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Think back to your mid teens.

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muse Fri 19-Feb-21 20:07:33

Whose poster did you have on your bedroom wall?
1966 (aged 15), mine was The Yardbirds.

Harris27 Fri 19-Feb-21 22:48:38

David Essex and Donny osmond.

BladeAnnie Fri 19-Feb-21 22:53:53

Smokie - Chris Norman still does it for me!! I saw him in concert two years ago and he made a lady of a certain age feel like a teenager again!!

polomint Fri 19-Feb-21 23:01:39

I'm showing my age here, but it was elvis for me. I dont know if anyone will remember troy Donahue ( he was in the film a summer place with sandra dee) but I had his poster on the wall

HurdyGurdy Fri 19-Feb-21 23:07:52

Donny Osmond, Michael Jackson, David Cassidy, Bay City Rollers.

Mostly from Jackie magazine.

I got a poster free with a pair of Clark's Golden Dollies shoes. I had no idea who it was, but it went on the wall anyway. NOW, I can appreciate Robert Plant / Led Zeppelin, but at the time - not a clue!

Shinamae Fri 19-Feb-21 23:11:56

Clint Eastwood, in the bath, with a cigar......?

Chestnut Fri 19-Feb-21 23:35:09

That Beatles poster (or something very similar) was on my wall when I was 14 plus a close-up of Paul. Then a couple of years later a big full-length poster of Jimi Hendrix. I wasn't a huge fan, it was just my way of asserting my teenage self as I knew my mum would hate it because he looked so wild!

misty34 Fri 19-Feb-21 23:49:29

I had Alice Cooper plus snake around his neck!
Pink Floyd and Led Zepplin plus my beloved Sabbath with Ozzy Osbourne. My parents were obviously more "with it" than I gave them credit for.

Hellogirl1 Sat 20-Feb-21 00:29:02

I didn`t have posters, but did have a framed photograph, plus a reply to my letter, from Huw Thomas, the ITN newscaster, I was well smitten with him for several years.

paddyanne Sat 20-Feb-21 00:51:02

No posters for me,I shared a room for a few months with my sister and she had posters on every flat surface including inside the wardrobe doors.I begged to get my own room backto get away from them .Always loved music was never really interested in the looks of the singers or bands

CanadianGran Sat 20-Feb-21 06:16:59

Hurdy Gurdy, we must be the same age. I had the Jackson 5 and lots of horse pictures, my sister had Donny Osmond and the Bay City Rollers on her side of the room.

And NotTooOld - no, you are not PC by using that term. I believe Native American is the term used, or Indigenous American.

nanna8 Sat 20-Feb-21 07:21:20

Billy Furey, wonder what happened to him? The other one I really lusted over was Warren Beatty but he looks a bit like he loves himself from an older perspective!

downtoearth Sat 20-Feb-21 07:37:49

Steve Ellis and Love Affair

Curlywhirly Sat 20-Feb-21 07:41:30

The Small Faces
Cat Stevens
Che Guevara - nothing to do with his political leanings, the poster was very iconic in the 70s and I just thought he looked very dishy!

seacliff Sat 20-Feb-21 07:49:37

Paul McCartney and Dr Kildare

Riverwalk Sat 20-Feb-21 07:50:20

downtoearth just found this online - the front page of the NME announcing Steve Ellis had split from Love Affair. It's 1970, so 51 years ago! shock

Katie59 Sat 20-Feb-21 08:18:45

Bruce Springsteen and Rod Stewart - good choices both are still going strong, I went to the Rod Stewart concert at Bristol 2 years ago, better than ever at 70.

JackyB Sat 20-Feb-21 08:21:29

I wouldn't have dared put up posters in my bedroom but we wrote names on the covers of our jotters. I loved listening to John Peel and had some really obscure names like The Strawbs and The incredible String Band, but I also fell for the obviously good looking ones like Scott Walker and Marc Bolan. Was a great fan of I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again where Tim Brooke-Taylor was my heartthrob.

grandmajet Sat 20-Feb-21 09:44:07

nanna8

Billy Furey, wonder what happened to him? The other one I really lusted over was Warren Beatty but he looks a bit like he loves himself from an older perspective!

Billy Fury dies aged 42. He had a weak heart as he had rheumatic fever as a child, and had several heart attacks. I believe he spent some of his life on a farm in Wales breeding Welsh ponies. If I’d met him he’d have married me obviously.

shysal Sat 20-Feb-21 09:51:05

No posters for me but I liked Elvis in GI Blues and Blue Hawaii. Also the Shadows whom I met when they performed in Oxford. My friend and I were invited to the cinema with them along with Frank Ifield (all entirely innocent).

Polarbear2 Sat 20-Feb-21 11:01:05

Paul Newman and Steve McQueen. Pop stars didn’t do it for me. I clearly had more grown up taste! ?

jusnoneed Sat 20-Feb-21 11:04:55

Marc Bolan/T Rex mainly, a few of Pete Duel (Alias Smith & Jones) dotted around too.

Kate1949 Sat 20-Feb-21 11:09:17

It was always George Harrison for me. He is known in this family as 'your George' . I wish!

timetogo2016 Sat 20-Feb-21 11:11:21

The Osmonds,especialy Merril.

Gwenisgreat1 Sat 20-Feb-21 11:15:40

I'd have been crucified if I'd spoilt the wall paper sticking a poster up - not sure there were any available then!! I'd have had Tommy Steels or Cliff Richard if I'd been abl.

ninathenana Sat 20-Feb-21 16:02:15

This guy