Children of the 70s

[HLaB]

When was the 70s

After the 60s and before the 80s. The 90's, noughties and whatever this decade is called, don't exist its all a matrix

 

[Levo-Lon]

Yes I was a child of the revolution, just not sure what the revolution was...

Had its pros and cons as each generation does

I preferred this one..though it was a lot later.

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=721JQZw6Spg

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Parkers , snorkel hoods and Doc Martins

 

[pjd57]

My daughter is a child of the 70's.

Now that makes me feel old.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I preferred this one..though it was a lot later.

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=721JQZw6Spg

I have that LP in the loft. Came out around 88 from memory.

 

[raleighnut]

No one's mentioned Punk Rock yet. I loved some of the music, but it wasn't my parents cup of tea.

Do we have any ex' punks on here who'd like to share a story? Is anyone still dressing as a punk?

I trended more towards the Mod side of things, although I never had a scooter, or a parka, so that probably doesn't make me a Mod at all

Nah after being a 70s fashion victim I went more for the 'Ramones' look, tight jeans a leather bike jacket and T shirt with baseball boots.

 

[Dave7]

Nah after being a 70s fashion victim I went more for the 'Ramones' look, tight jeans a leather bike jacket and T shirt with baseball boots.

Feeble. 1963 I wore my ice blue jeans, button down shirt, blue serge waistcoat aand Beatle boots. Man, I was soooo cool.

 

[Fnaar]

No one's mentioned Punk Rock yet. I loved some of the music, but it wasn't my parents cup of tea.

Do we have any ex' punks on here who'd like to share a story? Is anyone still dressing as a punk?

I trended more towards the Mod side of things, although I never had a scooter, or a parka, so that probably doesn't make me a Mod at all

Within the space of about 5 years (which seemed to last forever) I was a punk, a mod, a suedehead, and a rockabilly (forget the exact order to be honest)
Now I just wish I had hair enough to have anything but a very short crop.

 

[captain nemo1701]

Nope child of the 60s here I was a youff in the 70s

Me too. Loved the 70's as I grew up, Pink Floyd released DSOTM, Tom Baker was the Doctor, Morecambe & Wise taking the mickey out of Andre Previn, Star Wars, the summer of '76......aaah, great days eh?.

 

[nickyboy]

Whatever era you were a child or teenager in was great in hindsight. No responsibilities

But if you were an adult in the 70s it was, compared to today, pretty crap. People were poorer, less healthy, less socially mobile, less tolerant

70s or 60s or whatever weren't great, they were crap compared to now. It was your childhood that was great

 

[mudsticks]

Whatever era you were a child or teenager in was great in hindsight. No responsibilities

But if you were an adult in the 70s it was, compared to today, pretty crap. People were poorer, less healthy, less socially mobile, less tolerant

70s or 60s or whatever weren't great, they were crap compared to now. It was your childhood that was great

And not everyones childhood was unalloyed bliss either.

Unless you were one of the lucky ones.

Personally I prefer my version of being a 'grown up'

 

[MontyVeda]

Nah after being a 70s fashion victim I went more for the 'Ramones' look, tight jeans a leather bike jacket and T shirt with baseball boots.

I never called it a Ramones look, but that was me in the late 80s

 

[Pale Rider]

less tolerant

In some ways but not in others.

When I was growing up, I recall hearing the phrase from older people 'live and let live'.

Not a phrase I hear now.

Hardly a scientific analysis, but it seems to me these days rather than 'live and let live', the more common reaction is to get stuck in on social media.

There is a great deal of intolerance on this site, often dressed up as 'noble cause', but it's still intolerance.

 

[swee'pea99]

My daughter is a child of the 70's.

Now that makes me feel old.

And so it should. You must be ancient. In fact it's amazing you're still with us. Well done gramps.

 

[Blue Hills]

In some ways but not in others.

When I was growing up, I recall hearing the phrase from older people 'live and let live'.

Not a phrase I hear now.

Hardly a scientific analysis, but it seems to me these days rather than 'live and let live', the more common reaction is to get stuck in on social media.

There is a great deal of intolerance on this site, often dressed up as 'noble cause', but it's still intolerance.

Exactly. well said pale rider.
May return later with some 70s (for we seem to be talking about the decade) rather than "born in") bullet points for and against.

I also remember a phrase from my northern childhood "nowt so queer as folk" which struck me as essentially tolerant.

If the phrase hadn't years later been re-used for a drama set in Manchester's gay village (I believe - never saw it) using a somewhat different use of the word the social media twitterati would probably be burning at the online stake anyone who used it.

I won't treat folk to a certain other kinda related northern phrase.