FabSwingers.com forum: Fond memories of the 70s

By *mateur100 OP Man
over a year ago

nr faversham

Free school milk...unless it had got warm

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

Free higher education

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By *evonrobMan
over a year ago

Kingsbridge

Decent music! From hard rock to punk…..a great era

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By *mateur100 OP Man
over a year ago

nr faversham

I'll throw a can do attitude in there

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Riding my chopper bike and putting lollipop sticks in the spokes to make a racket.

And a finding a jazz mag over a wall once.

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

Burgundy, corduroy bell bottoms and matching wide collared jacket (worn with the obligatory open shirt and medallion)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

JR ice lollies with the 10 gallon hat on the wrapper

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By *obyn GravesTV/TS
over a year ago

1127 walnut avenue

What is this the fabswingers retirement home..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Getting money back on Corona bottles

Sweet shops where you could choose from different jars of sweets

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Hartley hare on telly

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By *exfordMan
over a year ago

discombobulated land

"Hartley hare on telly"

Yeah..Pipkins. but do you remember the old doll maker on there?

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By *heltenhamBiGuyMan
over a year ago

Cheltenham

Loved growing up in the 70's

Halcyon days until the winter of discontent fucked everything up for years to come

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By *idnight RamblerMan
over a year ago

Pershore

Freedom to go about your business without camera surveillance everywhere.

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By *erry bull1Man
over a year ago

doncaster

K tel records

White dog muck on the pavement

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By *arkus1812Man
over a year ago

Lifes departure lounge NN9 Northamptonshire East not West MidlandsMidlands

Prog Rock in abundance.

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By *oo..Woman
over a year ago

Boo's World

Wasn't around in the 70's but some of the above I remember also....

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By *ames5169Man
over a year ago

Birmingham

Flared Jeans

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By *oxy jWoman
over a year ago

somerset

asked hubby and he said ..liverpool fc

me ... smash the product and the adverts

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By *ames5169Man
over a year ago

Birmingham

Raleigh Chopper

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By *ools and the brainCouple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

I'm waaaaayyyyyy to young to remember.

But if I was of that age probably some of the following.

The Muppet show on Sunday night.

Flares, platform shoes and cheesecloth shirt's, spud gun's, playing conkers,kiss/knicker chase.

The first star wars, the Rubik's cube,the slinky, jumper's for goalposts.

Plague of ladybirds, the goodies, ABBA and Meccano set's.

Wind up Evel Knievel and the real one.

But like I said I am too young to remember any of these , just guessing

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Power cuts

Candles burning away in houses

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By *utcock61Man
over a year ago

glasgow

Patchouli oil and incense.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"What is this the fabswingers retirement home..

Isn't it your nap time?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Getting money back on Corona bottles

Sweet shops where you could choose from different jars of sweets"

Penny sweets!

Elastics

Hot summers that lasted 3 years with no school.

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By *ools and the brainCouple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

"What is this the fabswingers retirement home..

Hey have some respect for your elders.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Baked white dogshit on the street

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By *mateur100 OP Man
over a year ago

nr faversham

"Baked white dogshit on the street

A fond memory?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Hot summers that lasted 3 years with no school. "

Oooh, the hot summer of 1976 and 'bath with a friend' - unfortunately for me that was my brother!

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By *lubchuckerMan
over a year ago

Oxfordshire

The long hot summers, especially 76 and the big thunderstorms when the hot weather broke

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By *aughty but nice2020Couple
over a year ago

Liverpool

The Texan chocolate bar.

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By *mateur100 OP Man
over a year ago

nr faversham

"The Texan chocolate bar."

That could ruin a jaw

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Count Dracula ice lollies.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Breast milk lol

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By *ribsaMan
over a year ago

A box at end of your bed

Hedgehog and chipmunk crisps.

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By *lderflower_AppleWoman
over a year ago

Basingstoke

The sweet shop on the corner where I could go in with 5p and come out with a sack full of sweets!

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By *cottish guy 555Man
over a year ago

London

"Getting money back on Corona bottles

Sweet shops where you could choose from different jars of sweets

Penny sweets!

