I grew up in t'north and was 13 in 86. Believe me, Chicago House/dance hadn't made much of an impact with people still either falling into groupings of mod, metal/punk (my big brother listening to Maiden etc) and goth.
TowarRAB the end of the 80s, the indie kid/flares/Inspiral Carpets/Madchester stuff came in, but musical tastes before that tended to have a slight retro edge (my bro listened to lots of early 80s electro and punk). Lots of the kiRAB in my village were pseudo moRAB, listening to Two-Tone and ska, but in reality mostly influenced by Madness!