I was 50 years old in 1970, it was one of the best decades of my life, I indeed enjoyed it, I met Michael Jackson in 75, it was a great memory, I was an author back then, I used to write with typewriters, I am still learning to adapt with the internet and technology, I am now a retired 101 year old. Hope I make yo be one of the oldest individuals in this planet.
❤️.... Yes my nan was the same I lost her in April.. I came for the memories even though I was born in 73.. I still had a cry at the good times in the world
Waking up to the milk float and the clinking of bottles looking out of a condensated wet window, wash in bathroom, going downstairs having breakfast, Terry wogan on the radio, Dad with his head buried in a news paper, porridge,hair brushed, off to school..and not a bloody mobile phone insight.. perfect!
@@sanvirel6182 How would you know? lol A kid in the seventies ? I was a teenager in the 70s and a young adult in the 80s so remember them both and the 70s were the best with the 80s a close second 🥳
@@kazleslie6334 kid in the 70s. Turned 13 in 79. So i wud say the 80s were the best, but it all comes down to when, where, why, at thetime in your life. They were both great decades for various reasons.
@TH-camINCLUSIVITYWHATAJOKE Im certainly no conspiracy theorist, but I am gradually weening myself of of tv and general msm BS. Life is certainly better and more peaceful without it.
School discos, Aztec bars , no mobile phones, landlines to ring people, chips in newspapers allowed to put your own salt and vinegar on , proper music, flares , flowered shirt and ties, omg how I miss the 70s , I could cry reminiscing about those wonderful times.
Strikes, three day weeks, power cuts, Ted Heath taking on the miners. And losing. IRA bombing campaigns. British Leyland. On strike, usually. The Austin Allegro. ( we had one). The bl**dy thing spent more time in the garage than on the road. The Allegro was officially the SECOND worst car ever made. The first prize went to the East German Trabant which in terms of sheer awfulness was impossible to beat. Almost forgot. Football hooliganism. England had proper football hooligans in the 70s. Saturday afternoon at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea vs Fulham. That would bring out the mounted police in droves. Casual violence. Nothing like today's knife gangs of course. But there was an undercurrent. In west London in places like Acton the local coppers would mete out a beating to some of the local gangs. Nobody worried too much about "rights" or "evidence" or any of that nonsense. I went to a grammar school that had a very high academic standard, as it happens. It later became a comprehensive. Being Roman Catholic, the kids were predominantly of Irish descent but also a substantial Polish minority plus a few Italians and a couple of Spaniards. So there was an undercurrent of IRA sympathisers, Polish anti communist nationalism and Sicilian organised crime. It was a fun place. There was arms dealing, nothing serious of course. Just airguns but selling them in the playground was against the school rules. This prompted an investigation by the headmaster who I'm sure was an ex copper. We used to call him Bookim Danno ( Hawaii 5 O reference, obviously ). Ah yes. My teenage years. Sighs.
Janet lol read what I just said above and your bang on I don’t think all the garbage from now was accident?I think it was totally intentional!depersonalize everything take away sense of family and values as well morals have everyone especially young peoples faces stuck in there phones so they no longer talk or do the things we enjoyed?do you know how many kids I see in playgrounds now?virtually none!or playing baseball or hanging out and I don’t mean to drink or drug or robbery just hang out...or family sitting together watching the tube or sitting together for meals..if in fact meals are even prepared anymore?do u think this is just coincidence?no way I think totally planned and for a very long time!unreal !🌹
@@neilcooke6524 thank you Neil I really believe what I said!in fact feel it in my gut..there no good out there and will indeed get worse!thank you for your kind reply my friend 👏😀
Just found this I am 58 now I remember this so well sat at home with my wonderful parents safe and looked after, I have a tear in my eye how I wish I could go back just for a while, when life was so carefree and my family together.
One set of clothes for school, one for playing. No idea what a brand name trainer was. They were for rich people. Ah, and the annual Hotpoint kids trip to Liverpool Empire to see Cilla Black in panto!
Slade , Raleigh Choppers, Chemistry teachers who taught you how to blow things up , Mum's who could cook, Pans People, The Sweeny, cap guns, proper footballer's and proper pitches, bunk beds,spangles and first closed lips and closed eyes kisses.......... Where did it all go wrong? 😕
@501sqn3, My Absolute Number 1, Group In The 1970's Was SLADE, Noddy Holder And Dave Hill, And The Rest Of The Band, !!🤞💪👍❤️💜🎶🎵😀👍, . Com'on Feel The Noise, √√√√,
@@501sqn3 Oh YES Absolutely, And Of Course Real Music, Record's From Real Records Shop's, I'm Not Sure How Old You Are, I Don't Wish To Be Rude,!!???? Do You Remember, " Ourprice Record Shop's,?? !! Going Into Woolworths And Buying A Single From About £.030.p In The BBC Chart's Show 6.pm On Sunday Evening, Waiting For This Week's Number 1, ???? , As You Say Very Happy Day's, Very Much, !!!!!!! Sorry To Spoil Our Memory's, BUT I ABSOLUTELY Hate The 21 Century, !!!!!!!!. If Idiots Blocked Road's In The 1970's They'd Get NICKED At The Very Least, !!!!!! Just Stop Oli Morons, Wouldn't Last 5, Minutes, , Anyway I Wish You ALL The Luck, Stay Safe And Well, !!!!!!!!,. 👍😀🎵🎶❤️💪🤞👍, Love The 1970's √√√√,.
Teachers who. made learning fun. Bruce Lee and Kung Fu cinama. Bazooka Joe,s . Tiptops. Corona pop. Marc bolan glam rock Alvin stardust . Top of the pops. Woolworths. Pocket money that could last forever. Bay city rollers Vs the Osmond s and kids being kids and being allowed to be kids for much longer
Ah, when life was simple, easy, and real. Back doors left open wide, neighbours popping in and out all day long. When away from home, eat a meal at your best mate's house, and their mum didn't mind. Food and sweets allowed even when you didn't have all the correct change. Doung chores and washing cars clearing paths from snow, for pocket money. Petrol 50d a gallon, !!! A gallon?!?! That's 4 and 1/2 litres in todays money. !!!!!!! Playing down the rec until 11pm. Ahh, I do miss yesteryear. 😶🤪
The Sat morning progs were brilliant - you could be watching an animation then some crazy dubbed French programme. Sad these days it is mostly primary coloured computer animated stuff that all looks the same. Banana Splits were ace!
I’m so glad I was kid in the 70s . My childhood was amazing. We played outside all day long, playing spotlight at night was so much fun . We had no worries only what to play next. Wonderful tv programs to watch the whole family could watch together. These days children worry so much about things . There is a information overload. Nothing is private. It feels like the innocence is gone from childhood now .I wish I could take my kids and grandkids back to the 70s just for a day .
@@funforkidsforever if you're a guy, think about it like this: a bunch beautiful teenage girls come knocking at your door. They are dressed in baseball uniforms and they want to get a game going. After that, you find out that Black Sabbath is throwing a concert at the Civic center and it only costs $7.50 to get in. THAT was my 70's and I WANT IT BACK! 😁
@@nickross7682 I was born in the nineteen sixties and hated the nineteen seventies. 5o all the people who dislike the 2020's, I would like to send them to the nineteenth centuryon a time machine and they would see what life was REALLY like: fewer jobs, jobs that existed were far more dangerous without proper machinery or health and safety, almost no jobs for women, unmarried others put in homes where they would be ill-treated, no social security, diseases easily cured nowadays would easily kill you then. I am sure that there is more. I just want to tell you how lucky we are to live in the 2020's.
As a person who was born in the 90s, I have enjoyed a lot of stuff that were from the 70s like Heidi and Maya the Bee which are not shown on this video, but these two are the ones that I grew up the most. They are not only my favorite shows, but also my favorite tales in general. As for those who disliked this video, they might be people who didn't like the decade, but it does not matter in which year or decade they were born. In my opinion, all the decades have their ups and downs, but these people need to learn to not hate on a decade because of the bad things that have happened and just like only that decade because of the good stuff and nostalgia.
id have so many questions if we met im inlove with the 70s, 80s but im 19, i just wish i could wake up everymorning and see the old cars going past nd the radio i love the esthetic of the 70s
@@joebee1558 He was a TV engineer, so I don't imagine much. We're not talking 2 weeks in Tenerife here, a week down in Brighton or something like that.
@@andym9571 Sometimes, when my parents were feeling really flush, we'd have cheese and pineapple on cocktail sticks. Oh yeah, living the dream, living the dream.
I WAS BORN IN 1961 GROWING UP IN THE 70S WAS SOOO MUCH FUN . THE MUSIC,, DRIVE INS, HOPSCOTCH, ROLLER SKATING, DANCING, THE BEST TIME OF MY LIFE . I WISH I COULD GO BACK AND STAY . PEACE TO EVERYONE.
Arlene I was born in MARCH 1961 and I agree with what you said ,and wish I could go back to the 70's , I LOVED WHAT WE WERE WEARING , MY FEATHER CUT HAIRSTYLE , AND ALL THE 70's STYLE MUSIC , except punk , as you have said PEACE TO EVERYONE. ROB.
@@liamloxley1222 Depends on when you were born. I was born in 1960, by the time 1980's rolled around I was an adult. The years when you were a not yet an adult will always be the better years for the most part. I've enjoyed growing up in the 60's and 70's, those were indeed 2 carefree decades for me. In the 80's I joined the military and that was also a great time in my life. Then the 90's rolled around and screwed everything up and it's gone downhill ever since.
