Memories of the 70s/ 80s

Loved that I'll see thee

 

Bought my first house in 1972 - chicken in a basket for a pub lunch.

 

£2.60 ? They were crap. tho'...

 

i might have one in an old suit case at my mums house actually

 

Spangles sweets.... The sound of Lambretta's going past the house

 

Jammy dodgers not just with the hearts in the middle like they are now
Pink panther chocolate
Snorkel jackets
Chipper bike (a smaller chopper)
Texan bars

 

Anyone have a "bum-freezer" bomber jacket (also available from Melody Maker ads)?

 

Ice on the inside of the single glazed windows because of no central heating.
Foraging for wood due to miners strike even tough lived next door to pit in Sutton.
Chopper bike.
Power cuts.
Generation game, Morecambe and Wise, The Goodies
The summer of 76
Trainspotting
Miners strike.
Vesta meals.

 

Jubilee coin and mug at primary school
towelling T shirts.....
satin football tops and shorts with scallops instead of Vees
Kevin Keegan and Brian Jacks on Superstars
Kickstart
'Bones' salt and vinegar crisps
Ice breaker cracknel bars
the drought....
Tomorrow's People
Follyfoot
Black Beauty
Children's Film foundation films
Learn to swim ads
too much to list..........

 

yep and a harrington

 

Anyone remember the sweet smell of the London Underground that used to come wafting up at you? Very distinctive and not unpleasant. May have been all those wooden escalators covered in grease, waiting to burst into flames...

The Tube just doesn't smell the same these days.

 

^this. The Brits were a bit slow on the uptake with double-glazing. I used to have to scrape ice off my bedroom window...

 

for a peep

 

Kick Start! got me into riding that! Bombing around the rec on a pinched Fs1e lol

 

Pre Health and Safety toys were unleashed on an unsuspecting public, then banned from playgrounds when they caused hundreds of injuries
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=FLHftISLNHE

 

steel framed single pane windows, condensation, old duffle coats on yer bed to keep warm, bed bugs, hidings, the strap, and comando comics, clarkes commando school shoes with a compass in the heal .... school clothes for christmass... along with an apple orange and a bannana, no phone and rental TV,

 

Going down the DIY shop for paraffin then the smell of the heater. Buying stuff off the catalogue.

 

The Shed
Stratford end
The kop
The Holt end
North bank Highbury
The shelf
North bank Upton Park

To name a few