had to cover half your arm.

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sugarrayrob@reddit

Just turned 38!

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Minchaminch@reddit

Did you also get dolly beads banned from school because too many kids were pinging them at the teachers?

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QuantitySharp2662@reddit

We called them shag tags and if you broke one you had to shag the person lol

Primary 4 if I remember. Another way to break them was if you were in a relationship and the girl would offer to let you break one 😂

Who fucking taught us this shit ?!

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sugarrayrob@reddit

What's mental is that it existed in every school in the country, without social media or some kind of marketing campaign.

Pure word of mouth by an entire generation of small people.

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OllyAlexandersDizzy@reddit

Oh god Mr smiths confiscating it off Sarah AND HE'S BROKEN IT!!! Sarah go and shag Mr Smith

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thehoneybadger1223@reddit

If you saw three orange ones snapped it meant two people had shagged, or so they said 😭

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Longjumping_Sand718@reddit

Omg shag bands! Thanks for reminding me. I was born in '88 and we wore loads of them as teenagers.

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sugarrayrob@reddit

Same year!

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Minchaminch@reddit

Oops, I just accidentally snapped your band, we have to have sex now...

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tenacious_teaThe3rd@reddit

Ahh yes I remember this vividly.

Livestrong was the first big one, but the one that really solidified your status in the classroom was the black & white interlocking "stand up to racism" bands.

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Powerful_Balance591@reddit

Why did so many people have them? I never understood it?

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tenacious_teaThe3rd@reddit

The point of them was to spread awareness of the charity, but they become trendy to wear because Thierry Henry wore the black&white one, which ultimately meant a lot of football mad lads were inspired to wear them (myself included).

It was more fashion than altruism, but ultimately the charities made a lot of money so it wasnt the worst trend.

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pajamakitten@reddit

The kids who wore the most as my school were the kids who bullied me every day. I don't know if they saw the irony in that but I sure did.

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getoutmywayatonce@reddit

Looking back, it was bloody hilarious as a combo. I remember the rubber bracelets being popular around the same time rosary beads and those Christian bracelets made from wooden squares on an elastic band. Nothing says “rebellious cutting edge teen fashion” like supporting legitimately good charitable and social causes, and Jesus 🤣

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mokosmam@reddit

Jesus's bracelets omg core memory unlocked

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getoutmywayatonce@reddit

😆 takes me right back. Simpler times!

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Derfel60@reddit

For us it was the two tone blue Help For Heroes ones.

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SpudFire@reddit

Yellow - livestrong Blue - beat the bully Black and white interlocked - Nike stand up to racism Red, blue, turquoise - help for heroes

Sure I had a green one as well but can't remember what that one was.

Bet you'd be called a 'woke lefty' if they were a thing today

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Puzzled-Barnacle-200@reddit

My primary school made a rule that you're only allowed to wear two wristbands at a time because kids were coming in with them all up their arms. My brother tried to game the system but was told that his interlocking white and black wristbands for racial equality counted as two.

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glytxh@reddit

I was at least 30% shagbands, by mass, in my early teens

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ReallyIntriguing@reddit

T.I. entered the chat

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Despondent-Kitten@reddit

Aha YES we went through this in Cornwall.

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thecornflake21@reddit

Global hypercolour t-shirt for own clothes days. Also any watch with a calculator, and any calculator that could draw graphs

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Parma_Violence_@reddit

Man, i still want one of those.. just reeks of 90s Summer...

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thecornflake21@reddit

Mine got tumble dried and went brown

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linuxrogue@reddit

I kept mine from the 80s. My daughter wears it now!

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beatsshootsandleaves@reddit

How about the Casio watch that was also a TV remote? A classmate had one and kept fast forwarding and ejecting the boring RE video we were watching. The ageing teacher was absolutely baffled as to what was going on.

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jazzaroo_2000@reddit

In primary school (early 90s) lunch times were hot if you had those mini jaffa packs, or the small plastic pringles pot. Lunchables were cool too.

I had netto food.... so yeh, i was heartbroken most of the time.

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hoitjancker@reddit

Gul pencil case.

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oscarx-ray@reddit

😍

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Normal-Indication206@reddit

Bloody hell, core memory unlocked. Filled that thing to the brim with Parker pens and the cartridges that seemed to explode all the time.

I had to shove that pencil case in the wash every week or so.

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emmiewag@reddit

I lived near the Parker Pen factory, so every time we got an achievement at school we were given a parker pen.

If there was a school trip, it was to Parker Pen.

Big event such as the World Cup, we got given England Parker Pens.

I appreciate a good pen but Jesus! 😅

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Normal-Indication206@reddit

I would’ve held onto a jealous grudge over that for ages as a kid. Parker pens were everything.

Mine had its own personality. When you’d press down to start writing, it would randomly sneeze ink on the page then get to work. Genuinely weighing up popping into town to buy one today.

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emmiewag@reddit

They are lovely pens!

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emmiewag@reddit

I can still feel the texture just looking at it!

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decidedlyindecisive@reddit

The boy I had a crush on had that pencil case. I'd completely forgotten. Dave, I thought you were fit as.

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sugarrayrob@reddit

Proper bit of kit, that.

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Bossman_Mike@reddit

It was solid. I think mine was a very dark blue?

Even as recent as 2013 I had a Gul elasticated strap to hold my specs on while doing outdoorsy stuff.

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heardy360@reddit

You had to protect them with your lives to stop some tw*t writing on it with a biro!

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blueroses8000@reddit

Omg. Every boy had this in 2001.

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Crookles86@reddit

Ahem…. 1996

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FourInTheBack@reddit

Yep, the year I started secondary school. Maybe 97 actually.

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blueroses8000@reddit

I started high school then too and they were still going strong till 2001!

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FourInTheBack@reddit

I remember having a pepsi can case at school now I feel old 🤣

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terracotta-cinnamon@reddit

Core memory unlocked

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TBDizzle86@reddit

Holy shit. I had this exact pencil case 25 years ago and I immediately want it again now

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cubechris@reddit

Same!

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Wide-Pop4704@reddit

Do you remeber the coke / fanta can tube pencil cases?

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blueroses8000@reddit

Yes! They were so ugly lol

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LittleSadRufus@reddit

Upper half of primary school, mid-1980s. This hedgehog set you apart

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RufusBowland@reddit

I somehow took a load of skin off my finger with one of these!

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LittleSadRufus@reddit

I'm not sad but the username HappyRufus was taken!

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RufusBowland@reddit

Glad you’re not sad, and you’ll be even happier to know my finger healed fine.

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Beemzebub@reddit

Ohmigod I had one of those! I got it one year instead of an Easter Egg - much better

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EvandeReyer@reddit

Bloody hell. Forgot about these!!!

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ImSoFookinGreat@reddit

I found my orange gul pencil case yesterday whilst emptying my parents loft. Absolutely destroyed in graffiti from my friends. Good times

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Losin_Susan@reddit

I bought one of those metal pencil cases and one of the bullies immediately smacked it with his elbow so it was forever ruined.

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pixel-powder@reddit

A kookaï school bag

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R1Trigger@reddit

I had one of these bags and was teased mercilessly for it. I wonder if the popularity of it was regional?

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pixel-powder@reddit

😯 I'm sorry to hear that! I went to school in Essex; not sure if it was a cool thing to have elsewhere in Essex, but it was certainly cool at my school 😂

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CellistLow8857@reddit

KOOKAI! Omfg you know when something is completely gone from your memory and you never would have remembered it on your own… then pixel-powder comes along and drops fucking KOOKAI like it’s still normal 🤣

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Maverick81_@reddit

Kookai is back online. I was shocked when I discovered it the other day

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pixel-powder@reddit

🤣 it still smarts that I never had one 😭

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Necessary_Angle2117@reddit (OP)

🤣

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ElectronicBrother815@reddit

Don’t forget the Dolcis platform shoes.

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bettyswollocks22@reddit

Smelly gel pens. Distinctly remember the popcorn one. They then got banned as peoples gel pens were going missing, turns out we had a gel pen thief amongst us.

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TitiferGinBlossom@reddit

A Parker fountain pen meant your parents were clearly loaded.

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S-Harrier@reddit

Around year 7 or 8 it was definitely a Motorola Razr

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NoteJunior1815@reddit

Gosh I wish I still have my pink razr

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MrsKToBe@reddit

I had the gold D&G one 🤣

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katherinemma987@reddit

Baby G watches. I looked one up a while ago so I could treat my younger self and they were still £50 / £60 quid which is wild. Hugely expensive for a kids watch in the 90s and a bit steep for a whim now.

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Dependent_One6034@reddit

Great phone for kids - Pretty sure the limit for video recording was 15 seconds, The quality was also terrible. So we couldn't even record school fights if we wanted too.

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Shixypeep@reddit

Are you also approximately 32?

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S-Harrier@reddit

It was a very specific time wasn’t it 😂

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lottus4@reddit

Are you 36?

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itsableeder@reddit

Well this makes me feel old. The first Razr came out when I was in uni 🤣

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mokosmam@reddit

I bought one for my 13 year old son xmas 2005. I feel ancient 💀

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Certain-Donut-9175@reddit

Me too, 3rd year. Sigh!

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Vehlin@reddit

If it’s any consolation it came out the year I finished

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ludicrous_socks@reddit

Makes you feel old?? I was still getting the bus home from school when it came out 😂

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CMR1891@reddit

I was in year 7 too and begged my mum for the hot pink one. No idea why, I was a tomboy. Felt well flashy though when my messages would pop up on the blue screen on the front. 34 now, still a tomboy and still have a pink iPhone 15 haha

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Necessary_Angle2117@reddit (OP)

One of my favorite 😂

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Despondent-Kitten@reddit

Hello Moto

I loved that phone.

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Normal-Indication206@reddit

_PLAY! PLAY! PLAY!_

Distinct memories of seeing that in ad breaks in films on TV.

