Do you remember the 70s

[hoggy952]

oh happy days, t rex, baycity rollers, mud,slade, platforms, baggy trousers, penny rounds, long hot summers, cheap beer and pubs was full ...summer of 76 was one long hot one, 77 olivia newton john. 78 world cup argentina......just a few memories of that wonderful era... i might be using rose tinted glasses but life seemed so simple then, cars easy to fix, no mobiles, no pc,s, no sky/cable
oh yes and the mini skirt :laugh:
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[Grizz]

Just barely mate, but i do remember the 2 ladies in Abba makin me wonder what it would be like to have two girlfriends (more trouble than it was worth i found out years later, lol )

[patkins]

I remember it well.Always played Slade B sides as they were 'heavier' than the chart topping stuff.Was well seasoned to the mini skirt by then and wore the bell bottoms.
You could open the bonnet on a car and see the ground below on both sides of the engine and you had to use the computer in your head to solve all the problems.

[Lainie]

altho i was a child i can vaguely remember. i used to rush home from school to watch the bay city rollers tv programme lol. les was my fav lol. loved banana splits tv prog, double deckers and why dont you.

[SouthernComfort]

Swimming for my life, trying to find a way out. Took me a while too. Lucky i didn't end up on a sock.:roflmao:

[the man]

Swimming for my life, trying to find a way out. Took me a while too. Lucky i didn't end up on a sock.:roflmao:

lol
some grate testes in the 70s for theman :roflmao:

[martinkaos]

Great hair styles in the 70s...

[SouthernComfort]

lol
some grate testes in the 70s for theman :roflmao:

Imagine the brothers and sisters you have lost to tissue paper, duvet cover, curtains, your mums back, its like genocide.

[father ted]

ah the seventies ,in your teens and everything new,levis you had to jump in the bath with to shrink fit you

[cablefreejunkie]

ah the seventies ,in your teens and everything new,levis you had to jump in the bath with to shrink fit you

im still doing that in 2011:laugh:

[Bazigar007]

Loved the 70s .. used to hit pubs and clubs every night. Felt totally safe could roam around towns with not a fear. Bit iff now walking around town at night .. Shame

[zaphodbb]

i was 21 in 1970, i have a picture of me wearing purple loons and a tank top. but im sure you would not be interested in seeing that lol, i was really skinny then wtf happened. great times tho :canabis:

[xant14]

The 70's were the best years man... early 70's the 6 week summer holidays were 4 month long, grass was greener, fruit and Colour tellys were more tasty and colourful..
Late 70's the yammy fizzy, endless supplies of virgins, Proper pop bands... Oh how I long for those days again.

[Miklo]

Smell of the 70's - Brut? ;)

[xant14]

Smell of the 70's - Brut? ;)

Maca can never really let go, the senile coont lol

[Canker_Canison]

I was a wee nipper back then, but I've got the photo's to prove I was there.

Tortured by Abba, Country & western and lot's of nasty stuff I've managed to block out. But there were always Queen & Paper Lace to pick me up a bit.

School film club... One of our dinosaurs is missing will forever be etched into my mind.

Kids tv seemed to be more about educating & exercising our brains. Where now it's how hip & street they can make it.... Bagpuss, Jamie & his magic tourch, Chorlton & the Wheelies, Why don't you, Jim'll Fix it, Tisswazz, Multicoloured swap shop.

Star Wars!

[Grizz]

i was thinging about Judge from Wanderly Wagon last night so heres a blast from the for Irish DKers, dont think it will mean much to anyone else though i still look both ways when i go out on the road though lol

YouTube - Safe Cross Code

[reddevil157]

born in 69, so grew up in the 70's, what I do remember is... when you got in from school, you were kicked out on the street to play and weren't allowed back in till dark lol. Kids nowadays are too busy to go out to play, spoiled rotten lol. And of course, the Baycity rollers.... wow

[maca]

And the clash started out in the 70's :)

[rds60h]

I was a Smoothie back then, Two Tone suit, Ben Sherman shirts, Harrington Jackets, Crombie Coat with a red hankie in the top pocket held in with a gold tie-pin, Levi Stay Press trousers, Brogues or Loafers shoes or Highly polished ox-blood Doc Martins for the footy.
Class.

[Shady]

missed the 70s, being born in 77 and that; but always saw the 70's as a rehearsal for the 80s....

[Mjolinor]

I think I missed them really. I "went" in 1971 when I left school and didn't get back till 1983. No idea where I was.

[Grizz]

born in 69, so grew up in the 70's, what I do remember is... when you got in from school, you were kicked out on the street to play and weren't allowed back in till dark lol. Kids nowadays are too busy to go out to play, spoiled rotten lol. And of course, the Baycity rollers.... wow

........using gun shaped sticks to play cowboys and indians, long way off from 8 hours straight playing Call of duty on a 50" LCD screen lol.

