Growing up in the 1980's

Following on from my "Good Old Times" discussion, I thought that I'd start a discussion about growing up in the 1980's...

It was during the 80's that I became a teenager with a certain amount of living carefree without the responsibilities that adult life brings and without knowing (or even suspecting) that I was autistic.
There was a lot going on - both good and bad.

BAD

• We were still going through the Cold War - as a child I remember the seemingly constant threat of nuclear war.
• The Falkland War
• The miners strike
• High unemployment (3 Million)
• Famine in Africa
• The rise of AIDS

GOOD

• The British Armed Forces demonstrated how capable they were in protecting the Falklands
• Space exploration was revitalised by the Space Shuttle programme
• Only 4 TV channels, mostly with great quality programming (no narcissistic reality crap!)
• Technological advances....that didn't take over our lives as mobile phones and social media have done
• Band Aid / Live Aid (probably one of the most positive memories that I had of the 80's)
• The Iron Curtain / Berlin Wall fell 
• IMHO, probably the best decade for music 

What are your memories from the 80's?
Do you remember them as the best times of your life? Or maybe the worst times?