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Cornishlee@reddit

I said Hello Moto in the voice. Cantbhelpnit

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silliest_sausages@reddit

Definitely, especially the hot pink one

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Vehlin@reddit

When I was in 6th Form it was a Nokia 5130 with X-Press on Covers and Snake

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Beemzebub@reddit

A SWATCH watch with a scented strap

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ilikeavocadotoast@reddit

Kickers were a pretty big deal. I remember my dad got some fake ones that were too big for me, then he bought me one with golden buckles. Safe to say my Mum wasn't pleased and made him return it

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Workingclass_owl@reddit

I was hoping Kickers were going to be high up. These and Timberland in the mid 90’s were massive.

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Amazing_Goal_8003@reddit

Rockport has entered the chat

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Ecstatic_Bat@reddit

Omg Rockports wow that has opened up a memory from school. I hated those shoes but every “cool” person had them, specifically in black. A friend of mine got them in brown and was bullied and wore them once.

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MagnificentBastard69@reddit

Pods had a metal keyring hanging off them. I think I still have the Keyring but alas now I am podless.

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mcboobie@reddit

We are all podless since the passing of Donald Sutherland.

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chesh36517@reddit

I remember a couple of people at my school showing up in "Rockfords", the cheap Rockports knock-off, and being mercilessly ripped into

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Flapparachi@reddit

Every man and their moose had these shoes and I was the kid that did not wish this. I wore CAT boots and later Doc mary Jane’s in a desperate bid to not end up in the kickers/jansport gang. I think I was the only person that thought kickers were really ugly!

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KalateralDramage@reddit

Also Fila boots. Folks looked like they were going hiking

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rossco832@reddit

I had to settle for my Pod shoes. The absolute poor man’s kickers

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Cro-magnolia@reddit

I had Moks, the poor man's Pods. Pods were actually good quality, made in Portugal, I'd love a pair now.

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Aggressive_Chuck@reddit

You're bringing back childhood trauma, please stop.

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AdonisCarbonado@reddit

US Brass has entered the chat

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Bossman_Mike@reddit

Are Kickers even a thing anymore? Literally can't remember the last time I saw any, but they were the absolute nuts when I was at school. Everyone wanted them and everyone pestered their parents to get some.

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GarlicEmergency7788@reddit

Blackberry fumbled so hard. BBM could've been king instead of WhatsApp

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sinisterhanswurst@reddit

I miss my blackberry so much 😞

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WoofHayes@reddit

Oh dear... read that (twice) as knickers. I need a nap!

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itsableeder@reddit

My high school insisted that we all had to have brown shoes and in 1997 it was almost impossible to get them in kid's sizes so we all had Kickers. They absolutely destroyed my feet.

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gregd303@reddit

A kid in my class walked into school with the ultimate flex.. Red Kickers. This was probably only the third pair anyone had laid eyes on. Who knew they even came in red!? There was this whole chatter ..if they were allowed, and if his shoes were going to get him expelled. I think in the end he had to agree to black shoe polish them to make them 'school shoes', but still, it was such a statement.

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AdaandFred@reddit

I wore Kickers almost exclusively in my teens until my mum thought they looked good and bought herself several pairs (despite constantly telling me we were poor) meaning I could never wear mine again .

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CuteMaterial@reddit

I remember my first pair of Kickers. It was 1997 and I got them from River Island. It was great day 😌

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jambo_1983@reddit

Same year, same shop. I’m not sure if they were actually goods shows, but they made me feel awesome

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tiredcowboyy@reddit

animal shaped rubbers, funky pencil cases, fancy pens, adidas or hype backpacks, adidas drawstring pe bags, victorious secret bodyspray, iphone 5c then the rose gold se, adidas all stars, ice water bottles (like you put ur water bottle in the freezer and come to school w the water fully frozen), fancy loom band bracelets, matchattacks,

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Limit_Ok@reddit

Having a yo-yo and being able to keep it spinning.

Simpler times.

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Purple-Hamster499@reddit

I was too poor for a yo-yo. I only had the string so it was a yo.

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thecatspajamas__@reddit

BENCH coats that conveniently covered the bum!

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mentaldriver1581@reddit

Snoopy lunchbox,

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YourSkatingHobbit@reddit

In my primary school? Your Pokémon card collection. Alternatively: pogs.

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Sunday-Diver@reddit

Child of the 80s here, it was all about who you could knock out. I recall a first year (year 7 in new money) coming in and asking who the hardest kid in the school was. Year five (11) was put forward and the new kid knocked seven shades of …. out of him.

Aside from that it was carrying round a “Saisho” (sp?) - a meshed bag with two battery powered speakers you plugged your Walkman in to.

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mayoramymay@reddit

That one specific superdry coat

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PeasBeard@reddit

I had a PSP on launch 😁

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Mxcharlier@reddit

It was a pullover umbro top.

Until you could get them from market stalls, then err you fuckin umbro became an insult.

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ohsaycanyourock@reddit

Bendy rulers were the coolest thing in my junior school 😆

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underwater-sunlight@reddit

The shatterproof ones where there was always that one kid who tested them

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drivelhead@reddit

You mean a Lesbian rule.

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Normal-Indication206@reddit

When the foldable ones with the little plastic hinge on them turned up, that's when everything changed.

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Kdconorr@reddit

Yesss !

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CMR1891@reddit

I recently found out that the ones that were opaque, if you take the plastic off, they’re just rejects from a tape measure factory!

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Parma_Violence_@reddit

Lenticular rulers with changing pictures. Still have my dinosaur one

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Soggy_Spite_7335@reddit

Having a Blackberry. Funny they are extinct now

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krampusboogaloo@reddit

At the risk at showing my age, the cool girls would have a Tammy Girl carrier bag for their books and folders, and just a handbag for whatever else.

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JohnLef@reddit

Being pre-phone - the only tech we had was a Casio calculator if you were lucky - the status symbol was probably the Sergio Tacchini tracksuit top.

And no, I never had one.

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theglamgardener@reddit

Warehouse school bags
Super tight school trousers from a local "boutique" called Glad Rags which sold knock-off Playboy
Playboy jewellery & stationary
Pierced belly buttons
Having your "top ear" pierced

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DisloyalMouse@reddit

I was one of the first girls in my class to get her belly button pierced. It was when my coolness peaked!

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theglamgardener@reddit

So jealous!

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DisloyalMouse@reddit

Girl, if you’ve not got yours done…here’s your sign to do it!

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C0nnectionTerminat3d@reddit

In primary school those 3D erasers that were usually shaped as food or animals. The more you had = the cooler you were. In secondary school it was those comically large rectangle erasers that take up 75% of the space in your pencil case.

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JaxTheMetalhead@reddit

Arrrr yeah! In my primary school, it was them 3D rubbers that you could take apart and rebuild and there were all sorts of them! Animalsss... Vehiclesss... Food... Tonnes of 'em!

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frankieramps@reddit

in primary adidas poppers or a kappa tracksuit. at the comp, baby g watch, perfect length short tie/tie tucked between buttons of your shirt, lowslung umbro backpack, perfect curtains for the boys, those little butterfly hair clips for the girls.

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AggravatingOwl9@reddit

I can’t believe I had to scroll this far down to see Baby G watches mentioned, they were the first thing I thought of as the ultimate status symbol in school

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Amazing_Goal_8003@reddit

Baby G! And Swatch with the interchangeable faces

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HoldsworthsLeftHand@reddit

The digital watch that transformed into a robot.

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sprainedmind@reddit

I'm obviously a little bit older than most of you guys.

These. Specifically if you could do tricks (round the world, walking the dog, etc) with these:

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cateml@reddit

Approximately with time, I’m old it’s hard to recall exactly:
Year 5: pastel gel pens.
Year 6: “Baby G” watches.
Year 7: pagers (as in, the old pre-phone mobile communication device).
Year 9:Nokia 3210 with glitter case

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New-Instance-670@reddit

Are you 38ish?

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cateml@reddit

40, so yes 38ish would be correct…

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ButterflyTremor@reddit

Yes, Baby G watches!

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Ill-Door-8854@reddit

Having a Jelly bag in secondary school

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hank_scorpio_ceo@reddit

Rockport boots, adidas popper trackies, kappa coats and Ben Sherman shirts

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Mustbejoking_13@reddit

A Jaguar or Head bag with a zip off end. I had a Jaguar, Green and gold. I doubt it survived the year.

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sereneboi255@reddit

In secondary school the coolest boys rode in on mopeds. I used to think it was so hot. Not I wonder what their parents were thinking!

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partridgebazaar@reddit

I feel like I'm a lot older than most of the people answering, but back in the early 80s, among the girls at least, it was how many novelty rubbers you had in your collection.

Those things were guarded and traded like snout.

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yungw0t@reddit

Early 00s primary school:
• the giant ‘for huge mistakes’ eraser • Having your ears pierced (extra points for a plethora of Claire’s accessories earrings) • having your own phone • being the boy who’s the fastest runner in the year •

Mid 00s (2010-2016) secondary school -
• having the latest iPhone (this started once the iPhone 4 was released) before that, was having a blackberry • being a Jack Wills kid • wearing the topshop frilly socks with skin tight school trousers and ballet flats • if you got more than 500 likes on your Facebook profile pic • being on either the schools rugby or football team •

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imperfectspoon@reddit

In sixth form (2012 ish) we had a massive (and I mean MASSIVE) Pokemon Nintendo DS tournament. There were about 80 people on board out of a total of only 200 students. Once in a lifetime kind of “wow this is actually happening.

Whoever won the most battles by the end of Year 13 and had the best Party of 6 Pokemon won the tournament. It was fully organised with battle schedules and everything. Absolutely nuts.

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winebookscats@reddit

Oh dear, I'm old. Harrington jackets for the boys, skintight jeans with a stripe down the side, or pedal-pushers and ra-ra skirts for girls. The coolest kids managed to bend the school dress code to look like they were in Spandau Ballet with the puffy shirts.

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Neptunemersey@reddit

Schott NYC jackets and a bleached faux hawk.

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WeezyByfeezy@reddit

If you had a shiny charizard...