Elastics

Hot summers that lasted 3 years with no school. "

Half penny sweets

A 10p mixture

Matchbox cars

Action man

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By *tephanjMan
over a year ago

Kettering

But 4 pints of lager and get change from a quid

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By *hruxtonrboyMan
over a year ago

shurburn in elmet

Being ok to have a Gary Glitter poster on your bedroom wall and smash hits going on sale

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

First flights

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By *helamontsCouple
over a year ago

Edinburgh

Brut aftershave ...

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By *oalie66Man
over a year ago

Chesterfield

"Free school milk...unless it had got warm

Smoking and fingering the girls behind the bike sheds,

Caretakers job was the best job I've ever had

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By *mateur100 OP Man
over a year ago

nr faversham

"Free school milk...unless it had got warm

Smoking and fingering the girls behind the bike sheds,

Caretakers job was the best job I've ever had

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By *2000ManMan
over a year ago

Worthing

Rock music. So many great bands.

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By *mateur100 OP Man
over a year ago

nr faversham

"Rock music. So many great bands."

Agreed

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By *ictoria_1976TV/TS
over a year ago

Bodmin

"Baked white dogshit on the street

Yeah it was everywhere!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Getting money back on Corona bottles

Sweet shops where you could choose from different jars of sweets

Penny sweets!

Elastics

Hot summers that lasted 3 years with no school.

Half penny sweets

A 10p mixture

Matchbox cars

Action man

Half pennies!

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By *ausage1970Man
over a year ago

Shrewsbury

"Hartley hare on telly"

Loved that character

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By *ools and the brainCouple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

"Free school milk...unless it had got warm

Smoking and fingering the girls behind the bike sheds,

Caretakers job was the best job I've ever had

WTF!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Rushing in on a Saturday night to watch Starsky&Hutch

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By *mateur100 OP Man
over a year ago

nr faversham

Mr Men books and TV series with Arthur Lowe

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By *RANDMRSJAECouple
over a year ago

chester

Infant school, bontempi organs and The Muppet Show

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By *isaB45Woman
over a year ago

Fabville

Summer in 1976.. Cooling down in a tin bath!

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By *ed-monkeyCouple
over a year ago

Hailsham

All that brown orange and yellow

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By *aughty Couple ABCCouple
over a year ago

West Bromwich

"All that brown orange and yellow"

And that was just the wallpaper

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By *isaB45Woman
over a year ago

Fabville

"All that brown orange and yellow

And that was just the wallpaper

... and the carpets and the sofas and the kitchenware and the clothing and the cars....

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By *ed-monkeyCouple
over a year ago

Hailsham

"All that brown orange and yellow

And that was just the wallpaper

... and the carpets and the sofas and the kitchenware and the clothing and the cars...."

All blending together in a sort of camouflage collage

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Oh and not forgetting

The bay city rollers,I loved my jeans with the tartan down the sides

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By *ed-monkeyCouple
over a year ago

Hailsham

"Oh and not forgetting

The bay city rollers,I loved my jeans with the tartan down the sides"

And the tartan scarf tied to your wrist?

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By *ackformore100Man
over a year ago

Tin town

Queens silver jubilee... Street parties, music, drinks, teenage hormones and hope, oh happy days.

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By *ackformore100Man
over a year ago

Tin town

Oh and of course the musical revolution that was punk... Brilliant gigs in brilliant venues with brilliant line ups every week. Energy energy energy...

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By *ackformore100Man
over a year ago

Tin town

Policemen walking around... Being friendly and helpful.

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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago

East London

My bright red cords.

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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago

East London

"All that brown orange and yellow"

And deep purple with yellow.

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By *ed-monkeyCouple
over a year ago

Hailsham

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By *yresMan
over a year ago

Midland town

Watching "are you been served", with my dad , and him laughing at Misses Salcombe, myself thinking what's so funny about about a cat!!!.....Comedy at it's best.??

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By *ed-monkeyCouple
over a year ago

Hailsham

"All that brown orange and yellow

And deep purple with yellow.

Smoke on the water .... fire in the sky?

