kids of the 1970s

[zzxxee]

post your memories here
i remember
space hoppers
flared trousers and patches sewn over the holes
anything else that reminds you of your 1970s childhood ?

[Andyvon]

All the part time jobs children aren't allowed to have now. When I was 12 I worked seven days a week on the milk round meeting the milkman every morning at 5am. All before school. Every Thursday and Friday night was spent collecting bills.

I worked in as a forecourt attendant when I was 15. Petrol was 65p a gallon (15p a litre), crisps were 2p a pack and I smoked 40 Rothmans a day at 38p for 20!

The football matches were classics, especially the FA Cup Finals which were magical. We'd sit from about 9am and watch the preparations, team breakfasts etc then the match in the afternoon. Newcastle-Fulham, Southampton's win with Bobby Stokes scoring the goal etc.

Every Saturday night we'd watch TV all night. Wrestling on World of Sport, then Dr. Who, Jim'll Fix It, The Generation Game, Parkinson, then a Hammer horror film to finish.

[zzxxee]

lava lamps
hippy skirts
bright orange carpets and brown furniture .........everything in our house was brown

[boxtops]

I remember all those things, but I got married in 1972..... I do remember the money changing to decimal (15 February 1971) and the introduction of VAT a few years later.

[zzxxee]

Tin can alley
eval kineval
the goodies
big daddy giant haystacks green sheild stamps