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MadJamJar@reddit

I don't know if anyone remembers them but some kid used to be fantastic at making elaborate Loopy lous. He was King Prawn for a good while.

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ManlykN@reddit

100% being the fastest kid in primary school. You name brings status around the school.

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summerdog-@reddit

I work with primary school age children and being the fastest still holds a lot of value. Fastest runner and who is perceived as being the best fighter are the kings of the school.

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i-hate-oatmeal@reddit

not to brag too hard but when it was my turn in rounders everyone started stepping back

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Minchaminch@reddit

Was never the fastest kid but I could throw a tennis ball the furthest, does that count?

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ManlykN@reddit

Wouldn’t hold as much weight as the fastest, but defo up there. I can even remember who was the best tennis ball thrower back then!

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Minchaminch@reddit

I was in a big high school, only me and one other kid could dob a stone over the building. He threw javelin for the athletics team but only cos I did high jump instead 😜

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Renoir-1@reddit

My mate was fast. Super fast. Set the 100m record for the school year in 1998 and it still stands to this day!

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Powerful_Balance591@reddit

We held quarterly races to keep up with who was fastest.

A new kid joined once in like year 4 so obviously first play time we had, race to see how fast he was… turned out bloody fast and he wasn’t even wearing light up shoes!

Therefore we held a race with him vs the current fastest kid in school, he won and was henceforth the fastest kid in our school, previous guy was heartbroken

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Tricky-Ant5338@reddit

Magic Key shoes. And yes, for once I was the first to get them 🤩

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Pat8aird@reddit

Nokia 3210. Bonus street cred if you were good at Snake.

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DeeZaster217@reddit

Pink ‘Head’ bag with the zip off pocket. I miss that bag it was useful and boosted my street cred 🤭

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Lumpy-Sir-9457@reddit

Having attended an all boys school, the biggest status symbol was actually having a girlfriend. And a real one, not one that you met on holiday or one that nobody had ever seen. 😂

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shamone_mofo@reddit

Around 1990 really baggy jeans with red backs on them .rave culture was smashing the UK and times were great

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Icy_Distribution3467@reddit

Kenwood bomber jackets and spliffy baggy trousers!!

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skeletonclock@reddit

Oh my god I thought my school was the only one with the Kenwood jackets! Isn't it like an appliance brand? It was so bizarre when everyone suddenly had one.

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Icy_Distribution3467@reddit

Pretty sure Kenwoods were a company selling speakers and audio equipment.

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skeletonclock@reddit

Is it different to the food processor people then?

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Icy_Distribution3467@reddit

Yes. Completely different companies.

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skeletonclock@reddit

Huh. I swear the logo they had was the appliance one but it's been many years, I'm probably misremembering. Your way makes more sense!

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shamone_mofo@reddit

I had the Technics bomber jacket around 95 from Cult clothing Cheltenham which later went on to become Superdry . Great times .

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babysfatwrist@reddit

Charlie Red

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babysfatwrist@reddit

Wearing sparkly eye shadow and getting away with it

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WinkyNurdo@reddit

Late 80s, Head bag

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ZealousidealArm9414@reddit

There it is..

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blozzerg@reddit

There was only one person in my primary school with a Head bag and I couldn’t for the life of me understand why they had a bag with the word Head on. It took me years to have the revelation that Head was a brand name.

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nutwiss@reddit

Yep, except once we hit the sixth form you needed either a poncey record bag (for all the vinyl you never carried) or a British army "small pack" rucksack with band names scrawled all over it.

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JustAnother_Brit@reddit

Head as in the ski and sometimes tennis company?

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nutwiss@reddit

Yep. That's them. I had the massive rectangular one in black with gold trim, not the silly vaguely-round/triangular ones. You can still buy them! https://amzn.eu/d/09FR7hXO

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WinkyNurdo@reddit

I didn’t know anyone who went skiing … we were not that kind of school. Have a search for 1980s Head bags … can’t attach a pic

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mokosmam@reddit

Wow another memory unlocked. You were bo-one if you didn't have a head bag 😂

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Schumarker@reddit

With the zip off boot bag and 'lockable' zip

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Flash__PuP@reddit

For some reason I still have the boot bag bit…

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WinkyNurdo@reddit

That’s the one. We used to swap the boot bags at school for different colours “to be unique”. The main bags were useless for school books and pencil case and lunchbox, and the boot bag was only good for particularly tiny PE kits.

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Minchaminch@reddit

Yeah, I was in size 11 rugby boots in year 8 so they quickly became pretty useless for me!

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Farscape_rocked@reddit

...and LA Lights trainers

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WinkyNurdo@reddit

A mate got some LA Gears and then everyone started calling them LA Queers which was unfortunate and very of it’s time

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Long_Tall_Man@reddit

Farah Slacks, white socks, Reebok Ripple trainers too?

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WinkyNurdo@reddit

Farah’s were very desirable. But I was rocking some Nike Air Force trainers … moody knock offs from Romford market

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facingthemusic94@reddit

My Head bag was bright neon yellow with neon green handles and pink writing! Had a lockable zip as well.

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SeaworthinessNeat516@reddit

Black. Gold trim and lettering. It's been downhill from there.

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CicadaSlight7603@reddit

Right through to the late nineties in some backwaters

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DreamingofBouncer@reddit

Absolutely

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Automatic_Bit_1739@reddit

Kappa jackets.

(Aged myself there eh!)

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V8boyo@reddit

Primary school was a long time ago but I seem to remember Converse high tops being a thing.

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thetoastmonster@reddit

Digital watches. In third place was any digital watch with a library of different chip tunes it could play as alarms, like London Bridge Is Falling Down. In second place was the calculator watch, with it's tiny buttons for cheating at maths. But the king of digital watches was the IR Blaster watch, allowing you to control any TV or VCR within range.

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BiscuitNotCookie@reddit

Being able to do bubble writing & scented gel pens

Doing bubble writing with a scented gel pen and you were touching the face of god

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Mysterious_Fox_8058@reddit

Our Jane Norman phase was secondary school (JD sports for the boys). Then it was massive hoop earrings and Charlie red body spray.

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sinisterhanswurst@reddit

Charlie black will forever smell of year 7 to me

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notmerida@reddit

i still love that smell haha

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helpea@reddit

Lolo ball, Rollerboots, Pogo stick If only I was as active nowadays Crop tops, Crocodile clips for hair , Vo5 mousse. Those awful jeans with different coloured patches on the back.

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_Happy_Camper@reddit

Went to school in the 70s/80s…. mod parka jackets, white socks and studs in your school shows were the coolest things you could have

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Uhura-hoop@reddit

‘Head’ gym bags for your school bag

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Uhura-hoop@reddit

Those naf naf shoes where one had red detailing and the other green?

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philff1973@reddit

Diamond Back BMX, to be fair I’m 53

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Thinkinstuf@reddit

Bonus points for any these: 5 spoke Mag wheels, 7 was uncool. Mushroom grips CW Handle bars Stunt pegs on the wheels (double points if there were coloured)

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philff1973@reddit

Loved the cw handlebars but someone always pushed your mushrooms in on the end of your grips.

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Thinkinstuf@reddit

Or they got worn down when you put your bike on the ground.

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SmartaHari@reddit

At Primary school, we were all about the ‘smelly rubbers’ which probably sounds dubious to our American friends. Erasers that looked and smelt like other things and that you never used because then you’d ruin their shape. I was particularly proud of my collection of novelty fruit ones. Bunked off school when I was 11 to come home and line them up on the mantelpiece and stare at them. That’s it. Just stare at them. Dad came home early and witnessed this crime, fell about laughing.

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CaptainSpazclart@reddit

Eclipse and spliffy jackets, kickers, undercuts & bleached tips

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Hazz3r@reddit

At primary school it was Gel Pens, being good at Paper Aeroplanes, if you could climb the rope in PE in the school hall, if you are a packed lunch rather than a school dinner.

Secondary School it was being good at football, being good at cross country, having Nike TNs. For a small subset in 2006 it was being good at Runescape and/or having Membership.

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pajamakitten@reddit

I was great at RuneScape but no one appreciated my full rune armour.

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terracotta-cinnamon@reddit

Scented gel pens!

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NewSpell9343@reddit

I still love a nice pen. Used my kids' metallic pens to make a birthday card the other day and I felt a nostalgic thrill.

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CMR1891@reddit

Did anyone else used to suck on the plastic inserts of gel pens so it got in your mouth to get out of lessons or was that just at my school?

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Conor2704@reddit

Charizard pokemon card. 1st generation. Showing my age

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Rossaboy77@reddit

Nobody knew the value back then, i always thought the starter pokemon cards where pretty basic. A shiny mewtwo though ? Damn.

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Corpexx@reddit

Maybe a little basic because it was common, but everyone wanted a charizard when I was a kid, I think that contributed to what made it valuable years later

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pajamakitten@reddit

Shiny Charizard was definitely a rare card, which is why everyone wanted it.

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BrownBoyCoy@reddit

Remember a mate once pulled a Zapdos and a Blastpise in his first pack

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Dipso88@reddit

Aztec Mew 👌🏻

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Despondent-Kitten@reddit

Hell yes! Are you in your thirties?

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Conor2704@reddit

Yep, just turned 37

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lucky1pierre@reddit

I turn 37 tomorrow. If only I'd known how much value I threw out back in the day.

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Necessary_Angle2117@reddit (OP)

Happy birthday 🎉🎉

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filbert94@reddit

Happy birthday fellow 89 baby

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confusing_roundabout@reddit

At least it was you who threw them out and not your parents tidying up!

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lucky1pierre@reddit

My mum was too busy throwing out my Dad's valuable records!

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glytxh@reddit

It’s weird that finding one of these in 1999 would be about as exciting as it is today for an average 11 year old.

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Rossaboy77@reddit

The thing is in 1999 people were excited for a more genuine reason. To fill their collection up. now the only reason people always talk about charizard is because they are worth a fortune, Mainly because of idiots like jake paul.

