I wake up every day thanking God that I was a teenager in the 60s and 70s. Only those of us who were part of that will ever understand and know how good we had it before Britain sank into the cess pool that it has become today.
I have to say i'm the same. I feel really sorry for kids these days that they missed out on what we were lucky enough to experience as kids. Life today is lived too fast, it's over complicated and technology has destroyed the sheer enjoyment of the basic things in life.
I was 17 when I left UK for NZ, in 1973. I missed some things but it was a great time to be in a beautiful, unspoilt country with so few people. That lasted until the 90's. Globalism has now caught up with us, we're just as fkd as the rest of the world. I've never been back to UK, this brought back some nice memories.
I was at primary school in the 1970s. The days when an 8/9 year old could go out all day on their bikes and be home at night for dinner - was totally safe (or felt it). No staying in all day in front of a TV.
The 70s was the greatest time of my life, I met my lovely wife, we were blessed with four fantastic children & we were married for 41 years until sadly my beautiful wife passed away .I've so many wonderful memories of the 70s, the fashions, the music, the summer of 76, it was just the best of times.I've had other good times but the 70s has a special place in my heart.
... No hope in going to the past come to the loving savior today Seek his Holy Spirit in prayer today he can give you peace confort and guidance today Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Come to Jesus Christ today Jesus Christ is only way to heaven Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today John 3:16-21 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. Mark 1.15 15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Hebrews 11:6 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Jesus
If you're a young person watching this dont ever let anyone tell you the 70s was a bad time..that's all bullshit..as someone who was a teen in the 70s in east London I can tell you it was a fantastic decade and I would go back in a heart beat..how teens live now breaks my heart..
No matter what era someone was born in they always associate their younger years as the best ever. Guaranteed in 50 years time people will be saying the same thing about the 2020s. Music was way better back then though and you could smoke anywhere even on an aeroplane.
A fantastic era. At age 64 I am reminded looking at this, we had a much better life and country. Yes, people did moan about the government and strikes but it was a meaningful life. You chose your job and they were easy to get and so many choices available with everything. I was happy and didn't feel empty and today's life is total crap in comparison.
I was born in 1967 and grew up in the 70s. It was a great decade to grow up in. Life was simpler, no mobile phones and the TV programmes and music were miles better than they are now.
You are therefore the same age as my brother Anthony. I am three years younger than you - just three TV channels and more quality, even though I was too young to understand or remember most of the decade! My knowledge of that period is mainly second hand observations of other people!
I was born 56 years ago today Oct 67. Life was simpler, and people were not very well off but I remember it with affection. We went to LA on the Laker skytrain for £125 return. 1978 what a year. ❤
Look at us how we consumed media in a superior way to the newer generations we helped conjure. Ooh yes. Say something different for once you boring hag.
... No hope in going to the past come to the loving savior today Seek his Holy Spirit in prayer today he can give you peace confort and guidance today Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Come to Jesus Christ today Jesus Christ is only way to heaven Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today John 3:16-21 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. Mark 1.15 15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Hebrews 11:6 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Jesus
@@finn-fredriklange6610 Yes: some Pakistanis moved in next door to my late aunt and turned the house into an illegal workshop but the authorities wouldn't do anything about it because they were Pakistanis. My aunt had reported them to the authorities and as a result was called a white bitch and had dog shit pushed through her letter-box. Before long the Pakistanis had made their illegal fortune and moved to better accommodation. More recently of course we have had the outrage of Pakistani grooming gangs in Rotherham and elsewhere and once again the authorities including the police have "turned a blind eye".
Does anyone remember when confectionery tasted nice; before the whole lot was owned by Nestle and all the ingredients were replaced with glucose syrup and palm oil.
Probably the best decade ever. We were free to do and say what we wanted and the music was awesome. As always there were all sorts of problems and we were constantly in some crisis or other but compared to today it was a golden age.
Are you not free to do what you want now, misterfischer? In some parts of the world people are not free to do what they want, be it the 1970's, 2020's or 5050's. They get jailed or even killed for merely talking against the government. In fifty years from now, you will call the 2020's "the golden age."
70s by far the best decade of my life. 3 gallons of petrol for a pound. No internet or mobiles. Great music. But most memorable Britain belonged to the British.
Living in a small Mid-Essex town in the 70's was superb.Fields to play in, no mobiles, no internet,just good honest fun.I was lucky to be one of the last genrations who had this.
The 70's were amazing. The best time of my life. I was a teenager in the 70's, we had so much fun back then. We had no phones or Internet but we were still able to communicate with our friends. We had the best clubs, the best parties. The best time of my life. ❤️
@@markfiges999 the first pub I want in with my mates was near Wetherby just east of Leeds where I live. It was 1971 I was 17 and a pint of double diamond beer cost me 18 pence! Unbelievable but true
Born 1960 in South East London so was a teenager in the 70s what a fantastic time it was to be young. Feel sorry for the kids now there never know the freedom we had.
There were some very tough times in 70s but even so, it was the best decade of my life. I was a young woman living in London and life was so full. Got to say though, some of those photos need removing from the video because the brands were American, not British. Back in those days most of our household brands were still made in the UK.
Not seen most of the video yet, brands will be interesting. British cars, motorbikes, furniture (MFI), etc were all disastrously bad quality to be swamped by Japanese, German, Swedish alternatives in middle of decade.
@@cuebj and Italian and French even Eastern Europe...if like me you were a teen biker you could buy Czechoslovakian...seems amusing nowadays...but most bought small Japanese bikes as you mentioned...we nearly all went Jap by the end of 70's
I left school and started work in the early 70s. It was the best time of my life. With no mobile phones or internet, you just made a verbal arrangement with your friends to meet up at the weekend to go to the pictures to see a Kung Fu or disaster movie, or see a rock band in a speedy pub, or pile round to someone's house for a party. We would buy a clapped out car or motorbike for a few quid and fix it up. It's hard to explain to anyone who didn't live through the 70s, yes there was racism, sexism and bigotry. Strikes, riots and injustice, but people just toughened up and got on with it.
Indeed there were problems but just like yourself, i loved it!! Nower days its sad but i cant wait till I've got dementia and can relive them times once again. Well i hope so lol
100% correct great for kids too. No staring at bloody screens all day. Playing in the streets or adventure playgrounds. Corrugated iron open wastelands no fcking PC bullshit culture. Bloody brilliant.
I was a 1970s kid. Only Asian kid on our road and at least 4 streets on either side of us. Never had any problems with any of the other kids….infact from what my Dad says, they always used come knocking to ask to play with me and ask if I could go round to theirs …Good times 😎
Glad it was like that for you - as it should be! I was born in 1970, and had friends of every ethnicity. As it turns out, my mum is pretty racist but she NEVER passed her views on to me, nor judged my friends on the color of their skin. For my part, I"m glad I grew up in a multicultural environment where people are just people. Again, just the way it should be.
I was a kid in the 70's & we had loads of freedom to have fun & go where we wanted. Technology had very little influence in a Kid's life back then - we were very active physically & spent a good chunk of time outside riding bikes, firing Air Pistols, playing sports & just generally messing around. Only basic computer games & scheduled TV (only three channels in the UK) distracted us. Youngsters seem to extract a lot of their fun via a screen cocooned inside these days - what a sad existence - I'm glad I was a kid in the 70's & not now.
Was born in 61 so grew up in the 60s and 70s and it was a great time to grow up. Yes people always remember the past as being better but I do think with those two decades especially it was true in many ways. WW2 had not that long ended and people became freer and wanted to have a good time. Music was some of the best. Never had a lot of money but there was always something to do. Things were not too controlled. Now I look around at young people and think it seems like bad time to be young. The technology ,though it has its good points, as taken away many of the things we did that were fun.
I was born in 77 but would gladly take away technology and go back to this era or before. All earlier decades had it's fair share of issues but today's world and the generation we live in is so negative and controlling and not free anymore.
People think today is better because of all this technology etc but it actually isn't. Today's joke society is quite pathetic and i don't buy into any of it.
Born in 57 - 70's by far the best decade...my town was alive....3rd biggest fishing port in UK....pubs n clubs packed.....summer of 76 in Newquay to Donna Summer I feel love.....fast forward to now and I worry about my grandchildren growing up in this what I can only describe as a country well and truly on its arse
I was 22 in 1972; I was living in the north of England at the time and I loved it. I had an office job as a clerical assistant. We had In trays and out trays, I used to write giros by hand and worked on a switchboard, (in this day and age, none of this stuff exists) I had a lot of good friends and remember being very happy. There was no internet, or mobile phones, we used to talk to one another and we had a great nightlife. I never felt deprived in any way.
I remember wearing bell bottom jeans and Mars bars cost only 10p. Those were some of the happiest days of my life. We had freedom, unlike today. Thanks for sharing.
As a child we used to spend time with friends by the river swimming, without parents. The parents of today would never allow this and it would be seen as irresponsible.
Remember how mars bars could be melted slowly and poured over ice cream? Now they're rubbish. The chocolate is too sugary to be called proper chocolate. Awful muck.
