I haven't even made the stollen yet! I'm tempted to leave some lights up, as it's just too cold and miserable without them.

8. I don't remember Max Ramsay being this angry.

7. Everyone looks about 10 years older than their real age, thanks to 1980s fashions. Shane & Daphne have the same hairstyle.

6. The background music is sometimes bizarre. My particular favourite was a scene at a teenage party where they were dancing to some kind of lounge jazz (don't worry, they were raging to some '80s tunes later). I have heard that Suddenly by Angry Anderson has been replaced 😮

5. The lighting is so dark that any scenes outdoors at night are just completely black. You have to pay attention to voices/sound to fill in the blanks. Apparently this gets better around ep 128.

4. The Robinson household is highly progressive and now wondering if that's why I got so hooked on this as a child.

3. They're only using three houses on Ramsay Street at this point and two families, plus Des Clarke & Daphne's house. No Lassiter's complex yet. It still works on a smaller scale (might be useful for a lower budget reboot, hint hint).

2. It's racier than I remember, but I have learned that the BBC used to edit it to fit into time slots. Apparently the tea time episode was shorter than the lunch time one.

You've just reminded me, someone nearby has a side gate painted like the Tardis. I can't confirm if the side of their house is bigger than it seems behind the gate.

Here's Customs House (note the overhead railway!) Sadly now a Hilton hotel, probably John Lewis and part of Liverpool One stand it's place.

Just to add, there's nothing wrong with creative writing at all, but it's just not something I'm interested in. He plucked it from nowhere when he should've been trying to treat depression.

Isn't there something about that being a sign of good luck? Not for your clothes/hair, though.

And it's impossible to read it without singing it in your head. I think I can even remember the Red Rose Rock FM jingle (just about).