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stpizz@reddit

Eh, people were talking about how rare and expensive shiny charizards were back then, too. It was literally like a tabloid newspaper story of the day. Of course, the price wasnt quite as high then :)

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glytxh@reddit

Yeah. I’ve soured on the whole thing over the last few years.

It’s just tulips

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HighNimpact@reddit

I traded one for a jigglypuff because I thought it was cute.

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BradyBunch88@reddit

I bought one for £5 off a guy, everyone laughed. I wish I still had it!

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Difficult-Two-5009@reddit

Still have mine in my original binder - I like to look through it every so often for the memberberries!

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ExpensiveNut@reddit

shiny Charizard was how you knew life was good

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sugarrayrob@reddit

"have you seen what they're worth now"

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TheRadishBros@reddit

Forgetting they’re only worth so much because everyone else brought theirs to school and damaged / lost them 🥲

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fitzy798@reddit

I went to an all girls school, Jane Morgan bags were big for a while instead of backpacks

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Same-Currency7988@reddit

early 80’s Rucanor bags, snoopy tennis nintendo lcd game, then donkey kong 2 screen game. This;

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MyHeadIsBursting@reddit

Mid 90s, sprayway jacket. Later replaced with ridiculous looking helly Hansons with big stripes across the chest

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BadBassist@reddit

I remember when Steve Jackson had RED trainers. Blew my fucking MIND

In honour of them a few years later, I got a bright red single strap back pack that was the envy of all around

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Weak-Landscape-7105@reddit

Shoot out cards. Having all the shinies gave you Top G status

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s-maria-@reddit

Having a Paul boutique bag

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PommieGirl@reddit

Those Head hold all style bags!

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rmedge1986@reddit

If you went to bat in rounders or cricket. And the big shout of "EVERYONE BACK" would come out. They knew you could hit it far.

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Lion-Resident@reddit

Having breasts

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Knight--Of--Ren@reddit

I remember this one girl was the first girl in school to get breasts. My mate Martin said she was the best.

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Thinkinstuf@reddit

Her name was Deborah, she has a kid now.

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Necessary_Angle2117@reddit (OP)

😭

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Loud_Fisherman_5878@reddit

Weirdly it was the opposite at mine (all girls school)- developing in primary school was embarrassing and got you teased. Not sure if it was because it was all girls or just that in my year the ‘coolest’ girls happened to be later developers but unfortunately it wasn’t a status symbol for us!

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thecornflake21@reddit

Not for my (all boys unfortunately) school 😂

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bennettbuzz@reddit

Joop fragrance.

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Thinkinstuf@reddit

What about Jazz?

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Cro-magnolia@reddit

Early eighties either Yamaha (?) FS1 motorbike or scooters. Obvs for actual school kids the scooter would have to be 50cc. Also, offroad bikes like 'Kwacker 90', usually day-glo green. My mate had an RM100 and I have to say a two-stroke is a lot of fun.

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Maverick81_@reddit

In the 80s in Primary School with a pair of Magic Step shoes!!!

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Top_Buy_6650@reddit

Reebok pumps

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BurkeSooty@reddit

Mid to late 90s, Rockport (goretex) and a Berghaus jacket (goretex), early millennials were very concerned about getting wet it would seem.

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notfromhere23@reddit

All of this, plus Peter Storm jackets made an appearance. Millets must have been rolling in it when all the chav kids wanted to dress the same.

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NiobiumSteel@reddit

I remember this being the outfit of choice for every Ned I went to school with. In hindsight, they were definitely well prepared for tanning a 2 L of Strongbow in the park in the pissing rain!

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CMR1891@reddit

Can’t forget about the stripy Fred Perry

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Competitive-Chest438@reddit

I was in high school then. Helly Hansen was on that list too.

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lennythebox@reddit

Don't forget teddy smith and Henry Lloyd

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Amazing_Goal_8003@reddit

Haven’t thought about Henry Lloyd in a hot minute! Memorieeeees…

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Wide-Pop4704@reddit

Northerner

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Competitive-Chest438@reddit

I am actually 😂

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Minchaminch@reddit

You were lucky, Rockport were banned in my school!

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CicadaSlight7603@reddit

Primary was those patent shoes with a key hidden under the sole.

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Strange_Cranberry_22@reddit

Yeeees. I wanted these but my feet were too wide and I ended up with unisex lace-ups from Startrite. Absolutely heartbreaking.

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ITrampyMcGee@reddit

We also had a phase in year 8 of everyone wearing dummies? Not sure where that came from.

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ITrampyMcGee@reddit

The little plastic pringles tubs! My friend had a silver and purple one I was SO envious of.

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Lemmyheadwind@reddit

Having a Pringle jumper, and Fila/Sergio Tacchini trainers. Early eighties.

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EUskeptik@reddit

My brand new Honda C50 Cub in sixth form.

But it was early 1970s.

-@@-

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Fatbloke-66@reddit

Early school was the calculator watch from Casio. Late school it was Pringle Jumpers, more lairy the colour the better.

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Specialist-Top-406@reddit

A Jansport backpack.

I grew up pretty poor. So a lot of my school items were pick and mix from lost property.

I managed to find a Jansport bag in lost property. And one girl goes, you know that’s meant to be white? lol it was so dirty I thought it was light brown.

Roasted.

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harrietmjones@reddit

Are you me OP? I remember all this!

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BrownBoyCoy@reddit

Mini Disc player was at the height of it for me

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ArugulaAvailable4965@reddit

The Reebok Pump trainers with the little ball you could squeeze

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Ok-Use-1666@reddit

Trainers

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Minimum_Sort5100@reddit

Free sms centre numbers

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Minimum_Sort5100@reddit

Dudes that sold a whole tuck shop from their blazer. But then again. Im old af

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skeletonclock@reddit

Those Bench hoodiew with the thumb holes

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thehoneybadger1223@reddit

Playboy and Groovy Chick anything

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Inside-Permission930@reddit

safety patrol belt and station

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GDeFreest@reddit

At my secondary?

BlackBerrys, LV or Gucci belts ☠️

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Onlyfangz@reddit

I had a blackberry phone but my techy uncle had swapped the keyboard for one from another phone and the screen overlay so I had a white blackberry with a pink keyboard and screen border, my entire year 6 class thought I knew someone high up to get a "custom" blackberry

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viadan@reddit

Rockports.

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OrbitingPlanetArse@reddit

My biological dad dropped me at the school gates from his Rover Vitesse which was probably the only time I ever appeared cool to my classmates.

Unfortunately this was about the time he disappeared completely, so I was relegated to walking.

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Kataytay_14@reddit

Gogo crazy bones

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Ancient-Position-219@reddit

2012-14 year 6/7/8: Blackberry, then the latest iPhones (5c,5s,6), Hype rucksack, apple brand earphones, earphones in general if you wore them under your jumper with one hanging out, loom bands, hollister/lynx body spray, JD sports bag for your pe kit, anything Nike

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oscarx-ray@reddit

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Necessary_Angle2117@reddit (OP)

I can relate

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oscarx-ray@reddit

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New_Pop_8911@reddit

I got a 3210 pretty much the week they came out as I had just turned 18 and had a part time job so could afford it myself, for weeks randomcpeople would come up to me in the college refrectory to ask to look at it

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Necessary_Angle2117@reddit (OP)

Good old days

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oscarx-ray@reddit

Having a banger Pogs collection was up there as well. I had a Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls slammer from America that was basically a cheat code.

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Hancri84@reddit

My dad worked in a steel works and made me a metal slammer that was a centermeter thick every one wanted to buy it of me.

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Amazing_Goal_8003@reddit

Core memory unlocked! I was not cool, but I somehow found a limited edition Coke one of these and that elevated my status enormously

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aliclang@reddit

Rockports (iykyk)

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Necessary_Angle2117@reddit (OP)

😂

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Ok_Mathematician4038@reddit

Jane Norman what a throwback. What did Jane Norman even sell? Just plastic PE bags?

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N64Andysaurus92@reddit

A lot of girls just went in and asked for the bags without buying anything, the stores would just hand them out as it was free advertising for Jane Norman.

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Amazing_Goal_8003@reddit

Dresses mainly, pale pastel colour ones with big flowers on. And very plain handbags. A classier version of Quiz

You still see Jane Norman/ similar styles on wedding guests now

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Ok_Mathematician4038@reddit

Was it a shop though? Where did you buy it?

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CicadaSlight7603@reddit

It was a shop on high streets of most medium sized towns upwards. The bags were drawstring and IIRC got used for PE bags rather than being PE bags.

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Chris_Willman@reddit

Curtains so perfectly centred they looked like they'd been parted with a ruler... Kickers loafers with the tag still on because ofc... baggy as heck jeans with the little smoking dude on the back pocket ...and a Nike bag that zipped all the way round like some kind of luxury item. You weren't going to school, you were arriving.

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Agreeable_Guard_7229@reddit

Mr Spliffy jeans/jackets

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mariomorgan23@reddit

21 gears on your bike lol

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ToastedMidgets97@reddit

I pulled 101 Steven Gerrard in a match attax pack and for a whole day people followed me around to see it

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luffyuk@reddit

Rockport shoes and a Berghaus jacket.

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alphahydra@reddit

Showing up to P.E. in those Kappa trackies with the pop-studs all the way up the leg.

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Advanced_Swing5657@reddit

In UK in maybe 87 it was Farah trousers ! Self appointed fashion police would have to inspect the little yellow badge with an f on it to make sure was real also Le Shark jumpers ....

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Glad-Rub802@reddit

If you didn't have a blackberry you were a social outcast, bc absolutely everyone talked over BBM.

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BlackJackSackIcePack@reddit

Thierry Henry Shootout card

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Future_Throat_2354@reddit

Nevica ski jacket.

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spindledick@reddit

At Lower School it was NAFF Co 54 jackets. Girls had the shoes with the princess behind a window in the heel.

At Middle School it was Dr.Martens, Pepsi pencil case, Spliffy jackets or jeans and wearing your bag across one shoulder.

At Upper School it was Adidas popper tracksuit bottoms, Kicker shoes, Reebok Classics and Nokia 5110, 3210 & 3310.