What I wouldn't give to live in the 70s. I could see all my favorite bands for great prices and my mother would show me how to make my hair look awesome. Too bad I'm a teenager... It's so so hard to make friends now with my "old" mind.
Going to the tip to find deposit bottles, then taking them to the shop to get the deposit money to spend on chews &c.. Ninteen seventies not eighteen seventies -honest!
scanning the grass on the park after the fair had left...all the loose change. Bought a big bag of herbals from the local shop run by two little old ladies
Was 22in 1972 and what a ball we had. We had a lot of freedom. But over the last 10years or so it's been taken away from all of us by power hungry. Politicians. Of all partys
What a time to be alive, no social media, just fun , hop scotch, firefly's and marbles , conkers, and go karts, nobody had a lot and just made things up as you went along. My favourite was Arabian Nights but there were many.
I haven't seen the Double Deckers since I was a child, yet I sang along with every word of the song! I also loved the Black Beauty theme tune and used to "gallop" through the woods to my friends house humming the tune to myself! 😆
That Black Beauty theme song was an absolute classic. Wonderful, evocative piece of music. I'm also partial to White Horses and "The Lightning Tree" which was the theme to Follyfoot. Never actually watched the shows back then, but loved the music.
Born 67... great times . Freedom to play out till it was dark. No health and safety shit . Climbing 50 ft high. Air guns bows and arrows making explosions. Totally fantastic time to grow up. Cant even explain it if you weren't there . Great vid
Yep , born ‘64 , it was great fun , loved it , poor kids Today , can get bullied 24/7 not even safe at home any more . It was a much happier time for sure 😁
Get up have breakfast and get out all day having adventures and enjoying yourself with your best mates......best days ever.....so sad to see the world's gone to shit and it has turned to shit you can't deny it......
I'm 59 years old now and I can remember those good old days. wish we had a time machine to go back. The TV programmes , music , people , food , drink , sweets , football and life etc was so much better here in the UK.
@@markmaggott5423, I've said many times, thanks to the likes of the 2 tone music movement , which I have been bouncing to "until this day" Racism was solved. Power and greed of the Elites have stirred this up. This today is a manufactured racism aimed at people to cause division. A divided, atomised, individualised society is so much easier to control than a strong united one. Spread the word.
I will be 59 in July, my best years of ‘quality’ life are behind me 😩. It’s not just because I was younger then, it’s how it is now! I wouldn’t want to be growing up now! I don’t want to be young again, I just wish I could re live those years 🥰
Totally agree,as I get older my memories of the seventies grow stronger, life was simpler and way more enjoyable, my folks (both passed too) didn't have much but we weren't under pressure to be greedy unlike 90% of the population today. I would go back in a heartbeat.
If I could go back to that time and live it all over again, I would! Even with the financial crisis, the strikes and the cold war, the 70s was a *far* more optimistic time than today!
@@PercyPruneMHDOIFandBars hi percy, yes i remember the petrol crisis, and the 3 day week. shops closed on wednesday and all day sundays, and yes theres plenty of room for you in the time machine.lol jump aboard,thanks for replying. from kevin.
That’s the one no strangers strait home..do your homework then hour of tv in bed listen to transistor radio hear the tunes we fell in love with..I remember the night bohemian rhapsody came out had goosebumps and couldn’t wait to hear it again!now getting old and feeling every bitch in my body oh God those were the days my friend
We were lucky. I was born in 1962 and that meant that when I was fifteen it was punk, heavy metal (seeing AC/DC and Motörhead etc). Even if we feel miserable now at times, we have amazing memories.
Born in 1964. Have a tear in my eye watching this. Long hot summer's, jumpers for goalposts, jumping on my 5 gear racing bike, marbles played on drains, fantastic days, great memories and great programmes. Thanks for posting.
Paul , I loved playing marbles on the drains. I also get a tear in my eye watching these old 60's and 70's videos. They bring back so many memory's , don't they?
Born 1962, perfect year, teenager in the 70s, nothing will ever take that away from us. Golden times. Summers of 75/76 fantastic, leave the front and back door open so the breeze could pass through the house, speak to the neighbours over the fence. Times gone by. Memories remain. How lucky we were then.
OMG I'd forgotten that we'd have a person at front door and back door keeping the doors wide open and to make sure they didn't slam and the glass didn't break to let the breeze through LOL. I loved playing out alll day, you'd get upset when u were "called in" for your dinner. we ere filthy but didn't even notice.too busy playing kiss chasing LOL
My dad was born in 1962 in Sydney and tells me just how good it was growing up in the 70s and 80s. You could see bands like Dragon and the Angels for a few Bob at the local pub. Buy firecrackers at the general store. Beers for a dollar etc. Haven't been able to either of those things for years. Now we've become a soft politically correct nanny state where people get offended at the dumbest things.
Steel City Two of my friends were " interfered with " by some bloke in the seventies. They came home covered in scratches and pretty traumatised. Their parents were appalled but didn't kick up a fuss, so yes it did happen... soz to burst your bubble though...
@@ticketyboo2456 Yeah, not naive to think things like this did not happen back in the day. But there was not knife crime , drugs and gang culture on the scale it is now in towns and cities.
What a trip down memory lane, both a smile and a tear came to my face, what fun, what nostalgia, I would give anything for the return of this wonderful decade.
The music of the early 70s was pretty darn good too..... Led Zepplin, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Jethro Tull, King Crimson, Pink Floyd, Yes, Creedence..... the whole decade was a musical feast.
Towards the end when The Pistols and The Clash came on, I thought, “gotta be The Jam too, surely”! ❤ But then The Beat, Madness and The Specials to follow - what a treat ❤
made me cry... sadly not happy cry....im crying because of the state of the world today compared to back then. i wish time travel was possible. ( im 53) i wish i could go home.
@@marikoone great video, if i come across a time machine i will let you know and we can go back together,lol,and thanks for replying to me your the only one who have, thankyou.
@@marikoone hi carol, wow LA, im in cardiff south wales, i will tell you why you replying to me was so nice, i dont use social media, i only watch youtube..we are in lockdown i got no family left,they have all past,and i live on my own,,i only have a hand full of true friends who i cant see and have not seen since april 2020.( i think i am still sane.lol) and thats why you replying was so nice.i wish you good health and a great 2021,, thankyou again, kevin....
Getting back from junior school watching news round before tea, playing out in street, football in park using jumpers for goal posts, building dens and dams if a stream, climbing trees, jumping off things, sweet shop for a 10 or 20 pence mix up... good memories
@@professionalgun6674 I remember when it was four for a penny, mate - effectively a farthing each, although the farthing was not legal tender in my life. Tuppence for four Fruit Salads and four Black Jacks. Great days. Great memories 👍
What an utter privilege to have experienced the 70s. Such joy hearing and seeing this video - feels like yesterday, I know all the words and the memory is blissful.
I'm sure every generation say the decade they grew up in is the best but I honestly can't possibly think it's possible for me to have had a happier childhood. This brings back so many happy memories...Pink Panther, Banana Splits, Black Beauty, The Double Deckers...and all those wonderful adverts. And those beautiful TV themes. Best decade ever.
Totally agree, I was lucky enough to have the most wonderful childhood. Would I like to go back? NO. It was a great time to grow up in but I'm fine living in 2023.
@@hopebgood Considering how messed up the world is now with WOKE and PC Brigade, 2023 is the worst time to be living - I would quite happily go back to the best times ever...no hassle just a world where things were better.
Brilliant. Great times, we lived free and happy, loved and lost tried and won tried and failed laughed and cried, played out every night till it went dark. A lot less fearful oppressive era
Was born in the mid 60's and grew up in the 70's. Even the bad days were good. The strikes didn't effect me and the power cuts made life a bit more exciting. I remember my mother lighting candles in all of the rooms. So many great memories of the TV programmes and intro music. What I'd give to go back. Thanks for posting.
I was there too, I remember my sister and I were wandering in the dark to the nearest shops looking for candles or paraphin but as usual, all sold out.
Born in 63 grew up in 70s and 80s. I'm still in that mind frame. No one can replace that for me. It's always there when I get nostalgic for the best of everything. The world was supposed to be better in the future, but it is so much worse than I could believe. In my mind I live out the rest of my life in those times and would be happy if I could pass a little happiness to my daughter and her babies. And a little knowledge that I picked up along the way. Peace everyone
These bring back memories of much happier times. Laying on the floor watching TV while mum cooked tea and dad coming home from work and larking about with me and my two sisters. Happy days...........
Lol don’t forget how grey and drab the towns were and the boredom....sorry to say every generation thinks their youth was better. The music however was certainly great
Brilliant! Born in '64 and rode through the 70's on a Raleigh Chopper and played many nights under the shimmer of a lamplight at night with a plastic Wembley Trophy football! I have 4 children all in their mid-to-late teens and I feel sorry for them that they're main stimulation is found on an I-Phone...
@@flashdance5574 yes they were, worth a few quid now! Got mine for Xmas 76 I was 10... and so proud of it lol 😂 😂 I have even asked my mother to dig around in the photo box to find a picture lol 😂 😂 well Happy 60th year, all the best Freddy
@@liamloxley1222 I was born in 65 and I loved the 80s , but for different reasons , for a lot of us the 70s are childhood memories, the 70s really was a great decade to grow up in .
No computers, no mobiles, 3 tv channels. Life was simpler and better. If I could go back I would. The world was a better place and not f*cked up like it is now.
