To say I was born in the early 70s

Anyone remember "Gentle Ben"

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All my friends' mums drove, but lots didn't work, or worked PT for their husbands.

The Fox and the Hound 😪 Absolutely broke my heart ( and I had the sticker book - stickers were so popular)

Specific to me but a maths teacher we called String Vester Stallone cos you could see it through his shirt. What was the point of string vests?
The nonchalant attitude parents had about the local flasher😕

Ra-ra skirts
Cha-cha skirts
Pedal pushers ,frilly collar elaborate front n cuffs
Oh gawd, in rich colour velvet with co ordered waistcoat (thanks ma) patent shoes with wood heel's n buckles
Flouressnt Sox,mid matched
I wasn't allowed but "streaks" in hair.
Whoa! Flashback alert, woulda bin late. 70s, prob first time actual requested clothes of own choosing. I should of smelled a rat cos mum bounced"ask your father".. I did... ruined Sunday lunch entirely.he didn't just say. 'no'' response in included mild rant no way he goin out break back work n provide nice house food clothes for his beautiful family so I could throw it in his face n bring shame n disrepute dressing like a convict.mostly that went over my head...
I musta pulled full tears cos following week s Sunday lunch (having quickly got changed post being dragged to church) I proudly sat in my fadey proper flared wranglers n a cheeky wee cheesecloth shirt. Grinning Amma ratbag,he never got used to us in. Denim
He was from a different time eh

@FancyAReallyLongUsernameJustForAChange that was it! I loved the mint one!

Fame was unbelievable when it came out ( 🥰Bruno) first the film, then the weekly show. Leroy was the bad boy everyone loved.

also really good quality BBC docs such as Horizon, Panorama and anthropological programmes on different parts of the world and their people all done in the same reverent tone as Attenborough.

plus who could forget this girl

Our teacher organised a protest about the milk. I remember parading around the infants' playground carrying a banner.

I had a Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer scrap book. One of my friends also had one and we used to compare pictures!

We also had Panini sticker books, we collected World Cup football and I think I had a dinosaurs one.

I used to love playing Top Trumps!

And Dicky Davis, the fella with the tash (and Mallin streak!) Was on ITV World of Sport on a Saturday afternoon. If a fella on BBC Match of the Day it will have been "dishy" Des Lynam!

That sauce you put on ice cream that went hard like chocolate when it set

Ice Magic 😊

One of my clearest memories of childhood was getting my Collectors badge in Brownies. I had spend hours and hours carefully curating my scrapbook. All the double page spreads were themed with "beautiful calligraphy" 😂 done in felt pen by 8 year old me in 1974! Simple pleasures from a simpler time.

We used to call them 'Freeman Hardy fall to bits' cos they only lasted five minutes lol

I keep popping back with more as I'm doing other things but loving the trip down GenX memory lane. This is a great thread 😁

Matey bubble bath
Adidas unisex perfume
Tucker boots
Watching Eastenders omnibus on a Sunday even though you'd seen it through the week
White dog poo
Mouth ulcers
'Backing your books' was the first homework for every class in September

@tolerable Caveman Pinterest is exactly right!

The Box of Delights on TV
Cabbage Patch kids
Blue Peter
RaRa skirts
Wearing odd fluorescent socks on each foot (one green, one pink)

Scrap books. (tho essentially sticking pre printed scraps on a bit paper-i genuinely adored mine)-sorta escapist/imaginative dare i say cave man pintrest lol
hubba bubba
Scabby knees
Watching (any)musical once (on tv\pre video) and you ,sister,rest of street had all the words learnt dance routine sorted(thanks pans people/hot gossip)by the following weekend. sound of music,mary poppins,peter pn.etc
Flambards
Fame
wasnt actually til i got teenage/older mates but became aware a "housephone "wasnt a given. lol ds1s dads +family drove me daft cos they all felt they had to put finger in spare ear and literally yell response "down the line". quite sweet now think on it
20pence coins invented

Being sent to buy cigarettes for my mum and dad. You could also buy 'singles' and no-one questioned your age.

In winter, being sent to buy paraffin for our heater. I was about 10!

Pink Panther chocolate bars.

Christmas selection 'stockings' with the white netting on the front.

Tudor fried onion flavour crisps.

School finishing at 4pm

Long-forgotten comics - Whizzer & Chips, Beezer, Cor!, Sparky, Knockout, Topper etc.

Butterscotch angel delight

That sauce you put on ice cream that went hard like chocolate when it set

Brat pack films

We still did things like woodwork and cooking (home economics) at school

Trying to remember to keep change in case you needed to call someone

Day of the Triffids - which my dad let me watch and it gave me nightmares 😂

I've still got a pink comb that came free with J17 magazine - there was a thread on here a while ago about teen magazines and I was amazed to find quite a few on here also still had their J17 comb!

Saturday TV - Dr Who, Generation Game, Dukes of Hazard, Mork and Mindy, PJ and the Bear, Hawaiii 51something. DALLAS! Dynasty.

51 states jeans
Jelly shoes and bags
Real catalogues (Freemans)
10p mixture
Single cigarettes from the ice cream van
Boys with mullet hair cuts and the back permed.
Prawn cocktails as starters for parents dinner parties

@Jumell thankyou! I’d forgotten Girl magazine. It had free gifts when it launched and one was a seahorse shaped comb that I loved. I think there was a necklace as well.
I forgot magazines used to do that, free stuff taped to the front!

Tales of the unexpected
Murder Mystery
Freeman Hardy Willis
malory Towers
St Claire’s
The Secret Garden
Comic Strip
no phone calls allowed before 6pm
fun,friendship,laughter, freedom!

Constance Carroll lipstick
Boots No17 lipstick called Pinking Shear
Blue Jeans magazine
Marathon and Opal Fruits
Jumpers for Xmas knitted by Aunties and Grandmas