things I remember about the 70's

[tigersaw]

Behind the bar there was a card of big D nuts, as the bags were removed it revealed a picture of a bird with her norks out

You always had a filling when you went to the dentist, and you had to wait 20 minutes before the tooth went numb, and then about 4 hours for it to wear off by which time you had bitten a lump out of your lip

There were hardly any fat kids

Teachers were allowed to hit you

If you had a telephone it was in the hallway and it was too expensive to use anyway

Coke came in a steel tin and you could make a spinny whizzer thing out of the ring pull

If you had a paper round you got to look at porno mags

You only knew a few people who had been abroad for their holidays

Racing bikes had handlebars like goat horns

There was no M25, you had to go cross London using the north and south circular roads, but they wern't busy anyway

Car and motorbike tyres were very narrow

There were still old bombed out houses to play in

Fish and chips was cheap and there were loads of chippies

Storage heaters were massive and you could sit on them

Formula 1 was brilliant

Everyone listened to the top 20 on Sunday at 6pm with their finger hovering over the record button

The test card was on the the TV more than programmes

If you went for an interview you were offered a cigarette

You took stuff to the dump and just threw it on the pile, none of this 10 different bins and restricted items

Cars had proper ashtrays and seatbelts that had to be adjusted each time

All girls had long hair

Space hoppers, choppers, clackers, esso blue, green stamps, pink stamps, magpie, tiswas, knebworth, platform shoes, clockwork orange,

I do miss it a bit

[Bri w]

A counting out god knows how many cigarette cards so mum could send off for a pair of candle sticks.

Building a bogie out of pram wheels and a plank.

Mum always being in when you got in from school.

Knitted swimming trunks that itched like 'ell when they got wet, and stretched down to your knees...

[maviczap]

Blimey I was just about this

Kids would be allowed free range to go where they wanted without their parents worrying, just as long as they were home for tea

Music was great

belts were elastic, with little S connectors

Lambs Navy Rum adverts

The guy in Farrah trousers water skiing

Tizer tasted better

Cider in brown bottles with rubber stoppers

Clarkes shoes with a compass in the heel

Best world cup ever 1970

Spangles

[timwilky]

Being caned at school.
11 plus
Being caned again
Cresta "its frothy man"
Being expected to get a job at 15
4 times round the block for a licence
3 pints and change for a quid
Led Zeppelin at Knebworth

[widepants]

At the end of our road there was a camp where the circus folk used to stay in the off season.I always think about the toothless lion on its rope.
Tin bath in the kitchen.
Red "wee" bucket at the top of the stairs (it was frozen in the outside loo"
It took 6 hours to get to northwales , a journey that can now be done in about an hour and a half.
going to work with my dad on the demolition site.
Eight yes Eight people holidaying in the same car.
The sewerpipes ran straight into the river..poop and johnies floating everywhere.
old money
And best of all...Ma grandad was so young.

Platform Shoes
High Waisters
Rounded Collars
Chopper Bikes
Punk Rock
More Flies and Blue Bottles than nowadays
No speed cameras, police in Austin Allegros that you could outrun
Pans People
Knock down Ginger
Dog poo everywhere including white dog poo
"The Joy of Sex" book

White dog poo.

Being in my 20's------------------time flies bye quicker than you think.

Hippy brigade and free love seems to bring back some memories

Originally Posted by Bri w

Knitted swimming trunks that itched like 'ell when they got wet, and stretched down to your knees...

wtf?

[tigersaw]

As young kids we used to swim / paddle / play in the nuddie on days out to the riverside, loads of kids did, and no-one put our parents in prison