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Check out these fresh new ET T-Shirts we've just added to the site!  Everyones favourite Extra Terrestrial from the classic 1982 film is back in our amazing Keep Calm and Phone Home retro tees.  Inspired by the morale boosting Keep Calm and Carry On propaganda posters originally produced during the Second World War but experiencing a resurgence in popularity recently, this design is classic and instantly recognisable.

These Keep Calm T-shirts are available in both ladies and mens sizes.

And if this T Shirt design has got you reminiscing about the sci-fi movie masterpiece from the 80s, here's a trailer to cheer up your day.  They don't make them like this anymore!

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I forget what triggered the conversation in the office the other day but we somehow got on to the conversation of retro brands that you just don't see anymore.....

Whether you were after some new jeans, the latest trainers or some new cool t-shirts these brands were what I wanted. Unfortunately with these brands vanished before the digital age of social media or the internet there really isn't very much information about them so I'm not sure how widespread the appeal was. Hopefully the brands I've focused on mean something to you guys around the country. But here's some of my favourites anyway....

The Sweater Shop - Sometimes parents made/needed their offspring to look 'smart' and there was only one garment to do this, a Sweater Shop sweater! A good quality, heavyweight, knitted jumper was always a parent pleaser and luckily highly fashionable at the time. They came in a multitude of (generally hidious) colours and designs to suit most tastes and occasions. A wardrobe must-have that earned you 'cool points' down the youth club.

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February 1989 will be remembered for a number of interesting reasons. The Soviet army withdrew its last troops from occupied Afghanistan; Sky TV launched in Europe; Salman Rushdie had a $3m bounty placed on his head and the first GPS satellite was launched into space.

But here at Truffle Towers, the big news of February 1989 was the launch of the best kids TV game show that has ever been! Set in a zany obstacle course, Fun House delighted us young telly addicts with it's fast paced Grand Prix, gungey games and the tag hunt finale around the house.

Fun House became an immediate hit, propelling it's host Pat Sharp into TV stardom.  Pat hosted each of the 146 episodes of the show's 11 year run and has since appeared on Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Come Dine With Me and I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out O Here!, famously messing with Lorraine Chase's teddy and causing "Tedwardgate".

Today, Pat hosts the afternoon show on national Smooth Radio, runs an online presenter academy (www.presenteracademy.co.uk) and spins his wheels of steel DJing at events all over the world.

We're lucky enough to work directly with Pat on our range of Pat Sharp T-Shirts and Fun House T-Shirts and thought you TruffleShufflers would be as interested as we were to hear some of Pat's memories of working in kids TV in the 80s and 90s.

TS: Let's get the obvious questions asked first Pat... What was the best and worst thing about owning such an impressive mullet?

PS: I think the best thing about the mullet was the fact that twenty years later, people still remember it and talk about it! Not many people can say that their haircut from the 80's is still a talking point!

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