We used to go to the local village hall to watch cartoons on a Saturday morning......"that's all folks!!"
Is this a time when Snickers were called Marathons... and Starburst were call Opal Fruits...... Cif was called Jiff Chris Tarant had a show staring "Spit the Dog" BA baracus, Face Murdock And Hannibal were straight after Grandstand Michelle Fowler was in Grange Hill with Mark as Chell & Tucker.(forget the terrible Tuckers Luck) Jackanoree had john Pertwee Wurzel Gummidge top of the Pops Record Breakers......etc
Played in a football team mid 80s, and we quickly worked out that we all had 'trigger' tunes - if someone hummed the first couple of bars, you were incapable of not joining in. Mate of mine had Do Wah Diddy. I had the theme from Robinson Crusoe....how they hit on it I'll never know.
Thriller used to scare the crap out of me all now available on You Tube: [video=youtube;OIuXphuCHck]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIuXphuCHck[/video] Then there was Justin Placenta: and the ladies had growlers: My old man had a hairy chest and was hanging out with the Zepplin boys ... memories [video=youtube;9l357Ia7UUk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l357Ia7UUk[/video] I had one of these: Super striker please log in to view this image
My mum used to drive us to Blackpool on our holidays when i was a kid with only two 8 track cassetes.....The Carpenters and The Stylistics !!! It was a long long long long journey
I was working in Waterford in Ireland in 1977 renovating a bar next to the main bridge in the town and there was an 8-track player with just one cassette, Don McLean's 'American Pie', whenever I hear it I always think of the 5 months we spent there...
She had good taste in music (with the wisdom of hindsight). Karen Carpenter like Sergio Mendes and Herb Alpert has gained respectability they never had back then! Always thought it was easy listening ****e but... it stil is.
Anyone watching BBC4? They're showing mid-70's pub-circuit rock bands, already had Dr Feelgood and Eddie & the Hotrods, some good stuff...
Just read through the entire thread again. I'm going to have to find a way to save and archive this, or print it out, and keep it for when my memory really does give up. Loving it, keep it going lads. What was Sandbaggers Roller, missed that one? Jensen Interceptor Triumph Spitfire 'music centres' original scalectrix Original Commonwealth Institute on High Street Ken - my old man designed and built a lot of the exhibits/stands Tomorrow's World
The beginning of the end, life has never been as easy ever again: http://www.declarepeace.org.uk/captain/murder_inc/site/gladio/moro02100.jpg