Justin Ball, I couldn't agree more... less was so much more definitely. Conker fights, run outs, footy on the smallest patches of grass, go Karting, finding golf balls in the rough of the golf course, making catapults, bows and arrows, playing marbles on drain grates, penny up the wall plus lots more... Aaah the good old days !!!
@@W42PZ😊 You took the words right outta my mouth !!- If anyone ever feels it's not, get as deep into nature as you can , especially at ..better yet in the OCEAN .as frequently as possible. In solitude & get there as much as possible Bring your music if you like your fave food n 📖 . book ;in my humble opinion we should NEVER stop doin the things we love most & pine for. .GO to and DO all the ENJOY able things u did when u were happiest..rollerskatin 🎳bowling 🎳 DRIVEINS!🐽👍👍😋🌕🌛mini ⛳golf ⛳ 🌴, BEACH ..esp at night .i strongly blv life will be worth living to u again if you implement the things you looked forward to and. U can look forward to EM all over again 😊😊🌜🌠🌌🌙 😃 .
@@TesterAnimal1 True. But on the other hand, I almost never see a kid under the age of 11 out in public who's not supervised by an adult. They just don't have the freedom or the intimate connection with the natural world that was easier to come by pre-Internet.
We were lucky but life wasn't like that for everyone. We were lucky to have grown up in the prototypical Leave It To Beaver household. There were many hard challenges for others in that decade.
@@TT-fq7pl So true. Though I wonder if the 70s were just as bad but we didn't know it because we didn't have the 24 hour news cycle along with the internet.
@@Baci302 Oh yes, the 70s, like all decades, had plenty of dark stuff going on. Think of all those WW II veterans and civilian survivors trying to cope unaided with their trauma. My childhood neighbourhood was haunted with them. But kids back then, if they were lucky, had a much better balance of free unsupervised time and screen watching. The world seemed so much larger and mysterious too.
Born in 56, teenage years through the 70’s, would go back in a heartbeat. As someone else said we had nothing but in reality we had everything, great days.
We had reality. Not virtual reality. We had intelligence. Not artificial intelligence. Intelligence and talent was recognised. Now it's teconised. Any ass can do it. 🤣
I am privileged to have grown up during the sixties and seventies. Our lives were far more private and people knew how to have fun. Wonderful memories.
As a foreigner who loved UK culture, my most beloved memories of the 70s include Marc Bolan and David Bowie, I Claudius, Harold and Maude and of course the Bee Gees
Thank the Lord I grew up in the 60s and 70s. I'm happy today only because of the great childhood I had. I pity the children and young adults growing up today.
You are right they may have a lot more than we did back then.the only difference is we had more laughter true friends.less violence and freedom.we were always polite we had to be our parents saw to that.70s was a great era to grow up in.
Couldn’t be more correct!we were so lucky and blessed with everything if I complained at all then?I should get slapped because you can’t compare even close these days
@@abyss4tube582 Such memories, and yeah we were blessed. Music, films, TV, art, culture etc. Special, special times. I always say if I had a time machine it would be back to London and the Roxy, 100 Club, Annabels and over to New York for CBGBs and Maxs Kansas City and of course Studio 54. Let's not forget the west coast and Whisky a Go Go. Fuckin damn good times....
Exactly, playing in the park and getting called for your dinner, run in ur house, kick off ur shoes and sit down at the table without washing ur hands and then straight after run down the sweet shop with an empty corona bottle to trade in for 10p, u would swap the 10p peice for a 10p mixup which would last u all day... they were the days...
Brilliant! The Pearl & Dean titles brought me straight back to the local flea-pit where you'd find popcorn from a few days back still in the crevices of the old velvet seats threadbare and creaky. What I wouldn't give to go back to simpler times, not all great of course ('73 blackouts, '79 winter of discontent et al) but at least there was a sense of community and a 'let us get on with it', with none of this insane government over-reach allied with the permanently offended we have these days. I feel privileged to have grown up in the '70's and early '80's .. at times it is heart-breaking to see what our children and their children have and will have go through.
Exactly, I am 57 and the big World Governments will be overrun one day and a true Free World will emerge, hopefully in our lifetime, good memories, cheers to you and all our kind.
Born in 62, the 70s were a great time to grow up, parents never had much money but it did not matter as no one had money, did not cost anything to be outside all day playing football with your pals. Stress was a thing that no one had heard off or ADHD.
Thank you so much for putting this together! 😊 It took me right back as if I was living my youth all over again. I was surprised to find I instantly recalled all the theme tunes and words as if no time had passed at all! My memories absolutely flooded back to my early childhood weekends, summer holidays, and Christmases with all my family. I was wonderful, and at the same time a little melancholy, as most people of my age will probably agree remembering happier simpler times and those who we no longer have around us any more. It was like stepping into a time machine😁it's definitely made my day and cheered me... So thanks once again!
I remember every word in those adverts. I think my favourite advert, not shown in this compilation, was the Mentho-Lyptus. "Oh Mum. I can't take my exams blocked up like this." "Course you can, Malcolm!"
, I was a child going to teenager throughout the 70s and don't think I've ever really left. My eyes are welling up with the nostalgia and wonderful memories watching this. Maybe everyone feels like this no matter what decade it was when they were young - but I still think the 70s were truly special ...
Wow thank you. I think we all shed a tear. Remembering the people in our lives lost family freinds husbands wife's it was a different time. In todays nightmare of a world i feel scared not knowing what will happen but nobody can take those memories away from us.thank you again.
This has made my heart ache as it made me realise what a awful world we now live in. I am not saying it was all perfect & problem free back then but compared to today it wasn’t far from it ☹️.
Your right best years of our lives we were so very lucky to have grown up in such a amazing time for everything!I was so happy!this present is poison nothing but evil running this world changed everything so sad
@@debbieschultz9768 couldn’t be much more well yes it could but it’s getting there I won’t watch news anymore!talk about news and the old days?we used to put on the news and there would be all kinds of humour and just stories of human interest..now it’s mainly tragedy of one kind or other?there was one fool on here saying this day and age was as good as ours?not by a long shot in fact couldn’t compare other than it being the news
@@barbarakeen5760 no we certainly didn't!!..I remember I burnt one day and couldnt sleep that night..no air either,felt like the longest night of my life lol !
@@barbarakeen5760 aww I'm so jealous lol, Newquay is one of my favourite parts of Cornwall and have been several times..stayed at the Atlantic hotel a couple of times,but never lucky enough to see a road show...in the 70s I wasnt quite old enough to go with friends and it wasnt my parents type of thing so I never went..my nearest one would've been Weston but I dont think we had the money back then for train fares etc..one of my big regrets not going lol !!
If I remember correctly the DJ was Steve Wright. I love Cornwall. We used to stay in Crantock just outside Newquay. Didn’t go to Cornwall for about 20 years but went back last year and remembered why we loved it so much. Been back three times since and stayed near Padstow. Bit disappointed with Newquay now, it’s not as nice as it used to be. .
There will never be another time like it. I recall going shopping in Coventry and walking straight into Terry Hall from The Specials in Tuti Fruiti’s. He was so tall and intimidating looking that I just froze on the spot! You also realise how old you are when you watched everything that was just shown. Thursday nights were always the best watching Top of The Pops, great memories 🇬🇧🥰
I bumped into Suggs from Madness at some rave in the early 90's. I looked at him in a sort of "I recognise you..." way and probably being used to that he just winked at me.
this is A GREAT COMMENT, William C!! think of it. Some of those commercials said more about life, or the importance of that product or our lives in seconds than most bullshit TV now, especially the stupid rise of "reality TV". There is no MASH, CHEERS, OR WEST WING OR NYPD BLUE or Hill Stree Blues or Dragnet anymore. they don't make shows like that.
Thanks. I feel very old now. Hang on a bit, I am very old now lol. Remember it all, the good old days. Would go back to the 70`s in a heartbeat and stay there for ever. Helped the co-op milkman, played footie in the park, came home when I was hungry and dirty. Kids don`t play out anymore. TV at it`s best especially at Christmas time. You had to be there. Thanks for the memories.
Yeah when your parents make you play outside, you're forced to create and find the fun in the nature around you, and usually with other human beings. I was born in '06, but I have good parents who made me play outside and I've still never had any social media besides TH-cam.
I was born in 1962, and I have the fondest memories in this decade! I remember waking up on Saturday morning and preparing my bowl of cereal, and turning on my morning cartoons. I started with The Bugs Bunny show, then Land of the Lost, and H. R. Pufenstuf! Those were most certainly my golden years! Oh, let’s not forget the Marathon bar commercials and the squirmals commercial!
@@thra5herxb12s I turned 18 in Dec of 73 and when I went to register for the selective service in Jan. I was told there was no longer a draft. So I partied hard the rest of the 70's. Lots of good concerts, ticket prices were cheap. So was the hashish and pot
DAMN! That blew me away. I'd completely forgotten about the flashing blade but as soon as the intro started I still knew the words. Was waiting for catweazle to show up. Thank you for sharing and giving this old geezer a good ol' trip down memory lane 👍👍
Now I understand why when your in your teens your grandparents are always going on about 'The Good Old Days!' 👍The truth is, it's the same for every generation! Nearly everyone yearns to be young once again and experience their youth, especially if you have fond memories. This was great to watch, took me right back there again! Happy Times 😊I just wished I had the knowledge and experience life has taught me now im almost 60, at 16. My first proper concert was in 1975,at Birmingham Odean, I saw the Bay City Rollers live!