Me too. Loved the late sixties and seventies. Music was great, fashion brilliant, hot pants, minis, maxis, glitter, platform shoes and we had fun! Safe and happy days.
I left school in 1970, aged 15, started a 5 year mechanics apprenticship with a Ford main dealer, passed my motor cycle test in 71,and got a Norton Commando, passed car test in 72, class 1 HGV in 76, married in 78, the 70s were the best years of my life really enjoyed being a teenager then had great fun, remember most of the bits on the video, and the great music, and the IoW festival 1970,
Best years because your prime years with few responsibliities. Hope you and yours kept in shape so you can enjoy 2022 like I do. Age 67, sharing in adventures of children, grandchildren, church, community, cycling, running, swimming
@@cuebj Had heart attack the year I retired, affects my breathing so makes life a bit hard dont let it get me down through, Im 67 as well and still enjoying life take care and stay safe
I loved the 70s, as teenage girl I was free, no worries, no media to screw up my mind, no woke brigade and diversity politics, we didn’t have much as kids, we were often hungry, cold in the winter, power cuts, floods., clothes from jumble sales, only had toys at Christmas and birthdays. We had the best music and the weather was hot for weeks in the summer. We had no racism, in fact having a friend that was black, Asian or even with ginger hair was awesome, we had kids clubs, Sunday school, outings to the seaside, sneaking and hiding on trains to the seaside with my brother, walked for miles, swam in the lakes, climbed and played in derelict buildings, Saturday cinemas. Learned to light a fire at the age of 7, baked cakes and pastries, saved pocket money for your favourite things, we would record the top 20 on a tape recorder, watch black and white television, kids programs finished at 5:45, we also had to help look after younger siblings while mum went shopping, go and do the shopping too and walk miles back home with bags! We had so much fun and our whole life to look forward too.. Oh yeah, times were hard back then, very hard, but I wouldn’t want to be a kid in todays toxic world!
I grew up on the outskirts of Birmingham, I was born in 1964 so the 70s was the best years of my childhood. I miss the sense of space, of community and the spontaneity that existed, We went out after breakfast and might be out until dusk, we were having adventures and roaming for miles on our bikes, the 80s weren't much different except the adventures involved alcohol and the likelihood that we could end up anywhere within a 100 miles and might not be seen for a few days.
Thankyou . some lovely memories here. Times were harder and more simple but we did have more fun. Loving all music of the 1970s From, glam. rock, punk, disco. and soul.
@@Roscoe.P.Coldchain You are right there. We left school at 16 and went straight in to work with some of us having too jobs. There were were not so many opportunities for further education then, but I don't think we minded too much and just got on with things.
Employment wasn't an issue for me in those days, as I was just a kid enjoying innocent simple pleasures. No social media, Internet, mobile phones and other gadgets. Times were of a less complicated nature and kids were allowed to be kids, not expected to become overnight adults!
Kids of today won’t even remember their names let alone childhood….can’t believe the world has nose dived so much in such a short time, a single generation in fact.
My children do remember their Childhood and are around me and my wife a lot , mainly because I brought them up with the same rules , morals and outlook of the world as near as I could to how I was brought up , the world is ever changing and change is sometimes hard to swallow for people of a certain era , of which I am one …..born in 1970……into a world where every housewife and mother took the street where I lived and cried together the day Elvis Presley died. August 16th 1977. I was 7 yrs old…..a world where the Bee Gees were super cool , first time round , when the musical Grease transcended a little boys or little girls world , into something magical , hopeful and decent. Where you could ride your bike around for miles until the sun went down and Mum expected you home for dinner , all this without danger……parents nowadays , people of a younger generation nowadays are lost , scared and bewildered.Born into a world of technology , where a mobile phone is crucial to a normal excepted existence. Imagination is being overridden with social media , reality Tv and general nonsense. Dating for youngsters is horrific , social life for youngsters is horrific , school is pathetic , etc , etc , etc. The only thing we have from our era now is fond memories , morals and a superior way of looking at the world compared to what youngsters …….SOME…..youngsters have now.Taught to us by an uneducated , mislead and misguided generation from the war era. That’s where our parents were , post war 1950’s children. Bred from parents who stood and weathered the Nazi storm , sacrificed and made do. Our parents born in the 50’s or late 40’s were children or teenagers of rock n roll , Beatles , Rolling Stones , while Mum and Dad still enjoyed Perry Como and Nat King Cole. We caught all of that in the midst of Elton John , Abba , Slade etc, Rayleigh bikes and Hubba Bubba. Pass it on is my answer because time is running out.🥷🏁❤️👊🏼
I think the 70s were a fantastic era to be a kid. There were so many different makers of toy, sweets, board games, comics etc. You had tv times devoted to kids tv. It was like the whole country was competing to give kids as many options as possible. The much lower rate of car ownership also meant kids could play in the street, which is all but impossible now.
Pleased to see so many positive comments. I was born in 1965, so spent my childhood and early teens in the 70s. Yes, there were clearly problems , but overall I think it was a great decade - great TV & music and a culture that everyone understood. After all the efforts to erase what the British people had back then, does anyone seriously think 2022 is better?
My brother is English and I’m Danish born and bred. Long story, but my brother was born in northern England in 1974, and he lived in a white middle-class community in a little village on the edge of the countryside. The old it’s grim up north didn’t apply to him or his friends. They were well provided for, lived in smart 1930s semidetached suburban houses, and he said that the 70s and 80s were the best time of his life. They used to play outside till all hours and come home when it was dark. There was no Internet, no mobile phones, no computers, they’d play with matches and set fire to things to see what would burn, they used to make perfume out of rose petals and water, etc, etc!! It started to change in the 90s when political correctness had become a thing. By then everybody was walking on eggshells trying not to upset the person next to them. Then the mass immigration came which did plague the north of England horrendously. Now it’s almost unrecognisable unless you go to the little villages in and around Yorkshire. The cities are not the same as they were. And now it really is grim.
It was fab , great tv , great music , roller skates , Raleigh bikes , warm dry summers, space hoppers , outdoor free swimming pools 👍🏻👍🏻 bright coloured clothes , wedge shoes 👍🏻 Pepsi Cola , Mr Softee ice cream vans , Soda Stream my list is endless , If I could make a time machine first stop 1970 👍🏻and each year after that ♥️♥️
I visited my cousins in Camden town in the early 70s, coming from Ireland I thought it was coolest, biggest place ever. I remember some hippies had built a wooden playground on an old bombsite, it was fantastic, my aunt let us roam freely- there was so much to do and we always felt safe.
As adorable as this is, I grew up in the 80s and would say that was the best decade, rose tinted glasses and the freedom of childhood will always have a place in every persons heart. All we can do is live the best life we can in the time we have ❤
Yes, even though I was a kid in the 70s….I preferred the 80s too. The music, the clothes etc can’t beat it. Both great decades in their own way though. 😄
People often forget that there was a terrible slump in jobs during the 80s . Myself I had not long gone self employed at this time and the construction industry went into a terrible recession which to be honest I think has never recovered.
I love the comments below. Likewise I was born in 1956 grew up in the 60’ left school in 1971 aged 15. The 70’ were fantastic. We had nothing but were happy to work hard pay our way and enjoy all the great music. I feel sorry for youngsters today, they will never have what we had. Fantastic video, thanks for putting it on here. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
I was born in 1967, so I remember the 1970’s very well. I remember a lot of people being poor as church mice, and a country on its knees financially. I remember the lack of heating in the house, one open coal or wood fire in the front room, a paraffin heater on the landing at the top of the stairs, no heating and Lino floor coverings in the bedrooms, windows icing up on the inside as it was so cold, a freezing damp bed, electricity strikes, bread strikes, black and white tv, not being allowed to listen to Radio 1 or watch ITV as it was a ‘bad influence’ 😂, awful colour combinations (dark brown/orange or purple, and a god awful pastel green), brutal school discipline.…..but I also remember proper Christmas’s that started on Xmas eve and finished on January 2nd, a loving family that worked their fingers to the bone that fed, watered and clothed me correctly with good honest food (vegetables mostly grown in the garden). Hard times, but good. Brace yourselves, looks like the current economic climate is taking us back there again…..Some of the items on this video weren’t available in this country….I didn’t know anyone who ate waffles, let alone had a waffle maker. A toaster was the most luxurious kitchen gadget I could remember, only the wealthier families had a fondue set lol. And no mention of a copper boiler for wash day, or the luxury of a spinner or twin-tub either 😂
I agree. We had one coal fire, freezing bedrooms. An outside toilet, no bathroom or running hot water. Just had to boil a kettle on the gas cooker. The only luxury electrical items we had was a b&w tv, radiogram and a small fridge. Great times.
