It was just before the Internet boom, in the times before kids were glued to their phones. It was probably the last decade when kids were truly free of modern technology – they still passed notes between them in the classroom and phoned their mates on a landline when they got home. It was when TV still only had four mainstream channels which taught lessons in patience by having to wait a full week for the next episode. They were simpler times in a long gone era.
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