Martin Norris
What about the sports mopeds Yamaha fs1e fantic GT Gilera Trial Etc Etc
Lesley
Orange Jubliees and red ones called fire water. Blue Ice Pops & steralised milk on everything. Ben Shermans, grandad vests, braces, riding boots, skinhead moon stomp, long sticks of barley sugar and yes I do remember the caramel coloured one that had chocolate running through it. Buying No.6 tipped in packs of 5, sherry and port from the barrel.Shopping at Chelsea Girl,AquaManda,Brut & Youth Dew
William
I left school in December 1969, so come the 70s and I was officially a grown-up.I've been going backwards ever since!
john morris
2 words, WIGAN CASINO
Sherr.
Can anyone remember polyvelt shoes and full leather trench coats.
julie newman
hi yes i remember starsky and hutchand police womenwith earl holliman and angie dicksoni remember the platform shoes and the jackie magazineand look ini also liked tom baker has doctor whokoljakthe twighlight zoneand yes jubbilee
janette
does anyone remember the long twisted barley sugar sticks,they did a one in toffee and choc flavor nobody can remember the choc one ,can you?
paul harrington
does anyone remember dr's coats warm at football matches with special design on them
annie
is it just my imagination or was there a Biba shop in the town centre nar to where New look is now?
TONY HAYES (TAMWORTH)
REMEMBER GOING TO MARGATE IN 1975, DRESSED "DIFFERENT" TO THE COCKNEYS BECAUSE I WAS WEARING BIRMINGHAM BAGS (HIGH WAISTBAND 30" BOTTOMED TROUSERS WITH SIDE POCKETS)THE COCKNEYS HAD "BORING" 26" BOTTOMED BAGGIES WITH FOLD OVER BUTTONS ON THEIR SIDE POCKETS IN A DIFFERENT COLOURED MATERIAL- HOW WEIRD!!PLUS WE LADS DIDN'T WEAR PLATFORMS BUT BROTHEL CREEPER SOLED SHOES WITH UPPERS THAT PEELED ON THE TOE AREA AFTER A SHORT WHILE!
Dennis
Can anyone remember the mid to early seventies bubble gum cards that had the osmonds in them? Especially the cute ones of little sister Marie?
Sarah
Does anyone remember Peter Woods reading the news? He scared the bayjeezus out of me as a child!
guy
i remember the 70,s as tiswas saturday and i loved thegirls loved donny
Julie
Anyone remember US deodorant - smelled fab! also Cussons Baby Bird talk in a tall plastic container with stripes round the top. Aqua Manda, Aqua Citra...
alan
slade the most sucessfull band of the seventies ,six number ones,a great live band, two tone suits,brute aftershave,brutis and bensherman shirts, loafers shoes,crombies,platform boots,party seven cans of beer, brillant top of the pops,tiswas,swop shop,the glam years,punk,abba,budgie,
sharon
hi i grew up listening to david cassidy bay city rollers and donny osmond wow what memories i still listen to them today
Mike
Oxford Bags!.. Were worn by skinheads and BOVVER BOYS.. The "high waisted trousers with side pockets" and eight to twelve buttons on the waistband were called Birmingham Bags.
Sherell
wow-what wonderful memeories-wouldn't we like to go back again? Does anyone remember the clothes shop 'Martin Ford', and Timothy Whites, & David Greigs? The sweets you could buy for sixpence!!!!! chocolate tools, white mice, sweet tobacco, everyone had clickers to click, trolls, a bottle of milk at school, pogles wood on telly, kids from 47A, catweazle, the tomorrow people, the double deckers, H R Puf'n' stuff, ohhhh, take me back!!!!
Soo Toombs
Briefly I was the archetypical teenybopper. From David Cassidy (Wembley and Whitecity Concerts - I saw the poor girl who was killed at Whitecity) and at Heathrow Airport. I saw the Osmonds at Heathrow and was on the level below the wall that collapsed and saw the Osmonds at Earls Court. As for the Bay City Rollers: well I was my mother's nightmare. I would skip school to see them in concert, travel to Scotland (twice) to visit Prestonpans where their fanclub was based and, again, Heathrow Airport when we had a tip off they would be flying in/out. With all of them, my friends and I would travel to London early Saturday mornings when we knew they would be appearing on shows. Needless to say, I didnt have a bone fide boyfriend until I was 17. Who would put up with such a star struck girl whose benchmark for a boyfriend was in the image of her idols? I swear, I promised myself I would never marry unless it was to either David Cassidy or Eric Faulkner. I dont regret anything - it was all so innocent.
Linda
Ben Sherman shirts, Harrington jackets and Crombies (Doc Maartens and bovver boys of course) and then the other faction: the 'hairies' with their tapestry bags, loons and greasy hair. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. on TV with Napoleon Solo and Ilya Kuryakin (so cute!) - chewing gum and cards too. Mojos and Black Jacks - both 4 for a penny. Thanks Sam (below) for the memory of Spanish gold! Twiggy, mini, midi and maxi skirts. So many memories... And does anyone remember the GoJo girls - forerunner to Pan's People?
sam
little big man, crossfire, bbc argentina melody, rocky o,rourke on tv. spanish gold and gold rush bags of chewing gum. supersonic itv's answer to topt
Teresa
I remember oxford bag trousers and if you was a hippy type, loons,(cotton flares)wearing flowers hand painted on the corners of eyes with false eyelashes....Biba , Mary Quant, Midi coats..black of course, Rod stewart...every picture tells a story, Aladin Sane-David Bowie. Shopping down Peticoat Lane Market, Going to a Club lunch time in the city called Deacons...coming out smashed and going back to the Bank to work. Kossoff the bakers for cheese cake and tomatoe soup and seedy rolls first thing in the morning on the way to work in the city.