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Certain-Donut-9175@reddit

You have to be early 40s because every single one of these spoke to me lol.

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ComprehensiveDuty212@reddit

Head bag and nike kagoul

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spicyzsurviving@reddit

A real longchamp bag as your PE kit bag.

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WingingItSince87@reddit

I was cool as fuck…I had a tamagotchi!

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NewSpell9343@reddit

I remember a girl in my class begging a teacher to let her feed her dying tamagotchi 🤣 she was nearly crying.

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Bodger81@reddit

Joe Bloggs jeans, but I had about as much hope of getting them as I did of walking on Mars. Same with a Head bag.

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LazySector@reddit

He-man

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NewSpell9343@reddit

Anyone remember those tshirts that colour changed with heat? I wanted one so bad in primary school. It was only for a season but they were in lovely late 80s/ early 90s clashing pastels.

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plz_be_nice_im_sad@reddit

Yellow Livestrong rubber wristband thing.

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Substantial-Guava491@reddit

I remember everyone having a GAP hoodie maybe(early 00’s) and I really wanted one. I finally got it one Christmas… didn’t get to wear it that much before other kids started shouting you’re Gay and Proud everytime they saw someone in a gap hoodie 😂😂

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behemuffin@reddit

Bermuda shorts in lurid neon colours, and neon socks. If you were really flexing, you bought one pink pair and one green pair, and mixed up the pairs.

That and bumbags.

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Krakshotz@reddit

Secondary School was Superdry coats, Gola bags, PE kit in a JD Sports drawstring bag. Also giant jawbreaker lollipops (and actually managing to finish them properly)

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olivetree13@reddit

In year 6 it was having the multi coloured Staedtler or Stabilo felt tips in your pencil case.

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Striking-Life-704@reddit

Trading Match Attax cards with your friends in the playground. We also had games day during the last week before Christmas holiday. You could bring in a board game or toys. If you brought in wrestling figures or one of the best games then all the boys wanted to play lol

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mokosmam@reddit

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sharkkallis@reddit

A shatterproof ruler.

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Killahills@reddit

Early 80's, Sergio Tacchini tracksuit tops .

They were about £60, which was an astronomical amount of money back then.

I did not have one

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ArmouredFlump@reddit

Man I'm old. In my day it was how many spokey dokes you had on your wheels.

Bonus points for the Kelloggs rooster reflectors.

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Hamsternoir@reddit

Didn't Frosties also do them?

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mattl1698@reddit

aren't frosties one of the cereals that kelloggs make?

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ArmouredFlump@reddit

Yes but I think there were different reflectors for different cereals, so Cornflakes had the rooster, Frosties Tony the Tiger and Coco pops had the monkey.

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ArmouredFlump@reddit

https://www.reddit.com/r/nostalgia/s/ZGOFjWfvtS

Just found this to prove (to myself) that I'm not misremembering!

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Hamsternoir@reddit

I only remember the Frosties and Cornflakes ones but not the others.

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ArmouredFlump@reddit

Yes I think so. There were Coco pops ones as well

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ohitmustbe@reddit

In primary, Reebok Pumps or Adidas.

In secondary, Kickers, River Island carrier bag for your books and stuff, Head or Nike bag.

Sixth form, Gap, Adidas or Reebok jumper with as big a logo as you could find.

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randompanda91@reddit

Scented gel pens

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WoodyManic@reddit

I grew up in a cynical, scuzzy place. If you could buy cigs and beer and rotgut vodka, you were King.

I always looked older. So, I got taken advantage of, I guess.

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mildissue@reddit

N Gage

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Ok_Yes622@reddit

Rockports with the white trim! I loved those boots! & Fred Perry or Lacoste jackets

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mooohaha64@reddit

Doc Martens

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owzleee@reddit

Snorkel parka jacket. My parents couldn’t afford a real one and bought me a knock off. I got a lot of grief in the playground because of it.

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TheCatWithATiara@reddit

Quiksilver, Animal or Roxy rucksacks

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Remony63@reddit

A canvas bag from Chelsea Girl that had a word on it that I’m sure started with a Z. It was a large bag and mine was bright pink. I thought I was the dog’s b**s. That would have been 85/86.

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Ok-Refrigerator-3919@reddit

In primary school I remember the pencil cases you opened by pressing buttons that had different compartments, scented rubbers, glittery gel pens,that sort of thing.

Or those pencil cases that looked like a bottle of sprite or Pringles, I think?

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JuicyPossum@reddit

The more zips you had on your SuperDry coat the cooler you were.

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Electric_Moogaloo@reddit

Weirdly in year 7-8ish it was a Parker fountain pen. I don’t know if it was just my school.

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BOrdinary01@reddit

Winnie the pooh socks or similar on show paired with Nike/Adidas trackie bottoms and Nike TNs. I have no idea if this was a thing elsewhere. Also GAP hoodies under the school blazer. Such a chav, although I avoided the Burberry trend.

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simplymondler@reddit

Baby G watches. Light blue or pink were the trend. That and the Adidas trousers which were a horrible shiny material and classic white Reebok trainers.

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southpacshoe@reddit

Roadrunner jeans

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Fantastic-Option-260@reddit

I remember thinking this when that "PRIME" drinks thing was a fad (I don't have kids, but read about it).

I remember everyone up in arms about kids paying £3 for a drink, but then I remembered HOW much school cred having the in thing bought you back in the day (for us it was oddly socks with ralph lauren polo horses on them (all fake of course))

I remember thinking, however horrible the situation was, in terms of pounds vs value, those kids were probably actually being quite savy/getting a great deal.

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CMR1891@reddit

I’ve just been in my local shop tonight and the guy behind the counter is fretting because he doesn’t have the new trend in. First it was Prime, then Dubai chocolate, then labubus and god knows what it is now! The trends seem to be moving a lot quicker these days!

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Round_Grand_4716@reddit

I changed school, and to help me, my mum got me a new bag and new shoes, which were the kind I wanted at my old school. They weren't the 'in' things at the new school.

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ReallyIntriguing@reddit

100% its why I dont judge kids, I was a kid once

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Fantastic-Option-260@reddit

Me too, and I was a f*king idiot!

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i_heart_punk@reddit

Korn tshirt and a kick-ass ball bearing wallet chain.....Just kidding I was bullied terribly!

It was Rockports, a fringe covered in gel or hairspray and Helly Hansen jackets. This was about 2000/2001.

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CicadaSlight7603@reddit

You were in the wrong school - the tshirt and wallet chain would have got you into the cool indie crowd at my school

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CMR1891@reddit

I feel very lucky to say that in my school, we had the ‘popular’ group (stereotypically good looking football lads) and the ones who regularly dressed in black with chains (me), and although we didn’t hang around together, if we crossed paths, we’d be friendly. There was the odd tosspot from both groups that peaked in high school though.

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Yogafireflame@reddit

The legendary limited edition gold Coca Cola yoyo.

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Asleep-Weather1385@reddit

carrying a Paul’s Boutique bag. all the popular girls in my secondary school had one. i wanted one so badly :,(

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Midnight_Crocodile@reddit

1) The ability to solve the Rubik’s Cube
2) Possessing a Mini Munchman game

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Ok-Trip7585@reddit

Motorola pagers year 10, 1997 🤣

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Asleep-Weather1385@reddit

having a Paul’s Boutique bag, the popular girls in secondary school carried that

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Plasticman328@reddit

Having an LED calculator!

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Alive-Ad-8922@reddit

When I was in year 7/8 if you had a blackberry you were that girl.

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AhoyWilliam@reddit

In my primary school I think it was the Yomega Brain yoyo, because it could do a sleeper.

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Hot_Floor9000@reddit

who could run the fastest had all the huzz

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PressureBeautiful515@reddit

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confuzzledfather@reddit

Having a metal marble. What was effectively just a ball bearing from B and Q I guess, but to my 9 year old self it was an unachievable dream

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DHighmore@reddit

Steelies! They were the king of marbles.

Some kid at my middle school brought in a massive 3 inch diameter bearing and shattered the fuck out of everyone else's marbles, a massive brawl ensued and marbles were added to the list of banned items (including Micro Machines and Garbage Pail Kid stickers).

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confuzzledfather@reddit

I almost called it a steely but i wasnt sure if i'd made it up

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pompompurindog@reddit

When I was in Year 5, there was a phase where you weren't cool unless you had a fountain pen. No, this wasn't a hundred years ago.

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AcrobaticGiraffe663@reddit

What happened to fountain pens?! I remember using them a lot when I was at school with those smelly eraser pens you could get. But I’m a teacher now and I have never seen a student use one 😂

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Derfel60@reddit

I remember that, i got the ink from those little catridges over everything

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PuzzleheadedHospital@reddit

This shows how old I am but I don’t care. Having Benetton duffle bag was it. So uncomfortable with the rope straps, but it didn’t matter.

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peachandbetty@reddit

Scented gel pens.

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BeanOnAJourney@reddit

Pogs at primary school, Tamagotchi at secondary school (well, the first year anyway).

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jk844@reddit

When I was in primary school in the mid early/mid 2000s Nike Total 90s were what the cool kids wore.

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alfa_omega@reddit

German army jacket and converse for the rockers (or hair bair bunch as we were known) 😂

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newmum21@reddit

Pogs and Tazo’s

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radiantr4y@reddit

Probably fidget spinners 🤣 (i’m 18)

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FeelingSimple331@reddit

Being able to play The A Team theme tune on your recorder.

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WinkyNurdo@reddit

I didn’t know anyone who went skiing … we were not that kind of school. The bag in question, one of many colour combinations

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EndRepresentative369@reddit

JD bag for your pe kit lol

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frankensteinsmaster@reddit

Reebok pumps

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Sea-Still5427@reddit

A titled family. Baronets didn't count.

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Similar_Adagio_6375@reddit

This boy jackets that where called ‘rock’ something, the girl trousers that said ‘bear’ something over the ass, the art boots and the Osiris trainers for both

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Soapy_Von_Soaps@reddit

Tamagotchi

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TokyoJazzPanda@reddit

Rockport school shoes and a duffel coat.

