Article 5V0KM Experience: I live in the 1990s

Experience: I live in the 1990s

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Jack Walters
from World news | The Guardian on (#5V0KM)

We have a Spice Girls calendar on the door and an old VHS player - I watch my Vicar of Dibley box set on it

I was born in 1998, at the tail end of the decade I love. Titanic was in cinemas, Britney Spears released ... Baby One More Time, Geri Halliwell left the Spice Girls and Apple released the bright turquoise iMac computer.

I was too young to appreciate those things, but my first home in Mansfield was full of 90s decor. I loved the fun of it. The hallway was decorated in tongue and groove wood panelling, with green and terracotta wallpaper. We had a tangerine kitchen with bottle green appliances, and my bedroom was covered in suns and moons. Homes weren't decorated for Instagram then. People were less self-conscious and weren't afraid to experiment. I moved house about 15 times during my childhood but anything that harked back to the 90s felt like home.

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