Man obsessed with the '90s spends £5k turning flat into time capsul

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Jack Walters loves the 1990s – so much so that he’s turned his flat into a time capsule of the period, filling it with retro tech like VHS players and telephone alarm clocks.

His commitment to the era also extends to his everyday life, as he even drives an old ‘G reg’ Austin Mini Metro.

The illustrator believes the 90s had the ‘perfect balance of enough technology to keep us entertained, but not enough to feel like an overload’ – though he admits he has to explain what his VHS tapes are to younger relatives. So Jack began scouring charity shops and eBay for decor with the ’90s flavour he loved, and as he grew his collection, friends and family also started to gift him items they thought he’d like.supports HTML5 video

Photos show Jack’s home full of Ikea catalogues from 1997, old Nokia phones and a bulky, square laptop displaying Windows ’95. Down to the Men Behaving Badly video boxsets and Now That’s What I Call Music cassette tapes, it’s a haven for reminiscing about a simpler time.‘At a push, I’d say my favourite item is probably my radio-alarm clock-telephone,’ said Jack.

Did you really live through the ’90s if your parents didn’t inexplicably have farmyard-themed decor?

 

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