Growing up in the 70s, if you were not being abused by a celebrity the only things to do were to take heroin or watch one of 3 channels on TV. The likes of Peters and Lee and LdP were always on telly and my dad turned our house into a little corner of Ulster so there was no smack allowed.
A lot of them are on my email service (GMX) and that last one I just googled rocking chair emoji please log in to view this image
Think yourself lucky you didn't grow up in ER's generation. In his day the biggest news story was the sinking of the Mary Rose as told by the Town Cryer.
He missed out on the fun there - Dev got a trip down to Runnymede to witness the signing of Magna Carta
And bombings but on the plus side you could bring your bird to the pictures,chip supper,bus home and still have change of 10p.
I can only apologise for my schoolboy error, words I think Sir Cliff coughed up during operation Yew Tree.
I think the only reason people went on about the 80s being good was that it was impossible for a decade to be worse than the 70s.
