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Child of the 70's? What was your favourite....
- Thread starter Knocky's Nose
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Now there's a memory.
And curiously for no good reason that popped into my head a couple of days ago.
Sussex Nomad
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No, but as someone else said it was all off FHW!
Sussex Nomad
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Lot of good stuff there, can relate to about 80%.
lawros left foot
Glory hunting since 1969
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Ooh you were posh
52 weeks at 1.50 a week, bargain!
thedonkeycentrehalf
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- Jul 7, 2003
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My mum used to work for the local tally man, making alterations to suits, trousers and dresses for people. If I remember correctly, when my dad passed his driving test our first car was the tally mans old Ford Corsair as he had just bought a new Cortina.
Knocky's Nose
Mon nez est en Valenciennes..
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Everything I had was from the "Grattan" catalogue. Did you have that down here?
My Mum used to ask me to choose some trainers or a jumper out of there, leave the room, then I'd get lost in the 'women's underwear' section. I've never lost my fascination with boobies!
Mr Bridger
Sound of the suburbs
Born 1965
To programmes : Banana splits ,( inc Arabian nights), Mary , Mungo & Midge ( which I named my hamsters after) Double Deckers
Toys : had to be Action Man,( Horse guard) and Subbuteo. Would have a whole FA Cup draw on a Saturday, and the final would have the colours of the two teams made up of t-shirts , jumpers etc laid out on the surrounding settee/ chairs for the crowd.
Drink: Corona from the pop man. 10p back for each bottle.plenty of Calypsos in the summer.
Music : early 70's was the Sweet, T-Rex, late 70's Punk and Two Tone.
Bike: various but favourite was Raleigh Chopper , but all had lolly pop sticks in the spokes.
Sweets: Black Jacks, fruit salads, refreshers
Car: remember my old man coming back from working on the Rigs and turning up in a Jag, oh yes! First time out in it he had to pop in the shop and told me not to touch anything, first thing that was pushed in was the cigarette lighter, being six I hadn't seen one before but was well intrigued by the bright red light when it popped out. Ouch!!
To programmes : Banana splits ,( inc Arabian nights), Mary , Mungo & Midge ( which I named my hamsters after) Double Deckers
Toys : had to be Action Man,( Horse guard) and Subbuteo. Would have a whole FA Cup draw on a Saturday, and the final would have the colours of the two teams made up of t-shirts , jumpers etc laid out on the surrounding settee/ chairs for the crowd.
Drink: Corona from the pop man. 10p back for each bottle.plenty of Calypsos in the summer.
Music : early 70's was the Sweet, T-Rex, late 70's Punk and Two Tone.
Bike: various but favourite was Raleigh Chopper , but all had lolly pop sticks in the spokes.
Sweets: Black Jacks, fruit salads, refreshers
Car: remember my old man coming back from working on the Rigs and turning up in a Jag, oh yes! First time out in it he had to pop in the shop and told me not to touch anything, first thing that was pushed in was the cigarette lighter, being six I hadn't seen one before but was well intrigued by the bright red light when it popped out. Ouch!!
lawros left foot
Glory hunting since 1969
I was going to add to my post, of course, the alterations were always excellent to
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Mackenzie
Old Brightonian
My childhood in 5 minutes.....[yt]yapmudOuwDM[/yt]....all watched on our rented telly......
Sussex Nomad
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Everything I had was from the "Grattan" catalogue. Did you have that down here?
My Mum used to ask me to choose some trainers or a jumper out of there, leave the room, then I'd get lost in the 'women's underwear' section. I've never lost my fascination with boobies!
Yeah we had Grattan and Littlewoods but FHW seemed the popular one.
pasty
A different kind of pasty
TV Programme : Trumpton, Chigley & Camberwick Green
Sweets : Blobs, fruit salad and black jacks, but top of the pile, flying saucers
Drink : Lime or cherryade. Used to have a Corona pop man come round like a milkman.
