Baroness Thatcher passed away

chucknorris

ILW wrote: »

I was a teenager through most of the 70s. Thought it was great.

Me too, but I wouldn't want to drink all that 'snake bite' again though (probably not anyway).

dryhat

ILW wrote: »

I was a teenager through most of the 70s. Thought it was great.

Being a kid in the 70s was fantastic.

great music, funny clothes, iconic toys like choppers and space hoppers, being out all day without your parents worrying, less traffic on the road and strong communities full of hope and ambition.

even the power cuts were fun.

chucknorris

dryhat wrote: »

Being a kid in the 70s was fantastic.

great music, funny clothes, iconic toys like choppers and space hoppers, being out all day without your parents worrying, less traffic on the road and strong communities full of hope and ambition.

even the power cuts were fun.

The strangest things that I wore were oxford bags and an afghan coat, I didn't actually wear platforms (I think).

ILW

dryhat wrote: »

Being a kid in the 70s was fantastic.

great music, funny clothes, iconic toys like choppers and space hoppers, being out all day without your parents worrying, less traffic on the road and strong communities full of hope and ambition.

even the power cuts were fun.

I believe that as a kid or young adult, you were statistcally more likely to get molested, killed on the roads, die of various things or be disabled than now. People just seemed a whole lot less obsessive about things though.

wotsthat

ILW wrote: »

I was a teenager through most of the 70s. Thought it was great.

I suppose a lot depends on circumstances - pretty grim for me as kid in the '70's and teenager in the '80's.

Mind you I missed being a 'boomer' by only a year or two - that probably explains everything - you jammy gits!

dryhat

ILW wrote: »

I believe that as a kid or young adult, you were statistcally more likely to get molested, killed on the roads, die of various things or be disabled than now. People just seemed a whole lot less obsessive about things though.

That may be true, I don't know but it was a more relaxed and innocent time.

We used to play on building sites and moving coal trains and tease bulls in fields until they chased us.

I remember buying an air pistol at the age of 10

Now, it's just health and safety gone mad I tell ya.

ILW

dryhat wrote: »

That may be true, I don't know but it was a more relaxed and innocent time.

We used to play on building sites and moving coal trains and tease bulls in fields until they chased us.

Now, it's just health and safety gone mad I tell ya.

Drink driving was acceptable (until you got caught by a copper on a bad day).

CLAPTON

wotsthat wrote: »

I suppose a lot depends on circumstances - pretty grim for me as kid in the '70's and teenager in the '80's.

Mind you I missed being a 'boomer' by only a year or two - that probably explains everything - you jammy gits!

yes indeed, you were too young to have helped invent sex.

bugslet

dryhat wrote: »

That may be true, I don't know but it was a more relaxed and innocent time.


Now, it's just health and safety gone mad I tell ya.

As a kid in the 70s, I used to be out with my Dad in his truck and onto the docks watching the cranes off-loading the ships, into the steel mills in Sheffield watching the molten steel being poured and sitting on my dad's knee steering the truck through the quarry. I somehow don't think a 5 - 10 year old would get through the gates now.

dryhat

Another thing I remember was going into a shop near where I lived to buy my mum a birthday present. It was a little china ornament.

I can't remember how much it cost but I didn't have enough so the woman let me have it "on tick"

I was about 8 years old and was signed up for a credit agreement.

Can you imagine that now even with today's looser lending.