dodgy_surname
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70’s for me. Also loved a bit of the early 80’s
The 70s for me as 7 and a half of them were my teenage years and it was largely very carefree.
Apart from my last post about the present decade, yes, the sixties was without doubt my favourite.Its got to be the (swinging ) Sixties ,Blackpool was a great place to live with so much money in the town.
No signs of deprivation then ,plenty of work you could just go from one job to another
.The football wasn't bad either ,
Yes I can see your point of view Matesrates I agree with that.20’s for me (that’s 2020’s) because I’m still alive
I’m still a young lad (56) but I love 50s Rock N Roll music .Very difficult for an old 'Git' like me.
Each decade has it's own drawbacks and attractions so It's hard, especially when the memory gives way .
Loved the 50s obviously, first job, first girlfriend, joining the army.
Fatboy, congrats on becoming a Grandad.I’m still a young lad (56) but I love 50s Rock N Roll music .
Agreed, I had the whole of my teenage years in the 1960s, Blackpool was a great place to live all the year round, from the mid 60s I watched Blackpool home and away which was the highlight of my week.Its got to be the (swinging ) Sixties ,Blackpool was a great place to live with so much money in the town.
No signs of deprivation then ,plenty of work you could just go from one job to another
.The football wasn't bad either ,
So much of that like my youth Bottle.Another for the 70’s, discovering I liked prog rock and heavy rock music at age 14, taking my chances of getting a shoeing by walking from Talbot Road bus station - when Footy Special buses stopped from Thornton - to get to Bloomfield Road.leaving school in ‘75 and starting work and earning.
Regular trips to Cobweb records in Cleveleys or any number of record shops in Blackpool. Tea Cakes in the Wagon Wheel on Deansgate, Penny Round Collars from Mr D, Wranglers from Famous Army Stores and Trainers from Cleveley Sports
First pints in Bay Horse, Gardners or Thatch, watching bands at Poulton Teachers Training SU. Finding Jenks and White Biddies at Yates’s. Bigger gigs at Lancaster Uni as mates learned to drive and then further afield as became more independent. Being on day release from work at Bispham Tech and the easy world of academia and toast in the Student Union.
Weekends sleeping in bivvy bags or cars on Bowness Car Park and 4 pint jugs of Hartley’s watching Laurel & Hardy films in Hole In T’ Wall and Bar Billiards in The Albert.
New Years Eve in Talbot Square counting down the seconds to the new year, and everyone suddenly shouting out Blackpool chants. Norbreck Castle mayhem caught between not being Blackpool and not being Fleetwood as fights broke out. Being Thornton meant we were left alone as neither bunch knew who we were!
Ahh to be young, spotty, refused entry to night clubs because of wearing jeans and trainers - apart from the weird world of The Galleon, then having to catch the Blackpool Transport Staff Bus at 1am ‘cause you had missed the last 14 and 92 bus home!
Happy Days, but heaven knows I’m happier now being all retired and in the skin I’m in and not having to “try” so hard all the time.
....any old way you choose it?I’m still a young lad (56) but I love 50s Rock N Roll music .
It’s got a back beat, you can’t lose it , it’s got to be Rock nRoll music , if you want to dance with me ! Classic Chuck Berry....any old way you choose it?
I thought it was, " it's got a backbeat you can blues it."It’s got a back beat, you can’t lose it , it’s got to be Rock nRoll music , if you want to dance with me ! Classic Chuck Berry
It might be , it’s still a great song !I thought it was, " it's got a backbeat you can blues it."
That’s weird, I had exactly the same fears in the ‘70’s.Probably the 60s when I was born, the most stress I had then was my action mans head falling off or worrying about evil knievel getting seriously injured
For a brief moment in time....The 70s.
Both Slade and Leeds United ruled the word
Correct call, “it’s gotta back beat you can’t lose it” Gotta brother 10 years older than me, so grew up listening to his Chuck Berry and Bo Diddly records, loved em!It might be , it’s still a great song !
I feel your pain Johnno but hey we pulled throughThat’s weird, I had exactly the same fears in the ‘70’s.