The 80's were the decade of lumo gear. Pink and yellow wetsuits were considered normal. Clothes were hectically bright, kuifs for the ou's and beeeeg hair for the chicks, and everyone wore raybans. You jolled at Limelight (aka Slimelight) at the bottom of Russell Road, the Pig n Whistle at the Marine Hotel, and Einsteins under Barney's. Summerseas didn't exist, instead there was the dodgy Summerstand Hotel - complete with dodgier bar. The Red Windmall was a roadhouse not a dive centre. Your late-night chow was at the Casbah, now the Courtyard Hotel. You went to Playland on the open ground just above Hummies, where the City Lodge is today. Yah, things were different back then...
If you have any shots of the 80's or 90's, please email them to me, would love to add them to the gallery.