@@kevingirling8129 I remember in the 60s some people would go to work and leave their dog outside to sit on the step. The dogs would then go for a stroll and toilet on the pavement outside the neighbours. Life was good.🙂
Grew up in the 70s as a white teen in South London, we had Jamacan and Indian friends. At work we had a West Indian manager a great bloke (could he dance! women loved him) loads of fun times, mind you there were strikes and 3 day weeks too. earned £30 a week, spent it on girls, bands, discos, and rent. ( Always a bit short on the rent..)
This vid brought back so many memories of growing up in NE England. The 70s were great years for fashion, music, travel, food...everything. I was privileged to grow up in those times. ❤️❤️❤️
No, nobody had a peanut butter maker - or any of that American gadgetry - except perhaps people who'd visited the US, courtesy of incredibly low air fares (like Freddie Laker's £99 'Skytrain' to NY) and bought one as a souvenir. No, we didn't have waffle makers or electric skillets but we did have something similar - the toasted sandwich maker (Breville made the early ones) toasted sandwiches being popular in pubs at the time: actually about the only hot food many pubs managed to produce back then.
It was £69 one way. My mate and I did it. We queued for two days at Gatwick because it was first come, first served. If you were “tirribly middle class” you had a fondue set. I don’t know if they were ever used though.
@@TarrelScot Intrepid, Mark! I didn't go but a few of my mates did and had a similar Laker experience. They came back with hair-raising stories of rude, intimidating US immigration officials and very much more friendly American girls. At least, that's what they claimed..
I turned six years old at the start of 1970, & so almost sixteen by the end of the 70s. It was a great time to be a child/early teenager, & I look back with much fondness and nostalgia on the decade. I'm almost 59 now. Great video clip, thank you for the trip down memory lane. 😍💞
Wonderful memories of tboth the 60's and 70's especially the fashion. I was born in the late 50's but remember the 70's so well and the greater part of the 60's to. No internet, many homes didn't have phones or colour tv we didn't, we played outside on the street with our friends if I could go back in time it would be to the 70's
People looked slimmer, healthier and happier in the 1970s. It looks really cool. Less traffic on roads. Would have loved to have lived through that decade. Seems a more free time. Great music in 1960s and 1970s.
I was born in 1962 and the telly at 1;15 was the one my dad rented from radio rentals in Walthamstow high street, his remote control was a snooker cue, which he laid on the floor and tried to poke the 4 buttons on the telly. Happy times.P.S. For the record,David Soul passed away yesterday.
Class of 1971, loved it, opening that box and seeing an Atari on Christmas morning 1981 was the greatest feeling ever, even if it was second hand I didn’t care I treasured that consol…❤
1981 was my best Christmas ever, I was 5 and I remember a massive stack of presents to open. All of my Grandparents were still well enough to visit us that year and we got the cine projector out.
I was born 1977. I miss Woolworths. My mum came here in 1972 and told me how life was back then. Cheap bus fare on London buses, average salaries, her jobs, renting places to live how much it was costing back then. She met my dad bad choice as he was no good. She should have married the doctor. We were all born here. Mum unfortunately passed after almost 50 years here 😢 her legacy remains 😢😢❤❤
It went a bit of track there at the end and most of the gadgets were American and not common place here. Although I did have a crock pot right up until November last year, I had it for 30 years, I got it from my aunt who brought it in 1970!!! I still have items in my home from Woolworths. I left School age 15 in 1971. I can truly say it was the best decade to be starting out in life, we were young, we had more freedom and more disposable income than previous generations. Maybe not so great if you were in Northern Ireland though.
I can honestly say that I have no memory of having ever possessed a peanut butter machine, nor do I remember it in anyone else's homes back in the 1970s. Findue sets, yes, but peanut butter machines. Between 1961 and 1974 I lived above my parent's shop, and we sold roasted peanuts and raw peanuts loose, but still no peanut butter machine!
I was a child in the 70s and it was a fantastic time to grow up. Children had incredible amounts of freedom. Adults didn't run every aspect of your life, you made your own friends, you did your own thing. It wasn't unusual to go out in the morning and not come home until teatime, with parents having no idea where you were the whole time. Everything was done face to face then as well. Most people didn't have bank accounts, if you rented your property a man came round every week to collect the rent in cash. The guy would know everyone in the neighbourhood, if you couldn't pay that week you could come to an arrangement. It really was the end of an era the 70s, people still shopped in department stores, there were still rag n bone men. Even by the time I was a teenager in the 80s things had changed enormously.
If only we had a time machine and could go back to that time with the knowledge we have now because we wouldn't make the same mistakes twice and our country wouldn't be in the precarious situation it is now.
The 70s were the best years of my life I drove a ford capri wore flairs and cheese cloth shirts I loved shopping at Woolworths and always had a job I used to go to petticoat lane on a Sunday music was better parks were safer no mobile phones but we had the time of our lives I miss the 70s I wish I could travel back in time I really hate what’s happening now
@@elainekerslake6865 I had a 2000 s in canary yellow with tennis racket headrests I always wanted the tickford capri but couldn’t afford one My yellow capri was also £800 in 79
@@georgieboy1958 just remembered. I had a newish dark blue laser Capri in 89 .2litre. got it at Enfield BCA car auctions. Fast. Sold it for small profit. Got some nice cars there. Two or three k got you a six to 12 month old ford. Now they cost fortunes.
A real blast from the past here and I LOVE IT!!😊. Grew up during 70s and 80s and even today I still prefer all 70s music. Things seemed more scruffy back then - the cities, the buildings etc., but it was a wonderful time in my memory. Thanks for the upload. ❤️😄
The ONLY things that have improved really are technology and medical science. Important, but everything else was better 50 years ago. I'm 60 next month, so I grew up in the 60s and 70s. Best decades for this country.
I grew up on a council estate in NE Manchester in the 70s, and I remember it as an awesome time. Minimal crime, great music, ridiculous fashion, and life was certainly less complicated. The cars were shit, but we didn't know it at the time. I remember the heatwave of 1976 and my mum making us glasses of limeade from AA in Dukinfield (back in the days when a truck used to come round and you'd buy bottles of pop direct from the driver), then dropping a big blob of neapolitan ice cream in.
I'm so lucky to have been in my prime in the 70's, life was so carefree, anything was possible, I had a great job and a sports car, holidays abroad, money in my pocket, and the same for most people, everyone could afford a home, the NHS was great, you just walked in and sat down at your GP surgery, Family values still prevailed, we all got married before we had children, babies were christened and had God parents, Britain was a wonderful place then, I could weep at what it has become.
@@bieni78 Home ownership was widespread among skilled workers and above. Lads (not girls) in their early 20's had cars in large numbers because there were lots of "old bangers" on the used market that could be patched up with fibreglass and some basic mechanical repairs. The MoT has become much stricter, and cars more complex to work on, since then.
@@bieni78 I have lived in Manchester all my life, I guess (as always) it depended on your upbringing or area? I remember the general strikes but also remember feeling safe & happy & having good neighbours. I'm sorry you didn't feel the same way.
Hello. I miss the 70s. There was much more back then. Not like now. Great music. Saturday morning pictures were it was a lot cheaper then. My mum used to go round selling ice creams. I was a hippie back then. O boy do I miss them. If there were a time machine. I'd be first in line. Coz I knew what era Id go to. they were the best days of my life that's for sure. Thanks for making me feel like a kid again. From UK 🇬🇧👍👍 b Safe take care ya all where ever you are. PEACE ☮️ an old cockney gal,
I grew up in the 70's and 80's. When Town's were busy, pubs and social clubs where you went to socialise, night clubs busy. One TV in the house and you were lucky if you had a landline phone. Life was for living outdoors. Brilliant times with great community spirit. Now you are lucky, if you know your neighbour.
These are great memories and I'm very much enjoying the comments. I was born in 63 and life was at a slower pace. We certainly live in a more violent society today, but that's population growth I guess. I lived in a large village in East Kent and we had pubs and social clubs and a disco on a Thursday night at the British legion hall 12p for 10 Number 6 and 25pence for a bottle of Lite Ale. Shawaddywaddy. Donna Summer. Boney M. Bolan. Bowie the list goes on. Good times, just didn't realise so much at the time. I'm just glad to be alive. Thank you Jesus Christ Amen 👍♥️✝️🇬🇧
You could also buy Park Drive in packets of 5 back then. my local paper shop sold cigarettes individually 3d each, i would buy one on the way to school. happy days. i also used to collect the number six coupons. gave up smoking ten years ago, i'm 69 next birthday.
Just need to say, I didn't even know what division or rcism was, we all hung out, loved the same songs, and had a great time. We were, and are all the same. Great days
We were a lot younger and the grass seemed greener. But it really wasn’t greener at all. All the shit that we’re seeing now, was in the shadows already back then. I saw it as a child. It’s been a lonely life.
Born in 1965. i remember even very young kids could go out to play and roam all day. My parents were divorced and I got the bus to meet my Dad in Newcastle when I was 8 and my sister 6. I went youth hostelling on my bike in 1979 all over Yorkshire when I had just turned 14... never even took a puncture repair kit! The 70's were brilliant..