Born in 1961, I was nine to nineteen in the 70s…my time!! As well as the 80s!! What a fun time it was and these bring back so so so so many good memories but poignant too. Happy and sad at the same time ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Nostalgia is officially the happiest and saddest feeling at the same time.
Totally! 😄... 😢
Exactly right!
It really is. I had the biggest smile when Rupert and Bagpuss came on, yet couldn’t help crying
@@mollybrown465 I cried too. Happier times.
@@mollybrown465 It's The Wombules And The Magic Roundabout, !!!!? Trumpton, !!!!!, 👍🤞💪👍🤞💪 Love The 1970's
I was 50 years old in 1970, it was one of the best decades of my life, I indeed enjoyed it, I met Michael Jackson in 75, it was a great memory, I was an author back then, I used to write with typewriters, I am still learning to adapt with the internet and technology, I am now a retired 101 year old. Hope I make yo be one of the oldest individuals in this planet.
Joseph, you are amazing!!! I wish you good health🙏
Wow! Amazing.
Amazing wish you well
Joseph, that's fantastic. Wishing you all the very best
❤️.... Yes my nan was the same I lost her in April.. I came for the memories even though I was born in 73.. I still had a cry at the good times in the world
Born in 61, I can assure the youth of today that I lived in the most glorious times the world will never see again!
Waking up to the milk float and the clinking of bottles looking out of a condensated wet window, wash in bathroom, going downstairs having breakfast, Terry wogan on the radio, Dad with his head buried in a news paper, porridge,hair brushed, off to school..and not a bloody mobile phone insight.. perfect!
Life was good then 😊
Kid in the 60s, teenager in the 70s ..Simply the best
Agreed. 100%.
I'm jealous 😂 of yo guys 😟 I wish I was born back then before technology took over
@@sanvirel6182 How would you know? lol A kid in the seventies ? I was a teenager in the 70s and a young adult in the 80s so remember them both and the 70s were the best with the 80s a close second 🥳
Happy days, life was good for me in the 70s., then I got married in 81 , and the good life ended 😆
@@kazleslie6334 kid in the 70s. Turned 13 in 79. So i wud say the 80s were the best, but it all comes down to when, where, why, at thetime in your life. They were both great decades for various reasons.
Glorious days before the poison of social media.
100%
I find these days , some people have lost the art of conversation! Thier more interested in thier smart phone !
@TH-camINCLUSIVITYWHATAJOKE Im certainly no conspiracy theorist, but I am gradually weening myself of of tv and general msm BS. Life is certainly better and more peaceful without it.
I don’t have mainstream telly now, all brainwashing & covid bollocks, virtually nothing on worth watching! 🤷♀️😬
People can't even have reasonable debates anymore. They just shout secondhand opinions from their 'sources'
I was growing up in the 70’s, and today it looks like paradise in comparison to what we have to put up with now.😢
And it looks like you may have grown up listening to the Alan Parsons Project? Great music either way.
School discos, Aztec bars , no mobile phones, landlines to ring people, chips in newspapers allowed to put your own salt and vinegar on , proper music, flares , flowered shirt and ties, omg how I miss the 70s , I could cry reminiscing about those wonderful times.
Couldn’t agree more, we’ve seen the best of times for sure
Chip you can add salt in it
Strikes, three day weeks, power cuts, Ted Heath taking on the miners. And losing. IRA bombing campaigns. British Leyland. On strike, usually. The Austin Allegro. ( we had one). The bl**dy thing spent more time in the garage than on the road. The Allegro was officially the SECOND worst car ever made. The first prize went to the East German Trabant which in terms of sheer awfulness was impossible to beat.
Almost forgot. Football hooliganism. England had proper football hooligans in the 70s. Saturday afternoon at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea vs Fulham. That would bring out the mounted police in droves.
Casual violence. Nothing like today's knife gangs of course. But there was an undercurrent. In west London in places like Acton the local coppers would mete out a beating to some of the local gangs. Nobody worried too much about "rights" or "evidence" or any of that nonsense.
I went to a grammar school that had a very high academic standard, as it happens. It later became a comprehensive. Being Roman Catholic, the kids were predominantly of Irish descent but also a substantial Polish minority plus a few Italians and a couple of Spaniards. So there was an undercurrent of IRA sympathisers, Polish anti communist nationalism and Sicilian organised crime. It was a fun place.
There was arms dealing, nothing serious of course. Just airguns but selling them in the playground was against the school rules. This prompted an investigation by the headmaster who I'm sure was an ex copper. We used to call him Bookim Danno ( Hawaii 5 O reference, obviously ).
Ah yes. My teenage years. Sighs.
And kids playing in the streets with or without toys. Most of which were lethal any way haha
Social media has single handedly killed childhood !! Remember when kids went to call for each other,and actually spoke !!
Knock on the door "is (add name) playing out ?" 9 times out if 10, "yes !"
Janet lol read what I just said above and your bang on I don’t think all the garbage from now was accident?I think it was totally intentional!depersonalize everything take away sense of family and values as well morals have everyone especially young peoples faces stuck in there phones so they no longer talk or do the things we enjoyed?do you know how many kids I see in playgrounds now?virtually none!or playing baseball or hanging out and I don’t mean to drink or drug or robbery just hang out...or family sitting together watching the tube or sitting together for meals..if in fact meals are even prepared anymore?do u think this is just coincidence?no way I think totally planned and for a very long time!unreal !🌹
Brill
@@abyss4tube582you have it the nail on the head my son spot on
@@neilcooke6524 thank you Neil I really believe what I said!in fact feel it in my gut..there no good out there and will indeed get worse!thank you for your kind reply my friend 👏😀
Born 58 loved the 70s and 80s would go back in a heartbeat and no regrets. Hate these times now.
Bang on born 56 right with ya man
I agree 👍 born 57.
I was born in 1975 so I don't really remember the 70s, but I'd go back to the 80s like a shot! I loved it.
So agree with you. I was born in 65 and it's no fun growing old but there is now way I would want to be young in these times. Not for anything.
I agree, was born in '68, never thought we'd end up in the shit we are in now. We've lived to see a turd world. 👎
Just found this I am 58 now I remember this so well sat at home with my wonderful parents safe and looked after, I have a tear in my eye how I wish I could go back just for a while, when life was so carefree and my family together.
My angel number is 58.
Couldn't agree more. The passage of time can be heartbreaking 😢
I am 57 and agree totally it was another world a sort of Shangri-La x.
I agree with that. Ewe are almost the same Age. I am 57.
One set of clothes for school, one for playing. No idea what a brand name trainer was. They were for rich people. Ah, and the annual Hotpoint kids trip to Liverpool Empire to see Cilla Black in panto!
Slade , Raleigh Choppers, Chemistry teachers who taught you how to blow things up , Mum's who could cook, Pans People, The Sweeny, cap guns, proper footballer's and proper pitches, bunk beds,spangles and first closed lips and closed eyes kisses.......... Where did it all go wrong? 😕
@501sqn3,
My Absolute Number 1, Group In The 1970's Was SLADE, Noddy Holder And Dave Hill, And The Rest Of The Band, !!🤞💪👍❤️💜🎶🎵😀👍, . Com'on Feel The Noise, √√√√,
@@susanhughs1031 hmm, happy days hey!. 😁..........,........😖
@@501sqn3
Oh YES Absolutely, And Of Course Real Music, Record's From Real Records Shop's, I'm Not Sure How Old You Are, I Don't Wish To Be Rude,!!???? Do You Remember, " Ourprice Record Shop's,?? !! Going Into Woolworths And Buying A Single From About £.030.p
In The BBC Chart's Show 6.pm On Sunday Evening, Waiting For This Week's Number 1, ???? , As You Say Very Happy Day's, Very Much, !!!!!!! Sorry To Spoil Our Memory's, BUT I ABSOLUTELY Hate The 21 Century, !!!!!!!!.
If Idiots Blocked Road's In The 1970's They'd Get NICKED At The Very Least, !!!!!! Just Stop Oli Morons, Wouldn't Last 5, Minutes, , Anyway I Wish You ALL The Luck, Stay Safe And Well, !!!!!!!!,. 👍😀🎵🎶❤️💪🤞👍, Love The 1970's √√√√,.
Teachers who. made learning fun. Bruce Lee and Kung Fu cinama. Bazooka Joe,s . Tiptops. Corona pop. Marc bolan glam rock Alvin stardust . Top of the pops. Woolworths. Pocket money that could last forever. Bay city rollers Vs the Osmond s and kids being kids and being allowed to be kids for much longer
@501sqn3 we grew up. 🤷🏼♂️
No phones you just came back when you were hungry, great childhood,Saturday morning TV brilliant!
only the ones on a party line. black bakerlite big heavy phone in farmhouse. could only dial local area then. or operator trunks call.
Ah, when life was simple, easy, and real. Back doors left open wide, neighbours popping in and out all day long. When away from home, eat a meal at your best mate's house, and their mum didn't mind. Food and sweets allowed even when you didn't have all the correct change. Doung chores and washing cars clearing paths from snow, for pocket money. Petrol 50d a gallon, !!! A gallon?!?! That's 4 and 1/2 litres in todays money. !!!!!!! Playing down the rec until 11pm. Ahh, I do miss yesteryear. 😶🤪
Only 3 that's THREE TV CHANNELS no video if you missed it that was it 🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜
The Sat morning progs were brilliant - you could be watching an animation then some crazy dubbed French programme. Sad these days it is mostly primary coloured computer animated stuff that all looks the same. Banana Splits were ace!
