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Post by scriptman on Jul 25, 2008 10:04:23 GMT 1
What time of your life do you look back on with the greatest fondness. A time when you wish you could jet back in a time machine and re-live it.
It has to be the 1970s for me.... the culture, the simplicity, and it really was a relatively stress free time for me. The only thing I had to worry about was I was I going to get home from Wigan Casino on a Sunday morning. In my opinion, the music was better, the schools were better, you had job security, protection of the unions...the whole way of life was better. I lived through the so called winter of discontent....powercuts, strikes and refuse uncollected...... but I'd sooner have that any day than the society we have in 2008. Thoughts anyone?
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Post by foo on Jul 25, 2008 11:32:45 GMT 1
For me, it has to be the 80's. Chart music was crap...but I discovered rock music and the Di ckens in Rotherham where I went 6 nights a week. I met my husband there...and for the first time in my life, I felt like I belonged to someone. Can't beat a pub crawl round all the rock pubs and clubs with your mates, and a good looking bloke that all your girlfriends fancy. UTM!!!
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Post by scriptman on Jul 25, 2008 12:23:38 GMT 1
I used to knock about with a chap who all my girlfriends fancied as well I planned to nickname my girlfriends after the days of the week. I figured that way, I wouldn't get confused regarding which days I arranged to see who. Theoretically it was a good idea, but I could never get past Monday
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Post by foo on Jul 25, 2008 14:41:57 GMT 1
Why? Couldn't you spell Tuesday?
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Post by wortleygirl on Jul 25, 2008 17:23:07 GMT 1
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by scriptman on Jul 25, 2008 18:48:12 GMT 1
Gang up on me, see if I care....... and as for you foo...you can forget all about being Ms Wednesday now And yes, for your information I can spell Chewsday.
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Post by acido on Jul 25, 2008 22:03:09 GMT 1
Ive often had this discussion Script, although being born in 71 myself, I still cant call the 70s my favourite because I dont remember enough about them. For me, the 80s were and always will be the best decade and this includes the music. Im surprised at how even 80s fans can call the music of the time crap and 'cheesy'. Yes I wont deny there was some garbage around as well, but this also applies to every decade doesnt it? And if I was pushed on it, which year I could go back to (if only I had a tardis, or if I was the new DR WHO!!), Id go back to 1981
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Post by wortleygirl on Jul 25, 2008 23:19:43 GMT 1
For me...(showing my age now) 60's and early 70's. As the song says....Those were the days The Beatles, the "Merseybeat", the Rolling Stones, Hippies, Flower Power, Mini Skirts, and one you boys would have enjoyed.........Free Love . 1966 The World Cup ..Saw it live....on Telly ;D 1969 The Moon Landing Just a few things
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Post by exiledwhite on Jul 25, 2008 23:43:20 GMT 1
I with Acido on this one....
Born 72, so the 70's are a flicker of a memory for me.
Give me the 80's anytime. the main reason was the summer holidays. Friends at school would be talking of going to Spain, France or Italy and all I ever looked forward to was getting packed off over to Ireland for 6 weeks.
Summers in Ireland consisted of milking the cows, poaching salmon at 2 in the morning, cleaning the poaching nets, going to the bog to bring the turf home, raking the hay and making stacks, turf-stacking - the jobs were endless but it wasn't like work at all, we had a laugh while doing it.
There was also times when we go the the beach on the warm days, climbing trees and jumping off cliffs into the sea below. Days when it rained were the days we dreaded as there wasn't much to do as the Irish tv then consisted of 2 channels and one RTE2 was only on from 6pm till midnight...
These are the times that all children should have not sitting in front of Nintendo Wii's or PS3's. These are the days that I yearn for again and these are the days which made me move over here so my 3 children can share in what I had and maybe I can re-live my youth through them again....
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Post by acido on Jul 26, 2008 1:16:04 GMT 1
Nice comments there Exiled, thanks. Ive never been to the Eire, Ive ony been to Northern Ireland (a few times). When people ask me if I would like to have been born in another time, I say absolutely NO! I grew up in the 1980's and I wouldnt want it to have been any other way. They were wonderful days for me
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Post by foo on Jul 26, 2008 8:08:03 GMT 1
Scriptman, you promised I could be miss Friday! By the time you got round to me all you'd want is a cup of tea and someone to drive you to Asda for your big shop. Exiled...all is not lost...my son is 10, and when I can't find him I just look up the nearest tree. He's been bought play stations etc. but he'd rather play out with his mates. I was born in the 60's and remember the 70's well. But I was too young to bother about music (tho the 70's was best for music), and some of my childhood i'd rather forget...tho it wasn't all bad. It was in the 80's that I became an adult and was in control of my own life. So for that reason...I like the 80's.
