#1980s Canada

[canadachronicles]

Oh, I do fancy a Nanaimo Bar, now! Or rather, as it is very hot here, I fancy a generous slice of my Frozen Nanaimo Pie! I'll have to find Joyce Hardcastle's winning recipe when I return from my holiday, though!

#and also visiting British Columbia in the near future would be nice!! #Nanaimo Bars #Ultimate Nanaimo Bars #Joyce Hardcastle #she looks like a truly sweet human! #How very Canadian! #Also this was in 1987; the year I was born! #1980s Canada #Radio Canada #CBC #Canadian Broadcasting Company #Canadian Broadcasting Corporation #Canada's Digital Archives #TBT #Throwback Thursday #Nanaimo #British Columbia #BC #Canada #Canada Chronicles #Youtube

[yodaprod]

Hyperion Computer System (1982)

#computer #canada #technology #8bit #1980s #80s #80's #1982

[prokopetz]

Canadian children's entertainment in the 1980s had a strange preoccupation with fostering misleading ideas about what size an elephant is.

#media #television #1980s #nostalgia #o canada

[haveyouseenthishorrormovie]

SUMMARY: Detective and doctor must find a way to stop a giant monstrous insect that's eating people in her quarantined hospital before it procreates and spreads a deadly infection it's carrying.

Mod Sus is huge large massive bug appreaciator and will absolutely pet this cutie. And watch the movie.

#blue monkey (1987) #science fiction #monster #disease horror #1980s #canada #north american movie #horror #movies #poll

[haveyouheardthisband]

#Celtic Folk Music #Celtic New Age #Contemporary Folk #Christmas Music #Chamber Folk #Irish Folk Music #1980s #1990s #Canada #poll #Spotify

[vintagepromotions]

Advertisement for Gay Lea fruit yogourt (1986).

#vintage advertisement #canada #1980s #gay lea #yogourt #yoghurt #yogurt #food #dairy #rainbow #ontario #fruit

[germanpostwarmodern]

Fort Whyte Interpretive Center (1983) in Winnipeg, Canada, by Carl R. Nelson Jr. & Moody More and Partners

#1980s #timber #architecture #canada #architektur #winnipeg

[obsessedbyneon]

Eaton Center, Toronto. Urban Commercial Space 51 - Process Architecture (1984)

Scan

#scan #this was a tough one to make better #eaton center #toronto #1980s #mall #mallwave #canada #80s

[humanoidhistory]

"Computer Revolution in Quebec," Aislin, 1984.

(McCord Stewart Museum)

#quebec #canada #8-bit #laptop #tech #1980s #1984

[wanderingmind867]

Random question, but who do you think was worse: Reagan, Thatcher or Brian Mulroney? The three conservative leaders of the 80s. Personally, I think Reagan was the worst of the three. And I think Mulroney was the best. Let me explain:

I think Mulroney was best. Because while Mulroney seems to have had some very bad domestic policies, at least he didn't get us involved in any major wars (as far as I'm aware), and he also opposed apartheid. So his foreign policy was at least not as bad as it could have been, which gets him the top spot.

Reagan was worst because both his domestic and foreign policy sucked. Reaganomics was bad for america, and his response to things like the AIDS crisis was also disastrous. And it's not like he had too good of a foreign policy either. He supported millitary coups all throughout Central and Southern America, and also there were things like Iran-Contra which probably show his bad foreign policy. Also, he tried to veto MLK Jr Day from becoming a thing. Who does that!?

So because Mulroney is best and Reagan is worst, I guess Thatcher is the one in the middle slot. She's worse than Mulroney, but better than Reagan. She had a bad domestic policy too (I think), but at least she didn't get the UK involved in as many coups and wars as the US (I think this is true). Also, at least one can say she has an interesting background. She supposedly wanted to be a chemist before going into politics. Which is interesting to me.

But either way, I wonder if anybody else has any thoughts on all this? Who do you consider worst, and who do you consider best here?

#canada #usa #uk #1980s #politics #us politics #uk politics #canada politics #leftism #maybe I should tag that? #my thoughts #I was inspired to make this #After seeing a youtube video critical of ronald reagan #i haven't seen it yet #but I might later #autism #asd #audhd #rambles

[stefhy846loveu]

#princess diana #british royal family #diana spencer #princess of wales #fashion #iconic #1980s #canada

[goldenstarprincesses]

There is one thing and one thing only that Matthew holds resentment towards his brother about 

It's not about Alfred being the world's only superpower. Not about Alfred's wealth. Not about Alfred clearly being Arthurs preferred son. Not even that Francis has historically always seeming gravitated towards being Alfred's mentor. All those things he can live with or has learned to live with.  

The thing that he holds the most resentment about? Alfred uses 5 in 1 Irish Spring and Dial bar soap yet has prefect hair and skin. All while Matthew spends thousands of dollars every year on expensive hair care and skincare products in the never-ending battle to get his acne prone skin and fly-away soft curly hair under control.

And to make matters worse, the Dial soap is actually a new addition to Alfred's routine. He was finally convinced to stop using homemade wood ash soap in the late 70s.