@@pwilson3698 remember the RED HAND GANG AND BANANA SPLITS 🚜🚜🚜🚜
Was born n 1955, the 70s was a wonderful time to grow up in, people were so much nicer, friendlier. The world is a horrible place now.
born in 56 couldn't agree more
Yes the world has gone nuts!
Born 1954 when we were happy to have train set, or a scalectrix or even a colouring book .
Unless you crossed paths with Jimmy Saville, Gary Glitter, Rolf Harris etc....................
@@ironhand9096 when all that came out it shattered some of my childhood memories.
I wish i could do it all over again i was born in the 60s, i loved the 70s and 80s ❤
I’m so glad I was kid in the 70s . My childhood was amazing. We played outside all day long, playing spotlight at night was so much fun . We had no worries only what to play next. Wonderful tv programs to watch the whole family could watch together. These days children worry so much about things . There is a information overload. Nothing is private. It feels like the innocence is gone from childhood now .I wish I could take my kids and grandkids back to the 70s just for a day .
Why were we brought here and told not to fuck? For real man! I seen candy every place. I had to do it.
Agree
This is so true but having said that I now couldn't live without the internet, especially TH-cam.
@@funforkidsforever if you're a guy, think about it like this: a bunch beautiful teenage girls come knocking at your door. They are dressed in baseball uniforms and they want to get a game going. After that, you find out that Black Sabbath is throwing a concert at the Civic center and it only costs $7.50 to get in. THAT was my 70's and I WANT IT BACK! 😁
@@funforkidsforever in the 70's I had real life girlfriends who I could talk to, touch, and sometimes even... uh , i mean uh. Well. You know? 😁
371 dislikes were from people who didn’t understand the beauty and simplicity of the 70s
Fuckemol
most likely born in the 90's and dont understand what a great time it was
@@nickross7682 I was born in the nineteen sixties and hated the nineteen seventies.
5o all the people who dislike the 2020's, I would like to send them to the nineteenth centuryon a time machine and they would see what life was REALLY like: fewer jobs, jobs that existed were far more dangerous without proper machinery or health and safety, almost no jobs for women, unmarried others put in homes where they would be ill-treated, no social security, diseases easily cured nowadays would easily kill you then. I am sure that there is more. I just want to tell you how lucky we are to live in the 2020's.
As a person who was born in the 90s, I have enjoyed a lot of stuff that were from the 70s like Heidi and Maya the Bee which are not shown on this video, but these two are the ones that I grew up the most. They are not only my favorite shows, but also my favorite tales in general. As for those who disliked this video, they might be people who didn't like the decade, but it does not matter in which year or decade they were born. In my opinion, all the decades have their ups and downs, but these people need to learn to not hate on a decade because of the bad things that have happened and just like only that decade because of the good stuff and nostalgia.
Or, perhaps, they are from people who tried to sing along to a few only to get cut off five seconds in. Grrrr.
Born in the 60's,grew up in the 70's.... what a decade to grow up in...how lucky we were.
Having a sweet and sad nostalgia trip - oh please peel me a Curly Wurly!
id have so many questions if we met im inlove with the 70s, 80s but im 19, i just wish i could wake up everymorning and see the old cars going past nd the radio i love the esthetic of the 70s
Dame am a 90s kid and the 70s looked nice time to be alive.
I was born in the late 50s but I agree best time to grow up. The world now is too fast and kids grow up without imagination.
I wouldn't swap it for anything
The 70's was a good time.
I know I was there.
If I had a time machine I would go back and visit it.
Happy days, I would go back to the Seventies in a heartbeat 💓
depression is vivid but future is even bleaker
When everybody played out ,with fuck all ,got filthy and never stopped laughing.
Yes, before every conceivable thing was 'offensive.'
So true x
@@jerzirhayzza7166 I still live my life the 70's way & if people get offended that is their problem.
Haha spend all day makeing dens and sharpening sticks ..The innocence of growing up now is all gone
@@palmer3977 Same here! I hate the beige boring society we’ve become. Don’t mix with anyone that isn’t like minded.
Back in the days when one wage was enough to pay the mortgage, feed the family and go on holiday once a year.
Go on holiday how much was your old man on lol
@@joebee1558 He was a TV engineer, so I don't imagine much. We're not talking 2 weeks in Tenerife here, a week down in Brighton or something like that.
Holidays? Mortgages ? One of the privaliged ones ! ( if you had work or wasn't on strike ).
@@andym9571 Sometimes, when my parents were feeling really flush, we'd have cheese and pineapple on cocktail sticks. Oh yeah, living the dream, living the dream.
@@eclecticjon1019 flash bastard
Born in 64,this was a great reminder of a great childhood,with many happy days.
I WAS BORN IN 1961 GROWING UP IN THE 70S WAS SOOO MUCH FUN . THE MUSIC,, DRIVE INS, HOPSCOTCH, ROLLER SKATING, DANCING, THE BEST TIME OF MY LIFE . I WISH I COULD GO BACK AND STAY . PEACE TO EVERYONE.
Arlene I was born in MARCH 1961 and I agree with what you said ,and wish I could go back to the 70's , I LOVED WHAT WE WERE WEARING , MY FEATHER CUT HAIRSTYLE , AND ALL THE 70's STYLE MUSIC , except punk , as you have said PEACE TO EVERYONE. ROB.
Me too I would love to go back to 75 for one day and see all my family most of which are passed on now I miss those carefree times 🙏
@@liamloxley1222 Depends on when you were born. I was born in 1960, by the time 1980's rolled around I was an adult. The years when you were a not yet an adult will always be the better years for the most part. I've enjoyed growing up in the 60's and 70's, those were indeed 2 carefree decades for me. In the 80's I joined the military and that was also a great time in my life. Then the 90's rolled around and screwed everything up and it's gone downhill ever since.
What I wouldn't give to live in the 70s. I could see all my favorite bands for great prices and my mother would show me how to make my hair look awesome. Too bad I'm a teenager... It's so so hard to make friends now with my "old" mind.
Finding 5p and going to the shop and buying 10 half penny black jacks or fruit salad and playing out all day brilliant
Such great memories 🙏🏼
LOL , I was about 8yrs, l found a £1 note ,took it home sat on the settee staring at it for ages 🤣 😆
Going to the tip to find deposit bottles, then taking them to the shop to get the deposit money to spend on chews &c.. Ninteen seventies not eighteen seventies -honest!
scanning the grass on the park after the fair had left...all the loose change. Bought a big bag of herbals from the local shop run by two little old ladies
@@hughtierney9109 exactly 🙂
There's more sense in one episode of The Banana Splits than in the entirety of 2020.
Lol!
Soo true !!
This last year I wish I had a good dose of whatever the hell they were on.
Was 22in 1972 and what a ball we had. We had a lot of freedom. But over the last 10years or so it's been taken away from all of us by power hungry. Politicians. Of all partys
Outstanding comment lol. I wanted one of those six wheeled banana buggies, bad. La la la, la la la la, la la la, la la la la.
What a time to be alive, no social media, just fun , hop scotch, firefly's and marbles , conkers, and go karts, nobody had a lot and just made things up as you went along. My favourite was Arabian Nights but there were many.
I haven't seen the Double Deckers since I was a child, yet I sang along with every word of the song! I also loved the Black Beauty theme tune and used to "gallop" through the woods to my friends house humming the tune to myself! 😆
That Black Beauty theme song was an absolute classic. Wonderful, evocative piece of music.
I'm also partial to White Horses and "The Lightning Tree" which was the theme to Follyfoot. Never actually watched the shows back then, but loved the music.
Born 67... great times . Freedom to play out till it was dark. No health and safety shit . Climbing 50 ft high. Air guns bows and arrows making explosions. Totally fantastic time to grow up. Cant even explain it if you weren't there . Great vid
The adventure playground we had in Peckham.. If you didn't come home cut battered and bruised you didn't have a good day
@@currymonster6516 exactly mate! Couldn't have put it better
Yep , born ‘64 , it was great fun , loved it , poor kids Today , can get bullied 24/7 not even safe at home any more . It was a much happier time for sure 😁
Get up have breakfast and get out all day having adventures and enjoying yourself with your best mates......best days ever.....so sad to see the world's gone to shit and it has turned to shit you can't deny it......
I wos there born in 67
I'm 59 years old now and I can remember those good old days. wish we had a time machine to go back. The TV programmes , music , people , food , drink , sweets , football and life etc was so much better here in the UK.
You're not wrong there mate!
I'm not white, but over immigration ruined this country ( amongst other things, but mostly uncapped immigration).
@@markmaggott5423,
I've said many times, thanks to the likes of the 2 tone music movement , which I have been bouncing to "until this day" Racism was solved.
Power and greed of the Elites have stirred this up. This today is a manufactured racism aimed at people to cause division. A divided, atomised, individualised society is so much easier to control than a strong united one.
Spread the word.
Playing in the street! X not now.... 😡
I will be 59 in July, my best years of ‘quality’ life are behind me 😩. It’s not just because I was younger then, it’s how it is now! I wouldn’t want to be growing up now! I don’t want to be young again, I just wish I could re live those years 🥰
Yep the 70's will never be beaten, innocence, great TV, no problems, and a Mam and Dad which are sadly no longer here
Totally agree,as I get older my memories of the seventies grow stronger, life was simpler and way more enjoyable, my folks (both passed too) didn't have much but we weren't under pressure to be greedy unlike 90% of the population today. I would go back in a heartbeat.
