doms been singing in the phils toOriginally Posted by raynaputi
..did u know that that song caused lots of deaths here in the Philippines?
, i'm not surprised when dom sings it here in the uk he has the same effect
doms been singing in the phils to
I can remember you could get 4 packets of crisps for 10p, at some time in the 70's
Me & my sister used to go to the newsagents, on a saturday morning to buy them, then chomp through the lot of them, probably watching Swap Shop & Tiswas.
Smiths savoury vinegar crisps, were my favourites of the time.
New Year's Day 1970 nurses' party for me (where else?). I kept in touch by letter until I was sure she wasn't pregnant (nowadays it's by text messages)first time sex in the seventies and before anyone says she was not in her seventies
I think you would have known, if she was pregnant by now.New Year's Day 1970 nurses' party for me (where else?). I kept in touch by letter until I was sure she wasn't pregnant (nowadays it's by text messages)
Why do you think there were two 32 year old blokes with the same surname as him waiting for doc at the airport...???I think you would have known, if she was pregnant by now.
Daddy!Why do you think there were two 32 year old blokes with the same surname as him waiting for doc at the airport...???
Being in Rome in 1977 when Liverpool FC won the European Cup for the first time. Amazing night.
All 1977:
First time in the Pines Hotel, Baguio. What is it like nowadays?
My first visit to Calumpit, Bulacan. Front L-R: Myself, missus, sis in law who came on the flight with us. That's not her baby! That's my other sis in law. We were all living in London at the time.
My first visit to Nayong Filipino. That's my bro and London sis in law again.
The three day week, miners refusing to dig coal, so the TV closing down at 10pm to save electricity, the blackouts and all the candles we burned during this time.
I remember the last two years of the British Standard Time BST experiment when we all went to school in the dark wearing a dayglo orange sash to stop drivers killing us, this was in the day when kids WALKED to school.
I remember our family getting our first Colour TV (in time for the second and third seasons of the original Star Trek on the BBC)
I remember the summers of 76 and 75 the best two summers in the 30 year span from 1960.
The UTTERLY GLORIOUS summer of 76 was the year I got my first motorcycle, a second hand Honda CB125S and spent a large part of the summer on the Island of Arran.
First kiss and more.
Going to Glasgow University.
I was a bit scary and a bit intense in those days so here's an old photo from the end of the decade :-
and another one from around 1973
the badge on my lapel in the first one is from Jodrell Bank Radio Telescope, the scarf was a bit of a Doctor Who scarf and the rest of me was just a desperate mess
Oh I forgot to mention I did my first paid work as a Photographer about 8 months after that second shot was taken, I used to do weddings at that age, not a lot but if I had been older I would have been terrified at the responsibility I was taking on
For me it was a good decade good memories.
Jim
Nice one Jim and thanks for the bio mate.
Last one from me as I'm hogging it. This is my Butlins ID when I worked on the fairground in 1974. I was off my face for most of that year
Davey
If you were in Liverpool in 1977 did you ever go to Erics?
What were the flights like, back in the 70's to the Philippines Davey?
Scouse, I left Liverpool as teen in 75, but was never away from the city for more than a couple of weeks. Still the same now. I went to Erics quite a few times in the late 70s. My cousin Stuart Wood would have gone a lot more. He formed the band Change to the East in the early 80s. Went on to start his own lighting equipment company and done the lights for Cream...but that's another story
I love words
Not much different from today, unless change has crept up so slowly, I've missed them all. For me, the best thing nowadays is having the movies on the back of the passengers' head rests. Oh yeah, the no smoking section was the back half of the plane in those days
My youngest brother is Ken Wood. He's a good mixer.I love words
Hahahaha!
I don't know about him, but I would!... don't talk about woodies
A good pun is it's own reword.Hahahaha!
I don't know about him, but I would!
I like the unintended puns best.
True story. Ex gf was complaining about her feet one morning. She said she had Athlete's Foot and that it ran in the family
Very good!I like the unintended puns best.
True story. Ex gf was complaining about her feet one morning. She said she had Athlete's Foot and that it ran in the family
Sounds ditzy! Probably the reason why she's the Ex! hahaha
Must have been great working on the fair, back in '74...Like David Essex, in 'That'll be the day'.Nice one Jim and thanks for the bio mate.
Last one from me as I'm hogging it. This is my Butlins ID when I worked on the fairground in 1974. I was off my face for most of that year
Yeah! the in-flight entertainment, helps relieve the boredom. Can't omagine people smoking on the planeNot much different from today, unless change has crept up so slowly, I've missed them all. For me, the best thing nowadays is having the movies on the back of the passengers' head rests. Oh yeah, the no smoking section was the back half of the plane in those days
Really Alan? Heart Center was one of projects by Imelda. I was in high school and spent a month there to look after my sister. It was a beautiful building before and help poor people that time. My first time to see her when she personally visited my sis in her room giving some inspirational words. She said she likes my sis to live longer as she needs good teachers in our country.During that year (1978) I visited hospitals in Manila, including the recently opened Heart Center For Asia. Imelda Marcos had also opened the Cultural Center in Manila. I remember reading the glowing accounts in the local press about President Marcos, before realising that the press was controlled by the GovernmentClaire dela Fuente had released the song "Sayang"
who has since released about 40 albums.
When I arrived at NAIA this year I was met by two 32 year olds with the same surname as me ...
Dr Garcia was famous doctor in Heart Center during that time and he offers free treatment for poor people.
http://www.filamimage.com/1990_TOFA/jgarcia.html
Thanks for the link Penny. I had the chance to work as pathologist in the Heart Center, and also Makati Medical Center, but simply couldn't afford to do so at the salary offered. Even in Malaysia my own University of Glasgow had to subsidize my salary while I was "on loan" to teach students there. I really wish I could have worked for longer in either country, as there was so obviously a shortage of doctors, and the memories of friendships built up then never left me
Dr Garcia was famous doctor in Heart Center during that time and he offers free treatment for poor people.
http://www.filamimage.com/1990_TOFA/jgarcia.html
Jamboree bags, Jubbly triangular ice pops.
Vinyl, and 8 track tapes
Satellite/Cable TV/Radiocommunications specialist.
Jamboree bags, Jubbly triangular ice pops.
Vinyl, and 8 track tapes
Satellite/Cable TV/Radiocommunications specialist.
what is this 70's thing you all are talking about? The world didn't exist until 1981!
the seventies was fun able to walk anywhere and do what we wanted ,scumping hedgehoping getting into trouble, fights all things that was part of growing up , silly things really but all great times, even the clip round the earhole from the policeman telling you to go home , then getting home telling your dad what the policeman did and then he hit the other one
For me the seventies remind me of being a professional musician before going into teaching.
Al.
Pressed rat and warthog closed down their shop!
1870'sFor me the seventies remind me of being a professional musician before going into teaching.
Al.
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ee's a card is our Keith i'nt he?1870's
AL.
Pressed rat and warthog closed down their shop!
Eccles cakes!ee's a card is our Keith i'nt he?
AL.
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