Growing up in the 70's

**Brown & white "corner" suite in the lounge - just realised it could have been the bathroom.
I think that's when the coloured bathroom suites started our first house had a primrose yellow one which I then changed to avocado ..oh the shame!

I was a teenager in the 70's and married in 1977 so I remember

Patchouli Oil
Hotpants
Midi/ maxi dresses with hoods
Platform shoes
Hair done up in curls at hairdressers for special occassions
Faberge perfume in bottles shaped like a ball -purple for the perfume and orange for the talc.
HiKarate aftershave and the advert with that tall actress think she was a bond girl.
Velvet jackets for men and women.
Gold Sovereign rings and bracelets.
Fondue sets - what were they all about ?
Huge Brandy Glasse with a mouse inside and a cat outside.
Drinking Don Cortez wine (very classy :-) )
Pernod that went cloudy when you added ice or water
Brown & white "corner" suite
The start of disco music and "discos" instead of "dances" - George McCrae Rock Your Baby, Bee Gees, BoneyM, The Real Thing etc

Yes you can

Camp coffee! Think you can still get it...

Pink panther chocolate!! I recall thinking it was a bit sickly even though I was about 12.

Actually I saw a clip of some old 70's guff on telly last night: it was shot near where I grew up in west London and it was strange seeing the streets as I remember them as a child. I was amazed at how empty, quieter and just calmer things looked. No horrid street furniture, no controlled parking areas, ticket machines, signs everywhere telling you what you can't do, no CCTV posts. There were actually kids in the street playing too which you never see now. I may get accused of romanticising but there was a better sense of community back then I'm certain of that. My dad was a removal man and my mum worked in our local co-op. The idea of folks like them being able to afford a house in our street now is completely laughable. Sad I think!

Ooo, the lime weekend chocolate...
I so wanted a Tressy but had sindy and her little tomboy sister Patch who came in dungarees and had shoulder length dark hair (unless I'd cut if off) all my dolls had iffy hair after me re/styling , cutting or washing it....
Used to make them clothes from bits and pieces. In heaven getting sindy bedroom set in white one Christmas
Later, got an action girl with moveable arms and legs

Always secretly wanted boys shoes with compass in the heel ...

We had a silver tinsel Christmas tree for a few years - thought very posh.
I remember old Jamaican chocolate - saw it recently. Thjnk it may be making a comeback!

I used to like the penny shelf in the sweet shop -fruit salads and flying saucers and sherbet in yellow tubes with stick of liquorice and white candy pretend cigarettes

This just appeared on my FB feed and immediately thought of this thread

Lovely thread! Might have already been done, but I remember making my Mum breakfast for her birthday with an orange juice that came in a packet and you added water to it (appeel) or something like that. I thought it the height of sophistication.

I also remember little purses on neck strings being very fashionable (and probably dangerous!)

Vesta curry that came all dried in a packet that you added water to.

That's it for now!

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/style_and_beauty/a1910533-Aqua-Manda-perfume-is-back

Aqua Manda, I loved that stuff. Wish they still made it! apparent;y they do,there was a thread about it not long ago, its still in the orange and brown packaging I think.

Buskers yr dh is a jammy sod

My mum heating up tins of Campbells soup in the front room on a camping stove due to powercuts.. It was a crap time really, lots of social discontent, poverty, 3 day week, oh and Kung f***g fu..

Lots of rose tinted glasses methinks!!

I remember rain and windy winters with dry drought ridden summers (for 2 years anyhow), no car, no phone, no telly, no money, being hungry and cold with ice inside the window, strikes, 3 day week and stinking rubbish heaps in the street and having no bloomin hope... dad in a job with a house tied to it - he left us all so we sat on the council office steps before opening in a hope of getting rehomed..

I do not feel my kids are missing out in ANY way... was not keen on the 70s....

My partner, who knew nothing of this thread, has just come home with a copy of the book 'Where did it all go right?' that somebody mentioned upthread. I almost bought it off Amazon but he got it in a charity shop for £1.50, so shall enjoy reading that.

Yes yes to cedar tree, sons and daughters and angels. Juliet bravo was one of my faves too. Seems so long ago now.

French knitting doll. I had one but didn't know how to use it!

Belts that wrapped twice around - I remember my tan leather one!

Orange juice was a starter in restaurants

Cheesecloth shirts

Drinking yogurt. The pot was shaped like a wine glass.

Raspberry ripple ice cream in a block

It perfume

And for those of you who remember the TV series White Horses, here's the theme tune. Loved it!

m.youtube.com/watch?v=jtCNbERKvMs

Morethan, here is a link to Double Deckers on you tube...

www.google.co.uk/search?q=Double+Deckers&btnGNS=Search+youtube.com&as_sitesearch=youtube.com&sa=X&ei=r8HvUonUF4mGhQezl4CYCQ&ved=0CDsQ2wE&client=safari&hl=en

Romper room was made by Anglia TV , Miss Rosalyn was very posh. I loved the silver knight turning round to classical music when transmission started at 9am .

When the "proper" strawberry tarts came into the bakeries in the summer (no crème patissiere nonsense: lardy white pastry, red strawberry jelly, a large strawberry surrounded by a big swirl piped cream. Bliss.)

I LOVED Weebles!

I had a swing and roundabout for them. They had round holes for them to sit in.

Just found this on YouTube. Robinson Crusoe. In black and white!

Used to be on in the summer holidays. Loved the theme tune!

m.youtube.com/watch?v=fNtxng79tSY