Yeah but in the 60s and 70s there were a lot of serial killers.
The scary thing is that most of us can probably still remember the theme tunes/words to these programmes and adverts. I know I can.
Yup! All still there 🙂
I sang them all..my Filipina gf couldn’t believe I still knew them..I’m 58 and she is 40😊
Yes! Makes me cry though!😢😢
If I could go back to that time and live it all over again, I would! Even with the financial crisis, the strikes and the cold war, the 70s was a *far* more optimistic time than today!
So would I life seemed so much simpler then
jump into my time machine batman, theres plenty of room. from kevin.
Don't forget the petrol crisis, three day weeks and power cuts! Any room for me @Kevin? Lol
@@PercyPruneMHDOIFandBars hi percy, yes i remember the petrol crisis, and the 3 day week. shops closed on wednesday and all day sundays, and yes theres plenty of room for you in the time machine.lol jump aboard,thanks for replying. from kevin.
When wagon wheels were the size of a wagon wheel. 😁
Out to play after dinner, back before it gets dark. Those were the days.
Yes, and Ovaltine or Horlicks before bedtime 😆
Deffo ovaltine for me
Yes brilliant x
That’s the one no strangers strait home..do your homework then hour of tv in bed listen to transistor radio hear the tunes we fell in love with..I remember the night bohemian rhapsody came out had goosebumps and couldn’t wait to hear it again!now getting old and feeling every bitch in my body oh God those were the days my friend
@@abyss4tube582 I'd be under the sheets (nylon, ) listening to radio Luxembourg
I'm just glad I'm not a kid growing up now. Great memories, thanks for sharing.
Thank you, brought tears to my eyes, I wanna go back…Born in ‘62 & makes me realise just how lucky I was to grow up in that era
We were lucky. I was born in 1962 and that meant that when I was fifteen it was punk, heavy metal (seeing AC/DC and Motörhead etc). Even if we feel miserable now at times, we have amazing memories.
Me too , born 62 I have such longing for those simple , uncomplicated times. We were lucky.😊
Born in 1964. Have a tear in my eye watching this. Long hot summer's, jumpers for goalposts, jumping on my 5 gear racing bike, marbles played on drains, fantastic days, great memories and great programmes. Thanks for posting.
@blue heeler In the 70's Britain i remember my mother calling us in just before 11pm on a Saturday night and it was only just starting to get dark.
Mmmm marvellous says Ron manager
@@melgrant7404 BRILLIANT!
Paul , I loved playing marbles on the drains. I also get a tear in my eye watching these old 60's and 70's videos. They bring back so many memory's , don't they?
Also born in 64. I think the 70s were the best time to be a kid.
Born 1962, perfect year, teenager in the 70s, nothing will ever take that away from us. Golden times. Summers of 75/76 fantastic, leave the front and back door open so the breeze could pass through the house, speak to the neighbours over the fence. Times gone by. Memories remain. How lucky we were then.
OMG I'd forgotten that we'd have a person at front door and back door keeping the doors wide open and to make sure they didn't slam and the glass didn't break to let the breeze through LOL. I loved playing out alll day, you'd get upset when u were "called in" for your dinner. we ere filthy but didn't even notice.too busy playing kiss chasing LOL
im born in 2007 and i really wish i could go back in time and live in the 70s!!
I would Hate to be growing up now!!
My dad was born in 1962 in Sydney and tells me just how good it was growing up in the 70s and 80s. You could see bands like Dragon and the Angels for a few Bob at the local pub. Buy firecrackers at the general store. Beers for a dollar etc. Haven't been able to either of those things for years. Now we've become a soft politically correct nanny state where people get offended at the dumbest things.
@@davidlp3019 Same here,1962, and your father is so right Life was sweet! We were living at a time full of hope, love, and strength! The best!
Nothing can ever replace the sublime 70s. It was a joy and privilege to grow during that unique era
I was 7 in 1970 & I can still sing all the theme tunes & adverts.... Simple happier times... ❤
Hi , , back in the day we had a hit , this hit has to be one of my golden moments I remember ,''Those where the days '' (my friend ) memories 🥰
Munich Olympics 72 , , left school . , , , the future wasn't what I expected , , ,except the 70's , ,❤❤
Kids playing out on the streets with no fear till it was time for bed . Great days that I was fortunate enough to have grown up in .
True
Steel City Two of my friends were " interfered with " by some bloke in the seventies. They came home covered in scratches and pretty traumatised. Their parents were appalled but didn't kick up a fuss, so yes it did happen... soz to burst your bubble though...
@@ticketyboo2456 Yeah, not naive to think things like this did not happen back in the day. But there was not knife crime , drugs and gang culture on the scale it is now in towns and cities.
My parents simply said "don't go talking to any strangers", and that was it. 😂🤣
We may not have had a lot but one thing we did have was freedom and a life lived to our fullest.
You know you are old when you can remember everything here like it was yesterday but can't remember what you had for breakfast.
I'm past that... now I can't even remember to HAVE breakfast!!
I cannot even remember if I have taken todays pills.
Well yes. Christ I am not alone then
I can remember almost all of these. .favourite was the sweeney.
What a trip down memory lane, both a smile and a tear came to my face, what fun, what nostalgia, I would give anything for the return of this wonderful decade.
Half of it seems to be England not USA.
Those tv shows were all shown in Uk
The music of the late 70s was brilliant. The Jam, Clash, Beat, Madness and of course The Specials! Rip Terry Hall.
I didn't know Terry Hall passed away, to me he was a Honorary Jamaican. 🙏
The music of the early 70s was pretty darn good too..... Led Zepplin, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Jethro Tull, King Crimson, Pink Floyd, Yes, Creedence..... the whole decade was a musical feast.
Rose tinted.
I always watch TOTP2 from the 70s expecting The Clash and The Jam etc.
That was a tiny percentage. It was masses of dross.
Towards the end when The Pistols and The Clash came on, I thought, “gotta be The Jam too, surely”! ❤ But then The Beat, Madness and The Specials to follow - what a treat ❤
@@TesterAnimal1
Top of the pops has never been the barometer of good music , there was lots of excellent music in the early 70s.
made me cry... sadly not happy cry....im crying because of the state of the world today compared to back then. i wish time travel was possible. ( im 53) i wish i could go home.
@@marikoone great video, if i come across a time machine i will let you know and we can go back together,lol,and thanks for replying to me your the only one who have, thankyou.
@@marikoone hi carol, wow LA, im in cardiff south wales, i will tell you why you replying to me was so nice, i dont use social media, i only watch youtube..we are in lockdown i got no family left,they have all past,and i live on my own,,i only have a hand full of true friends who i cant see and have not seen since april 2020.( i think i am still sane.lol) and thats why you replying was so nice.i wish you good health and a great 2021,, thankyou again, kevin....
Hiii I'd love to join you two in a time machine for a journey back 😊
Beeston has changed so much not for the better im from stapleford
@@hugoagogo4324 its sad ...if only we could go back in time. im from cardiff...
Getting back from junior school watching news round before tea, playing out in street, football in park using jumpers for goal posts, building dens and dams if a stream, climbing trees, jumping off things, sweet shop for a 10 or 20 pence mix up... good memories
You missed Grange Hill before News Round!
The proper John Cravens News Round - not the original WOKE crap with that Leezo or whatever he was!
If you had 5p you could get 10 black jack's...I wish I had a time machine
@@professionalgun6674 4 for a penny back in the day. Then they made them bigger. Two a penny. Lmfao.
@Collector Guy Yeah watched both those the original ones, they were the best
@@professionalgun6674 I remember when it was four for a penny, mate - effectively a farthing each, although the farthing was not legal tender in my life. Tuppence for four Fruit Salads and four Black Jacks. Great days. Great memories 👍
What an utter privilege to have experienced the 70s. Such joy hearing and seeing this video - feels like yesterday, I know all the words and the memory is blissful.
I totally agree 👍 xx
I'm sure every generation say the decade they grew up in is the best but I honestly can't possibly think it's possible for me to have had a happier childhood. This brings back so many happy memories...Pink Panther, Banana Splits, Black Beauty, The Double Deckers...and all those wonderful adverts. And those beautiful TV themes. Best decade ever.
Totally agree, I was lucky enough to have the most wonderful childhood. Would I like to go back? NO. It was a great time to grow up in but I'm fine living in 2023.
Oh I so remember The Double Deckers! That show came on in 1970! I remember Happy Days and Batman.🙄
@@beverlyledbetter4906 Ahh...coming home from school when I was 9 or 10 and watching the Double Deckers was my idea of heaven back then.
@@hopebgood Considering how messed up the world is now with WOKE and PC Brigade, 2023 is the worst time to be living - I would quite happily go back to the best times ever...no hassle just a world where things were better.
Yes. However, anyone outside of the 70’s, would be mistaken
The 70’s will never be matched 😥
Never, they were the best!
We were blessed to
Live in the 70’s
Never in a million years
No it was THE decade !!
Seventies. Best decade ever to come of age........👍🇬🇧🙋♂️.
