The 70's on BBC2

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OMG Its a time machine to my childhood!!

Sorry, must have started a thread at the same time!

I was 7 in 1970 so have clear memories. We moved to a very affluent area in the Midlands in 1970, my parents paid £7k for a 3 bed detached house!

I know - its good stuff

LOL at Ted Heath's accent! or perhaps L'eaul.

I'm watching this too. He has just said that before the seventies most people who travelled abroad did so "in a uniform carrying a gun". Dd1 just said "Oh, I didn't realise air hostesses were armed then"

She won't live that down for a while though.

I'm such a product of my childhood, I still consider a forrin holiday to be the pinnacle of the year. I didn't go on a plane until I was 19 in 1987!

Cathy and Claire talking about holiday romance!!

If only we'd been like ze Germans in the early 70's, where would we be now....

Timothy whites - that takes me back . Going with my mum to buy beer making kits (then cleaning out the Airing cupboard when it overflowed)

Just switched over - wish I spotted this before.

Jason king

WTAF is Jason King, never ever seen this dude before ROFL at duds being "from his personal collection"

Timothy Whites! I associate that with beer-making kits too. People must have done a lot of beer-making back then! We also had a yogurt maker which I know my mum got in Boots.

My dad made beer Margo (great name it was minting.

Bless the Bowie fan.

Minting = minging

My mum loved Jason King....I think he was seen as the epitome of sophistication in 70s Lancashire!

I'd forgotten all about Timothy Whites!

I don't remember the 70s (born in 86) but its a really interesting programme. A lot of parallels with today really.

lol at minting. Just realised how appropriate I am on this thread

Margo- we had a yoghurt maker too. I think it may account for my lifelong dislike of yoghurt

Am enjoying this but he's a bit selective in his memory - I can't see that Marc Bolan was the most popular act of the 70s - does he not remember the Osmonds or the Bay City Rollers ?

How tall was that bus?

Blimey - doesn't Arthur Scargill look young !

Back he's covering 70-72, BCR and the Osmonds are a bit later

It was good to hear a bit of Lemmy too.

I used to do homework by oil lamp during those strikes.

Anyone watching the bit about the Ugandan Asians?
Thought provoking stuff.

27%!!!!!!!

We had a girl join our class who was a Ugandan Asian.

I've had to go and pour myself a sweet martini and lemonade to get in the mood.

I can't help thinking that Mike Yarwood did a better Ted Heath than Ted Heath did though!