The 1970's: Memories

[KeithD]

1970!!!! That'll rule out most Filipina's on here then

What are your memories of the 70's?

I remember being in primary school and crisps cost 4p. I wonder what weight .... sure they weighed half a ton back then.

Father Christmas and the tooth fairy existed back then ..... now I know they were lies by my parents .... and they used to tell me never to lie

[bornatbirth]

i was the youngest of 3 older brothers and remember getting beat up by them, the queen drove past our house..well somebody drove her of course

yep, sweets and crisps cost next to nothing, i had all the hand me downs from the older brothers and toys, well we i get some new stuff.

i also remember the song "tie a yellow ribbon round the oak tree" when the neighbor was looking after me, not forgeting the music, booze and drugs

[somebody]

i was the youngest of 3 older brothers and remember getting beat up by them, the queen drove past our house..well somebody drove her of course

yep, sweets and crisps cost next to nothing, i had all the hand me downs from the older brothers and toys, well we i get some new stuff.

i also remember the song "tie a yellow ribbon round the oak tree" when the neighbor was looking after me, not forgeting the music, booze and drugs

Me driving the Queen in the 70's blimey im surprised i could see over the steering wheel!!

[bornatbirth]

Me driving the Queen in the 70's blimey im surprised i could see over the steering wheel!!

that somebody gets around

[Arthur Little]

i was the youngest of 3 older brothers

Interestingly ... YOU really WOULD be born at birth ... practically at the dawn of the decade!

[bornatbirth]

Interestingly ... YOU really WOULD be born at birth ... practically at the dawn of the decade!

funny that you say that because i was born at 6 am too

[aromulus]

Early seventies I was in Germany.....

Flared trousers, long hair, loud music, the largest grundig reel to reel tape recorder anyone can imagine , lenco 75 record player , the first fiat 128 sold in Stuttgart was mine , sorry to see my alfa romeo 1300 gt junior, go in part exchange...
Credence Clearwater Revival and James Brown music, the sound of philadelphia, Barry White, Cat Stevens, Beatles, Stones, Who, Iron Butterfly, Pink Floyd, etc, etc, etc..... Too many to mention...

Memories....

[Arthur Little]

the queen drove past our house..

Aww ... ... I'VE been 42 years in MY house ... and she's never driven past IT!

[davey]

In 1977, I was in Liverpool getting married to this young lady

[sars_notd_virus]

I'm a ''Martial Law Baby''someone born between 1972 and 1986, during the martial law era under the Marcos administration. Martial law babies form a generation who have grown up in an environment where graft and corruption is rampant, where the police, military, and government are universally distrusted and where free speech and free press are nonexistent.,..not to mention my Mum works with National Defense and Dad is in the Airforce...disciplined young girl??? kinda ooppss but nah,am a spoiled rotten

[sars_notd_virus]

[SIZE=4]Flared trousers, long hair, loud music, the largest grundig reel to reel tape recorder anyone can imagine

treehugger

[stevie c]

who remembers tv programmes such as on the buses & the likely lads

[KeithD]

Liver Birds

[stevie c]

yeah & the sweeney & when the boat comes in

[bornatbirth]

i like steptoe and son and are you being served, dont forget bagpuss

[raynaputi]

can u post ur old (or younger years ) photos too, like davey did?!

[bornatbirth]

can u post ur old (or younger years ) photos too, like davey did?!

you wanna see the boss as a baby

[aromulus]

treehugger

Not me....

I chopped many a saplings down, to barbeque wild rabbits and stray chickens that ventured into my campsite......

Those were the days of recreational substance experimentation... Trial and error on dosages and stuff....

Demijohns of Jim Beam, purchased at the PX by a friendly yankee pfc stationed at Kelley Barracks....

[raynaputi]

BAB..not just the boss, all the dudes and dudettes here! Hahaha

[Doc Alan]

I'm a ''Martial Law Baby''someone born between 1972 and 1986, during the martial law era under the Marcos administration.

I was in the Philippines during the Martial Law era. I was "lent" by the University of Glasgow to Universiti Malaya in Kuala Lumpur to teach medical students. 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 Government . Traffic was bad then (and it seems the same Jeepneys were around on my last vsit this year ). Shopping Malls were around even then but not on today's scale. Emailing and text messaging didn't exist Claire dela Fuente had released the song "Sayang" . The "Manila sound" was the sound of the seventies... the Boyfriends were already popular , and a 12 year old was in the pop charts with the disco song "Mr. D.J." - Sharon Cunetawho 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 ...

[aromulus]

When I arrived at NAIA this year I was met by two 32 year olds with the same surname as me ...

Sowing wild oats, huh...???

Not that wild if they got your name....

[KeithD]

Those were the days of recreational substance experimentation... Trial and error on dosages and stuff....

And boy does it show

[aromulus]

And boy does it show

Regrets I've had a few
But then again too few to mention
I did what I had to do
And saw it through without exemption

I planned each charted course
Each careful step along the byway
And more, much more than this
I did it my way

[raynaputi]

..did u know that that song caused lots of deaths here in the Philippines?

[stevie c]

really why was that rayna

[raynaputi]

karaoke/videoke favorites among old drunk guys which usually causes fights..either wrong song choice or voice not good..hahaha

[stevie c]

oh i see to much tanduay

[bornatbirth]

..did u know that that song caused lots of deaths here in the Philippines?

really why was that rayna

they heard doms singing

[James Hubbard]

1970's?

You mean the world existed before 1981?

[stevewool]

first time sex in the seventies and before anyone says she was not in her seventies