Born in '69; the 70s was my stomping ground. Doctor Who, the Goodies, they told the decade what shape it should be. Chopper bikes with their gearsticks and banana saddles. Cola cubes, fizz bombs, Spangles. Suzi Quatro and early onset romantic crushes; the Bay City Rollers if you were of the girl persuasion.
Queen. /thread
Alvin Stardust wanted you to be his coo ca choo. Gary Glitter wanted to know if you'd be in his gang, his gang, his gang (and whether you wanted to touch him 'there'). Jimmy Savile fixed it for kids, and they in turn fixed it for him (allegedly). The Muppets!
Orange and brown wallpaper with matching curtains. Record players with wood, or wood effect, cabinets; tape recorders made from actual metal. Playing outside until well after dark, in all weathers. Playing outside at all.
No cares, no responsibilities, no worries. That was my childhood. That was my 70s.
Queen. /thread
Alvin Stardust wanted you to be his coo ca choo. Gary Glitter wanted to know if you'd be in his gang, his gang, his gang (and whether you wanted to touch him 'there'). Jimmy Savile fixed it for kids, and they in turn fixed it for him (allegedly). The Muppets!
Orange and brown wallpaper with matching curtains. Record players with wood, or wood effect, cabinets; tape recorders made from actual metal. Playing outside until well after dark, in all weathers. Playing outside at all.
No cares, no responsibilities, no worries. That was my childhood. That was my 70s.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
