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The Seventies. A to Z

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Cherrytree59 Wed 05-Oct-16 13:16:50

The Decade they said
'when taste went out the window'!
Dancing at the local Disco on a Saturday night is one of my memories.
What's yours?
Its A to Z. So...

ABBA

Cherrytree59 Sat 26-Nov-16 23:22:14

Z?

Air Hockey

Cherrytree59 Thu 24-Nov-16 21:48:27

Yorkie. (Chocolate bar)

br0adwater Wed 23-Nov-16 23:25:20

grin ha ha!

Cherrytree59 Wed 23-Nov-16 22:23:27

Br0adwater its.....

Watergate!

br0adwater Tue 22-Nov-16 17:06:11

Yep!

Vietnam war - finally finished in April 1974

Cherrytree59 Tue 22-Nov-16 15:35:50

Under skirts. ( Waist ones with lace trim that showed below the
dress/skirt hem)

br0adwater Mon 21-Nov-16 21:22:09

Ten shilling note - ceased to be legal tender in November 1970

Cherrytree59 Mon 21-Nov-16 20:34:01

Soap on a rope

br0adwater Mon 21-Nov-16 19:43:47

Richard Nixon - when we get to W, it's Watergate!

Penstemmon Mon 21-Nov-16 17:43:07

Quote..unquote: radio programme...

br0adwater Mon 21-Nov-16 17:21:05

Oh yes!

Pinafore dress

MrsPickle Mon 21-Nov-16 13:29:20

Orange swirly carpets!

GertrudeGrace Mon 21-Nov-16 12:08:01

It's A Knock Out

br0adwater Mon 21-Nov-16 02:35:11

Just remembered that Hillman Imp has been said before so ...

Heavy Metal

br0adwater Sun 20-Nov-16 23:35:28

Hillman Imp - iconic car ahead of it's time

GertrudeGrace Sun 20-Nov-16 22:47:26

Glam rock

Cherrytree59 Sun 20-Nov-16 22:42:40

Farrah Fawcett

br0adwater Sun 20-Nov-16 20:27:08

Email - started in 1971!

Cherrytree59 Sun 20-Nov-16 19:43:14

gertrude yes and the Tartan scarf!

Br0adwater I remember The harrowing pictures of Ethiopia in the 70ssad.

Decimalisation

br0adwater Sun 20-Nov-16 10:46:52

Civil war in Ethiopia - the current unrest there brings this to mind

GertrudeGrace Sun 20-Nov-16 10:19:16

Bay City Rollers - tartan socks anyone?

br0adwater Sun 20-Nov-16 10:01:32

Austin Allegro

GertrudeGrace Sun 20-Nov-16 09:32:38

Yootha Joyce (George and Mildred)

Zappa, Frank

(Not often you see those two together)

br0adwater Sun 20-Nov-16 09:00:15

Woodchip wallpaper - my very dear FiL helped me to paper our new house with this and was delighted how easy it was especially with no pattern to match. Of course it wasn't so delightfully easy to remove, years later!

GertrudeGrace Sun 20-Nov-16 00:27:50

Vauxhall Viva