Do you remember the 70s

[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

[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!

[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 . 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

[xant14]

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

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

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

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

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. .
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...