1. When crisps came with the chance to win prizes.
2. When you had no internet so had to entertain yourself with space pinball.
3. When you’d finish your dinner just in time to watch The Simpsons on BBC Two at 6pm.
4. When you had to create ringtones yourself on a Nokia.
5. When the whole nation was gripped by the mystery of who shot Phil Mitchell.
6. When this was the coolest bedding anyone could have.
7. Because it matched your collection.
8. When your bedroom looked like this.
9. Or like this.
10. When everyone had this on their diary.
11. When you used phone cards in phone boxes...and collected them too.
12. When you proved your worth at school by how good your furry sticker collection was.
13. When Clarks Magic Steps shoes were the only footwear you were interested in.
14. When a Saturday afternoon trip here was the highlight of your week.
15. When you picked your birthday presents by circling things with a fluorescent highlighter in the Argos catalogue.
16. When you'd entertain yourself in school by creating as many rubbings from your eraser as possible.
17. When the best birthday party was a McDonald's birthday party.
18. And when Happy Meals came with official Disney toys.
19. When these guys taught you to read.
20. When Ceefax was this mysterious alternative world in your TV that you never quite understood.
21. When this thing aired through the night on BBC Two.
22. And later on, when BBC Learning Zone filled the 4am time slot.
23. When this guy was the most inspirational human on the planet.
24. And when this guy was the most terrifying person you’d ever seen.
25. When going to Woolworths meant filling up on pick ‘n’ mix.
26. When a Reebok advert featuring a man being chased by belly gave you actual nightmares.
27. When accessing the internet meant needing an AOL free-trial disc.
28. When you spent your own money buying chocolate you already owned.
29. When you bought PlayStation magazines just for the demo discs.
30. When you could judge someone's entire character by whether they bought Pokémon Red or Blue.
31. When you'd buy magazines mostly for the free gifts that came with them.
32. When you'd waste most of your pocket money trying to fill up your Merlin sticker album.
33. When operating the overhead projector felt like the biggest responsibility in the world.
34. And when this drink was mysteriously only available as a prize in school raffles and tombolas.