I would go back to the 70s in a heartbeat, great times, great memories and great,great music. Clothes shopping in Chelsea Girl, mini skirts and platform shoes fantastic times. 💗
I was born in 1962, so I remember the 70’s very well, I grew up in Tottenham. Most of us respected our parents, teachers and the police. I’m not saying it was all easy going, but we seemed to have a freedom not known today. We would go out all day, no phone, but we knew we had to be home in time for tea, or else!
1974-1978 the best years of my life good mates good dates and got legless ended up being in absolute States 😆 but 1978 got married went down hill after that I was pissed up knocked her up and then my fate was sealed, still I'd go back in time tomorrow and do it all again, love to do a ground hog day for those years I'd never complain, my mother and the rest of my family would still be here ❤️ God bless them all and the same to all yours.
I was a teenager in England in the 1970s. We had public sector strikes, rampant inflation, a cost of living crisis, the threat of the lights going out and politicians at Westminster who were ineffective and inadequate in addressing the deep rooted problems of our post Empire decline. What was it like living in England in the 1970s? It was like it is now, but with flared trousers!
I've seen a few flaredd trousers and Bay City Roller baggies recently!!!! In 1970s, I had a three piece man-made fabric suit with flares - age of the long-haired bank clerk (which I wasn't)
Thank you for being honest. So many people saying the 70s was much better than now - it’s because they were young! Not because it was objectively better!
Love the photos not a mobile phone in sight 😂 it was the best years of my life, we had the top rank discotheque in Doncaster were we all use to go dancing on a Saturday afternoon plus some great bands playing there. Kids these days really don’t know what they missed out on I really do feel sorry for them, kids these days if you walk around the streets all have their heads looking down at their phones oblivious to what is going on around them it’s so sad.
It is lovely to see that view of Oxford Street in the 70s. I worked just behind there and used to get a cake in BHS every day. I queued for several hours at Oxford Circus to see the Queen go by for the Jubilee but she was just a blur. I got a cheese fondue as a wedding present in 1977. I had an electric knife but it frightened me too much so I got rid of it.
I was 18 in March 1975 the year music changed from pop music to pure disco music, how I danced the nights away under the glitter ball, " watch me as I move across the floor" lol then along came Hi N R G music 🎶 even better.
Brilliant - thank you. I grew up in London the 70's. 15 to 25 years old. I recognise so much. The busses, the cars etc. I spent 8 years visiting Victoria station daily on my commute to Sloane Square until I bought my Z900. Halcyon days...
We may have passed each other! I commuted from East Croydon (shown in the pictures - and I used to catch the 130 bus and occasionally the green 403, both also shown at East or West Croydon) to Victoria. I worked for several years in Buckingham Palace Road.
I loved the 1970s, it was a great time in many ways. People who did not live through it might think that everything was very backwards compared to nowadays, but the point they miss is that everything was getting better for most people. It was this rising of expectations which made for happiness, plus society was in fact a lot MORE liberal in many ways. Everything seemed to be bright. You could go about and do things without your passage continually being blocked or being harassed by men in uniforms, barriers and being monitored electronically and on camera all the time. People dressed how they liked, men with long hair, in flamboyant clothing or whatever. There was a much more relaxed feel which went out with the Thatcherist 1980s. Also given that the early 70s, coming out of the late 60s was a time of social experiment and free thought, it is quite irritating to hear today's people talking about environmentalism, feminism, anti-racism, gay rights etc., as if they just invented it, and we ancient barbarians were all bigoted troglodites. It is also irritating to get lectures on the environment from people who are each enthusiastically consuming 20 - 100 times as much energy and resources as we did. Now expectations are declining, even the average life expectancy is falling for the first time in a century, and gloom prevails.
I was born 1970 ,and I had older brother and sister. I look back at this and compared to today , I look and think how innocent and calm before 2020 . We thought the future would be good. Take me back .
What it was like to live in Great Britain in the 1960s czcams.com/video/behw-FRrRNY/video.html
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@@Mulberry2000 Spot on it was for me late 60's some people have fond rose tinted memories.
Better than now that’s for sure.
I didn't know what that era was like as I was born in 1970. My brother Anthony came along in late 1967, so neither of us would remember that period!
Not a speed, ULEZ, Bus lane, traffic camera in sight...ahh good times! 😊
I wake up every day thanking God that I was a teenager in the 60s and 70s. Only those of us who were part of that will ever understand and know how good we had it before Britain sank into the cess pool that it has become today.
I have to say i'm the same. I feel really sorry for kids these days that they missed out on what we were lucky enough to experience as kids. Life today is lived too fast, it's over complicated and technology has destroyed the sheer enjoyment of the basic things in life.
@@MrPhantom1961 I was born in 1961 and I totally agree.
me too,was a grear time as a teenager young man
I was 17 when I left UK for NZ, in 1973. I missed some things but it was a great time to be in a beautiful, unspoilt country with so few people. That lasted until the 90's. Globalism has now caught up with us, we're just as fkd as the rest of the world. I've never been back to UK, this brought back some nice memories.
Lucky for you that you never ran into Jimmy Savile
If I could go back to any decade of my life it would be the 70s . Great music and movies.
Looking at the comments - we would all be ready to go back!😊😊
In a flash
I was at primary school in the 1970s. The days when an 8/9 year old could go out all day on their bikes and be home at night for dinner - was totally safe (or felt it). No staying in all day in front of a TV.
The 70s was the greatest time of my life, I met my lovely wife, we were blessed with four fantastic children & we were married for 41 years until sadly my beautiful wife passed away .I've so many wonderful memories of the 70s, the fashions, the music, the summer of 76, it was just the best of times.I've had other good times but the 70s has a special place in my heart.
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No hope in going to the past come to the loving savior today
Seek his Holy Spirit in prayer today he can give you peace confort and guidance today
Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Come to Jesus Christ today
Jesus Christ is only way to heaven
Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void
Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today
Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today
John 3:16-21
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Mark 1.15
15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Hebrews 11:6
6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Jesus
If you're a young person watching this dont ever let anyone tell you the 70s was a bad time..that's all bullshit..as someone who was a teen in the 70s in east London I can tell you it was a fantastic decade and I would go back in a heart beat..how teens live now breaks my heart..
Well'l some people never grow up really.
Not everyone lived in your bubble though
If you had money, maybe
I totally agree... . fashion, cars, music, tv shows, never better.
No matter what era someone was born in they always associate their younger years as the best ever. Guaranteed in 50 years time people will be saying the same thing about the 2020s. Music was way better back then though and you could smoke anywhere even on an aeroplane.
What a wonderful country we once had 😞
How much its changed in just a short period of time can you imagine what it will be like in another 50years...
@@tee331 bloody horrible the way things are going 😢
I grew up in the 70s it was magical I wish I could go back to that time
@67psych3 but it was
@@tee331 thank goodness a lot of won’t be here to see it
A fantastic era. At age 64 I am reminded looking at this, we had a much better life and country. Yes, people did moan about the government and strikes but it was a meaningful life. You chose your job and they were easy to get and so many choices available with everything. I was happy and didn't feel empty and today's life is total crap in comparison.
Hear hear!
I was born in 1967 and grew up in the 70s. It was a great decade to grow up in. Life was simpler, no mobile phones and the TV programmes and music were miles better than they are now.
You are therefore the same age as my brother Anthony. I am three years younger than you - just three TV channels and more quality, even though I was too young to understand or remember most of the decade! My knowledge of that period is mainly second hand observations of other people!
1962 model me and yes great times
I was born 56 years ago today Oct 67. Life was simpler, and people were not very well off but I remember it with affection. We went to LA on the Laker skytrain for £125 return. 1978 what a year. ❤
Look at us how we consumed media in a superior way to the newer generations we helped conjure. Ooh yes. Say something different for once you boring hag.
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No hope in going to the past come to the loving savior today
Seek his Holy Spirit in prayer today he can give you peace confort and guidance today
Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Come to Jesus Christ today
Jesus Christ is only way to heaven
Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void
Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today
Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today
John 3:16-21
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Mark 1.15
15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Hebrews 11:6
6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Jesus
I didn't expect it to go downhill. I'm now 80 and the 1960s and 70s were wonderful.
They have given our country away only consolation is We lived seen and enjoyed Britain when it was ours. 👍
Even the 1980s for me. I'm 64 now.
In-68 Enoch Powell warned you all.
@@finn-fredriklange6610 Yes: some Pakistanis moved in next door to my late aunt and turned the house into an illegal workshop but the authorities wouldn't do anything about it because they were Pakistanis. My aunt had reported them to the authorities and as a result was called a white bitch and had dog shit pushed through her letter-box. Before long the Pakistanis had made their illegal fortune and moved to better accommodation. More recently of course we have had the outrage of Pakistani grooming gangs in Rotherham and elsewhere and once again the authorities including the police have "turned a blind eye".
So true
Does anyone remember when confectionery tasted nice; before the whole lot was owned by Nestle and all the ingredients were replaced with glucose syrup and palm oil.