Chris Sell
Sex Pistols, the Damned & Generation X! The hot summer of 76, green 4 button box pocket flares followed by pinstripe flares. Love thy neighbour & tomorrows people!
chaffordpaul
power cuts,white dog poop,action man,benny hill,and those pictures made out of coloured string, oh and endless days playing in the hot hot sun.
Emily
I remember watching The Partridge Family every Friday night and I collected every bubble gum card there was. I was a fanatic!
Michelle H
Those were the day's when you could buy a packet of chrisps, mars bar and panda pop for 10p!!! we had our first colour tv complete with 50p slot. We all loved Starsky & Hutch, (then dad had to buy a yellow and black Ford Capri)The double decker's, Banana Splits,Tomfoolery,Barnaby the Bear and Tiswas v Multi-coloured swop shop were all a must on Saturdays.
Our wallpaper, settee and carpet were orange and brown. (lovely)And Hot pants, perms and Glam rock were also a must. With long hot summers all's left to say is bring back the pop man!!!
Angie...
I remember The Queen's Silver Jubilee (I was 11) and the Street Parties that went with it. Also The Milk advert "Watch out there's a Humprey about", and the free Cadbury's Trading cards give away with the Bay City Rollers On... I had loads of them, just wished I'd kept them now...Oh the memories....
Jane P
Iremember Twin Sets, Summer of 76, Curly Wurlys, Wedge heeled Shoes and David Essex
VP
I remember oxford Bags, Afghan coats,highwaisted trousers with side pockets - it was a contest tfor the most buttons on the waist! then unfortunatley for me smocks!!!!!!
ronnie b.
remeber the hot cars chevelle,camaro, roadrunner,nova ss and of course the mustang
Diane
I remember my Dad driving back from a visit to the our grandparents house and deliberately slowing down so that I'd miss an episode of Shang-a-lang. A bottle of Vimto did nothing to soothe my rage!
guyb
i remember tiswas on atv and abba and singing their songs on the way to school.
sue M
So many memories! Bananas in pyjamas, mint cracknell, cadbury cream eggs only at easter, Oxford bags, satin trousers and jackets, velvet jackets, chelsea girl, clogs, loon pants, tie dye, patchouli oil, then two tone suits, stay prest trousers, loafers with red socks, tie pins in your hanky pocket, angorra jumpers, hair clips with diamond stars at the end, yellow nail polish, lacy tights, peyton place, red rover bus passes,
Deb
Remember the Liver birds, Randle & Hopkirk, Catweazle
Jane
Platform shoes for school - and lectures about the 'dangers' of wearing them. No one took any notice and we had unofficial competitons over who could wear the highest.....
john b
spangles, toffee apple blobs, full-size curly-wurlies AND wagon wheels..school discos dancing to Judge Dread.. on tv the tomorrow people, doctor who, pans people, ...jaws, star wars...the beezer, the hotspur, the victor..lucozade when you wre off school sick..happy day!!
Sue
Thank you Flibble for reminding me of the brand name Rise and Shine. Every naff B and B used to serve this foul radio active beverage - ah happy days! My Seventiees memories include oxford bags, "US"deodorant, Birds Trifle, Brutus shirts, (stainless steel jewellery, eek), "Top Spin" knitwear and moccasin shoes, a girlie thing!
Phil
marbles...argentina 78 world cup winners & the pitch all covered in snow white!!...was there any grass to be seen?!!..scottish FA world cup theme tune..ali's tartan army...football playing cards..record player...train journeys with waiter & silver tray service..or even a seperate dining carriage!!..
Mark
Although I'm from Canada some of my earliest memories are of my Grandfather taking me to town to buy wooden puzzles at Barnaby's Toy Store. I remember the stirs going to the second floor seemed huge to me then but the climb was well woth the effort.
Jill
Jubblies - I bought some the other day for my own kids - they're only half the size that I remember.
Elaine
I wasn't quite a teen until 1980 but the memories are just as vivid.
Orange suede shoes I remember the day my mum bought them for me, Bay City Rollers and the Osmonds, Orange Vinyl 3 pc suite, which I drew pictures on, large lapels and kipper ties and trying on my mums long flowing dresses made from awful synthetic material, my dads side-burns, dandylion and burdoch (or dandylion and birdmuck as we affectionately called it)the summer of 1977 when we had the water shortage, oh those were the days
Vic
The pop man with his regular Alpine deliveries. Dandylion and burdock and cream soda were our favourites....and the milkshake that came in cardboard straws? Rip the ends off, pour the powder into milk and then sip through the straw that went soggy and disintegrated into the pink milk. I can still taste it today! The Austin Princess (how flash?), Action Jacks, Look-in magazine and Shiver and Shake comic, spokey dokeys, Smurfs from National petrol stations, Kevin Keegan's bike fall on Superstars and Clarks shoes with a compass in the sole. Those were the days, my friend!
Sharky
The Allegro car with the square steering wheel, a day out to the Bull Ring shopping centre, Oxford bags or patch pockets and cherry red nine hole Doc Martens....
Jane
Yeah, I remember Rise and Shine! I rather liked it back then..... :-) I remember calorie free Tab too - horrid, and the Nimble bread girl in that balloon....
Flibble
Was it just me or was all food orange in the seventies? My favourite orange memory is Rise and Shine - remember that? Powdered orange drink that was reconstituted with water to make something prentending to be fresh orange juice. Something of a delicacy but, as I recall,quite foul tasting.