Toy : Meccano
Push Bike : Always wanted a Chopper, but never got one. Had a run-of-the-mill push bike
Shoes/Trainers : No idea. Think my school football boots and trainers were Patrick?
Fashion : Me-h.
Car : Not really interested in cars (still to this day) but did get very excited when dad came home in a white 2.8i Capri
Music : I first heard Bohemian Rhapsody when I was 10 and have loved Queen ever since. Most of my musical taste back then came from listening to my older bothers records. Sadly I just missed being old enough for punk (born '65)
Sweets : Blobs, fruit salad and black jacks, but top of the pile, flying saucers
Drink : Lime or cherryade. Used to have a Corona pop man come round like a milkman.
Toy : Meccano
Push Bike : Always wanted a Chopper, but never got one. Had a run-of-the-mill push bike
Shoes/Trainers : No idea. Think my school football boots and trainers were Patrick?
Fashion : Me-h.
Car : Not really interested in cars (still to this day) but did get very excited when dad came home in a white 2.8i Capri
Music : I first heard Bohemian Rhapsody when I was 10 and have loved Queen ever since. Most of my musical taste back then came from listening to my older bothers records. Sadly I just missed being old enough for punk (born '65)
Sussex Nomad
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Again, I can so relate to this. You forget so much until someone mentions it.
Knocky's Nose
Mon nez est en Valenciennes..
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Seeing that montage (thanks!) does anyone remember the sweets tied to the Metal Mickey programme called "Fuzzbusters"?
You could buy a "quarter" of them from the big plastic containers at the sweet shop.
You could buy a "quarter" of them from the big plastic containers at the sweet shop.
TV programme - Sesame street -
Sweets - sherbert Fountain
Drinks - Jungle Juice - aka Compo rations
Toy - Action man...couldnt afford one so sawed the tits off me sisters barbie doll?..didnt go down well
Push bike - Raleigh Chopper- couldnt afford one so had backies on 'em
Fashion=- Adidas trainers and tracky tops
Car - Ford Capri - although we had a Mk3 Cortina in bronze
Music - It was all Soul or Bay City rollers due to older brother / sister. ..
Sweets - sherbert Fountain
Drinks - Jungle Juice - aka Compo rations
Toy - Action man...couldnt afford one so sawed the tits off me sisters barbie doll?..didnt go down well
Push bike - Raleigh Chopper- couldnt afford one so had backies on 'em
Fashion=- Adidas trainers and tracky tops
Car - Ford Capri - although we had a Mk3 Cortina in bronze
Music - It was all Soul or Bay City rollers due to older brother / sister. ..
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Sussex Nomad
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What about those sweets that were shaped like bricks and you'd pop them out of some disney character?
afters
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Summer of '63
TV prog: flashing blade, doctor who, blue peter, magpie, how?, TOTP, out of town
Sweets: curly-wurly, fruit salads (not blackjacks!), caramac
Drink: tizer, snowballs at christmas, orange squash
Toy: johnny 7, homemade skateboards, monopoly, cards, battleships (on paper)
Bike: - a classic 70's racer, largely bits stuck together
Trainers: plimsolls. trainers didn't exist?
Fashion: harrington, nylon orange shirt, brogues
Car: dad had a ford anglia and then a super minx. my first car mark 2 cortina
Music: wings, elton john, bowie, then punk and soul
TV prog: flashing blade, doctor who, blue peter, magpie, how?, TOTP, out of town
Sweets: curly-wurly, fruit salads (not blackjacks!), caramac
Drink: tizer, snowballs at christmas, orange squash
Toy: johnny 7, homemade skateboards, monopoly, cards, battleships (on paper)
Bike: - a classic 70's racer, largely bits stuck together
Trainers: plimsolls. trainers didn't exist?
Fashion: harrington, nylon orange shirt, brogues
Car: dad had a ford anglia and then a super minx. my first car mark 2 cortina
Music: wings, elton john, bowie, then punk and soul
Sussex Nomad
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Toy - Action man...couldnt afford one so sawed the tits off me sisters barbie doll?..didnt go down well
Not much makes me laugh out loud!