Born in 1956 and I lived and loved the 70s to it's full! wonderful times and I'd go back in a heartbeat if I could. ♥
Probably the best decade ever. We were free to do and say what we wanted and the music was awesome. As always there were all sorts of problems and we were constantly in some crisis or other but compared to today it was a golden age.
Are you not free to do what you want now, misterfischer?
In some parts of the world people are not free to do what they want, be it the 1970's, 2020's or 5050's. They get jailed or even killed for merely talking against the government. In fifty years from now, you will call the 2020's "the golden age."
Yeah but the problems seemed to be British problems for British people not outsiders.
70s by far the best decade of my life. 3 gallons of petrol for a pound. No internet or mobiles. Great music. But most memorable Britain belonged to the British.
Yes, Britain did belong to the British. And there was none of that woke nonsense.
Racist bigots. 🤬
I must have missed something big. I wasn't at all aware of Britain changing hands. Who owns it now ? Is it the Americans?
@@guybatzias3913 whats woke mean
Couldn't agree more
Living in a small Mid-Essex town in the 70's was superb.Fields to play in, no mobiles, no internet,just good honest fun.I was lucky to be one of the last genrations who had this.
yeh me too,
Witham Essex
Yes I grew up in Dagenham it was fun .
Absolutely 👊👊
near Maldon Essex, I think we had the best of it, I feel sorry for the youngers now.
The 70's were amazing. The best time of my life. I was a teenager in the 70's, we had so much fun back then. We had no phones or Internet but we were still able to communicate with our friends. We had the best clubs, the best parties. The best time of my life. ❤️
70' and 80's best years of my life, i just feel sorry for those who missed out and the future generations wont know how life should be lived.
Look how slim and healthy looking most people are in this
Very little obesity. Delia Morris
You are right but I still don't understand how they were healthy?
Less stress, better food, more exercise, no internet, less worries
@@monique6075 Not to many fast food shops back then. plus the kids walked or rode to school instead of in the back of mum's range rover.
Not as much sugar, additives and processed food. Also not as much snacking
Loved the 70s. I was 18 in 1972. I'd go back in a heartbeat 💓
I agree I was 19 great times
I was 17 but me too, and I'll buy you a lager and lime (very new then😉) for about 40p ?????
@@markfiges999 the first pub I want in with my mates was near Wetherby just east of Leeds where I live. It was 1971 I was 17 and a pint of double diamond beer cost me 18 pence! Unbelievable but true
@@clivebennett7985 I know what you mean, back in 71 my weekly wage of £7 take home went an awful long way
So glad I was lucky enough to be a teenager in the seventies best of all the music from soul to the pistols what a time to be alive
Born 1960 in South East London so was a teenager in the 70s what a fantastic time it was to be young.
Feel sorry for the kids now there never know the freedom we had.
I was brought up on the Yorkshire grey roundabout in a Victorian house Oposite the Yorkshire grey pub …..dunno why I’m telling you this but I did 😂
There were some very tough times in 70s but even so, it was the best decade of my life. I was a young woman living in London and life was so full. Got to say though, some of those photos need removing from the video because the brands were American, not British. Back in those days most of our household brands were still made in the UK.
Not seen most of the video yet, brands will be interesting. British cars, motorbikes, furniture (MFI), etc were all disastrously bad quality to be swamped by Japanese, German, Swedish alternatives in middle of decade.
@@cuebj and Italian and French even Eastern Europe...if like me you were a teen biker you could buy Czechoslovakian...seems amusing nowadays...but most bought small Japanese bikes as you mentioned...we nearly all went Jap by the end of 70's
60,s and 70,s were wonderful,not much crime ,plenty of entertainment and most people had jobs
@@markianclark9645 I had a GARELLI in 1969/70.
Same here mate,
I had a Tiger Cross and more unreliable than a Fizzy, they definitely had the edge on speed... 60 down hill... @@terrystevens5261
I left school and started work in the early 70s. It was the best time of my life. With no mobile phones or internet, you just made a verbal arrangement with your friends to meet up at the weekend to go to the pictures to see a Kung Fu or disaster movie, or see a rock band in a speedy pub, or pile round to someone's house for a party. We would buy a clapped out car or motorbike for a few quid and fix it up. It's hard to explain to anyone who didn't live through the 70s, yes there was racism, sexism and bigotry. Strikes, riots and injustice, but people just toughened up and got on with it.
Indeed there were problems but just like yourself, i loved it!!
Nower days its sad but i cant wait till I've got dementia and can relive them times once again. Well i hope so lol
Same
100% correct great for kids too. No staring at bloody screens all day. Playing in the streets or adventure playgrounds. Corrugated iron open wastelands no fcking PC bullshit culture. Bloody brilliant.
I did live through the decade but for the first half of it too young to understand or remember (born 1970, so now aged 52!)
@@angelacooper2661 b.1968
I was a 1970s kid. Only Asian kid on our road and at least 4 streets on either side of us. Never had any problems with any of the other kids….infact from what my Dad says, they always used come knocking to ask to play with me and ask if I could go round to theirs …Good times 😎
Good to hear that 😊
Glad it was like that for you - as it should be! I was born in 1970, and had friends of every ethnicity. As it turns out, my mum is pretty racist but she NEVER passed her views on to me, nor judged my friends on the color of their skin. For my part, I"m glad I grew up in a multicultural environment where people are just people. Again, just the way it should be.
I grew up with a variety of different cultures around me, I was a better person for it and I’m so glad you’re experience was a good one 🥰
I was a kid in the 70's & we had loads of freedom to have fun & go where we wanted.
Technology had very little influence in a Kid's life back then - we were very active physically & spent a good chunk of time outside riding bikes, firing Air Pistols, playing sports & just generally messing around.
Only basic computer games & scheduled TV (only three channels in the UK) distracted us.
Youngsters seem to extract a lot of their fun via a screen cocooned inside these days - what a sad existence - I'm glad I was a kid in the 70's & not now.
Was born in 61 so grew up in the 60s and 70s and it was a great time to grow up. Yes people always remember the past as being better but I do think with those two decades especially it was true in many ways.
WW2 had not that long ended and people became freer and wanted to have a good time. Music was some of the best.
Never had a lot of money but there was always something to do. Things were not too controlled.
Now I look around at young people and think it seems like bad time to be young. The technology ,though it has its good points, as taken away many of the things we did that were fun.
I was born in 77 but would gladly take away technology and go back to this era or before. All earlier decades had it's fair share of issues but today's world and the generation we live in is so negative and controlling and not free anymore.
People think today is better because of all this technology etc but it actually isn't. Today's joke society is quite pathetic and i don't buy into any of it.
I was also born in 61 and think we have been extra lucky because of all the fantastic music we heard.
@@peternagy-im4be Some people never grow up.
Kids are just too entitled now, as are many of the parents.
The 70s as a teenager,great times...so glad I grew up in those days.
Born in 57 - 70's by far the best decade...my town was alive....3rd biggest fishing port in UK....pubs n clubs packed.....summer of 76 in Newquay to Donna Summer I feel love.....fast forward to now and I worry about my grandchildren growing up in this what I can only describe as a country well and truly on its arse
70's and 80's were the best - I would go back in a heartbeat. Miss those days.
I would give anything to go back so i could see my parents again.
Bless you
Be careful, the devil may hear you.
@@misst.e.a.187 Be careful God may hear you.
Same here would love to back and see my parents i’d probably stay there
Same here and my Nan and Grandad
I was 22 in 1972; I was living in the north of England at the time and I loved it. I had an office job as a clerical assistant. We had In trays and out trays, I used to write giros by hand and worked on a switchboard, (in this day and age, none of this stuff exists) I had a lot of good friends and remember being very happy. There was no internet, or mobile phones, we used to talk to one another and we had a great nightlife. I never felt deprived in any way.
I was 2 in summer of 1972, with what this country is like now, I'd rather have been 22 in 1972 like you.
I was 20 and I know what you mean; great times - simpler, but fab!!
70s were carefree, sunny days and although there were problems still a beautiful time to be growing up.
I remember wearing bell bottom jeans and Mars bars cost only 10p. Those were some of the happiest days of my life. We had freedom, unlike today. Thanks for sharing.
As a child we used to spend time with friends by the river swimming, without parents. The parents of today would never allow this and it would be seen as irresponsible.
@@traceyculyer5811 I still live by the old ways of the 70"s and will happily never change.
How many Mars bars did you eat? What size was the arse of your 🔔bottoms? .
@@peternagy-im4be Well'l some people never grow up i suppose there.
Remember how mars bars could be melted slowly and poured over ice cream? Now they're rubbish. The chocolate is too sugary to be called proper chocolate. Awful muck.
Born in 53, so the 70s was a great time for me, so many memories.
Me too. Loved the late sixties and seventies. Music was great, fashion brilliant, hot pants, minis, maxis, glitter, platform shoes and we had fun! Safe and happy days.
Happy, happy times. xx
I too born in 53 left school 69 straight into a job and worked ever since think we had the best times!!
