Child of the 70's? What was your favourite....

[lawros left foot]

All the different makes of cigarettes that have disappeared, Gold Leaf, Number 6, Number 10, Cadets, Guards, Piccadilly,etc there must have been twenty plus brands

 

[pasty]

I just remembered..... Knitting!

THE fad of the 70's!! My Mum and Nan were slavering addicts...

Actual 'wool shops' which sold all grades of knitting needles, balls of wool and 'patterns'. If you dared to mention your Mrs was pregnant back then it'd lead to 750 pairs of knitting needles clacking away like a skeletons disco - pumping out piles of wee jumpers, onesies and blankets

Mum actually had a knitting machine at one point, not unlike this one from memory. She once knitted me an Albion scarf on it, which promptly curled inwards from the sides and looked a bit like a blue and white swiss roll

 

[dazzer6666]

You are so right, except we drank the Martini and got sick on it.

Hahahahah, LOL. I was literally just going to post that someone brought a bottle of martini to a party once (I even remember whose party it was) and me and a mate downed the whole bottle and spent the next hour being sick........

 

[dazzer6666]

All the different makes of cigarettes that have disappeared, Gold Leaf, Number 6, Number 10, Cadets, Guards, Piccadilly,etc there must have been twenty plus brands

777, Woodbines......

 

[Sussex Nomad]

Hahahahah, LOL. I was literally just going to post that someone brought a bottle of martini to a party once (I even remember whose party it was) and me and a mate downed the whole bottle and spent the next hour being sick........

Every parent in the 70s had a bottle of Martini that they never touched, and pretty much left it to us kids to taste, I think they had a plan. Hate Martini and you'll hate alcohol. As kids we drank it like coca cola and met the consequences.

 

[Tarpon]

Stream of consciousness list:

Action comic
Action Man
Marbles
Commando (comic)
Home made go karts
First generation skateboards
Monkey Boots
Dr Martens
Punk
Lumberjack Jackets
Harrington Jackets
Chipper, Chopper
Dr Who
Spangles
Power cuts
Atari
VHS
Airfix
Subbuteo
Parkas
High Chaparral
Six Million Dollar Man
Jimmy Hill
Dickie Davies
The Two Ronnies
Kendo Nagasaki
Evil Kneival
Risk
Escape from Colditz
Borg v McEnroe
Long then short hair
Wide then narrow trousers
Fleetwood Mac
The Jam
Jaws
Star Wars
Tizer
Soda Stream
Cortina
Teleprinter
TDK
Air Guns
Ska revival
Ray Reardon
Barry Sheene
Monster Mash
Ready Brek

....I had to stop. I loved the 70s.

 

[origigull]

Melford
Coombe Rovers
Hollingbury Hawks
Hove Park Colts
Bevendean Badgers
Peacehaven Pirates
E&A United .........

Anyone played for Moulsecoomb Targets 1972-73. Got to a Cup Final at Southwick's ground. I said we won 4-0, my brother said we lost 0-4. I prefer my version.

 

[aftershavedave]

All the different makes of cigarettes that have disappeared, Gold Leaf, Number 6, Number 10, Cadets, Guards, Piccadilly,etc there must have been twenty plus brands

sobranie cocktails anyone? and those very silly long thin ones?

 

[dazzer6666]

Every parent in the 70s had a bottle of Martini that they never touched, and pretty much left it to us kids to taste, I think they had a plan. Hate Martini and you'll hate alcohol. As kids we drank it like coca cola and met the consequences.

It was exotic, so they had to have one in the 'sideboard' in case a visitor asked for some. They never did, and if they had, no-one would have known how to serve it anyway [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]

 

[Sussex Nomad]

sobranie cocktails anyone? and those very silly long thin ones?

Kensington, Hyde Park, every London place had a fag named after them.

 

[Sussex Nomad]

It was exotic, so they had to have one in the 'sideboard' in case a visitor asked for some. They never did, and if they had, no-one would have known how to serve it anyway [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]

Haha cheers Dazzer, made me laugh (again).

 

[lawros left foot]

Kensington, Hyde Park, every London place had a fag named after them.

The horrible menthol ones, Kensitas, or something like that, for sophisticated girlsk

 

[Mackenzie]

Melford
Coombe Rovers
Hollingbury Hawks
Hove Park Colts
Bevendean Badgers
Peacehaven Pirates
E&A United .........

Whitehawk
Queens Park Jaguars
Denton and South Heighton
Worthing Dynamos
Bevendean Barcelona
Preston Panthers.....

 

[origigull]

Every parent in the 70s had a bottle of Martini that they never touched, and pretty much left it to us kids to taste, I think they had a plan. Hate Martini and you'll hate alcohol. As kids we drank it like coca cola and met the consequences.

Me, my brother and a mate used to drink this bottle (or was it dobonnet) and then add water to it so it looked full. When it was empty another bottle appeared and we'd do the same thing. Never saw my parents drink it mind. they must of said it tastes like water.

 

[Sussex Nomad]

The horrible menthol ones, Kensitas, or something like that, for sophisticated girlsk

Yes, sorry Kensitas not Kensington.

 

[Sussex Nomad]

Me, my brother and a mate used to drink this bottle (or was it dobonnet) and then add water to it so it looked full. When it was empty another bottle appeared and we'd do the same thing. Never saw my parents drink it mind. they must of said it tastes like water.

Hahaha! It was a parent conspiracy! Dubonnet yes!

 

[Sussex Nomad]

Me and my step brother absolutely heaved until we had nothing left inside at about 14 over Martini.

 

[origigull]

All the different makes of cigarettes that have disappeared, Gold Leaf, Number 6, Number 10, Cadets, Guards, Piccadilly,etc there must have been twenty plus brands

if you had a packet of 10 you were considered rich, most kids at school had packs of 5 that had to last.

 

[Sussex Nomad]

if you had a packet of 10 you were considered rich, most kids at school had packs of 5 that had to last.

There used to be a cigarette machine outside the cafe at Angmering station. 10p for 10, well expensive in the day.

 

[lawros left foot]

5 park drive was 6p when I first started smoking, and school dinner money was 9p, 3p change for a bag of chips at lunch time.