{"id":90,"date":"2026-01-11T16:33:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T16:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ukag.org.uk\/?p=90"},"modified":"2026-02-20T11:59:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T11:59:34","slug":"the-retro-zone-lake-district-nostalgia-for-amstrad-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ukag.org.uk\/index.php\/2026\/01\/11\/the-retro-zone-lake-district-nostalgia-for-amstrad-fans\/","title":{"rendered":"The Retro Zone: Lake District Nostalgia for Amstrad Fans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you are on holiday in one of the most beautiful parts of the UK, the Lake District, it\u2019s well worth a visit to The Retro Zone<\/a>, a collection of 70s and 70s nostalgia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

UKAG founding members Simon Green and Jo Cook enjoyed wandering around and talking to the owners about their personal memories from the decades many of us grew up in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Simon Green and the CPC 464 at The Retro Zone.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s peak 70s\/80s microcomputing nostalgia, instant \u201cI had that\u201d or, more often, \u201cI wanted that\u201d feeling, and a museum full of memory-triggering kit from the home computer boom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Learning to code the hard way, such as typing in pages of code from books\/magazines, battling tiny errors and the sheer patience it took. That experience is very Amstrad CPC and its peers territory and is also one of the ways Jo cut her teeth in the publishing world, as co-author of the Amstrad Action Basically Basic<\/a><\/em> type-in articles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Retro computers inspiring careers – these machines launched careers, and the technical skills still matter years later. Did it have an impact on yours, comment below?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Museum co-owner Linda Curley commented:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s nice to see the youngsters when they are getting involved with the old tech.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

For more retro fun, come along to our June meetup in Surrey<\/a>! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watch a video here<\/a> about the experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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