@@dollydaydream5839 ❤️ The best of times. ❤️
@@dollydaydream5839 Me too
I left school in 1970, aged 15, started a 5 year mechanics apprenticship with a Ford main dealer, passed my motor cycle test in 71,and got a Norton Commando, passed car test in 72, class 1 HGV in 76, married in 78, the 70s were the best years of my life really enjoyed being a teenager then had great fun, remember most of the bits on the video, and the great music, and the IoW festival 1970,
Best years because your prime years with few responsibliities. Hope you and yours kept in shape so you can enjoy 2022 like I do. Age 67, sharing in adventures of children, grandchildren, church, community, cycling, running, swimming
@@cuebj Had heart attack the year I retired, affects my breathing so makes life a bit hard dont let it get me down through, Im 67 as well and still enjoying life take care and stay safe
I loved the 70s, as teenage girl I was free, no worries, no media to screw up my mind, no woke brigade and diversity politics, we didn’t have much as kids, we were often hungry, cold in the winter, power cuts, floods., clothes from jumble sales, only had toys at Christmas and birthdays. We had the best music and the weather was hot for weeks in the summer. We had no racism, in fact having a friend that was black, Asian or even with ginger hair was awesome, we had kids clubs, Sunday school, outings to the seaside, sneaking and hiding on trains to the seaside with my brother, walked for miles, swam in the lakes, climbed and played in derelict buildings, Saturday cinemas. Learned to light a fire at the age of 7, baked cakes and pastries, saved pocket money for your favourite things, we would record the top 20 on a tape recorder, watch black and white television, kids programs finished at 5:45, we also had to help look after younger siblings while mum went shopping, go and do the shopping too and walk miles back home with bags! We had so much fun and our whole life to look forward too.. Oh yeah, times were hard back then, very hard, but I wouldn’t want to be a kid in todays toxic world!
I'd like to be your friend @sarah tucker
Me too!
@@zakariyyayusuf6208 aww bless you for saying this. If only kids today could experience a real life. Stay well and safe my freind. Much love ❤️
@@swaldron5558 freinds always welcomed in my heart. Wipe your troubles on the mat on the way in I tell my freinds that visit. ❤️
no racism are you joking it was everywhere it was acceptable even on tv
I grew up on the outskirts of Birmingham, I was born in 1964 so the 70s was the best years of my childhood.
I miss the sense of space, of community and the spontaneity that existed, We went out after breakfast and might be out until dusk, we were having adventures and roaming for miles on our bikes, the 80s weren't much different except the adventures involved alcohol and the likelihood that we could end up anywhere within a 100 miles and might not be seen for a few days.
Same here in the 80's, roamed fields, chased off by game keepers lights come on we go home.
Thankyou . some lovely memories here. Times were harder and more simple but we did have more fun. Loving all music of the 1970s From, glam. rock, punk, disco. and soul.
I would say times were easier then, everyone had jobs and you could leave one job on a Friday and start somewhere else on the Monday
@@Roscoe.P.Coldchain You are right there. We left school at 16 and went straight in to work with some of us having too jobs. There were were not so many opportunities for further education then, but I don't think we minded too much and just got on with things.
Employment wasn't an issue for me in those days, as I was just a kid enjoying innocent simple pleasures. No social media, Internet, mobile phones and other gadgets. Times were of a less complicated nature and kids were allowed to be kids, not expected to become overnight adults!
@@angelacooper2661 great time to be a kid the 70's. Out and about on bikes,karts,whatever. Adventure playgrounds.
@@Roscoe.P.Coldchain My dad did that at the age of 61!
Kids of today won’t even remember their names let alone childhood….can’t believe the world has nose dived so much in such a short time, a single generation in fact.
My children do remember their Childhood and are around me and my wife a lot , mainly because I brought them up with the same rules , morals and outlook of the world as near as I could to how I was brought up , the world is ever changing and change is sometimes hard to swallow for people of a certain era , of which I am one …..born in 1970……into a world where every housewife and mother took the street where I lived and cried together the day Elvis Presley died. August 16th 1977. I was 7 yrs old…..a world where the Bee Gees were super cool , first time round , when the musical Grease transcended a little boys or little girls world , into something magical , hopeful and decent. Where you could ride your bike around for miles until the sun went down and Mum expected you home for dinner , all this without danger……parents nowadays , people of a younger generation nowadays are lost , scared and bewildered.Born into a world of technology , where a mobile phone is crucial to a normal excepted existence. Imagination is being overridden with social media , reality Tv and general nonsense. Dating for youngsters is horrific , social life for youngsters is horrific , school is pathetic , etc , etc , etc. The only thing we have from our era now is fond memories , morals and a superior way of looking at the world compared to what youngsters …….SOME…..youngsters have now.Taught to us by an uneducated , mislead and misguided generation from the war era. That’s where our parents were , post war 1950’s children. Bred from parents who stood and weathered the Nazi storm , sacrificed and made do. Our parents born in the 50’s or late 40’s were children or teenagers of rock n roll , Beatles , Rolling Stones , while Mum and Dad still enjoyed Perry Como and Nat King Cole. We caught all of that in the midst of Elton John , Abba , Slade etc, Rayleigh bikes and Hubba Bubba. Pass it on is my answer because time is running out.🥷🏁❤️👊🏼
It was great I'm 63 now happiest days of my life ❤
I think the 70s were a fantastic era to be a kid. There were so many different makers of toy, sweets, board games, comics etc. You had tv times devoted to kids tv. It was like the whole country was competing to give kids as many options as possible. The much lower rate of car ownership also meant kids could play in the street, which is all but impossible now.
Its amazing how much things have changed, everybody in those pictures looked so slim compared to today :)
Pleased to see so many positive comments. I was born in 1965, so spent my childhood and early teens in the 70s. Yes, there were clearly problems , but overall I think it was a great decade - great TV & music and a culture that everyone understood. After all the efforts to erase what the British people had back then, does anyone seriously think 2022 is better?
My brother is English and I’m Danish born and bred. Long story, but my brother was born in northern England in 1974, and he lived in a white middle-class community in a little village on the edge of the countryside. The old it’s grim up north didn’t apply to him or his friends. They were well provided for, lived in smart 1930s semidetached suburban houses, and he said that the 70s and 80s were the best time of his life. They used to play outside till all hours and come home when it was dark. There was no Internet, no mobile phones, no computers, they’d play with matches and set fire to things to see what would burn, they used to make perfume out of rose petals and water, etc, etc!! It started to change in the 90s when political correctness had become a thing. By then everybody was walking on eggshells trying not to upset the person next to them. Then the mass immigration came which did plague the north of England horrendously. Now it’s almost unrecognisable unless you go to the little villages in and around Yorkshire. The cities are not the same as they were. And now it really is grim.
its called the tube or the underground not SUBWAY subways was under ground road crossing here 👍
Only Americans call it the subway. We call it the underground. Walkways under roads are underpasses. 🏴
It was fab , great tv , great music , roller skates , Raleigh bikes , warm dry summers, space hoppers , outdoor free swimming pools 👍🏻👍🏻 bright coloured clothes , wedge shoes 👍🏻 Pepsi Cola , Mr Softee ice cream vans , Soda Stream my list is endless , If I could make a time machine first stop 1970 👍🏻and each year after that ♥️♥️
Pepsi Cola? Surely Panda Cola!
Home made karts speeding downhill until they fell apart. Tomahawk bikes or choppers. Adventure playgrounds which were bloody brilliant.
I'll come with you
@@dawnfinch8232 let’s go Dawn 👍🏻
@@GEricG my mum bought Pepsi 😊
I visited my cousins in Camden town in the early 70s, coming from Ireland I thought it was coolest, biggest place ever. I remember some hippies had built a wooden playground on an old bombsite, it was fantastic, my aunt let us roam freely- there was so much to do and we always felt safe.
As adorable as this is, I grew up in the 80s and would say that was the best decade, rose tinted glasses and the freedom of childhood will always have a place in every persons heart. All we can do is live the best life we can in the time we have ❤
Yes, even though I was a kid in the 70s….I preferred the 80s too. The music, the clothes etc can’t beat it.
Both great decades in their own way though. 😄
I liked the early 80’s , but the 70’s were more carefree 😊
People often forget that there was a terrible slump in jobs during the 80s . Myself I had not long gone self employed at this time and the construction industry went into a terrible recession which to be honest I think has never recovered.