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TBDizzle86@reddit

Having a World Dance satchel was a statement

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GrimsbCalling@reddit

Yes! Although being up north a Vibealite one was also acceptable. And obviously a Dreamscape/Helter Skelter/Slammin Vinyl coat.

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joebmc@reddit

The record bag phase, world dance, black market records and strawberry something...

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Jeans_609@reddit

Pulling Charlotte Hinchcliffe

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ASY_Freddy@reddit

Owning a copy of heroquest and space hulk

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Jumpy_Avocado_6249@reddit

Secondary school was nearly a footlocker hotdog at the 11am break

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kiddj1@reddit

I had the white sony erricson w810i AND the plugin speakers

You bet I was on the back of the 213 bus playing grime as loud as I could for the whole bus to hear

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Fromasha@reddit

Primary school definitely Reebok Pumps

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schmoovebaby@reddit

Kickers with massive platform heels, velvet scrunchies, Spliffy record bags then tiny handbags the further up the school you went, crunchy perms and tight nylon bootlegs off the market

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No-Nefariousness9539@reddit

Roxy Life backpack / Billabong Backpack / Bench Zipup / Black Etnies

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Front_Pepper_360@reddit

A maxi skirt in bottle green.

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Flibertygibbert@reddit

Midi skirts in my day. We had to make skirts in our 2nd year in Secondary school (1970-71) and everybody had midi patterns.

My mother refused to buy black fabric, so suggested bottle green as a compromise. N

I was given no chance to choose the fabric of course, and she came home with a dreadful poly blend hairy material in an ugly emerald green 😩

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Front_Pepper_360@reddit

That sad 😔

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PCPHK@reddit

Baby G watches we’re a thing

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chrisr3240@reddit

Reebok Pumps. I’m old af

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Silly_Hurry_2795@reddit

Head school bag and Reebok royals

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speaky24@reddit

A Raleigh Chopper. Yes, I’m an old bastard.

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Enough-Ad-8378@reddit

Yikes! Pencils

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atsevoN@reddit

If you wore Total 90s trainers

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Intelligent-Car-2982@reddit

Blackberry, kickers, JD sports pe kit bag, just do it backpack + beats by Dre headphones 😂

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BritishGent_mlady@reddit

I was in primary school mid 80’s til early 90’s, and this coincided with the first affordable package holidays to Orlando.

It was also a time when the UK was pretty much an entire calendar year behind the USA in terms of films, TV shows and music. We had to wait months for films that were huge summer blockbusters Stateside to be in our cinemas.

So with that in mind, a massive flex was not simply to go to Orlando (which in itself was a massive flex), but to go to Orlando and go to the cinema. The flex would be telling everyone which movie you saw which no one else will for the best part of another year.

Mine was The Lion King. My friend Dean was a total king for almost a year because he saw Jurassic Park. A few years later Heidi saw Titanic before anyone else.

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richboyadler@reddit

primary school it was like the hottest tech which for me was the nintendo DS especially the one with the built in camera ! secondly it was anything apple related ipad, iphone or wireless headphones

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ender3sam@reddit

I'm 75,so went to school in the 50s and 60s. Nothing of any kind fitted this scenario. We had little bullying and none of the oneupmanship this kind of thing engenders. Particularly in the 50s none of us were very well off, so stuff that differentiated us by the ability to afford it wasn't an issue. Life was better and less stressful without all that shit.

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smellingofroses-not@reddit

Seiko digital watch. Nothing showed other 12 year olds that you had made it more than a Digital watch.

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JavaRuby2000@reddit

Having a 20 pack of B&H instead of a couple of singles from Mr Patel.

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AbsolutelyNot5555@reddit

Mid to late 90s, carrying your PE kit in a River Island plastic bag. We would go there and buy something small just to get the bag 😆

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GetNooted@reddit

Micromachines were all the rage for me. Primary school late 80s. The big wheels and stretch limo's were super valuable.

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Vickyinredditland@reddit

Casio baby g watch. I never had one because I was poor, and I was never really into brands anyway, but one girl in my class had a lilac coloured one and I wanted one desperately lol.

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Crafty-Reality-9425@reddit

A hoop and stick or a pair of shoes.

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JackEvets@reddit

Capari ski jackets then NAFF NAFF then Schott if I remember right.

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Vequihellin@reddit

Kickers or Pod shoes. A Kookai tote as a schoolbag. The Jane Norman bags of course. The Nokia 3310s with a custom cover, case and keypad, with obligatory phone charms. A playboy pencil case. Those Juicy tube lip glosses, a Juicy velour tracksuit on non-uniform day. Or Adidas popper trousers and white reeboks.

There was also a certain subset of the year for whom one of those grungy bags from the army surplus store was peak status. Additional status points for adorning it in grunge band badges (Korn, Slipknot, etc) and safety pins, then painting random shit on it with tippex and sharpie.

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DavidJonnsJewellery@reddit

Trainers and sports bags. Monkey boots, Doc Martins or Farrah trousers. If you didn't have em you were a sap. I didn't have em 😕

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Dandan217@reddit

Jack Wills gilet or a Michael Kors watch... or both.

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BocaSeniorsWsM@reddit

Nike Windbreaker, Lacoste polo, Farah trousers and White & Gold Diadora Borgs. And the ability to do a back to back windmill, obvs.

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Big-Help419@reddit

Leather Head bag. Sambas.

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Silver_Adagio138@reddit

Sleeker skates back in 1970. Only knew one friend whose parents brought them. A rare and sacred item that no one could stand up in.

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overthesevernbridge@reddit

At my school if you had an Umbro managers coat you were the absolute Don!

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kurtyyyyyy1@reddit

Chain on your wallet

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Lanthanidedeposit@reddit

At my primary school which was in a world famous fossil location, it was a trilobite.

A lot of us had trilobite fossils in boxes. I manage to find only half of one.

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snackingsnek@reddit

Hi-Tec Silver Shadow trainers. I'm old.

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Relaxed_ButtonTrader@reddit

Ooh, I had some of them, but they weren’t cool when I had them. Are you old enough for Adidas Franz Beckenbauer footy boots?

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Icy_Distribution3467@reddit

In my days at school the absolute worst trainers you could wear were either hitec or Gola. Funny how in different times the fashion changes.

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snackingsnek@reddit

True! Fashion is a fickle thing. When I was a kid the worst offense was off-brand department store trainers, which was all a lot of us could afford unfortunately. Nothing more deflating than starting the school year and someone saying "Love your Adidas two-stripes"

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graeme_1988@reddit

Sorry to lower the tone, but in my school it was being able to piss on the ceiling

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aredditusername69@reddit

In my primary school we had outdoor urinals up against a big wooden fence for privacy, it was always about who could piss over the fence.

When we were older and started going to pubs around 16, it was about "the challenge". How many different things could you piss in in the bathroom in a single session.

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Necessary_Angle2117@reddit (OP)

😂😂😂 Crazy

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ivy_man2@reddit

My experience in Primary School when the toilet block was basically a 1940s outdoor cinderbl block shit house

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PotentialSpare6412@reddit

Secondary school a pair of black and silver or black and gold Rockports they were about £120 a pair.

Primary school a full set of scented gel pens.

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Just_Me1973@reddit

When I was in 5th grade (around 1982?) having a Cabbage Patch doll was the ultimate status symbol (for us girls). Everyone brought them to school. The teacher had to designate a shelf for us to put them during class so they wouldn’t be a distraction at our desks.

Even within the classroom Cabbage Patch community there was a hierarchy. Everyone wanted their doll to sit next to the popular girl’s doll. Simply having a doll didn’t mean you were cool. Where your doll was on the shelf in relation to her doll showed your status amongst your classmates.

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ImTalkingGibberish@reddit

Jordans, Moto Razr

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sinisterhanswurst@reddit

For primary school it was Scoobies, especially if you could do the twisty ones or even on a pen! Or those bendy pencils. Secondary it was Jane Norman shopping bags and Helly Hansen jackets. All the lasses had to carry a tiny bag that couldn't fit a calculator in, then put all their school stuff in a 'trendy" shopping bag. Your pe kit had to be in one too. Godforbid you put it in something lower than new look or h&m.

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frappe1439@reddit

Blackberries in year 7/8 and then after that it was iPhone with a smashed back that was coloured in

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Scottie99@reddit

Home sown plimsole bag.

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ArmchairAnarchist00@reddit

Impulse body spay, naf naf backpack, Nike air max

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zougathefist@reddit

Yes a nafnaf bag

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Normal-Indication206@reddit

There was one Lynx smell I really liked, and associate with really positive memories. Atlantis was lovely.

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zougathefist@reddit

If you didn't have a Benetton bag you didn't exist

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TheClnl@reddit

Dad's car having a spoiler or going to 140 on the speedo.

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getoutmywayatonce@reddit

Whoever the kid was who brought in cigs tbf. Especially the ones with really chavvy parents who not only knew, but facilitated them having a constant supply of roll ups and cigs to sell at school 🤣celebrity status

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Smidday90@reddit

One guy had a cool stick. He was our leader to fight against the other years

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CherryLeafy101@reddit

Kickers, having a Blackberry or iPhone, this one particular style of skinny trousers if you were a girl, Hollister body spray

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CNRADMSN@reddit

The 'Beat Bullying' or 'Stand Up, Speak Up' wristbands. Think the Beat Bullying one edged it in my school

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Shallacatop@reddit

Super Rose card from Doctor Who: Battles in Time.

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GuzziHero@reddit

I was in the last year at my British high school that escaped the introduction of school uniform (left 1992 at age 16).

I made the most of it, had mid back length hair and wore rocker jeans and waistcoat with leather bracers and gloves 😃

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acsaid10percent@reddit

Parker Pen.

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sup3rcereal@reddit

Record bags.

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No_Medium_648@reddit

10 Benson and Hedges

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Spiracle@reddit

1977: TI-30 calculator.

