40 years ago I wanted to be just like Sting in this video, young, talented, good looking and having a blast on a Caribbean island with my mates, unfortunately I was none of those things, The only box I could tick was being young (ish), still a great song though.
Same here, I grew up with music in the house as my parents and older brother used to by buy all the popular songs and play them on our Dansette portable record player. Everything from early Rock and Roll to power ballads, Trad Jazz, film music and all the top twenty hits, you name it they bought...
I was 10 and my older brother Pete, who was 15, had made me a sledge in woodwork class at school for Christmas, we made good use of it that year, but it was bloody cold. Used to go out for an hour till we couldn't feel our fingers, then back indoors to thaw out, and then back out for another...
CCBB was on for the summer season at The Regent Cinema and they had a full size mock up of the car above the entrance canopy, (separate to the one at the Station)
Also remember at Brighton Station they had the 'Moon Buggy' from the James Bond film Diamonds are Forever when it first came out.