#or is this all a lie that he lets Matt think? and he really gets treatment from some state of the art Hollywood esthetician #once Alfred showed up a meeting in the mid-1980s with longer then normal hair #his curls were on full display until Matt grabbed him and was like “cut it. Cut it now. long curly hair MY thing. It's all I have you dick #and since then Alfred has never let his hair out of the army regulated cut lamo #hws america #hws canada #alfred f jones #matthew williams #historical hetalia #hws england #na bros #hws #aph #hetalia

[yodaprod]

Whistler Mountain Conference Centre, Whistler BC, Canada (1985)

#canada #interior #architecture #1980s #80s #80's #1985

[freddiemercurylegendabovelegends]

🔸The Girl In The Audience

by Patrick Lemieux

The band had agreed prior to this to allow the company Mobilevision to film them in concert. The resulting film would be toured by the company for paying audiences. Two special concerts were planned for November 24th and 25th for The Forum in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 19 year old Sarah Bernard had no idea that attending the concerts would result in her being immortalized on film.

“I attended both nights for the Montreal shows, and was fortunate enough to be up front both nights,” says Sarah, “My sister Cathy and her friend Christian Giddings got three tickets for both nights and invited me to go, as they knew I was a fan, so I was lucky in that sense.”

Sarah goes on to explain, “I had been a Queen fan since the mid-1970s, when I received my first Queen album. It was Sheer Heart Attack, and it was given to me as a gift. I would often listen to certain songs and associate them with certain memories in my mind, and listening to Killer Queen always reminded me of the first time I played the album and broke in my record player at my best friend’s house. The album that I played the most in the ‘70s, however, was probably A Day at the Races. I had seen Queen two times before the Montreal shows.

At the Montreal shows, Sarah was able to make her way to a priceless spot perfect for taking pictures. "I’m sure there were reserved spots up front for professional photographers and media people outside of the film crew, but most people around me were simply fans,” she says.

Throughout the concert film, which is edited together from both nights, Sarah can be glimpsed center stage in the audience, occasionally taking pictures. Unfortunately, she no longer has the photos she took at the shows. Sarah says, “They were not the greatest quality, but I was proud of them.”

Of the band’s performance, Sarah says of Freddie, “I recall thinking that he made it very hard to NOT watch him. He was a wonderful performer, and I was reminded of how incredibly he commanded the stage. It had been a few years since I’d seen them last, and I’d forgotten what a force he really was up there. In the two shows I’d seen before, I was not as close to the stage, but I was still enchanted by how he worked the crowd. It really was like he held us all in the palm of his hand. Like we were being manipulated, and we loved it! A feeling I’ve felt with very few other acts. Brian and Roger were just as swift and amazing as I’d remembered from the previous shows. Watching Roger drum was almost hypnotic! John always seemed like the quiet and reserved type in photos and magazines, but live on stage, he always shined!”

Sarah goes on to recall, “Towards the end of the first show, I had spent some time trying to get their attention for a wave or a smile, and I made eye contact with John who nodded at me and returned my smile, which made my night even better! I also remember getting goosebumps during a few numbers both nights and even in the two previous shows I’d seen. Most notably during, ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’!”

At the end of “Love Of My Life,” the cameras captured a truly moving moment in Sarah’s reaction as she stands still and glassy-eyed amid the erupting audience around her. She remembers what was going through her mind in that moment, “Every time I heard ‘Love of My Life’, I felt a bit emotional. I had fallen in love with a man who I truly saw a future with, and who used to play a few songs to serenade me while we were dating. ‘Love of My Life’ was one of those songs, and both nights I can remember feeling like I was on the verge of very happy tears just thinking about my love. He was on my mind and in my heart at the time I was being filmed.”

Sarah didn’t know she specifically had been filmed in her moment of quiet reflection, “We did see the cameras at the shows, but I never really noticed them facing me. I assumed they were filming the crowd as a mass of people.”

“Those were my last two shows with Freddie”

Full Interview 👇

https://www.queenonline.com/features/the-girl-in-the-audience-fan-feature-by-patrick-lemieux

➡️ Patrick Lemieux is a Canadian artist and writer. He is co-author (with Adam Unger) of The Queen Chronology book, available at Amazon -

#freddie mercury #queen band #london #zanzibar #legend #queen #brian may #john deacon #freddiebulsara #roger taylor #1980 #montreal #canada #patrick Lemieux #queen on line

[haveyouseenthishorrormovie]

SUMMARY: Scanners are men and women born with incredible telepathic and telekinetic powers. There are many who exercise the benefits of their special gifts in a safe and judicious manner. However, there is a group of renegade scanners who plan to create a race that will rule the world.

#scanners (1981) #science fiction #superpowers character #1980s #canada #north american movie #mentionable warning #suicide #horror #movies #poll

[haveyouheardthisband]

#Pop Rock #AOR #Hard Rock #Rock #Folk Rock #Soft Rock #1970s #1980s #Canada #poll #Spotify