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🗓️ 2 December 2020
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It was a typical room for a teenage boy in the 1980s: football programmes on his desk with his homework, a well-used Amstrad HI-FI system with a tape cassette and radio, used to record the top chart hits on a Sunday, hitting the pause button before the DJ fades back in. Posters of his favourite musical acts covered the walls: Mel and Kim, T'Pau, Madonna, Samantha Fox — standard fare in 1988. His single bed, pushed against the wall of his cosy room, with his black pyjama bottoms tucked neatly under his pillow to wear the next night, but there would not be a next night…
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1:48.7 | Listener caution is advised. It was a typical room for a teenage boy in the 1980s. |
2:12.9 | Football programs on his desk with his homework. |
2:16.9 | A well-used Amstrad hi-fi system with a tape cassette and radio used to record the top |
2:23.5 | chart hits on a Sunday, hitting the pause button before the DJ fades back in. |
2:30.7 | Posters of his favourite musical acts covered the walls. |
2:34.9 | Melan Kim, Tauau, Madonna, Samantha Fox, standard fare in 1988. |
2:45.3 | His single bed pushed against the wall of his cosy room, |
2:49.5 | with his black pyjama bottoms tucked neatly under his pillow to wear the next night. |
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