B74 .. experienced the 70's children's programs and Baby Boomer parenting style .. but Yes, '80s was Amazeballs 🙂🙂🙂
I love the comments below. Likewise I was born in 1956 grew up in the 60’ left school in 1971 aged 15. The 70’ were fantastic. We had nothing but were happy to work hard pay our way and enjoy all the great music. I feel sorry for youngsters today, they will never have what we had. Fantastic video, thanks for putting it on here. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
I was born in 1967, so I remember the 1970’s very well. I remember a lot of people being poor as church mice, and a country on its knees financially. I remember the lack of heating in the house, one open coal or wood fire in the front room, a paraffin heater on the landing at the top of the stairs, no heating and Lino floor coverings in the bedrooms, windows icing up on the inside as it was so cold, a freezing damp bed, electricity strikes, bread strikes, black and white tv, not being allowed to listen to Radio 1 or watch ITV as it was a ‘bad influence’ 😂, awful colour combinations (dark brown/orange or purple, and a god awful pastel green), brutal school discipline.…..but I also remember proper Christmas’s that started on Xmas eve and finished on January 2nd, a loving family that worked their fingers to the bone that fed, watered and clothed me correctly with good honest food (vegetables mostly grown in the garden). Hard times, but good. Brace yourselves, looks like the current economic climate is taking us back there again…..Some of the items on this video weren’t available in this country….I didn’t know anyone who ate waffles, let alone had a waffle maker. A toaster was the most luxurious kitchen gadget I could remember, only the wealthier families had a fondue set lol. And no mention of a copper boiler for wash day, or the luxury of a spinner or twin-tub either 😂
Oh and dogs mess everywhere…..you don’t see that anymore 😊
I agree. We had one coal fire, freezing bedrooms. An outside toilet, no bathroom or running hot water. Just had to boil a kettle on the gas cooker. The only luxury electrical items we had was a b&w tv, radiogram and a small fridge. Great times.
@@kevingirling8129 I remember in the 60s some people would go to work and leave their dog outside to sit on the step. The dogs would then go for a stroll and toilet on the pavement outside the neighbours. Life was good.🙂
Don’t forget the crimplene trousers!
I remember the white poop, dogs ate more calcium then. Now sadly there’s another kind of white stuff on the streets.
Grew up in the 70s as a white teen in South London, we had Jamacan and Indian friends. At work we had a West Indian manager a great bloke (could he dance! women loved him) loads of fun times, mind you there were strikes and 3 day weeks too. earned £30 a week, spent it on girls, bands, discos, and rent. ( Always a bit short on the rent..)
Yet there will be some numpty's responding on here saying how the UK was all white back then .. not that it matters one bit!
Take the 70’s back in a heartbeat
This vid brought back so many memories of growing up in NE England. The 70s were great years for fashion, music, travel, food...everything. I was privileged to grow up in those times. ❤️❤️❤️
Born in November 1969, I have to say that I miss these times. I would gladly go back and relive the whole decade like Groundhog Day.
Same here .
That makes you just seven months older than me, then. However, I don't know what a Groundhog is - some new breed of hedgehog?
February 1968. Would go back in a heartbeat.
@@peternagy-im4be Late 60's were the worst time of my life am 68 now.
@Paul the Squid The worst? Surely not sir
No, nobody had a peanut butter maker - or any of that American gadgetry - except perhaps people who'd visited the US, courtesy of incredibly low air fares (like Freddie Laker's £99 'Skytrain' to NY) and bought one as a souvenir. No, we didn't have waffle makers or electric skillets but we did have something similar - the toasted sandwich maker (Breville made the early ones) toasted sandwiches being popular in pubs at the time: actually about the only hot food many pubs managed to produce back then.
It was £69 one way. My mate and I did it. We queued for two days at Gatwick because it was first come, first served.
If you were “tirribly middle class” you had a fondue set. I don’t know if they were ever used though.
@@TarrelScot Intrepid, Mark! I didn't go but a few of my mates did and had a similar Laker experience. They came back with hair-raising stories of rude, intimidating US immigration officials and very much more friendly American girls. At least, that's what they claimed..
I turned six years old at the start of 1970, & so almost sixteen by the end of the 70s. It was a great time to be a child/early teenager, & I look back with much fondness and nostalgia on the decade. I'm almost 59 now. Great video clip, thank you for the trip down memory lane. 😍💞
I turned 8 in 1970...fabulous decade to grow up in..will never forget those days..all fun and laughter with mates from our estate...great days.
Wonderful memories of tboth the 60's and 70's especially the fashion. I was born in the late 50's but remember the 70's so well and the greater part of the 60's to. No internet, many homes didn't have phones or colour tv we didn't, we played outside on the street with our friends if I could go back in time it would be to the 70's
People looked slimmer, healthier and happier in the 1970s. It looks really cool. Less traffic on roads. Would have loved to have lived through that decade. Seems a more free time. Great music in 1960s and 1970s.
It was a great decade to be a child growing up.
As a young student from Malaysia who first came to UK IN 1977 and left in 1985, the late 70s was a memorable one indeed.
Why did u left
@@Sthmohtwenty - i left for better job opportunities back home.
I was born in 1962 and the telly at 1;15 was the one my dad rented from radio rentals in Walthamstow high street, his remote control was a snooker cue, which he laid on the floor and tried to poke the 4 buttons on the telly. Happy times.P.S. For the record,David Soul passed away yesterday.
Sadly, many of the kitchen gadgets shown were never available in the Uk in the 70s.
Class of 1971, loved it, opening that box and seeing an Atari on Christmas morning 1981 was the greatest feeling ever, even if it was second hand I didn’t care I treasured that consol…❤
1981 was my best Christmas ever, I was 5 and I remember a massive stack of presents to open. All of my Grandparents were still well enough to visit us that year and we got the cine projector out.
I was born 1977. I miss Woolworths. My mum came here in 1972 and told me how life was back then. Cheap bus fare on London buses, average salaries, her jobs, renting places to live how much it was costing back then. She met my dad bad choice as he was no good. She should have married the doctor. We were all born here. Mum unfortunately passed after almost 50 years here 😢 her legacy remains 😢😢❤❤
I was 22 in 1970, how I wish I had a time machine. I'd be straight back, wonderful time.
They were happy and exciting days, unlike today. Today we have been taken over and run down. I miss the 70s terribly.
Thx God for being born in the late 60's, got to experience the best times in the 70's. I loved my sunbeam bicycle.
It went a bit of track there at the end and most of the gadgets were American and not common place here. Although I did have a crock pot right up until November last year, I had it for 30 years, I got it from my aunt who brought it in 1970!!!
I still have items in my home from Woolworths. I left School age 15 in 1971. I can truly say it was the best decade to be starting out in life, we were young, we had more freedom and more disposable income than previous generations.
Maybe not so great if you were in Northern Ireland though.
I can honestly say that I have no memory of having ever possessed a peanut butter machine, nor do I remember it in anyone else's homes back in the 1970s. Findue sets, yes, but peanut butter machines. Between 1961 and 1974 I lived above my parent's shop, and we sold roasted peanuts and raw peanuts loose, but still no peanut butter machine!
I was a child in the 70s and it was a fantastic time to grow up. Children had incredible amounts of freedom. Adults didn't run every aspect of your life, you made your own friends, you did your own thing. It wasn't unusual to go out in the morning and not come home until teatime, with parents having no idea where you were the whole time.
Everything was done face to face then as well. Most people didn't have bank accounts, if you rented your property a man came round every week to collect the rent in cash. The guy would know everyone in the neighbourhood, if you couldn't pay that week you could come to an arrangement.
It really was the end of an era the 70s, people still shopped in department stores, there were still rag n bone men. Even by the time I was a teenager in the 80s things had changed enormously.
If only we had a time machine and could go back to that time with the knowledge we have now because we wouldn't make the same mistakes twice and our country wouldn't be in the precarious situation it is now.
@Abdul Moham Good point well made. Touché.
@Abdul Moham The British public didn't want to go into Iraq, our politicians are traitors they don't represent us, they act in Zionist interests.
The 70s were the best years of my life I drove a ford capri wore flairs and cheese cloth shirts I loved shopping at Woolworths and always had a job I used to go to petticoat lane on a Sunday music was better parks were safer no mobile phones but we had the time of our lives I miss the 70s I wish I could travel back in time I really hate what’s happening now
I had a ford Capri too
Two Capris. Black one 1978 and a white one in 1975. £600 each . Body kits power bulge.sound systems.............heaven!
@@elainekerslake6865 I had a 2000 s in canary yellow with tennis racket headrests I always wanted the tickford capri but couldn’t afford one
My yellow capri was also £800 in 79
@@georgieboy1958 just remembered. I had a newish dark blue laser Capri in 89 .2litre. got it at Enfield BCA car auctions. Fast. Sold it for small profit. Got some nice cars there. Two or three k got you a six to 12 month old ford. Now they cost fortunes.
@@elainekerslake6865 probably worth a fortune today
A real blast from the past here and I LOVE IT!!😊. Grew up during 70s and 80s and even today I still prefer all 70s music. Things seemed more scruffy back then - the cities, the buildings etc., but it was a wonderful time in my memory. Thanks for the upload. ❤️😄
Rock on!
The ONLY things that have improved really are technology and medical science. Important, but everything else was better 50 years ago. I'm 60 next month, so I grew up in the 60s and 70s. Best decades for this country.
Even the power cuts were an adventure for us kids - imagine today teenagers having no electricity?