£14.95 (maybe £90 today), tiny red LEDs and AAs that lasted about 20 minutes.

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joebmc@reddit

Primary would have been a pair of Nike Air 180's and Secondary a pair of Patrick Cox

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Corrie7686@reddit

Puma tracksuit for PE. Kangol shoes / black trainers. Capri ski coat for school Puma or Head bag for books with detachable boot bag. Paracord wristbands.

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Left_Celebration4256@reddit

Coke a cola yo yos

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catdog_man@reddit

A Slazenger sports bag. Nike Air Huarache (the first time round). I was in Y6 in 1993/94.

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Left_Celebration4256@reddit

Tamagotchi

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RetroBoxRoom@reddit

Owning a Raleigh Vektar. I knew one kid who had one. I didn’t even get a bike until I started Secondary school.

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YoNoHuckleberryDude@reddit

We all wanted one. All it did was make noises but feck that, the want was real.

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Emotional_Way_5093@reddit

Pork pie shoes ( not cool ,but you were a pleb if you didn’t wear them at my school for some unknown reason) .

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RoyalCultural@reddit

Adidas predator football boots

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BrightonBaby@reddit

Motorola razor in hot pink, butterfly clips, scented gel pens, pineapple bag for pe

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apple_kicks@reddit

How many scented gel pens you had

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Chamerlee@reddit

Jane Norman bag

Clown doll necklace

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Curious-Ad5008@reddit

Being Year 6 and finally getting to sit on the gym benches at the back during assemblies

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Complete_Ordinary183@reddit

Boy playing football on the gravel pitch at lunchtime with the brand new first ever Adidas Predator boots.

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KaiCypret@reddit

Desperately trying to remember what was cool in 1998.... puffer jackets?

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Hes-behind-you@reddit

Slamin Vinyl puffa jackets.

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ctesibius@reddit

Air rifles. This was in a farming area, and they did have a genuine purpose in pest control and potting rabbits to eat. The fact that everyone was packing around here, and there were rogue swans setting off sea mines was unrelated. Anyway, you needed a walnut stock extended with a shock-absorbing shoulder pad, and at least a 3-9x40 scope to have any credibility.

And you’re probably wondering - did we actually bring them in to school? Not normally, but I did once by request for a physics demo.

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reddictedtoredit@reddit

Whoever bought the footy in was god.

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Normal-Indication206@reddit

I bought an Umbro Tactic in to school as a kid once. It was a pimply thing, rock-hard. In hindsight, it would've worked way better as a basketball or a missile.

My cred took a bit of a hit after that incident.

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Despondent-Kitten@reddit

Do you mean 'the football?" or something similar?

I'm confused.

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kevio17@reddit

I don’t think I’ve ever heard the actual ball being called the footy!!

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reddictedtoredit@reddit

Yes the football

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I-Am-The-Warlus@reddit

Slang term for Football. Either watching football (TV or live) or playing it.

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ramsvy@reddit

in primary, whenever coloured paper was distributed you were one of the chosen few if the teacher randomly gave you red.

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Fir3Starter91@reddit

Jane Norm bags, JD strong bags, Rockports or Timberlands!

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sugarrayrob@reddit

Rockports or Timberlands makes me guess somewhere between Birmingham and Sheffield.

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Fir3Starter91@reddit

Worcestershire!

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Harrry-Otter@reddit

They were definitely big in Manchester as well.

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Bend_Latter@reddit

Rockports with white socks and trackie bottoms was Bolton certainly. Looked awful.

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Amazing_Goal_8003@reddit

Trackies always gotta be tucked into the Rockies so you looked smart

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NorthCountryLass@reddit

A new blazer, as opposed to a second-hand one or none. I had none

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snavej1@reddit

There were status symbols but those were replaced by newer status symbols quite frequently. Nothing stayed top for long.

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KopiteForever@reddit

Early to mid 80s, HEAD sports bag for school. Nike then came in a trumped the myriad of Head bags in various colours.

I was a god for about 2 weeks with the Nike bag until someone else got one.

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MaltDizney@reddit

Tech deck fingerboards

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pereuse@reddit

For me it was whoever had the coolest zelf

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MrD-88@reddit

Secondary school, Berghaus Mera Peak Jacket and Rockports. Elite level radgies (north east)

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lustybat@reddit

And a quater zip striped Fred Perry jumper, oioi.

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MrD-88@reddit

Accesorised with keeper rings, curb chains and burberry caps

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Sad_Cardiologist5388@reddit

The blue berghaus mera peak was big in my high school

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MrD-88@reddit

Red, grey or blue, didn't matter lol.

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Ok-Can-385@reddit

Dr Marten boots. 1970s !

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jimkounter@reddit

I remember when the ultimate flex was to own a Duncan Fire Wheel yo-yo in the playground,, rather than one of the more common butterfly or rainbow models.

A few years later it was Pony Linebacker trainers. I had a pair of the turquoise and blue ones. I absolutely loved them

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Fragrant_Ad3224@reddit

Doc Martins were it for a while

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Srade2412@reddit

For me in primary it was having my lego colours pencils and felt pens

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Exact-Character313@reddit

Having a pack of vitafruit candy after they were banned because all the kids were getting addicted to them and tripping out on vitamin overdose

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NLFG@reddit

Electronic organiser thing in about 1996 or so. Then by 1998/99 we were all getting phones. One of my mates had the Matrix Nokia phone in sixth form, which was the business.

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Derfel60@reddit

The year i joined was the first year of clip-on ties to prevent ‘peanutting’ so anyone who had a normal tie was the epitomy of cool. It was to the point that people would apply for head of house or head of sports because they hadnt changed it for those (they also had a silver strip through the house colours on the tie, i assume the school had bulk ordered the normal tie version to give out to future heads of house/sport before the change).

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dingdongbitch42@reddit

Guess Jeans Having a gold chain that was insured

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twospoons11@reddit

Having your hair professionally highlighted, most of us used a bottle of sun-in…..

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Meshla-Beviin-Ordo@reddit

Whoever had the baggiest road sweepers!

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Icy_Distribution3467@reddit

Having a pair of Puma king football boots

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queen_micks@reddit

Navy suede Fila trainers.

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aaaaaccccc1987@reddit

Rockports

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booroms@reddit

Nike total 90s

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Squiggs_007@reddit

In my day it was girls wearing boys’ shoes from Ravel (early to mid 70s). If not wearing the shoes then using the black and white carrier bag for one’s schoolbooks

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Hancri84@reddit

Curtains, Reebok Classics, Nike backpack, Fountain pen.

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ddbbaarrtt@reddit

Kickers, Adidas poppers, Nike Shox at various points

I started secondary school in 1998 so just having a phone in year 8 was a big one

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Bend_Latter@reddit

I started secondary school in 1992 I think. Kickers were a big deal, underneath I think it was red and green.

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ivy_man2@reddit

Yea I remember Kickers being a thing. We could not afford them!

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Bend_Latter@reddit

Me neither. Had some lookalikes from the market

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Parma_Violence_@reddit

Popper were great until your "mates" grabbed the bottom cuffs and popped them all the way up and used them as a wedgie swing

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LowM93@reddit

Two words. Helly. Hansen.

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brendon-uries-towel@reddit

Lammy pens. Year 7. 2014.

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Rare_Procedure7326@reddit

Navy blue Naff coats…yes I’m old

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No_Wrap_9979@reddit

Head bag, ski jacket.

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CrazyPlatypusLady@reddit

Kickers. And for a while, army surplus canvas shoulder bags. Never big enough for anything more than homework diary and pencil case so users should have either a secondary carrier bag or just carry their books in their arms. We did have lockers, but most were inaccessible between lessons.

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Devopopalopdous@reddit

A bag full of Pogs.

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cosmicrayz@reddit

Spliffy clothing

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judethecat1967@reddit

Benetton duffel bags!

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Opposite_Radio9388@reddit

At primary school, a Koosh or rave dummy.

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RippledBarbecue@reddit

BlackBerry curve and hollister

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lucymed@reddit

JD Sports plastic bag for your PE kit

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Parma_Violence_@reddit

A completed Panini sticker album

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saludpesetasamor@reddit

At primary school in the 80s, it was Clarks Magic Steps shoes with the little gemstones.

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Fit-Bedroom-7645@reddit

Primary school was a viper yo-yo. Quick Google suggests they're still pretty expensive even to this day, especially for an 8 year old

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Moomoocaboob@reddit

A teeny tiny tie. Sometimes done with the thinner side, sometimes with a stupidly fat knot. Ridiculous.

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Radiant_Sky4016@reddit

What about those watches that could control the TVs the teacher wheeled in for cover lessons?

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Scarred_fish@reddit

Dr Martins with steel toecaps. Anything Helly Hansen.

Still a good shout as an adult.

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Longjumping_Sand718@reddit

"Signed" Spice Girls photos that you bought at the cornershop.

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Jammin4B@reddit

Gen X:

Head bag, Kickers, Wallaby’s (ugly suede ‘pork pie’ style shoes) BK Trainers, (worn with the tongue pushed out’) Naf Naf coat, Dewberry or White Musk perfume from The Body Shop for the girls, Jazz or Cool Water aftershave for the boys, and in primary school a ‘jelly bag’ (a brightly coloured weaved plastic basket style bag) was an absolute ‘must have’ for the in crowd!

So many memories rushing back recalling all these items!

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JustPlayTheGame1@reddit

Primary school? Having a pen license

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Ryohiko@reddit

A Superdry windbreaker jacket when I was year 7/8! (2009-2011) era

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Karl-Pilkinghorn@reddit

Hair dyed black underneath and platinum blonde on top

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haggis_catcher-@reddit

Secondary school it was a berghaus mera peak jacket and the roll up timberland boots. You were the shit if you had those

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Diddleymaz@reddit

The biggest knot on your tie, huge clumpy platform shoes and a very stiff front/ side flick hairstyle preferably spray coloured green or purple too. 1974 secondary modern. The male equivalent was the tie and shoes but with very loose baggy trousers.