[reddevil157]

I was a Smoothie back then, Two Tone suit, Ben Sherman shirts, Harrington Jackets, Crombie Coat with a red hankie in the top pocket held in with a gold tie-pin, Levi Stay Press trousers, Brogues or Loafers shoes or Highly polished ox-blood Doc Martins for the footy.
Class. ah... the brogues & loafers, but you had to have the tip ( or whatever they were called ) stuck in the heel to make noise or ya weren't cool :roflmao:, ~~~~ing hear ya coming a mile away :roflmao: was in london last year and looking at the harrington jackets, pricey ~~~~ers.

[maca]

Anyone remember playing footy with wembley trophy footballs rock hard in the winter then bounce like ~~~~ in the summer. Riding around on chopper bikes drop the handle bars to look really cool lol oh and samba mamba and bamba trainees lol

[mtv1]

YouTube - 70s Disco Hits - A Video Compilation of Disco Music from the 70's

try to forget really lol

[gmb45]

ah... the brogues & loafers, but you had to have the tip ( or whatever they were called ) stuck in the heel to make noise or ya weren't cool :roflmao:,

segs red, sound like a herd of horses walking doon the school corridor lol

[RedSpider]

i've heard of these 70's you speak of and i'm of the opinion that it was a far more superior decade than the world has had since. i was born in 79 so i was lumbered with the sh1tty 80's & 90's to help me become a man.
now, since i've become a man, i want to be a kid again, but a kid in the 70's

[pk.evolved]

i've heard of these 70's you speak of and i'm of the opinion that it was a far more superior decade than the world has had since. i was born in 79 so i was lumbered with the sh1tty 80's & 90's to help me become a man.
now, since i've become a man, i want to be a kid again, but a kid in the 70's
Easy for you to say :D, I was born in 1990, so shity time, but those 90s were not "normal" 90s in my country since there was war going on till 1995. So those 90s were more similar to 80s in some other, western country.

[rds60h]

ah... the brogues & loafers, but you had to have the tip ( or whatever they were called ) stuck in the heel to make noise or ya weren't cool :roflmao:, ~~~~ing hear ya coming a mile away :roflmao: was in london last year and looking at the harrington jackets, pricey ~~~~ers.

Yeah, Steel quarter tips if you got them done by a cobbler or you could use Blakeys that you hammered into the heels yourself.

[chucklor]

Throwing yourself all over the floor to Norhtern Soul at Wigan Casino, St.Ives, Coalville and Cleethorpes to name a few, pep pills to keep you awake, patchwork trousers that you you to make by nicking everyones jeans in your area complimented with freshly stolen bowling shoes for dancing in....I remember it well...

[Bulld0g]

Ahhh some great memories there fior this pup of the 70's. @Maca i remember the Wembley Trophy balls usually orange but sometimes white.
Budgie shirts, Ben shermans, penny rounds, Birmingham bags White flemmings ( Scousers only ) Polyveldts :roflmao: remember them ? Platforms, spoons, stack heels, Six button high waist bands,Three star jumpers lol
Penny walkers, swizzels, arrow bars, Sherbert fountains, Spanish Gold, Bazooka Joes, Black Jacks, Mo jo's,Fizzy Lizzys , Mcgowans egg and milk toffee, Queen, Bay city Rollers, Slade, T rex, Sweet, Abba,Smokie, Alvin Stardust, Leo Sayer,The Who, i ~~~~in loved those days :)

[poxwell]

lol i was born in 66 so i grew up in and loved the 70's.

i didn't enjoy having to wear hand-me-downs though !!

does anyone remember 'waisters' ?

i think mine were bright blue and had several rows of buttons in the waistband.

[Bulld0g]

lol i was born in 66 so i grew up in and loved the 70's.

i didn't enjoy having to wear hand-me-downs though !!

does anyone remember 'waisters' ?

i think mine were bright blue and had several rows of buttons in the waistband.
lol i remember them well, the more buttons the better lol

[gmb45]

ah yeh 70s, harrington jackets ( all colours ) doc martins, bangers ( little demons 3-2-1-0s ) blow ya ~~~~ing hand off lol, regular kicking by the cops when you got oot of line, forest winning every thing going ( apart from fa cup ) me first motor bikes yamaha fs1e ( fizzer as it was known ) honda c50 great era :)

[Bulld0g]

Ahhh the nifty fifty lol, thats ~~~~in me now :roflmao:

[wongers]

some great memories on here the days when i had a feathercut hair style these days i'd be made up to have some hair to style:laugh:

[chucklor]

ah yeh 70s, harrington jackets ( all colours ) doc martins, bangers ( little demons 3-2-1-0s ) blow ya ~~~~ing hand off lol, regular kicking by the cops when you got oot of line, forest winning every thing going ( apart from fa cup ) me first motor bikes yamaha fs1e ( fizzer as it was known ) honda c50 great era :)
I take it that you got rolled in the wet mattress down the old pig shop GMB, so you didn't bruise when they gave you a good kicking....

[gmb45]

I take it that you got rolled in the wet mattress down the old pig shop GMB, so you didn't bruise when they gave you a good kicking....

lol always got it in the guts and kidneys m8 lol

[Bulld0g]

lol always got it in the guts and kidneys m8 lol

Hmmmmm you deffo took a few to the head too m8:stupid: :roflmao:

[gmb45]

Hmmmmm you deffo took a few to the head too m8:stupid: :roflmao:
falling over pished m8, gravel rash lol

[johnboy1974]

ahh starsky and hutch ford cortinas and ford capris

[d4domino]

70's rocked !

