God but the '70s were beige

[Dirk]

We did not have a car till early 80s a brown maxi , until then it was the bus or walk, i remember fondly walking with my dad about 4 miles to buy a new tyre for my bike .
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I had one of these in the late 70s. Loved it.

 

[DCLane]

My first car was a beige Mk2 Escort estate, looking like this:

Lots of beige ...

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

My first car was a beige Mk2 Escort estate, looking like this:

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Lots of beige ...

I'd definitely prefer this Escort




This Cortina still lives near us, yes, I know it's 80's

 

[User10119]

I think you'll find the 70s were ace as an ace thing from an ace thing factory, if not acer.

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(carefully cropped to avoid the sister who doesn't like her photie being taken. Guess which is me?

 

[User10119]

A clue, if it helps....

In '74 I pronounced my first ever word, which remained my only word for quite some time.
https://open.spotify.com/track/5wXyMkBT8qNpAwAsYC2nLW

 

[User10119]

Oh - and the rather watchable 'Back in time for...' family, in the documentary series, basically concluded that the 70s was the best decade they visited - both times around, once for dinner and once for Christmas.

 

[Brandane]

The 70's was the best decade ever; no contest! I guess it depends when you were born. I was born in 1962, so "came of age" in the 70's and that was when my taste in music, clothes, girls, cars, and even bikes was formed. I would imagine that someone born in 1992 would feel the same about the noughties - a decade which passed me by as one of the blandest, non descript, forgettable ever. Come to think of it, so was the 90's - a decade of drivel when it came to music especially.

 

[MichaelW2]

In 1979s, we used to live next door to the Jonses. Mr Jones drove one of these, the full GLX:

My dad's company car was this:

 

[Deleted member 26715]

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That was a rare car then an even rarer car now, I used to have the 2 Door GT version which was even rarer & I think hen's teeth rare now

 

[MontyVeda]

The 70's was the best decade ever; no contest! I guess it depends when you were born. I was born in 1962, so "came of age" in the 70's and that was when my taste in music, clothes, girls, cars, and even bikes was formed. I would imagine that someone born in 1992 would feel the same about the noughties - a decade which passed me by as one of the blandest, non descript, forgettable ever. Come to think of it, so was the 90's - a decade of drivel when it came to music especially.

You obviously weren't listening to the right music in the 90s

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Just look at Coventry!

(Mind you, the Luftwaffe did have a small part to play in that, having flattened most of the fine old city centre. Sorry for mentioning the war!)

There are some older people in Coventry who think Hitler did Coventry a favour as his bombers flattened most of the old courts with the shared toilets and in some cases no mains water or electricity.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

My dad's company car was this:

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Opal Kadett!!!

Or, as Richard Hammond calls it............... Oliver

I always fancied the later Ascona, particularly as the 2-door saloon (when my dad had the Cavalier

 

[Deleted member 26715]

You obviously weren't listening to the right music in the 90s

that's because there wasn't any youngster

 

[MichaelW2]

Opal Kadett!!!

Or, as Richard Hammond calls it............... Oliver

I always fancied the later Ascona, particularly as the 2-door saloon (when my dad had the Cavalier

We did take it around the clock, twice, and as a farm car we hid the rusted hole under the drivers mat with some plywood. At least we didn't have to endue any Opel Manta jokes.

 

[Bazzer]

The 70's where just so wrong in everything . It amazes me the damage they did to gorgeous Victorian and Edwardian buildings just to make them look really shite .

Could be worse. In the last +30 years, Victorian buildings in Manchester which survived the blitz and the seventies, didn't survive the City Council's planning department.