Growing up in the 70,s

[Arry 25,812]

8 hours ago, leegreen said:

No one mentioned cigarettes machines outside tobacconists.

That brought back a memory Lee.

I was about 15 and hanging about with a group of mates in the local square. A older Lad in his early 20's pulled up near us in his car pulled up got out put a cable around the fag machine. He drove off over the river bridge with the fag machine bouncing along behind.

I can remember us just standing there for a minute or two without saying a word.

We all knew him but never saw a thing. Don't think he got caught for that one Lol.

Cheers Arry

[TRUEBRIT66 2,275]

Some brilliant films on youtube like the one Tomo posted.

My 5 year old Grandson spends most of his time in doors glued to a ipad so I try to get him out and about and interested in working with his hands as much as possible when he's over with us.   

[poxon 5,972]

Early 80s was great as well I tell my kids the stuff we used to do and get up to at there age they ain’t got a clue I get looked at like a right mong and they carry on on there phones or tablets watching shit Japanese cartoons or full grown men on utube acting immature playing video games kids these days are completely disconnected from the real world out there and waist there time on meaningless stuff 

[poxon 5,972]

7 minutes ago, TRUEBRIT66 said:

Some brilliant films on youtube like the one Tomo posted.

My 5 year old Grandson spends most of his time in doors glued to a ipad so I try to get him out and about and interested in working with his hands as much as possible when he's over with us.   

That’s the way mate hands on skills is what’s needed 

[WILF 51,629]

13 hours ago, TOMO said:

If like me you watch a bit of youtube...usually political stuff...it can get on your tits ....so it's nice to look at bits of old film like this....of course it can make you sad cos we won't get it back

 

Exactly this mate, I do that as well from time to time…..and same as you, it can get you feeling a bit blue but I think it’s also a decent reminder that things wasn’t always this way and so it follows it can be better.

[WILF 51,629]

@TOMO Have a look for the Esso films “a look at Britain” (may have the title slightly wrong…..they are brilliant mate.

My mistake, it was called “Our Native Shore”……

 

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[mackay 3,718]

Am I the only one that thinks that nuked and start again is a viable option ?.

[mitre 457]

I thought that puppet was David lammy when young looks like a typical rude boy in the hood rough crude and rude and streetwise 

[Greyman 32,752]

16 hours ago, leegreen said:

I had a Mr Parlanchin, scarey looking fecker.

No one mentioned cigarettes machines outside tobacconists.

Packet of 5 park drive 5p or by a single fag in the newsagents for 2p on the way to junior school lol

[TOMO 29,587]

8 hours ago, WILF said:

@TOMO Have a look for the Esso films “a look at Britain” (may have the title slightly wrong…..they are brilliant mate.

My mistake, it was called “Our Native Shore”……

 

Good that....some nice bits of film on that covering lots of different things...interesting to see the fishing boat that had a small  sail on it as well ...and the old Welsh boys with there corracles.....see the Welsh still are stone age...lol

[WILF 51,629]

1 minute ago, TOMO said:

Good that....some nice bits of film on that covering lots of different things...interesting to see the fishing boat that had a small  sail on it as well ...and the old Welsh boys with there corracles.....see the Welsh still are stone age...lol

Just to see how busy we was then mate, all at something, communities alive and thriving…..nice isn’t it.

[Qbgrey 4,389]

19 hours ago, TOMO said:

Right at end of that film a kid is jumping from a building on to old matrass.....

The street I grew up was still building brand new houses....and we used to do same jump off scaffolding on to big piles of builders sand......

Our hoddy  done that one morning I forgot to tell him it froze during the night, the sand was quite hard

[Qbgrey 4,389]

I think back then most people had shit cars, morris minor, minis, Austin’s, cheap Citroens nobody judge you. Look on the roads now, financed up to hilt to look flashy

[WILF 51,629]

2 minutes ago, Qbgrey said:

I think back then most people had shit cars, morris minor, minis, Austin’s, cheap Citroens nobody judge you. Look on the roads now, financed up to hilt to look flashy

And they could be mended with a spanner and not a quantum super computer and £18 million quid in parts ! lol 

[WILF 51,629]

Emission from my uncles old cortina consisted of the smell of whisky and fags wafting out the window as he drove round town at a 10000000 mph absolutely battered ! lol 

We used to call him “Monty” (as in General Montgomery)  on account of he was the youngest brother and had missed the war so did national service instead !

He would pull up to my pals in town and say “need a lift lads” absolutely reeking of Jonny Walker and my pals were all like “No thanks Monty, we will walk !” lol 

Edited 4 hours ago by WILF