[tshirtman]

I also remember the 70s well, I remember my first pair of monkey boots, lumberjack coats, collecting bonfire wood in a bogey we made ourselves with old pram wheels and a plank of wood, getting time off school because of strikes, and packs of 5 cigarettes (cost 14p), and you could have hours of fun in phone boxes annoying the operator.

[hoggy952]

I changed the gearbox on my dad's Ford Cortina in the 70's. Took a few hours, but was relatively easy. Changed a few master cylinders on it too and adjusted the clutch and rear brakes. Cars were easy to work on in the 70's. almost everything could be changed/worked on.
Modern cars however are completely different beasts, designed for garage technicians to work on.

[Baldy Bob]

I got burned to bits playing with my fire engine in the back garden in the 76 heatwave, got sunstroke and needed medical attention.

We had a swing, my sisters friend went over the top on it.

My mam and dad were out, so we sneaked friends around, they turned off all the lights and played a dracular audio cassette, I was terrified and had nightmares for months.

I got my fingers squashed in the mangle.

My dad left his razor out, so I thought I would copy what he does, my mam had to get extra towels from the neighbours to stop the bleeding.

Aye, happy days lol

[nara]

I changed the gearbox on my dad's Ford Cortina in the 70's. Took a few hours, but was relatively easy. Changed a few master cylinders on it too and adjusted the clutch and rear brakes. Cars were easy to work on in the 70's. almost everything could be changed/worked on.
Modern cars however are completely different beasts, designed for garage technicians to work on.





Lol,I can remember standing inside the engine bay of my Spitfire when I was tinkering.

Try that nowadays! :laugh:

[msocsci]

That Summer of 76 seemed to last forever, might be the senility kicking in but i don't remember a Summer as good as that one since. Remember the save water/bath with a friend campaign. They even had stickers for it.
Me and my friends didn't get a chance to be bullied, get battered and no matter the size of the batterer, told to get out and dont come back in till you'd beaten him or else. Changed days, do that now and you'd have the police and social workers at the door.
First drink at the school disco with everyone stealing a bottle from home and making mixed punch lol. How ill were we in the morning. And not a ~~~~ing yankee style prom dress in sight. High waisters, brogues with segs, tanktops (I had a bright yellow one gads) definitely the decade that fashion forgot. And I finished the second half of the decade as a punk, ~~~~in great days

[gopher7]

crombie coats, doc martins, grandad shirts, those were the days. :)

[wongers]

oxblood como brogues, two tone parallel trousers, barathea's,penny round collar shirts got married in '77 ~~~~ me i looked as if i had no feet my 24"flares were touching the ground:hahaha:

[xant14]

segs red, sound like a herd of horses walking doon the school corridor lol

And you could slide like ~~~~ on em too... at the expense of the solid oak parquet flooring.



lol i was born in 66 so i grew up in and loved the 70's.

i didn't enjoy having to wear hand-me-downs though !!

does anyone remember 'waisters' ?

i think mine were bright blue and had several rows of buttons in the waistband.

Oxford Bags we called em, or Birmingham bags, slightly different, with two big side pockets on, mine were 3 button ones, but I was envious of my mates 4 button waist one.

[true grit]

I remember it well, drinking snake bites under candle power because of the power cuts, the pubs shut at 10 on a Sunday or if you where in the know a lockey in.

Dave Bowie, Cockney Rebel, and Garry Glitter Mmmm

Captain Pugwash and Spit the Dog

Not to forget suspenders if you got past them you where laughing.

Arthur Scargill`s haircut and Maggy Thatcher !!!!!

[C64]

I remember we were doing rugby at PE in school and we couldn't use the football pitch as it was being worked on, so the teacher got us to play on the red ash park!

Christ that was painful, especially as it was mid November.

Loved the 70's :)

[tornado]

ive got a 2 door mk2 cortina so easy to work on wish i could go back and buy loads of parts, 76 summer was the best open air swimming poor near croydon was good

[Wolfpack]

I remember when the Rolling Stones release the song "Miss You" and being pissed off that they went disco. Come on who here went to the movies to see Saturday Night Fever and thought about killing the Bee Gees after it was over. Thank god for Black Sabbath and the Sex Pistols.

[waken]

Left school in 1970
Got myself married in the 70s
All my kids were born in the 70s.
~~~~in hate the 70s lol


Ahhh some great memories the White flemmings ( Scousers only ) Polyveldts :roflmao: :)


And yes I do remember Flemming?s jeans on county road. I think it was some where else before that.

Seriously though 70s was the greatest decade ever. Loved every bit of it.

[Mr Pumpy]

Some great memories from the 70's..My first proper kiss with Christine Wilcox round the back of a garage, i remember our teeth clattering together in a most unromantic way. lol.
I remember watchin wide eyed as Evel Knievel jumped buses and then the next day me and my mates (who are now my brother in laws) making their sister (whos now my wife) lay on the road while we jumped over her on our bikes.

She still reminds me of it to this day...