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mcwibs@reddit

A Head holdall bag

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super_starmie@reddit

Shiny charizard card

No one ever actually had one, but lots of kids had an uncle who worked for Nintendo and so they had loads of them at home ... 🤣

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shinymcshine1990@reddit

Yo-Yo

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RoyceCoolidge@reddit

Late 80's primary school - James Bond watch (preceded by a calculator watch)

Early 90s - secondary school - slim Aiwa feather-touch auto-reverse Walkman.

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UrsulaSpelunking@reddit

A filofax, for about two terms around 1987...

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Decalvare_Scriptor@reddit

This is Not a Love Song by PIL, 12 inch, black and white logo cover.

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boredsittingonthebus@reddit

Those Adidas trackie bottoms with the buttons that popped open all the way down the legs. I think most parents thought they were a daft idea, so it made them a bit rarer and, therefore, more desirable.

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I_like_Your_Face500@reddit

Kappa popper joggers

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spinners_888@reddit

Junior school - probably trolls

Secondary school - branded clothing for boys started off with sports labels then moved on to branded clothing like Tommy Hilfiger, YSL, Polo Ralph Lauren, Hugo Boss; branded frangerances, import games consoles, portable Minidisc player, Nokia 3110

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HungryFinding7089@reddit

I'm old, it was a HEAD bag

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traviscotty@reddit

Not peak necessarily but I remember weirdly fluorescent Umbro backpacks and Addidas trainers in the late 1990s.

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anonymous_girl_99@reddit

Primary school - scoobies, gel pens, Gogos, those aliens in the egg.

Secondary school - BlackBerrys, Impulse and Hollister body sprays, those bright coloured Hollister hoodies.

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nanu991@reddit

My sisters borrowed Nike air force 1's trainers for a day in the mid 90's. Felt like a king with every kid looking and compliment them. Then the disappointment of my sister finding out and back to wearing my own poundstretcher cheapo's the next day. Back down the social trainer ladder until I got better ones.

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IcyMathematician2668@reddit

Leather cortez nikes

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Glad_Character_2394@reddit

NAF jackets, then bomber jackets. This would’ve been early to mid 90s.

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IllustratorOk479@reddit

Decent micro scooter. Especially if it had the strap attached that could be used to shoulder sling it

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Visby@reddit

We went to visit family in Australia when these were at peak coolness and I remember my mum's cousin over there buying me one as a surprise

My parents meanwhile, were (reasonably) absolutely raging that they had to somehow get it back across the world on several long-haul flights lmao

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WaferGlobal1376@reddit

The small nike "just do it" backpacks that folded all of your books at the edges lol

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YouthThat3880@reddit

Idk if it was a Liverpool thing but there was a trend of wearing Jesus bracelets.

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riotlady@reddit

Secondary school was Links of London charm bracelets for the girls and a massive River Island handbag to carry all your books in. DKNY Be Delicious perfume to be carried at all times and sprayed LIBERALLY every time you had a fag.

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Snickerty@reddit

A very long time ago, the height of coolness was having a particular type of school shoe. They looked like a normal pair of Mary Janes (ballet shoe with a buckled strap across the front. But, BUT...(take a breath) the strap could swing round the back....and make SLIP ON SHOES!!!!!

I am now 49 years old, but I still feel the burning resentment of my mum because she would not buy me a pair.

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Cultural-Turnip-8840@reddit

Fila boots

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SpecialLengthiness29@reddit

10 hole Dr Martens had a certain cachet.

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Fizl99@reddit

In primary school it was a rara skirt. Secondary school it could have been jelly bags, head bags, putting a whole tub of wet look gel on your hair (or can of mousse if you had a perm)

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Robmeu@reddit

Adidas hold-all type bag, not the smaller over the shoulder one without handles, that was for peasants. Later it was the army surplus hessian bag, which everyone had moved to when the kid with the small Adidas bag finally persuaded his parents to buy the hold-all. Complicated world.

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ohdeerohdeerohdeer23@reddit

Hollister PE bags
Colourful iPhones (4s?) and then Rose gold ones
Jack Wills’ gilet on mufti days
Proper Converse

The erasable gel pens were huge when I was in y6

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ohdeerohdeerohdeer23@reddit

Sixth form- Pandora birthstone rings. Now I look back, hideous!

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moppykitty@reddit

Do you remember those charity wristbands? There was one that was two bands one black and one white that interlocked and said “stand up speak up”

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Shoulder-Ordinary@reddit

Jansport backpack. Straps low! I begged my mum for one. She didn't seem impressed by it, but was impressed by the 10 year or so guarantee and relented. 25 years later I'm still using it.

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Bend_Latter@reddit

Adidas torsion

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Left_Celebration4256@reddit

Adidas galaxy trainers. Yellow blue and white. https://www.arimat.co.uk/blog/archival-rummaging-adidas-galaxy-ii-1996

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darknessdog15@reddit

This

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PaulSpangle@reddit

Using a Puma Fluos sports bag as your school bag.

I'm calling it Puma Fluos, but can't find any pictures of it online. It was black, but the two end pockets were either fluorescent green or fluorescent pink.

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glytxh@reddit

A metal Pogs slammer.

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Stoo84@reddit

Spliffy jeans.

Adidas long coaches jacket

Over the shoulder messenger bags

Kickers and later rockports

Kappa tracksuits

Adidas popper trousers

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Rawshark96@reddit

In primary school, one kid's mom would put sandwich stickers on his sandwich bag. Every day at lunchtime, he would choose a lucky one to bestow the sticker onto their lunchbox. The status symbol was whoever had the most stickers on their box. Every now and again, some kid's parent would peel all the stickers off the box when cleaning it. Utter devastation.

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Awkward_Stranger407@reddit

1 battery Walkman

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Appropriate_Trader@reddit

The latest Adidas popper pants.

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K0monazmuk@reddit

NIke Air Jordan 6’s when they first appeared……now classed as ‘Retro’

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Ned-Nedley@reddit

Not getting diddled by the pe teacher.

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KinnyWater@reddit

Having a blackberry bold

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tamhenk@reddit

Head Bag. Bigger the better. I had a big one and it was far too big.

It had a zip off side bag. My mate brought his pet mouse to school one day in his side bag.

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soulsteela@reddit

Dr Martens boots, hi top trainers, flecked trousers, skateboard, reebok pumps. Raleigh burner BMX.

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VioletDime@reddit

It was the school bag.

Initially a sports bags, can't remember what brand but big almost like a tennis racket bag. Had to carried with one strap only, so ultimately it ripped pretty quickly. Parents not amused.

Then is was the army bag. Black or yellow were favoured. Covered in felt tip band names, tippex and badges. Teachers not amused!

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Keycuk@reddit

I remember a kid bringing in a Game boy before they were released in England that was pretty special, other than that, Reebok Pumps or Nike air Max. I realise that these answers give away my status as an old fart

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winkywoo75@reddit

Brand name trainers or a head bag

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revpidgeon@reddit

Those large Head bags.

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Terrible-Bad-9002@reddit

Shiny Charizard

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Bingbongbinnng282@reddit

Currently in the final months of Yr11 lol, for my school it was and still slightly is vapes lol

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Terrible-Bad-9002@reddit

Shiny Charizard

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FlamingosFortune@reddit

Anything Jack Wills and slouch boots, later replaced by Ugg boots.

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Competitive-Chest438@reddit

Custom cover on your 3210

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sugarrayrob@reddit

5110 with the light up aerial!

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Competitive-Chest438@reddit

Oooh well la di dah /s

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Despondent-Kitten@reddit

Ohhhh wow, yes this was status!

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looneylewis007@reddit

If you had the HTC Wildfire S or a blackberry.

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ReallyIntriguing@reddit

Mannn, the lag the HTC Wildfire used to have still gives me nightmares lol

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EddieIzzardOnToast@reddit

Probably the worst phone I’ve ever owned

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ReallyIntriguing@reddit

🤣🤣

My Samsung E900 was better!

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PsychologicalDish430@reddit

Kickers

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Bumblebee-Bzzz@reddit

Bright green or orange adidas trainers, circa 1997

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DisloyalMouse@reddit

There was a period in my secondary school where having your belly button pierced was peak and instantly made you super cool.

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lozz79@reddit

Pretty much always trainers. In yrar 6 I managed to convince my mum I'd get bullied if I didn't have a pair of Reebok pumps. In reality nobody else had them and i just wanted to be cool. Sorry mum.

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why-am-i-here_again@reddit

aiwa walkman millimetres bigger than the cassette it was playing

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Junior_Tradition7958@reddit

A sovereign ring.

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EddieIzzardOnToast@reddit

Those Topshop black trousers that were made from the worst material that were tight at the top and wide legged at the bottom. My mum wouldn’t let me have them because they were £30 ☹️ at least I had my LG Chocolate and a lot of Bebo luv to get me through the tough times

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uttertosser@reddit

Big head bag or kappa coat

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ExcellentAd6853@reddit

Showing my age here but if you had a lacy hair band and fingerless gloves like Madonna,you were it.

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sugarrayrob@reddit

A Schott hoody.

And then someone's mum would put theirs in a hot wash and ruin it.

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DeirdreBarstool@reddit

For a while it was a pen with a big puffy feather on the end, like cher from clueless.

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pooinyourear@reddit

A minidisc player.

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h00dman@reddit

The local shop started selling those plastic straws filled with sherbet, so people started collecting the empty ones.

It's fucking gross when I think about it now.

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CommercialAsparagus@reddit

When we had to wear black formal shoes but the cool/rich kids had the black astroturf and just got away with it all the time.

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Nathan_DUB_LON@reddit

Pepe jackets Jansport bags NaffNaff jumpers

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fatboyfat1981@reddit

Patent Leather Loafers circa 1996-1999

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JLUK95@reddit

Primary school: Helly Hanson jackets Secondary school: Blackberry or iPhone

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Abwettar@reddit

Those disney bags with tigger/piglet/eeyore and matching pencil cases.

Also football coins briefly.

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