I grew up on a council estate in NE Manchester in the 70s, and I remember it as an awesome time. Minimal crime, great music, ridiculous fashion, and life was certainly less complicated. The cars were shit, but we didn't know it at the time. I remember the heatwave of 1976 and my mum making us glasses of limeade from AA in Dukinfield (back in the days when a truck used to come round and you'd buy bottles of pop direct from the driver), then dropping a big blob of neapolitan ice cream in.
1976.. we played badminton on the front lawn every evening..
1976 heatwave went on forever, I was 15
I’m 61, born in Salford & bought up in Chorlton, I’m still missed 1970s!
I lived through the late sixties and early seventies as a teenager. It was a brilliant time to be a teenager. The music was amazing
We had little.......but we had everthing we needed. We had FUN!
I'm so lucky to have been in my prime in the 70's, life was so carefree, anything was possible, I had a great job and a sports car, holidays abroad, money in my pocket, and the same for most people, everyone could afford a home, the NHS was great, you just walked in and sat down at your GP surgery, Family values still prevailed, we all got married before we had children, babies were christened and had God parents, Britain was a wonderful place then, I could weep at what it has become.
Holidays abroad? Nobody could afford that. Cars were incredibly unreliable, we had power blackouts, strikes, and more. Spam!
Talking bollocks. Very few could afford to buy a home, have a car or go abroad. It was still like the 1950s growing up in Manchester.
I had money in my pocket a Tiger in my tank and I was king of the road again!, I put my blue jeans on, I put my Brutus Jeans on, chi chi!!.
@@bieni78 Home ownership was widespread among skilled workers and above. Lads (not girls) in their early 20's had cars in large numbers because there were lots of "old bangers" on the used market that could be patched up with fibreglass and some basic mechanical repairs. The MoT has become much stricter, and cars more complex to work on, since then.
@@bieni78 I have lived in Manchester all my life, I guess (as always) it depended on your upbringing or area? I remember the general strikes but also remember feeling safe & happy & having good neighbours. I'm sorry you didn't feel the same way.
Hello. I miss the 70s. There was much more back then. Not like now. Great music. Saturday morning pictures were it was a lot cheaper then. My mum used to go round selling ice creams. I was a hippie back then. O boy do I miss them. If there were a time machine. I'd be first in line. Coz I knew what era Id go to. they were the best days of my life that's for sure. Thanks for making me feel like a kid again. From UK 🇬🇧👍👍 b Safe take care ya all where ever you are. PEACE ☮️ an old cockney gal,
I grew up in the 70's and 80's. When Town's were busy, pubs and social clubs where you went to socialise, night clubs busy. One TV in the house and you were lucky if you had a landline phone. Life was for living outdoors. Brilliant times with great community spirit. Now you are lucky, if you know your neighbour.
Far better than it is today, let me tell you !!
Born in the early 70s started school late 70s. I do have rose tinted memories of the decade for sure.
These are great memories and I'm very much enjoying the comments. I was born in 63 and life was at a slower pace. We certainly live in a more violent society today, but that's population growth I guess. I lived in a large village in East Kent and we had pubs and social clubs and a disco on a Thursday night at the British legion hall 12p for 10 Number 6 and 25pence for a bottle of Lite Ale. Shawaddywaddy. Donna Summer. Boney M. Bolan. Bowie the list goes on. Good times, just didn't realise so much at the time. I'm just glad to be alive. Thank you Jesus Christ Amen 👍♥️✝️🇬🇧
You could also buy Park Drive in packets of 5 back then. my local paper shop sold cigarettes individually 3d each, i would buy one on the way to school. happy days. i also used to collect the number six coupons. gave up smoking ten years ago, i'm 69 next birthday.
That was the best Anglo-American-Greek 70s nostalgia video I've seen today.
Just need to say, I didn't even know what division or rcism was, we all hung out, loved the same songs, and had a great time. We were, and are all the same. Great days
Great days - wish I could go back there
I would go back to seventies in a heart beat!
The power cuts were great, as a kid I loved playing with all the wax from the melting candles, happy days!
We were a lot younger and the grass seemed greener. But it really wasn’t greener at all. All the shit that we’re seeing now, was in the shadows already back then. I saw it as a child. It’s been a lonely life.
Born in 1965. i remember even very young kids could go out to play and roam all day. My parents were divorced and I got the bus to meet my Dad in Newcastle when I was 8 and my sister 6. I went youth hostelling on my bike in 1979 all over Yorkshire when I had just turned 14... never even took a puncture repair kit! The 70's were brilliant..
I would go back to the 70s in a heartbeat, great times, great memories and great,great music. Clothes shopping in Chelsea Girl, mini skirts and platform shoes fantastic times. 💗
Born in 1965 so 70s and 80s was so laid back compared to now go back there in a heartbeat
I was born in 1962, so I remember the 70’s very well, I grew up in Tottenham. Most of us respected our parents, teachers and the police. I’m not saying it was all easy going, but we seemed to have a freedom not known today. We would go out all day, no phone, but we knew we had to be home in time for tea, or else!
Yes! And get smacked by my dad for coming home late! I missed those days (and the smacks, which I probably deserved!)😊😊
1974-1978 the best years of my life good mates good dates and got legless ended up being in absolute States 😆 but 1978 got married went down hill after that I was pissed up knocked her up and then my fate was sealed, still I'd go back in time tomorrow and do it all again, love to do a ground hog day for those years I'd never complain, my mother and the rest of my family would still be here ❤️ God bless them all and the same to all yours.
I was a teenager in England in the 1970s. We had public sector strikes, rampant inflation, a cost of living crisis, the threat of the lights going out and politicians at Westminster who were ineffective and inadequate in addressing the deep rooted problems of our post Empire decline. What was it like living in England in the 1970s? It was like it is now, but with flared trousers!
I've seen a few flaredd trousers and Bay City Roller baggies recently!!!! In 1970s, I had a three piece man-made fabric suit with flares - age of the long-haired bank clerk (which I wasn't)
If you wore "flared trousers" after 1969, you were a "div" and probably listened to Radio One. :-(
Thank you for being honest. So many people saying the 70s was much better than now - it’s because they were young! Not because it was objectively better!
I keep thinking of "The Winter of Discontent" and the whole Punk Rock movement. Also high Unemployment and maybe Georgie Best.
@@yasminx16 Except that it was 100% better. We have the advantage of being able to compare both eras.
Love the photos not a mobile phone in sight 😂 it was the best years of my life, we had the top rank discotheque in Doncaster were we all use to go dancing on a Saturday afternoon plus some great bands playing there. Kids these days really don’t know what they missed out on I really do feel sorry for them, kids these days if you walk around the streets all have their heads looking down at their phones oblivious to what is going on around them it’s so sad.
It is lovely to see that view of Oxford Street in the 70s. I worked just behind there and used to get a cake in BHS every day. I queued for several hours at Oxford Circus to see the Queen go by for the Jubilee but she was just a blur. I got a cheese fondue as a wedding present in 1977. I had an electric knife but it frightened me too much so I got rid of it.
I was 18 in March 1975 the year music changed from pop music to pure disco music, how I danced the nights away under the glitter ball, " watch me as I move across the floor" lol then along came Hi N R G music 🎶 even better.
Born in the 70s, 80s and 90s were the best years of my life. The UK is now a Zoo so i reside in sunny Thailand 🇹🇭.
Brilliant - thank you. I grew up in London the 70's. 15 to 25 years old. I recognise so much. The busses, the cars etc. I spent 8 years visiting Victoria station daily on my commute to Sloane Square until I bought my Z900. Halcyon days...
We may have passed each other! I commuted from East Croydon (shown in the pictures - and I used to catch the 130 bus and occasionally the green 403, both also shown at East or West Croydon) to Victoria. I worked for several years in Buckingham Palace Road.
I loved the 1970s, it was a great time in many ways. People who did not live through it might think that everything was very backwards compared to nowadays, but the point they miss is that everything was getting better for most people. It was this rising of expectations which made for happiness, plus society was in fact a lot MORE liberal in many ways. Everything seemed to be bright. You could go about and do things without your passage continually being blocked or being harassed by men in uniforms, barriers and being monitored electronically and on camera all the time. People dressed how they liked, men with long hair, in flamboyant clothing or whatever. There was a much more relaxed feel which went out with the Thatcherist 1980s. Also given that the early 70s, coming out of the late 60s was a time of social experiment and free thought, it is quite irritating to hear today's people talking about environmentalism, feminism, anti-racism, gay rights etc., as if they just invented it, and we ancient barbarians were all bigoted troglodites. It is also irritating to get lectures on the environment from people who are each enthusiastically consuming 20 - 100 times as much energy and resources as we did. Now expectations are declining, even the average life expectancy is falling for the first time in a century, and gloom prevails.
This is very true.
Arndale centers, chopper bikes, and magic roundabout oh my!
Dreamed of getting a Raleigh Chopper. Never got one and still traumatized to this day....
I was born 1970 ,and I had older brother and sister. I look back at this and compared to today , I look and think how innocent and calm before 2020 . We thought the future would be good. Take me back .