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🎤 The Forgotten Boyband That Deserved Better: A Love Letter to Avenue
Before you call me biased — yes, I had a personal connection.Yes, my cousin was in Avenue.And YES, that made them the coolest band in the world in my eyes. But even if I wasn’t connected to them by blood, I would’ve still been a fan. Because Avenue? They had something. They had talent. They… Read more
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Saturday Shopping Trips
Once upon a time, before online shopping and Deliveroo existed, Saturday was sacred. It was shopping day. You’d wake up buzzing — maybe eat a slice of toast, maybe skip breakfast entirely because town was calling — and you’d pile into the car with your mum, your Nan, or a mate. No one had any… Read more
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The Tammy Girl Photo Booth: A Rite of Glittery Girlhood
Feat. an unearthed treasure from my youth, courtesy of my mum There are childhood memories, and then there are Tammy Girl memories – sparkly, pastel-drenched, and full of questionable fashion choices that felt like the height of cool. So when my mum recently found an old strip of photo booth pics I took with a… Read more
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🫣 Asten Does Nostalgia: Childhood Fears Edition
“Why Was I Scared of That?” – A Deep Dive into My Tiny Anxious Brain Every kid is scared of something growing up — whether it’s monsters under the bed, being left behind at Tesco, or accidentally turning evil like that one Goosebumps episode. But some of my childhood fears were… less universal. More “very… Read more
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Was Basil Brush Actually My First Crush? (Spoiler: Yes)
I think I always knew my first crush was… unconventional. While other kids were swooning over boyband posters or teen heartthrobs in Disney Channel movies, I was tuning into CBBC and feeling a weird flutter in my chest when a certain puppet fox appeared on screen. Yep. Basil Brush.That silly, mischievous, chaotic little fox with… Read more
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🧼 “Washing Machines Live Longer with Calgon” – The Adverts That Live Rent-Free in My Head
I don’t know what it was about 90s and 00s adverts – maybe it was the jingles, maybe the weird over-acting, or maybe I just watched too much telly – but some of them are permanently embedded in my brain. Like, I couldn’t tell you what I had for lunch yesterday, but I can still… Read more
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That Damn Cake: The Curious Case of What’s the Time Mr Wolf?
🕒 That Damn Cake: The Curious Case of What’s the Time Mr Wolf? Filed under: VHS Memories, Lost Media, Unhinged Nostalgia You know when something from your childhood just lodges itself into your brain and refuses to leave — even though no one else seems to remember it? Yeah. That’s me with a certain VHS… Read more
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💿 LimeWire: The Glorious, Virus-Filled Chaos We Called Music
Before Spotify. Before YouTube. Before anyone paid for music unless it was on CD from Woolies… there was LimeWire. LimeWire wasn’t just a program. It was a lifestyle. A glitchy green portal where you could download your favourite songs… and also accidentally murder your computer. 🎧 The Vibe All you wanted was to download Year… Read more
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🖥️ Dial-Up Internet: A Love Letter to the Screech That Raised Us
Before broadband. Before WiFi. Before TikTok on your phone while you’re on the toilet. There was… dial-up internet — the chaotic, screeching, painfully slow gateway to online magic. And if you grew up in the 90s/00s, it was part of your personality. So let’s rewind. Literally. Because back then, everything took 14 minutes to load… Read more