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By *ackformore100Man
over a year ago

Tin town

Raquel welch... Oh my

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By *ictoria_1976TV/TS
over a year ago

Bodmin

"Freedom to go about your business without camera surveillance everywhere."

Are you a burglar?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Goodies

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By *ackformore100Man
over a year ago

Tin town

Lyons corner shops..

Golden egg..

Woolworths pick and mix

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By *annydodgerMan
over a year ago

Stowmarket

Collecting paper Golliwogs on the jam jars and sending them off to the Robertsons jam offer in exchange for real brooches of sports personalities

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By *ust Passing ThroughMan
over a year ago

poole

Being born

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Grammar Schools everywhere, loons, the Eagles, Nana Mouskouri, blackouts, bonfires and Up the ‘ammers

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By *ools1964Man
over a year ago

Swadlincote

Triple denim & my chopper bike.

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By *ecky and justCouple
over a year ago

Godalming

All of the above..!

So many memories..

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By *ackformore100Man
over a year ago

Tin town

Cheesecloth shirts

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By *uck-RogersMan
over a year ago

Tarka trail

My chopper bike.

And fucking the carnival queen,

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Oh and not forgetting

The bay city rollers,I loved my jeans with the tartan down the sides"

But whose tartan did you wear?? Each Roller had their own.

My sister had the white tartan worn by Les McKeown.

Oh god, i can still remember some of the chants the fans used to sing.

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By *ackformore100Man
over a year ago

Tin town

"Oh and not forgetting

The bay city rollers,I loved my jeans with the tartan down the sides

But whose tartan did you wear?? Each Roller had their own.

My sister had the white tartan worn by Les McKeown.

Oh god, i can still remember some of the chants the fans used to sing."

Shang a lang

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By *lderflower_AppleWoman
over a year ago

Basingstoke

"Policemen walking around... Being friendly and helpful. "

And clipping you round the ear if you were a cheeky fecker to them.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Argentina world cup, Archie Gemmels goal agsinst Holland. My 7 yesr old brsin thought we were actually going through, much to my disappointment.

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By *wingin CatMan
over a year ago

London

The disco era (1973 - 1976), then the punk era (1977 - 1979), then a return to the disco era, plus a bit of 2-Tone.

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By *ickeyblueeyes7Man
over a year ago

newport

Birmingham bags and wing collars on shirts with kipper ties

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By *mateur100 OP Man
over a year ago

nr faversham

"Argentina world cup, Archie Gemmels goal agsinst Holland. My 7 yesr old brsin thought we were actually going through, much to my disappointment.

But what a goal. We've been dining on that ever since

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Argentina world cup, Archie Gemmels goal agsinst Holland. My 7 yesr old brsin thought we were actually going through, much to my disappointment.

But what a goal. We've been dining on that ever since "

Goal of the world cup i believe

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

House or tree jumpers and oxford bag trousers

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Bod.

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By *laything1966Man
over a year ago

Birmingham

Going to see The Jam in concert

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

"Bod.

Ha ha - I remember Bod (and it’s merry, flute ditty soundtrack!)

I believe to this day that Bod was in fact one of the aliens who crashed at Roswell…

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By *ornycougaWoman
over a year ago

NORWAY Wherever I lay my hat

Playing in the road

Getting a colour television to watch all 3 channels on

No seat belts in cars so lying on that back shelf (senior moment... Don't know what it's called) all the way from Grimsby to the Costa Blanca every summer eating Spangles

Nicking my Grandads Woodbines

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Free school milk...unless it had got warm

Smoking and fingering the girls behind the bike sheds,

Caretakers job was the best job I've ever had

Hilarious pmsl

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Bod.

Ha ha - I remember Bod (and it’s merry, flute ditty soundtrack!)

I believe to this day that Bod was in fact one of the aliens who crashed at Roswell…"

I think it was originally a Belgian cartoon or something

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By *olarMan
over a year ago

woking

No chopper for me

I had a grifter.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"No chopper for me

I had a grifter. "

I had the baby Grifter. The Striker.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Grammar Schools everywhere, loons, the Eagles, Nana Mouskouri, blackouts, bonfires and Up the ‘ammers

1975 FA cup final.

Bobby Moore in the Fulham side.

