The strikes. My father seemed to spend more time on strike than at work.
The summer of 76, complete with standpipes and hosepipe ban.
Platform shoes that turned you from 4'10" to seemingly 5'10"
Flared trousers and jeans. Bonus points for jeans having a frayed hem. I had a pair of 40" bottom frayed hem jeans and thought I looked uber cool wearing them with my giant platform shoes and denim waistcoat 😂
Coupons in cigarette packets. You could get a catalogue from the cigs brand and save your coupons to exchange for goods. The same with greenshield stamps. I think half of my parents stuff came via them.
Cars with rust, manual chokes and manual Windows. Inevitably with the bonnet propped open and its owner messing with the carburretor or similar on a weekend
Car horns that played a tune, usually road runner!
Mum putting curlers in her hair after doing the shopping in town on a Saturday morning, ready to be removed when she got dolled up to go out with my dad that evening. Resulting in bouncy curls. She used to allow me a dab of her Lippy and a small squirt of her perfume as she got ready.
My grandmother babysitting me and my siblings on a Sat night and shushing us while she watched the black and white minstrels and Wheeltappers and Shunters club, holiday specials in summer.
Bay city rollers. Rollermania which saw tartan everywhere. I was in love with Eric. We were going to get married and I was going to have his babies 😂
Browsing through my mum's grattan and empire stores catalogue and pointing out what I was going to buy clothes wise ' when I grow up'
Any foreign food was viewed with suspicion by my parents. Eating it was cause to have an ambulance on stand by.
Pink germolene in a small round tin, which was mums go to for all cuts and grazes. If you were lucky she would also stick a plaster on. Having an arm half severed off may have her cracking out a bandage, which had been used on previous half severed limbs before being washed and rolled up for next time.
Milk of magnesia for all tummy aches. TCP for sore throats and a shurrup bloody whining for anything else.
Dr whites sanitary towels that were bulky, uncomfy and attached to a loop at the front and back of the pad, which was attached to a sanitary belt around your waist. A bit like a suspender belt. Tampons were for married women only as they will ' break your virginity' 😂
Board games and annuals for Xmas with a selection box. Bonus points if you managed to eat the lot in one go and be sick before breakfast.
Football hooligans.
The Purdy disappeared to be replaced with the farrah roll. A great big roll which looked like it had been styled round a coke can framing your face 😀
Grease. I wanted to marry John Travolta and have his babies. Sorry Eric. Suddenly, flares and platforms were out, skin tight shiny leggings and high heeled mules were in. We all wanted to be Sandy.