Growing up in the 70's

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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.

LetsFace

My parents weren't poor, but no automatic machine for my parents. You must have been rich.

IDO*

I grew up and many years later lived a very similar lifestyle to Tom and Barbara, for quite a long time

I remember Weekend chocolates. They were indeed a VERY strange combination of flavours

posh My grandmother was horrified at the amount of washing I did when my DC were small and the fact DC wore clean clothes including undies daily..

Darkesteyes yes I do remember Week End Chocolates!

Never got a space hopper either

Always remmber waking up and running to the bedroom chair to ger school uniform and getting dressed under the blankets which were ex miltary one orange wall paper paying the elec bill in a shop in town

Plus I remmber that the out panients recpiention at Leciester hostpil was purple

We were in the NW then too - it was Camell Laird's where dad worked.

Lunchtime children's TV - Pipkins, Bod and A Handful of Songs

Evening TV - Six Million Dollar Man, Blake's 7 and Tomorrow's World we should be travelling by jet pack now

Grandstand on a Saturday with Frank Bough and Eddie Waring on the rugby league

Mimsy thats when Dairy Milk actually used to taste like Dairy Milk unlike now yes Kraft in looking at you

Trying to record TOTP, and my dad always walking in and making a smart comment cos he thought he was funny
French skipping
Crossroads being on the radio during the power cuts
It being really dark in the mornings when we walked to school - we had fluorescent orange armbands to wear
My mum making me a pair of tartan flares during my BCR phase
Getting my first pair of wedges
Finding punk rock in my early teens, going to my first gig

Hey what about phoning the operator to reverse the charges. Can you still do that?

Leaving my home at 8am and cycling to my pony. Going out alone on said pony and not getting home until it was dark... Cycling home with my little lights on.

No phone

Aged 10

Parents just aware I was somewhere round the village on a bridal path.

Nylon nightdresses (red and white striped) and bylon bedspread. We used to lie in the dark and rub the 2 together to make sparks.

Vauxhall Viva

Austin Maxis

Silver Jubilee Street parties

Camping holidays in Devin with our huge blue and orange canvas frame tent.

Party seven beer - and my dad and his mates battling to get into one.

Family rooms in pubs. We would get a glass bottle of coke with a straw and a packet of salt n shake crips and be left to our devices whilst the adults got pissed elsewhere in the pub.

Being free to play and roam in a way that no kids get the chance to these days.

My mums twin tub.

wood cladding in our dining room and people coming to marvel at it.

Parkray coal fire.

And my mum and dad used to drive to the pub and leave me in the car with a bottle of pop and a packet of crisps whilst they sat inside.

Metal roller skates that you wore over shoes.

I remember the weekend chocolate box. It was a real favourite in our house. Don't know why though.

Bus conductors punching your ticket
Anne French cleansing milk
Butchers and veg vans coming round
Wearing rubber bathing caps when swimming
Radiograms
Swimming in the sea with no supervision and no arm bands.

I remember a girl in my O level maths class bringing in her calculator to show the rest of us. Amazing! She wasn't allowed to use it in exams, of course.

Forgot to say nearly everyone had a coal shed in the garden and a coal bunker and companion set.

Monopoly and Cluedo had wooden houses and people.

baubles on the xmas tree were prettier than the ones you buy today. More individual and made of glass.

christmas cards had photos of baubles on or cute fluffy animals dressed up in Xmas outfits.

Yes, Weekend chocolates in a big cream box!
All of the above.
Playing balls
My big sisters drinking PLJ to lose weight
Pippa-dee parties
Pan stick make up

My mums twin tub ......yes.

Silver Jubilee parties .....yes My DM had the photo album out a few months back.

And the drinks cabinet in the sideboard...yes. In fact they still have the same sideboard.

Banana Splits on telly
Bohemian Rhapsody first vid on TOTP
Butterscotch Angel Delight
Stylophone

Orange and brown everything.
Learning to use the phone box with a 2 pence piece!
Hot hot hot
Pacers
Space dust before it was trendy and called popping candy
A 10p mix contained about 20 sweets like fruit salads and black jacks.
Standing up in the car with head out the sunroof.
Playing out, in and around everyone's gardens.
White dining furniture!
Shag pile carpet.
Mum and dad drinking vinho verde!

Brown crimpilene

The photo on my profile says it all

Radiogram here too. .....though they did get rid of that one.

texan bars

Sindy when she was pretty and made by Pedigree

Chickaboo

Ice cream that used to come in a rectangular block and used to sit in rectangular cone