Been a Hammer ever since that game.

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By *mateur100 OP Man
over a year ago

nr faversham

"Grammar Schools everywhere, loons, the Eagles, Nana Mouskouri, blackouts, bonfires and Up the ‘ammers

1975 FA cup final.

Bobby Moore in the Fulham side.

Been a Hammer ever since that game."

And we've suffered ever since...1980 being the main exception

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By *ornycougaWoman
over a year ago

NORWAY Wherever I lay my hat

"No chopper for me

I had a grifter. "

I got given a Shopper to my shame and embarrassment

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By *ackformore100Man
over a year ago

Tin town

"Grammar Schools everywhere, loons, the Eagles, Nana Mouskouri, blackouts, bonfires and Up the ‘ammers

1975 FA cup final.

Bobby Moore in the Fulham side.

Been a Hammer ever since that game."

Was that Trevor brooking, billy bonds, Phil parkes vintage?

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By *iromancergirl1Woman
over a year ago

bolton

Can’t remember much of the 70s except nursery school and kicking a girl in the shin with my red clogs on because she stole the hobby horse of me

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Grammar Schools everywhere, loons, the Eagles, Nana Mouskouri, blackouts, bonfires and Up the ‘ammers

1975 FA cup final.

Bobby Moore in the Fulham side.

Been a Hammer ever since that game.

Was that Trevor brooking, billy bonds, Phil parkes vintage? "

And Mervyn Day and Frank Lampard. We only had a b/w tele so watched it round next door on a 26” screen.

Alf G****t inspired me to become a fan. Geez life was easy back then.

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By *lubchuckerMan
over a year ago

Oxfordshire

Getting my first moped then following year my first motorbike shortly followed by my first taste of gravel rash

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Getting my first moped then following year my first motorbike shortly followed by my first taste of gravel rash

My brother had a fizzie.

It could only do half a wheelie.

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By *ackformore100Man
over a year ago

Tin town

"Getting my first moped then following year my first motorbike shortly followed by my first taste of gravel rash

My brother had a fizzie.

It could only do half a wheelie."

I had an ss50..

The volvo of the moped world

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Forgive my French

Feck all

Bernardo’s home in 1967

So late sixties early and late seventies

Crap for me

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Getting my first moped then following year my first motorbike shortly followed by my first taste of gravel rash

My brother had a fizzie.

It could only do half a wheelie.

I had an ss50..

The volvo of the moped world "

My mother put sugar in it's petrol tank.

She said that bike would be the death of him.

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By *ackformore100Man
over a year ago

Tin town

Bananasplitz and that johny Morris animal show... Crossroads and Jill hunter...

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By *ustBoWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere in Co. Down

Summers that seemed to last forever.

Getting loads of sweets and crisps with 10p in the shop.

Waiting to watch the Muppets on telly.

Learning to ride a bike and the first time I took stabilisers off and didn't fall off felt amazing. Until I forgot to pull the brakes and ended up hitting a tree

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By *alking HeadMan
over a year ago

Bolton

"No chopper for me

I had a grifter.

I had the baby Grifter. The Striker."

Strikers were fantastic, a good forerunner to BMX's. Mine was silver and I was rarely off it. Handlebar stem knackered after one too many bad landings from jumping of ramps. Had to fit cowhorns then!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"No chopper for me

I had a grifter.

I had the baby Grifter. The Striker.

Strikers were fantastic, a good forerunner to BMX's. Mine was silver and I was rarely off it. Handlebar stem knackered after one too many bad landings from jumping of ramps. Had to fit cowhorns then!"

They were tough little bikes.

Mine was a funny green colour.

And i seem to remember pedalling backwards acted as a brake.

Ha ha, cowhorns..another VERY 70's thing.

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By *ust RachelTV/TS
over a year ago

Horsham

Having the 'pop man' come round of a weekend.

Dressing my bike up for a competition in school, for the silver jubilee.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Beer at home means Davenports, That’s the beer , lots of cheer, ….

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