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To say I was born in the early 70s

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Jumell · 07/12/2024 12:14

So..

proper Gen X …

the thing that mark my generation out are this :

free school milk at breaks then said milk being taken away

music we were into typically Duran Duran, Wham, Culture Club

common for Dads to drive but not mums

The domestic sitcom - e.g Terry and June being popular when we were prime TV watching age

being at the cusp of the O Level/CSE / GCSE transition

SOME* Less academic kids did YTS - some of the more academic kids looked down their noses at this option

Disco Roller skates in vogue 🙌

VERY un PC language at school

if anyone’s a similar age to me, what are your memories!!

oh and we loved Swap Shop and a good annual !

Liverpool FC winning everything

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marshmallowfinder · 11/12/2024 14:46

notsosure29 · 11/12/2024 10:13

Don't think anybody has mentioned CB radios, available from the long lost Tandy shop.

I did!

notsosure29 · 11/12/2024 10:13

Don't think anybody has mentioned CB radios, available from the long lost Tandy shop.

FlutteryButterfly · 11/12/2024 09:51

£1 notes! Half Pennies. And when 5p, 10p and 50p pieces were far bigger.

MumofSpud · 11/12/2024 09:04

MistressoftheDarkSide · 07/12/2024 16:41

Twinkle.

The first issue came with a dainty little ring with a pale blue "gem".

It directly influenced my first thoughts of a career in nursing - due to Nurse Nancy. I had the whole uniform and only stopped wanting to be a nurse when I realised women could have other jobs. I am not a nurse lol.

In later years, Misty was my favourite - and I did become a witch 😆

I still have a copy of Twinkle from 1976 (I would have been 4) - loved it!
Then when I was a bit older - Mandy

Poppins21 · 11/12/2024 06:05

I loved those frozen mousses- raspberry ripple from Iceland

marshmallowfinder · 11/12/2024 04:57

Space Dust that crackled in your mouth
Rubick's Cube
Blue Tits pecking the milk lids
Humphreys from the milkman
Free gifts in cereal boxes
Bagpuss and Mr Benn
Pixie Boots
Fame and the legwarmers craze
Jackie magazine
Adverts on glass milk bottles
Two post deliveries per day
Going carol singing at Christmas, around the neighbours
Writing notes in school to pass to my friends, during lessons
Fountain pens and Tintin Killer
Banda machine at primary school
Smelly rubbers
Abba, and The Police
CB radio.
(🥺😞 Miss it all so much.)

Parky04 · 09/12/2024 07:05

Putting your coins into a machine on the bus and pressing a big green button, which resulted in getting a printout of the coins.

Wigglypasta · 09/12/2024 06:53

Pixie Boots and Benetton jumpers.

FlutteryButterfly · 09/12/2024 06:46

Ceefax and teletext

The days before TV was 24 hours. The national anthem being played on tv at the end of the evening (was it 12pm) and then broadcasting stopped and we got that static snow screen!

FlutteryButterfly · 09/12/2024 06:36

LittleMissLateForWorkAgain · 08/12/2024 22:59

@FlutteryButterfly We had Le Francais D Aujourd Hui with the adventures of the Bertillion family told in comic strip fashion.

I still remember the kids were called Phillipe Marie-Claire and Alain. Think the parents were Jean and Annette.

Annette fell off her bicycle and shouted "sacre bleu" a lot.

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Jumell · 09/12/2024 02:12

FlutteryButterfly · 08/12/2024 21:45

The good life and ever decreasing circles....

Ah yes yes to this 🙌🙌🙌

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Ellmau · 09/12/2024 00:02

My mum didn't let me watch Tiswas. Or Grange Hill.

RM2013 · 08/12/2024 23:06

I remember so many of these things!! I was an averagely academic student but didn’t know what I wanted to do career wise so did end up doing a YTS. £29.50 a week wages which went up to £35 in the 2nd year!!
my Nan used to buy us artic roll and those supermousses that you could have chilled or frozen. 10p mix ups and if you were really savvy you could get more than 10 sweets because the mojos were 1/2p
Saturday tea time tv, the A team. Jelly shoes and if you were really lucky the matching bag. Lots of beads and bangles. Sun in which made my permed hair go a nice shade of orange. Electric blue mascara and rimmels heather shimmer lipstick. Walkmans and taping the charts on Sundays.
going into town with friends and buying the latest posters and a nail polish.

happy memories

FKAT · 08/12/2024 23:06

Ooh like this thread.

I still use a wide toothed comb that came free with Mizz magazine in 1991. It's outlasted cars, white goods, relationships and will see out armageddon.

My kids watched Muppet Christmas Carol last night and the small one was absolutely baffled by it having never encountered the Henson oeuvre before. I had to explain that in the 80s Kermit and Miss Piggy were the biggest stars on TV.

LittleMissLateForWorkAgain · 08/12/2024 22:59

@FlutteryButterfly We had Le Francais D Aujourd Hui with the adventures of the Bertillion family told in comic strip fashion.

I still remember the kids were called Phillipe Marie-Claire and Alain. Think the parents were Jean and Annette.

Annette fell off her bicycle and shouted "sacre bleu" a lot.

FlutteryButterfly · 08/12/2024 21:47

Tricolore French text book at High school.

FlutteryButterfly · 08/12/2024 21:46

Timotei and Flake (not together) ads

FlutteryButterfly · 08/12/2024 21:45

The good life and ever decreasing circles....

FlutteryButterfly · 08/12/2024 21:45

Who shot JR?

ScottBakula · 08/12/2024 21:09

FancyAReallyLongUsernameJustForAChange · 07/12/2024 17:42

Sitting on the stairs in the hall, talking to my friends on the phone while doodling all over the cover of the Yellow Pages, trying to ignore how cold it was and hoping my dad wouldn't come along and start moaning about the phone bill. Can anyone else still remember their friends' phone numbers from 40 years ago? This was the phone we had:

We had one like that but in green .
You had to remember everyone's phone number , no auto dial then !

NooNakedJacuzziness · 08/12/2024 19:30

laloue · 08/12/2024 18:06

Hartley Hare (terrifying) and pipkins …was there a Brummie pig too or did I dream it?

Ha, no you're right there was definitely a brummie pig. Think he was just called Pig. And an ostrich called Octavia

FlutteryButterfly · 08/12/2024 19:21

And if course-

Candlewick Green and Trumpton

FlutteryButterfly · 08/12/2024 19:19

Chocky!

imSatanhonest · 08/12/2024 19:11

Blue or green wet-look gel for our ridiculously tight corkscrew perms!

Constance carroll make up.

Jelly bags and shoes.

Pencil skirts with matching belt, bangles and beads.

Heavy-knit jumpers.

Satin trousers with a perry belt.

Towelling t-shirts.

Neon ankle socks.

ScottBakula · 08/12/2024 18:51

Mirabai · 07/12/2024 16:03

Oo no he was naff & middle aged. My ad crushes were the guys in the Levi’s ads.

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Well I wouldn't of kicked him outa bed either ! 😍

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