Brilliant. Great times, we lived free and happy, loved and lost tried and won tried and failed laughed and cried, played out every night till it went dark. A lot less fearful oppressive era
Before black people were told they mattered. They just didn't know. Yet somehow they seemed happier...🤦♀️
Was born in the mid 60's and grew up in the 70's. Even the bad days were good. The strikes didn't effect me and the power cuts made life a bit more exciting. I remember my mother lighting candles in all of the rooms. So many great memories of the TV programmes and intro music. What I'd give to go back. Thanks for posting.
I was there too, I remember my sister and I were wandering in the dark to the nearest shops looking for candles or paraphin but as usual, all sold out.
We had sod all, except the best TV, music, mates and fun childhoods you could possibly wish for. We even had fun in the black-outs.
Yep I had one pet and one toy back then...it was the same rock
Do you mean the power cuts, even that was exciting
The music was fab!
Born in 63 grew up in 70s and 80s. I'm still in that mind frame. No one can replace that for me. It's always there when I get nostalgic for the best of everything. The world was supposed to be better in the future, but it is so much worse than I could believe. In my mind I live out the rest of my life in those times and would be happy if I could pass a little happiness to my daughter and her babies. And a little knowledge that I picked up along the way. Peace everyone
Absolutely it was indeed the best decade 💝
Much better times
Really enjoyed this. Thank you.
Well said 100%
They were SHIT decades, strewn with wars and recession. but compared to now it was paradise.
55yr old woman sitting here with a dopey smile on my face ... thank you so much for the memories x
56 and probably the same dopey smile x
These bring back memories of much happier times. Laying on the floor watching TV while mum cooked tea and dad coming home from work and larking about with me and my two sisters. Happy days...........
The yearning for those childhood days is almost a physical ache.
At least we have TH-cam! It’s like having a time machine. 👍🙂
You are absolutely not kidding. I feel so homesick for the 70s to be living at home with my parents and siblings.
Me too😭
Starsky and hutch ❤
@@debbietaylor20 My mum wouldn't let me watch the Sweeney lol
Happy days from my mid teens to mid twenties. What a shame the world is so crap now.
I was just thinking the same thing!
I had a difficult childhood and TV was my escapism, so, there’s some bittersweet memories here, but, where’s Columbo??????
A different reality altogether now :(. Decades of social engineering ..... we have all been played
Lol don’t forget how grey and drab the towns were and the boredom....sorry to say every generation thinks their youth was better. The music however was certainly great
People slag the 70's, but it was magical and the last decade before the world started to turn to s**t.
Brilliant! Born in '64 and rode through the 70's on a Raleigh Chopper and played many nights under the shimmer of a lamplight at night with a plastic Wembley Trophy football! I have 4 children all in their mid-to-late teens and I feel sorry for them that they're main stimulation is found on an I-Phone...
Born 1963, and I had a chopper bike too, purple one, I loved that bike,
@@flashdance5574 I am from 66 and had a Blue one lol 😂 😂
@@freddysquirenaranjo4859 they were great weren’t they
@@flashdance5574 yes they were, worth a few quid now! Got mine for Xmas 76 I was 10... and so proud of it lol 😂 😂 I have even asked my mother to dig around in the photo box to find a picture lol 😂 😂 well Happy 60th year, all the best Freddy
This was fantastic, I was born in 64, so the 70s was my era. You did a fantasic job, thank you.
Hey, born in 64… Absolutely would live those days again…
@@perspective2186 same as that
@@liamloxley1222
I was born in 65 and I loved the 80s , but for different reasons , for a lot of us the 70s are childhood memories, the 70s really was a great decade to grow up in .
No computers, no mobiles, 3 tv channels. Life was simpler and better. If I could go back I would. The world was a better place and not f*cked up like it is now.
Yeh and with 3 channels we could always find something to watch. Not like now i rarely switch it on. Garbage.
Justin Ball, I couldn't agree more... less was so much more definitely. Conker fights, run outs, footy on the smallest patches of grass, go Karting, finding golf balls in the rough of the golf course, making catapults, bows and arrows, playing marbles on drain grates, penny up the wall plus lots more... Aaah the good old days !!!
I totally agree with you it was a better kinder world then despite what the young people are saying now.
i would go back too
@michael quirk Michael I don’t think it’s possible to ditch things like that because the world doesn’t work like that anymore unfortunately
When life was worth living....
you can say that again!
Rose coloured spectacles time.
It still is!
@@W42PZ😊 You took the words right outta my mouth !!- If anyone ever feels it's not, get as deep into nature as you can , especially at ..better yet in the OCEAN .as frequently as possible. In solitude & get there as much as possible Bring your music if you like your fave food n 📖 . book ;in my humble opinion we should NEVER stop doin the things we love most & pine for. .GO to and DO all the ENJOY able things u did when u were happiest..rollerskatin
🎳bowling 🎳
DRIVEINS!🐽👍👍😋🌕🌛mini ⛳golf ⛳ 🌴, BEACH ..esp at night .i strongly blv life will be worth living to u again if you implement the things you looked forward to and. U can look forward to EM all over again 😊😊🌜🌠🌌🌙 😃
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Best decade of my life!!!! Loved it. I wish every kid could experience a decade like that.
They are.
There’s a generation that will look back to this decade and say the same.
@@TesterAnimal1 True. But on the other hand, I almost never see a kid under the age of 11 out in public who's not supervised by an adult. They just don't have the freedom or the intimate connection with the natural world that was easier to come by pre-Internet.
We were lucky but life wasn't like that for everyone. We were lucky to have grown up in the prototypical Leave It To Beaver household. There were many hard challenges for others in that decade.
@@TT-fq7pl So true. Though I wonder if the 70s were just as bad but we didn't know it because we didn't have the 24 hour news cycle along with the internet.
@@Baci302 Oh yes, the 70s, like all decades, had plenty of dark stuff going on. Think of all those WW II veterans and civilian survivors trying to cope unaided with their trauma. My childhood neighbourhood was haunted with them. But kids back then, if they were lucky, had a much better balance of free unsupervised time and screen watching. The world seemed so much larger and mysterious too.
Happy days, feel so pleased I grew up in the 70's. 57 this year, with great childhood memories
I'm the same as you. It was just a lot of fun wasn't it? 😉
Born in 56, teenage years through the 70’s, would go back in a heartbeat. As someone else said we had nothing but in reality we had everything, great days.
I like how thats put... we had Nothing...yet we had EVERYTHING. That Cuts..
So your 66 now?
We had reality. Not virtual reality. We had intelligence. Not artificial intelligence. Intelligence and talent was recognised. Now it's teconised. Any ass can do it. 🤣
I hate it when idiots describe the 70's as "the decade taste forgot". They can't have been there. EVERYTHING was better back then.
@@Onetruenugget nothing wrong with that lol
I am privileged to have grown up during the sixties and seventies. Our lives were far more private and people knew how to have fun. Wonderful memories.
Yes I agree..America might as well been the moon, now it 1sec away..the world seemed massive..happy days.
Control your tech, don’t let it control you.
GREAT DAYS, I WANT TO GO BACK WHEN I DIE, AND STAY THERE.
But this is the life we were dreaming of back then, this high tech world. The motto is 'Be careful what you wish for'
@@danw1374 oh absolutely! Never a truer saying
As a foreigner who loved UK culture, my most beloved memories of the 70s include Marc Bolan and David Bowie, I Claudius, Harold and Maude and of course the Bee Gees
I graduated in 1972 & that was the best time of my life….music, tv shows, I could go to a concert for $5.00!
The best days of my life . No decade can touch it
Thank the Lord I grew up in the 60s and 70s. I'm happy today only because of the great childhood I had. I pity the children and young adults growing up today.
thanks dennis i could not have explained that any better myself well said brother
You are right they may have a lot more than we did back then.the only difference is we had more laughter true friends.less violence and freedom.we were always polite we had to be our parents saw to that.70s was a great era to grow up in.
Try now it's worse I'm terrified for my child
We didn't realise we had the best TV, toys and freedom we could ever have. Oh for the 70s when everything was new and exciting
im 59 now in 2024 i remember every one of the shows and adverts thanks for all the lovlely memories
We just have to be grateful that we were lucky enough to have experienced those times.
Couldn’t be more correct!we were so lucky and blessed with everything if I complained at all then?I should get slapped because you can’t compare even close these days
@@lomate1963 too right! Brilliant times man
@@abyss4tube582 Such memories, and yeah we were blessed. Music, films, TV, art, culture etc. Special, special times. I always say if I had a time machine it would be back to London and the Roxy, 100 Club, Annabels and over to New York for CBGBs and Maxs Kansas City and of course Studio 54. Let's not forget the west coast and Whisky a Go Go. Fuckin damn good times....
Exactly, playing in the park and getting called for your dinner, run in ur house, kick off ur shoes and sit down at the table without washing ur hands and then straight after run down the sweet shop with an empty corona bottle to trade in for 10p, u would swap the 10p peice for a 10p mixup which would last u all day... they were the days...
They can't steal our Memories mate 👍.
I loved the 70s, would go back in a heartbeat.
Can you help me find a Time Machine im sure loads we would go back in a jiffy, they were happy and simpler times
Where u a bay city roller?
@@charlesmckinley8747 I liked the Rollers, but Bowie stole my heart.
@@shycharlieace I really wish there was such a thing.
Oh ...The greatest of memories ❤️ 😍😍😍 born in early 60s ,grew up in the 70s and just the right age for the 80s. I Think us lot had the best of times 💜
Brilliant! The Pearl & Dean titles brought me straight back to the local flea-pit where you'd find popcorn from a few days back still in the crevices of the old velvet seats threadbare and creaky. What I wouldn't give to go back to simpler times, not all great of course ('73 blackouts, '79 winter of discontent et al) but at least there was a sense of community and a 'let us get on with it', with none of this insane government over-reach allied with the permanently offended we have these days. I feel privileged to have grown up in the '70's and early '80's .. at times it is heart-breaking to see what our children and their children have and will have go through.
