To say I was born in the early 70s

Hearing new ABBA songs and seeing them live.

The fella that played Pigsy died recently. I was born in the early 80s but do recall alot of things mentioned here. Speaking of Monkey, there always seemed to be a far eastern (Hong Kong or Japanese) dubbed film that was on late at the weekends. Very early Jackie Chan one I recall where he jumped over attackers using a stick in very narrow streets. Wild.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshiyuki_Nishida

blimey... I stand corrected! I could have sworn it was at number one

The bumper summer special issues of comics. I used to read the Beano summer special on the beach on holiday.

Dads fixing cars themselves. All the bonnets propped up in our street on Sundays! You can't do that now, it's too complicated. Way more old banger cars on the streets in the 70s leaking oil on the pavement.

Kickers, Dash, Bullseye and The Two Ronnies, everyone collecting something, neck purses, playing outside for hours, practicing the dance routines to Bucks Fizz songs, Jackie Nikki and Mandy magazines.

Pedal pushers with a matching waistcoat that my mum made, worn with frilly blouse. Thought I was the bees knees! Wearing red and white stripy leg warmers with my brownie uniform and also thinking I was cool. I still have the picture. I remember my mum telling me to take them off as they looked ridiculous... how wrong she was. She didn't understand fashion!!

Head sports bags in pink and lilac
hi tech squash trainers
Naf Naf jumpers

The milk tray man
The pop lorry every week
Rara skirts
Knickerbockers with a lacy blouse
Tupperware parties

Listening to the Top 40 on a Sunday night with my fingers poised over the "play" and "record" buttons and being FURIOUS when Steve Wright talked over the end of a song. Following along with the words in Smash Hits.

Buying cheap jewellery off the market so that your ears itched after an hour and you got a green line on your neck when the gold or silver colour rubbed off.

The amazement of Artic roll. A swiss roll AND ice-cream all in one?!

Making a 3 course meal for Home Ec. Veg soup, shepherd's pie and apple crumble and serving it nicely to the teacher. My poor teacher having to taste all that from 25 fed up 16 year old girls.

Watching The Onedin Line on TV on Sunday night

Bernard Matthews turkey in a roll (bleurgh)

Angel Delight as a treat. Usually Instant Whip

😂 You sound as good as at needlework ❤️

I accidentally sewed the toy duck I was making to my school skirt in a needlework lesson once and had to stay behind to unpick it! I was so shit at sewing (still am, even though I'm now a good knitter and crocheter). My needlework teacher hated me!

playing out all day, often taking friends baby and toddler brothers and sisters to play as well ( mums couldn’t wait to hand them over)

10p mix from the shop

Bath on Sunday afternoon- wasn’t allowed outside afterwards as you’d catch a cold

Not being allowed to start the Christmas sweets until after 7pm Christmas eve

Miss Selfridge makeup

collecting novelty pencil rubbers

writing to international penpals via a club

TV Programmes I remember from the 70's:
Sapphire & Steel
The Onedian Line (not sure on spelling)
Original Poldark
The Goodies
Kenny Everitt show
Spike Milligan Q series
Charlie's Angels - used to play this with my 2 cousins on a Saturday while my dad took my brothers to football.
I, Claudius

Think my parents were fairly out there with what they let me watch because I was the youngest

I was born 1970.

We were into hiphop, rare groove, old soul, Prince, Bob Marley.

We wore Levi’s 501s, DMs, cowboy boots and dressed like the girls in the Addicted to Love video when we went clubbing - LBD + bright red lipstick.

I did the last year of O level when exams were still hard.

It was still the Cold War, I loved espionage thrillers, My Beautiful Laundrette, Dirty Dancing, Blue Velvet, Withnail & I.

Read Milan Kundera, Bonfire of the Vanities, Rachel Papers, Riders & Rivals.

A Saturday night in would be Blind Date + Casualty.

Playing out lots
Going round to friends houses after school if we fancied it (the mums didn't worry)
Our territory was as far as we could cycle on our bikes
Walking to school on my own from the age of 5
Building dams in streams

(I grew up in a small Scottish village)

My mum has always said I'm "very independent "! Not surprisingly imo!!

Wagon wheel were massive and I remember when crisps were 7p!

Scrunch drying your hair in the 80s and watching the Young Ones.

Kids getting slapped and man handled at school by teachers and it being totally normal.

Going into town on Saturday and dressing up for it. Being bored out of your mind on Sunday until a roast dinner that your mum cooked and then taping the Top 40 off the radio.

Yes, we did needlework 🙄 I was crap at it although still have the cat cuddly cat I made 😂
I remember being marked down to a B in technical drawing because the teacher was adamant I could not have done it myself and must have asked my older brother to help 🤨

Aww I have found my people. I remember the arguments over Tiswas versus Swap Shop (we weren’t supposed to watch Tiswas but my brother preferred it - the dying fly being a particular favourite! What was that even all about?!)
Rimmel Heather Shimmer stills exists! My friend still wears it.
Ringing home and letting it ring three times to let my mum know I was on the way home.
My dads Fiat Strada.
Learning soooo much from Jackie magazine.
Weekend desserts of angel delight, and artic roll.
The belt still existing in school..

Books.

Remember them?

Oxford English Dictionary, reference books, Chalet School.

@RomainingToBeSeen

I need idiot mittens< I can't keep a pair of gloves for more than a week.

Off to rummage for some elastic.

Ski Sunday
Sun in
Boredom

@sproutsandparsnips Started off with Snoopy, but when it eventually lost the handle, I was given an ET one.

I just wanted another Snoopy one, Mum. How hard could it be?

You had a tv series, not a season. Usually, half an hour/ hour a week, you waited with anticipation of the next episode. No multiple times a week and streaming.
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