Welcome Eighties Ladies

This blog is dedicated to the girls that I have known and loved for many years, my friends from the North Central High School Class of 1988.

Gina, Janie, Micki, Michelle, Kelly, Bobbi. There were others over the years, but you gals are the ones who shared my deepest secrets, my most cherished memories of growing up and the milestones of my youth.

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Hey, anybody remember this old place?

Oh what memories we made in and around this place! From the lowly days of lockers in the annex or music hall (where the Freshman lived in isolation) to the throne of Senior Prom, Senior Skip Day and Graduation. This is the place we learned more than just school lessons, the place we blossomed into the women we are today, the place where we realized who our true and lasting friends really were.

I do love you girls. I think of you often and long for the good old days when life was simpler, laughter was easier and love was about knowing who your true friends were.

Bobbi

Anyone recognize this little Beauty?

Gina Guffey, 1977

One Hot Mama!

A Hundred Years Ago...

OMG!!! Thank you so much to Vanessa for contributing these fantastic photos! Was this 8th grade girls? Anybody know who's hiding under that baby blue Members Only jacket? LOL! And look at Stephanie Etter's knee socks! You go girl! I love it!

















Hey Gina, were you doing the Robot in this second shot or what? LOL!

Anyone feel like Cruising?

How many Friday and Saturday nights did we spend on this street? Hey, do you guys remember that flip sign we used to have? OMG!!! I think I literally peed my pants laughing over that thing!

"The Bet"

Hey, anyone remember "The Bet" at prom? LOL!

OMG!!!

This is pretty cool...now i have to say we didnt even have things like...OMG...LOL...but we did have...AWESOME...still one of my favs....and a large amount of really cool fashions and styling products....the kids these days dont know what they are missing....

I remember my dad would make fun of our hair all the time....but i loved it and still morn the lose daily!!!!!

What about the blue or green eyeliner...my personal fav was the teal....Wow the eighties fashions were great...Shopping at Northtown mall....didnt we all pretty much have a job there at one point...and dont forget pegging our levis....now i wish they made them bigger...lol....we were making them smaller.....acid washing our jeans in a bucket with bleach...that didnt really turn out too good...but hey we tried....shoulder pads...man who could forget those....i think the may have helped make my boobs look bigger...not sure about that one....so many things to remember...this is a fun blog...thanx bobbi...my memory isnt as sharp as id hoped it to be...so ill be posting more later....i could ramble on about all sorts of stuff....but then it wouldnt come across as witty and organized....god help me...lol....you girls are the best....cant believe its been 20yrs....we shouldnt have let it take that long to get back on track....so glad we are all here now....cheers to all of you....xoxoxoxoxo........kelly

Various Places We Loved....

Who could ever forget this place? Gut Busters and Fries with tartar? Cruising Riverside always ended at Dick's and the hope of a new romance???


Can you believe I actually found a picture of this old place online??? Does anyone know if it's still standing and/or in business?



Football games will never be as good as they were here. What a blast!


Now I know you guys remember the old Coliseum - the circus, the Harlem Globetrotters, the basketball games. I've been to the new Arena, but it's just not the same...


The highlight of our teens...the driveinn. OMG, do you remember these old dinosaurs? The lines for concessions and, of course, the ladies bathroom! Remember giant tubs of popcorn, speakers hung on windows, boxes of wine coolers and Purple Passion and even the upfront playgrounds? And how about $5 carloads?

Humble beginnings...

Anybody else remember playing Dodgeball against that damn green rainbow? Or tetherball? Smear the Queer? Foursquare?