Exactly, I am 57 and the big World Governments will be overrun one day and a true Free World will emerge, hopefully in our lifetime, good memories, cheers to you and all our kind.
I thought I was the only one who yearned for those 'innocent' days. Now I see that many of us who were teenagers in the 70's look back with longing.
No your not alone there, there a lot of us who want to go back.
We of a certain age, born in the mid 60s, wud LOVE to go back to the 70s.
Nicely put mrs
Sure do
I don’t! Hands up who voted brexit? Twats…
Born in 62, the 70s were a great time to grow up, parents never had much money but it did not matter as no one had money, did not cost anything to be outside all day playing football with your pals. Stress was a thing that no one had heard off or ADHD.
I'm was born in 62 as well, and Hell yeah the 1970's was great time period for us...
Sounds like me exactly
@@arleighpapstein6171 n
62 for me as well. 70s best decade ever.
65er,,,,ditto
Thank you so much for putting this together! 😊 It took me right back as if I was living my youth all over again. I was surprised to find I instantly recalled all the theme tunes and words as if no time had passed at all! My memories absolutely flooded back to my early childhood weekends, summer holidays, and Christmases with all my family. I was wonderful, and at the same time a little melancholy, as most people of my age will probably agree remembering happier simpler times and those who we no longer have around us any more. It was like stepping into a time machine😁it's definitely made my day and cheered me... So thanks once again!
I remember every word in those adverts. I think my favourite advert, not shown in this compilation, was the Mentho-Lyptus. "Oh Mum. I can't take my exams blocked up like this." "Course you can, Malcolm!"
Was so good 👍
Reminded me of Saturday mornings fighting with my sisters in front of telly lol
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I was a child going to teenager throughout the 70s and don't think I've ever really left. My eyes are welling up with the nostalgia and wonderful memories watching this. Maybe everyone feels like this no matter what decade it was when they were young - but I still think the 70s were truly special ...
I don't think I ever left the 70's either. Coming up to 60 now and still feel like 15.
Born in 1970, spent my formative years in this decade. Will be 53 in June!
I was born in 1964, so I remember everything shown here.
Great times the seventies.
I was born in 1962 and if i could go back to the 1970s I would do it without hesitation.
Wow thank you. I think we all shed a tear. Remembering the people in our lives lost family freinds husbands wife's it was a different time. In todays nightmare of a world i feel scared not knowing what will happen but nobody can take those memories away from us.thank you again.
NICE ONE ROB ,FROM ANOTHER ROB.
Im 63 and i enjoyed my childhood so much, miss those great shows and sat morning cartoons! What id give to go back!
This has made my heart ache as it made me realise what a awful world we now live in. I am not saying it was all perfect & problem free back then but compared to today it wasn’t far from it ☹️.
I know just how you feel. The 70s may not have been perfect, but so, so much more colourful and simpler than today. 👍☮️☯️🌻
Your right best years of our lives we were so very lucky to have grown up in such a amazing time for everything!I was so happy!this present is poison nothing but evil running this world changed everything so sad
Ikr. The world is in a very sad state.
@@debbieschultz9768 couldn’t be much more well yes it could but it’s getting there I won’t watch news anymore!talk about news and the old days?we used to put on the news and there would be all kinds of humour and just stories of human interest..now it’s mainly tragedy of one kind or other?there was one fool on here saying this day and age was as good as ours?not by a long shot in fact couldn’t compare other than it being the news
@Sarah Foster wow you've said it all, bird x
That was cool,anyone remember the heatwave of 76 and listening to the radio 1 road show in the school holidays..DLT and smiley miley !!
Oh god that heatwave. We had no fans then to keep us cool in bed.
@@barbarakeen5760 no we certainly didn't!!..I remember I burnt one day and couldnt sleep that night..no air either,felt like the longest night of my life lol !
And it went on for weeks. You used to dread going to bed! Also used to love the Radio 1 roadshow. Saw one once in Newquay. Happy days,
@@barbarakeen5760 aww I'm so jealous lol, Newquay is one of my favourite parts of Cornwall and have been several times..stayed at the Atlantic hotel a couple of times,but never lucky enough to see a road show...in the 70s I wasnt quite old enough to go with friends and it wasnt my parents type of thing so I never went..my nearest one would've been Weston but I dont think we had the money back then for train fares etc..one of my big regrets not going lol !!
If I remember correctly the DJ was Steve Wright. I love Cornwall. We used to stay in Crantock just outside Newquay. Didn’t go to Cornwall for about 20 years but went back last year and remembered why we loved it so much. Been back three times since and stayed near Padstow. Bit disappointed with Newquay now, it’s not as nice as it used to be. .
There will never be another time like it. I recall going shopping in Coventry and walking straight into Terry Hall from The Specials in Tuti Fruiti’s. He was so tall and intimidating looking that I just froze on the spot! You also realise how old you are when you watched everything that was just shown. Thursday nights were always the best watching Top of The Pops, great memories 🇬🇧🥰
I bumped into Suggs from Madness at some rave in the early 90's. I looked at him in a sort of "I recognise you..." way and probably being used to that he just winked at me.
I was born in August 1960 so all of this was very special to me ❤ Thank you for the wonderful memories…..❤
1970's adverts are better than most of the programs on TV now.
Oh please I want the Brook Bond Tea adverts back, they were so funny
Correct and half say they are celebrities no chance with no talent gemma collings for for one and many many more
this is A GREAT COMMENT, William C!! think of it. Some of those commercials said more about life, or the importance of that product or our lives in seconds than most bullshit TV now, especially the stupid rise of "reality TV". There is no MASH, CHEERS, OR WEST WING OR NYPD BLUE or Hill Stree Blues or Dragnet anymore. they don't make shows like that.
LMAO so true!
I miss the 60's and 70's. Things sure have turned to crap these days.
agree
Great TV, Music and relatively cheap to go and see Football!
Understatement of this century! Scary to think how much more things are going to be f••ked up.
@@kevinjackson292 thats debatable,tv is shit,no live music & cant go to the footy.thank feck for whiskey & guitars,cheers
Too right bud,
Thanks. I feel very old now. Hang on a bit, I am very old now lol. Remember it all, the good old days. Would go back to the 70`s in a heartbeat and stay there for ever. Helped the co-op milkman, played footie in the park, came home when I was hungry and dirty. Kids don`t play out anymore. TV at it`s best especially at Christmas time. You had to be there. Thanks for the memories.
Yeah when your parents make you play outside, you're forced to create and find the fun in the nature around you, and usually with other human beings. I was born in '06, but I have good parents who made me play outside and I've still never had any social media besides TH-cam.
I was born in 1962, and I have the fondest memories in this decade! I remember waking up on Saturday morning and preparing my bowl of cereal, and turning on my morning cartoons. I started with The Bugs Bunny show, then Land of the Lost, and H. R. Pufenstuf! Those were most certainly my golden years! Oh, let’s not forget the Marathon bar commercials and the squirmals commercial!
After watching this video, I realize how lucky we were, no computer, no mobile phone, how much better our TV shows,
And, not 1, not 2 but 3 channels to watch them all on.
Happy days.
Excellent, I was blessed by being able to be a 1970’s Teenager.
We were unique, we had it good but never realised how good !
Same here. We rocked! LOL
American teenagers were sent to viet nam to die in the 70s.
@@thra5herxb12s yes vietnam War
@@thra5herxb12s I turned 18 in Dec of 73 and when I went to register for the selective service in Jan. I was told there was no longer a draft. So I partied hard the rest of the 70's. Lots of good concerts, ticket prices were cheap. So was the hashish and pot
@david woods It's still good to get a different perspective on the 70s.
Oh my goodness. I've got tears in my eyes. I get sick of people who never lived through the seventies saying it was rubbish. I loved it
DAMN! That blew me away. I'd completely forgotten about the flashing blade but as soon as the intro started I still knew the words. Was waiting for catweazle to show up. Thank you for sharing and giving this old geezer a good ol' trip down memory lane 👍👍
The phrase...
"Are you coming out to play"
Has been replaced with...
"Are you going to be online today"
Trippy
That is so true, you had to be hard just to deal with the teachers, that’s when people respected each other.
Warrior's coming out to play
Make sure your back home when the street lights come on.
O M G you are spot on, so true.
I've just travelled back 50 years to a brilliant era.............God I'm old, but for 14mins 52 seconds I was 16 again !!!
Now I understand why when your in your teens your grandparents are always going on about 'The Good Old Days!' 👍The truth is, it's the same for every generation! Nearly everyone yearns to be young once again and experience their youth, especially if you have fond memories. This was great to watch, took me right back there again! Happy Times 😊I just wished I had the knowledge and experience life has taught me now im almost 60, at 16. My first proper concert was in 1975,at Birmingham Odean, I saw the Bay City Rollers live!
@@user-lk8bz7hg2b great joanne! Im 55
All i want for Christmas is a time machine! Thanks for putting this together. Brings it all back
Born in 1961, I was nine to nineteen in the 70s…my time!! As well as the 80s!! What a fun time it was and these bring back so so so so many good memories but poignant too. Happy and sad at the same time ❤️❤️❤️❤️