No seat belts in cars.
If you were lucky enough to get a seat. I spent half my childhood traveling in the boot because the older kids got first dibs on the rear seats. I suppose I should be grateful we at least had an estate.
Other random memories......
Taping the top twenty off the radio with a seperate tape recorder because the music centre hadn't been invented.
3 TV channels and they all stopped broadcasting at about 11 pm.
Being babysat by some random 12 year old that was a friend of a friend's cousin.
White dog shits.
Prawn cocktail and scampi in the basket was the height of sophistication.
Sheets and blankets for bedding because duvets were unheard of.
Clarks Commandos.
Raleigh Chopper.
The heatwave of 76 (the year we actually got a summer and the whole country went wild).
Punch and Judy shows - (let's normalise domestic violence for toddlers).
TV shows that were so sexist, homophobic or racist if they were aired today the producers would quite rightly be jailed.
Dirty old men (because peadophiles hadn't been invented and if "Uncle" George was a bit too touchy-feely that was just his way).
Being hit, a lot - by parents, teachers and pretty much any adult that felt like physically assaulting a child for the hell of it.
Bin men that could actually lift a bin.
Hand-me-down clothes, and we didn't bat an eye. Can you imagine a teenager today getting half their clothes from their cousin? They'd be straight on the phone to Esther Rantzen.
The weekly bath.
Milk in glass bottles.
Those turquoise 3-wheel invalid carriages.
The chancers on Swap Shop who wanted a brand new Grifter in exchange for their Bucking Bronco that had bits missing.
Mary, Mungo and Midge. The Herb Garden. Hector's House. Mr Ben. The Magic Roundabout. Black Beauty. The Banana Splits. The Doubledeckers.
The closest kids got to porn was a 5 second shot of a nipple on BBC2's Saturday night French film.
Answering the house phone by saying your phone number. Why?
Cigarette coupons and Green Shield stamps.