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Post by scriptman on Jul 26, 2008 9:52:42 GMT 1
Foo.. I don't drink tea or coffee, and I shop at Tesco when Netto is closed Wortleygirl... I can recall the music from the 'flower power' era, but I was too young to appreciate the lifestyle. It wasn't until about 1972 time when I began to take an interest in the world around me. I was a young teenager.... and each Saturday morning after our school footy game, a few of us would go to a small record shop on Hall Gate in Donny. I used to get 25p a week pocket money, but records (singles) cost about 17p or so then (I think).... so I could only buy one every other week....as I needed to put some money for Donny Rovers of course. Then it would be onto Littlewoods cafe for a large warm sausage roll. acido... 1981 was a great year for music. The Specials, Madness, Rainbow (I Surrender), The Beat, Jam, Dexy's....... Can you remember a song called 'I am the Beat'. The song came out in December 1980. I was at a Christmas party....and for some reason that song inspired me to chat up this lass who I'd been fancying for some time... It was one of the few times I was successful with a woman .... It was the first record I bought in 1981... and I went on to marry the lass. I have the record all neatly preserved now...... as it serves as a reminder of my last day of freedom, happiness, and life without stress ;D
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Post by animallittle on Jul 26, 2008 11:29:08 GMT 1
Would not change the era i grew up in for anything .....just a few memories from the 70's
1, Love Thy Neighbour ITV Sit-com 2, Christmas Day Top Of The Pops 3, Swap Shop - Noel Edmunds 4, Gathered around the radio at school every tuesday lunch time to find out who was top of the charts. 5, Bjorn Borg,Billie Jean King,Virginia Wade,and the lovely Chris Evert winning Wimbledon. 6, Street Parties for the Queen's jubilee in 77 7,The hot summer of 76 and stand pipes. 8, FA cup final day and it starting at 9am. 9, Been able to buy one cig and a match from the shop near school. 10, Man Utd getting relegated to division 2
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Post by wortleygirl on Jul 26, 2008 17:26:46 GMT 1
Would not change the era i grew up in for anything .....just a few memories from the 70's 1, Love Thy Neighbour ITV Sit-com 2, Christmas Day Top Of The Pops 3, Swap Shop - Noel Edmunds 4, Gathered around the radio at school every tuesday lunch time to find out who was top of the charts. 5, Bjorn Borg,Billie Jean King,Virginia Wade,and the lovely Chris Evert winning Wimbledon. 6, Street Parties for the Queen's jubilee in 77 7,The hot summer of 76 and stand pipes. 8, FA cup final day and it starting at 9am. 9, Been able to buy one cig and a match from the shop near school. 10, Man Utd getting relegated to division 2 Remember it all (God am I really that old?) must admit your number 10 would (for me) be the real highlight. 1974...what a year....Leeds were Champions ...MU relegated and me and Mr Wortley moved to Scotland where we stayed for nearly 27 years
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Post by scriptman on Jul 26, 2008 19:57:38 GMT 1
That Leeds team was one of the best teams I have seen on a football pitch. They had their critics... but the football they played was 30 years ahead of its time.
animallittle... I think we're the same age give or take a couple of years... and I can identify with all your 10 points. As a family we never had much money in the 70s.. neither did anyone else on our street or estate... but do you know something mate...we were happy. Another thing...it didn't matter how hard the toughest kid was at school.... everyone had respect for the teachers and police. I was caned and slippered a few times at school.....but I took it with dignity. Nowadays if a teacher puts a finger on a school kid they're up in court for assault.
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Post by roverdude on Jul 26, 2008 21:42:22 GMT 1
late 70's/80's for me chart music was as foo says dire but used to go to retford on saturday nights saw some top groups there. summer consisted of starting drinking in market place (as i recall they had special licence) buy some kipper wine from off licence behind gaumont then train to sheff and wapentake
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Post by roverdude on Jul 26, 2008 21:43:21 GMT 1
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL MY FRIENDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE
1920's, 30's 40's, 50's(Bulldog), 60's, 70's and 80's !
First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us and lived in houses made of asbestos.
They took aspirin, ate blue cheese, raw egg products, loads of bacon and processed meat, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes or cervical cancer.
Then after that trauma, our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paints.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets or shoes, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking!!!
As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags.
Riding in the back of a Bakkie on a warm day was always a special treat.
We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.
Take away food was limited to fish and chips, no pizza shops, McDonalds, KFC, Steers, Nandos.
Even though all the shops closed at 6.00pm and didn't open on the weekends, somehow we didn't starve to death!
We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this.
We could collect old drink bottles and cash them in at the corner store and buy Chappies, Wilson 's Toffees, Wicks Bubble Gum and some crackers to blow up frogs with.
We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank soft drinks with sugar in it, but we weren't overweight because......
WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!!
We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.
No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K.
We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. We built tree houses and cubby houses and played in river beds with matchbox cars.
We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 99 channels on DSTV, no video tape movies, no surround sound, no mobile phones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat rooms..........WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!
We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no Lawsuits from these accidents.
Only girls had pierced ears!
We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.
You could only buy Easter Eggs and Hot Cross Buns at Easter time.......no really!
We were given pellet guns and catapults for our 10th birthdays!!
We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just yelled for them!
Mum didn't have to go to work to help dad make ends meet!
RUGBY and CRICKET had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!! Getting into the team was based on MERIT AND NOT DUE TO BLACKMAIL, THREATS AND GUILT FROM THE PAST... strange but true!
Our teachers used to belt us with big sticks and leather staps and bully's always ruled the playground at school.
The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of.
They actually sided with the law!
Our parents didn't invent stupid names for their kids like 'Kiora' and 'Blade' and 'Ridge' and 'Vanilla'
This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever!
The past 70 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.
We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned HOW TO
DEAL WITH IT ALL!
And YOU are one of them!
CONGRATULATIONS!
You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated our lives for our own good.
And while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave their parents were.
PS -The big type is because your eyes are not too good at your age anymore
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Post by scriptman on Jul 26, 2008 21:48:24 GMT 1
Brilliant that roverdude..... ;D ;D
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Post by roverdude on Jul 26, 2008 22:15:53 GMT 1
id love to take credit for it script but someone e mailed it to me - but how true
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Post by scriptman on Jul 27, 2008 12:49:34 GMT 1
Saying that about home made go-karts... a few of us made one when were about 12-year-old.... This kid had first go.. went down a hill, couldn't stop, crashed into a lamppost and broke his leg. After the ambulance had come and gone...we fixed the go-kart and continued.
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