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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

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

Bay City Rollers - tartan socks anyone?

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

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

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 20:27:08

Email - started in 1971!

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

Farrah Fawcett

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

Glam rock

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

Hillman Imp - iconic car ahead of it's time

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

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

Heavy Metal

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

It's A Knock Out

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

Orange swirly carpets!

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

Oh yes!

Pinafore dress

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

Quote..unquote: radio programme...

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

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

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

Soap on a rope

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

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

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

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

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

Yep!

Vietnam war - finally finished in April 1974

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

Br0adwater its.....

Watergate!

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

grin ha ha!

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

Yorkie. (Chocolate bar)

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

Z?

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