Indiana Jones thrilled moviegoers in Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Only Fools and Horses made its TV debut.
These photos take you back to the early 80s - 1981, to be specific - capturing life around Northern Ireland as it looked then.
It was the year Northern Ireland produced one of its greatest exports, the iconic DeLorean car.
While it may have been a commercial failure, the design classic, with its gull-winged doors, went on to secure legendary status a few years later as the time-travelling car in the Back to the Future films.
The first DeLoreans can be seen rolling off the production line in this retro photo gallery, which also features days out at the horses, family fun at the motorcycle trials, shoppers queuing for the sales, and much more.
The nostalgic pictures take us inside the former home of Belfast’s oldest barber shop, which counted George Best among its customers; they show a proud mum with her New Year’s Day baby; and they capture the end of an era on the railway tracks.
Do these photos bring back any memories for you of the 80s? What do you miss most about life back then?
If you enjoyed this trip down memory lane, you might like this pictorial look back at life in 1989.
25. De Lorean
Car-maker John DeLorean in January 1981 with the first of his new DeLorean sports cars to roll off the Dunmurry factory assembly line. The car, with its iconic gull-wing doors, was not a commercial success but later achieved global fame as the time-travelling car in the Back to the Future films. Sadly, by the time the first film came out, in 1985, the company had already stopped trading. Only around 9,000 DeLoreans were ever made, but the car is today recognised as a design classic. | Belfast News Letter
26. Young speed demon
Delighted three-year-old Gavin McKnight, from Cregagh, Belfast, gets to sit on one of the bikes before the annual marathon motorcycle trial, organised by the Temple Club at Ballygowan, in January 1981 | Belfast News Letter Photo: Trevor Dickson