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Child of the 70's? What was your favourite....
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Dr. Notthenineo'clocknews
Remainer
Beano
Dandy
Whizzer n Chips
Shiver n Shake
Topper
Cracker
Tiger
Roy Of The Rovers
Scoop
Beezer
Dandy
Whizzer n Chips
Shiver n Shake
Topper
Cracker
Tiger
Roy Of The Rovers
Scoop
Beezer
Born in 63...
TV: Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet, Magpie, Crossroads & wrestling (with my nana); then, later, TOTP, Tomorrow's World, Life on Earth
Sweets: sherbet dib dab, licorice sweets (a farthing each), Yorkie bars. Cream soda to drink.
Games: Mouse Trap, Kerplunk, Yahtzee, poker dice, Solo (with my nana and her friends)
Toys: Action man, meccano, sticks for guns,
Bike:wanted a chopper, got a blue racer
Music: Sweet, Bowie, T Rex, Zep
TV: Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet, Magpie, Crossroads & wrestling (with my nana); then, later, TOTP, Tomorrow's World, Life on Earth
Sweets: sherbet dib dab, licorice sweets (a farthing each), Yorkie bars. Cream soda to drink.
Games: Mouse Trap, Kerplunk, Yahtzee, poker dice, Solo (with my nana and her friends)
Toys: Action man, meccano, sticks for guns,
Bike:wanted a chopper, got a blue racer
Music: Sweet, Bowie, T Rex, Zep
Sussex Nomad
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What about the Chipper bike? A cheaper version, or was that for younger kids?
Can't remember! I was so fixated on a chopper, I ignored everything else.
Moshe Gariani
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- Mar 10, 2005
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My favourite personal memory of the 70s (1978?) was being asked by Teddy Maybank if we wanted to take his bottles back to the shop and we could have the deposits. He lived in a very ordinary house in Holmes Avenue but was obviously rich beyond our imagination as he had a wheelbarrow full of empty pop bottles...
dadams2k11
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Hmm, do you know his brother in-law Mark?
Moshe Gariani
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- Mar 10, 2005
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Fizzy apple drink. Presumably loaded with sugar before we worried about such things. Cans of it were sold at the County Ground and there was also a highly desirable ice lolly version...WTF! Also born in '68 and never heard of that.
It sounds like something developed in Porton Down!
(Talking of sugary drinks... there were of course aspects of the 70s that were less great. Regular visits to a quack dentist for multiple fillings is not something I look back on with much joy...)
Sussex Nomad
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I remember being at the Old Forge in EP in maybe 78 or 79 and asking Paul Clark to sign my arm because he looked the most like Teddy Maybank. They pissed themselves laughing.
Edit: Sorry Teddy wasn't there that night.
Sussex Nomad
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In times when you're having a bad time, stuff like this lifts you, so thanks.
honey boy zimba
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Tv marine boy, catweasle,itv wrestling ,stingray ,flashing blade ,here come the double deckers
Sweets ice breaker ,cidergold lollies ,funny feet ,
drink cresta its frothy man,topdeck shandy
bike had a chipper,then a chopper
Toys jonny astro ,rebound ,superstriker,spacehopper,slinky
music t rex sweet slade suzi quatro
what happy days
Sweets ice breaker ,cidergold lollies ,funny feet ,
drink cresta its frothy man,topdeck shandy
bike had a chipper,then a chopper
Toys jonny astro ,rebound ,superstriker,spacehopper,slinky
music t rex sweet slade suzi quatro
what happy days
Robinjakarta
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Olivier (first smoke at age of 7), Domino 5 for sixpence, Park Drive, Craven A cork tipped, Capstan Full Strength, Solent menthol and more. Smoked them all and still here.
jakarta
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Yes, I also had many a session with our dentist in the 1970's who seemed determined to fill every tooth with black amalgam, didn't get nice looking teeth until quite recently.
Formula One and 500cc Grand Prix Motorcycling was brilliant in the 1970's, by the way, Barry Sheene and James Hunt, they don't make them like that any more!
Dr. Notthenineo'clocknews
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No, we lost touch after school. Although i do occasionally see Ned on the Non League circuit.
Raleigh Chopper
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Making your own go kart.
Pram wheels, bits of wood and a bolt in the front axle to steer with a length of rope.
Take it down the woods for weeks of summer fun.
Oh and the menthol fags were Consulate.
Can't remember the name of the long thin ones though.
Pram wheels, bits of wood and a bolt in the front axle to steer with a length of rope.
Take it down the woods for weeks of summer fun.
Oh and the menthol fags were Consulate.
Can't remember the name of the long thin ones though.
Robinjakarta
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Grotneys
I won't add properly to this thread as I was born in 58. Interesting read, though. The 70s to me, like someone said, was a game of two halves, with the first half relentlessly naff, with the whiff of Brut aftershave (and a touch of Hi Karate), number six, and farts. The second half was the exciting world of punk and post punk, going to uni and dabbling with life's temptations.
Raleigh Chopper
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Saturday afternoon looking through the window of Visionhire at 3:45 to see how Brighton were doing at half time then making sure you got home in time to see the results on the Grandstand vidiprinter?
Lower West Stander
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Born in 1966
TV programme - Charlie's Angels. Jaclyn Smith did it for me.
Bike - Tomahawk.
Car - my dad had a Renault 12. Hated it.
Fashion - cheesecloth shirt. Thoughts I was the dog's bollocks.
Music - bit young but The Jam blew me away when they came on the scene.
Sport - bloody loved the wrestling. For some reason I always looked forward to Rollerball Rocco v Johnny Saint. ("I'm coming for you Saint!")
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TV programme - Charlie's Angels. Jaclyn Smith did it for me.
Bike - Tomahawk.
Car - my dad had a Renault 12. Hated it.
Fashion - cheesecloth shirt. Thoughts I was the dog's bollocks.
Music - bit young but The Jam blew me away when they came on the scene.
Sport - bloody loved the wrestling. For some reason I always looked forward to Rollerball Rocco v Johnny Saint. ("I'm coming for you Saint!")
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