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Growing up in the 70's

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morethanpotatoprints · 01/02/2014 21:34

I bet there's been one of these before but who remembers stuff about the 70's, looking back to me it was all a bit weird.

So some of my memories.

Mary Mungo and midge, the music in the lift. my orange space hopper, gridsy marbles and clackers.
Dehydrated potato, free milk you had to drink at school.
Playing out from after breakfast until dark or tea.

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thenightsky · 16/02/2014 22:07

did anyone else have one of these and consider it the height of sophistication?

sheepskin heaven

thenightsky · 16/02/2014 22:04

mumslife. I still have my dangly down belt!! It's red. It has a buckle that fastens by pushing it tight against the material. The long end hangs down. It isn't stretchy.

NigellasGuest · 16/02/2014 22:04

i think you're right in that they were very end of 70s, early 80's

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NigellasGuest · 16/02/2014 22:01

i remember a dangling down nylon belt which had a pull through metal clip, the leftover bit after the clip dangled down if that makes sense...I'm sure we called them disco belts. don't recall the trousers though!

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NigellasGuest · 16/02/2014 21:58

watching Nationwide at teatime

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NigellasGuest · 16/02/2014 21:57

was it called a disco belt?

Awks · 16/02/2014 21:56

clackers
dual bright coloured fake fur bomber jackets
raleigh 14's

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NigellasGuest · 16/02/2014 18:54

mumslife I actually remember the advert for International, it's still in my brain:
hmm hmm hmm nice people with nice prices
international
the store you feel at home with!

Also, who said
Dont know if anyone remember the books of babies you had to sell to friends and family for charity so much for each baby
well yes I remember the books, we used to really believe we were buying those babies Confused

A chocolate bar called Ice Breaker (mint choc)- TV ad had a ship breaking through icebergs

Nylon nylon nylon EVERYTHING in nylon (nylon nightie crackling in the dark and scaring the hell out of me)

YY to candles all over the place - mum going on about power cuts - having to stay home from school due to power cuts and doing maths in the kitchen - Alpha book and Beta book for maths, Alpha was for the brainier kids I was Beta

YY to big deep freeze in the garage and trips to the freezer shop for great bulk buys of god knows what

traffic light lollipops

VivaLeBeaver · 16/02/2014 18:18

The wall paper in my bedroom was swirly orange. I had white sheets with orange flowers all over. My dad painted my wardrobe and chest of drawers with orange gloss.

In nearly every photo as a small child I'm wearing orange and brown or sometimes yellow and brown.

I had a space hopper. I swear my first bike didnt have tyres.......it had like solid wheels??? My brother had a chopper.

Family car was a datsun stanza with plastic seats. No seat belts. Dad used to take me to primary school on the back of his moped.

Witches hat in the park.....they were banned as you could spin them so fast they'd pop off the pole.

Enough snow for sledging every winter.

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thenightsky · 16/02/2014 17:59

God I remember nylon nighties. We didn't know any different. also my mum went out and bought nylon sheets in a lurid turquoise colour from Brentford Nylons in Leeds. Its a wonder I didn't spark a fire when I rolled over Shock

Darkesteyes · 16/02/2014 17:51

New Year Changer 11.48 mins in.......Knock down Ginger.

AllMimsyWereTheBorogroves · 16/02/2014 15:22

Cheesecloth and denim. I suppose the reason they were so popular was in reaction to nasty man-made fibres so common otherwise. I remember a lot of static electricity from my clothes, especially my nylon nighties!

Newyearchanger · 16/02/2014 14:51

The shop assistants and friends would also help pull up the string threaded thru the zip
Shock
It was the seventies

thenightsky · 16/02/2014 11:39

I remember lying on the floor and pulling up the zip on my jeans with string or a crochet hook. Everyone wore skin-tight jeans, but for the life of me, I cannot recall seeing anyone with a muffin top. If I wore trousers that tight now I'd had a 2in overhang all round.

MorrisZapp · 16/02/2014 10:26

This is the age of the train!

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