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ventaI have just been watching a little bit of the world yo-yo championships on youtube (which is very impressive, by the way, you should check it out).
However, it led to a conversation with colleagues about the 1980s yo-yo craze. A colleague of mine insists it was around 1987-1988, which I dispute since I'm fairly sure it was well over by the time I went to secondary school ('87). We considerd that the craze may have hit different areas of the country at different times, but in general I'd expect the North (where I was) to be behind the South (where he was).
Suggestions that the North was so far behind that it only managed to catch up with the previous craze in the 80's are regarded as rude :)
Wikipedia unhelpfully notes the "1960s resurgence" and the "1990s technological renaissance", but is bizarrely quiet on the topic of the 80s. Maybe the 80s plague of yo-yi was limited to the UK?
Anyone have any data points to offer?
I had a bright yellow Duncan Rainbow, if you're curious. I still have :) (And I can still do around 0.75 of a trick with it.)
However, it led to a conversation with colleagues about the 1980s yo-yo craze. A colleague of mine insists it was around 1987-1988, which I dispute since I'm fairly sure it was well over by the time I went to secondary school ('87). We considerd that the craze may have hit different areas of the country at different times, but in general I'd expect the North (where I was) to be behind the South (where he was).
Suggestions that the North was so far behind that it only managed to catch up with the previous craze in the 80's are regarded as rude :)
Wikipedia unhelpfully notes the "1960s resurgence" and the "1990s technological renaissance", but is bizarrely quiet on the topic of the 80s. Maybe the 80s plague of yo-yi was limited to the UK?
Anyone have any data points to offer?
I had a bright yellow Duncan Rainbow, if you're curious. I still have :) (And I can still do around 0.75 of a trick with it.)
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Date: 2011-09-15 09:38 am (UTC)Oh, and some sort of yo-yo maestro came to our school and did a presentation!
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Date: 2011-09-15 09:38 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-09-15 09:50 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-09-15 10:06 am (UTC)I remember a yo-yo craze. Sadly, I can't even remember whether I was in primary of secondary school at the time, though I think primary which would make it '87 to '88. Probably.
...that's in Perthshire, obviously.
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Date: 2011-09-15 10:31 am (UTC)(Again with the Helen Love lyrics?)
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Date: 2011-09-15 10:44 am (UTC)I'm sure I must know a song lyric about yo-yi, but I'm blowed if I can work out what it is. It's very probably also Helen Love :)
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Date: 2011-09-15 11:21 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2011-09-15 12:00 pm (UTC)I really can't be sure when I think it was, I guess I'd hazard '84-'86ish. I wish I could remember which class I was in.
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Date: 2011-09-15 07:12 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-09-16 09:23 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-09-16 08:59 am (UTC)I can pinpoint this pretty accurately to the last couple of months of 1987 onwards, as I remember buying a 1988 Beano calendar from my local newsagent just before christmas and there being the yo-yos on sale at the same time.
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Date: 2011-09-16 09:23 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-09-16 02:54 pm (UTC)