Post your nostalgic images of the 1970s... [Archive]

Marco

27-09-2016, 18:08

Although I was rather young for most of them, I have very fond memories of the 1970s, and the fun times I had then as a kid. Which products, pictures or items remind you fondly of this iconic era?

Here are some of mine:

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/922/MEadp2.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pmMEadp2j)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/922/iX28Ns.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pmiX28Nsj)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/922/7HuHw8.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pm7HuHw8j)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/922/9yaFdp.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pm9yaFdpj) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/923/GCTO6P.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pnGCTO6Pj)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/921/5iWTTJ.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pl5iWTTJj)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/921/1AwZSP.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pl1AwZSPj)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/921/U6CStm.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/plU6CStmj)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/922/TPB99f.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pmTPB99fj)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/923/f4Ayab.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pnf4Ayabj)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/921/z7wJIV.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/plz7wJIVj)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/922/xLjMrd.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pmxLjMrdj)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/921/uvIFSG.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pluvIFSGj)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/924/oZgS7F.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pooZgS7Fj)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/924/zJbrC9.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pozJbrC9j) http://imageshack.com/a/img924/8735/ECxeCC.gif (https://imageshack.com/i/poECxeCCg)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/921/aHlRCq.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/plaHlRCqj)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/922/gTEJly.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pmgTEJlyj)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/924/MqIL8I.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/poMqIL8Ij)

Let's see yours! :cool:

Marco.

struth

27-09-2016, 18:30

sat my driving test in one of these marvels of modern technology :eek:

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/56/ac/c3/56acc3a70d4c2ddeefbcc1c375d34400.jpg

This stuff did the rest ;)

http://static.hotukdeals.com/images/threads/high-res/1969599_1.jpg

Rented one of these :rolleyes:

http://home.bt.com/images/first-vhs-vcr-139466834865703901-140321154902.jpg

Marco dressed like this ;)

http://static.awkwardfamilyphotos.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2015/06/557e4efb71e71/1895134733.jpg

i was more like this :D

http://media.gq.com/photos/558453a109f0bee56443aba0/master/pass/style-2012-06-white-suits-white-suits-01.jpg

Had my first jet flight in one of these :eek:

http://www.boeing.com/resources/boeingdotcom/commercial/737max/assets/images/gallery/gallery-large-04.jpg

sexy girlfriend alas stayed in my dreams :(

https://usercontent1.hubstatic.com/12958286_f248.jpg

...and got badly drunk and got chatted up by one of these :stalks:

https://lovelace-media.imgix.net/uploads/112/2b7de840-ec25-0132-6493-0ecefe7c2201.jpg?

thanks very much fate :rfl::rfl::rfl:

Marco

27-09-2016, 18:39

Ha - belters! :D

Some folk like those 'curvy' burds.... :eyebrows:

Marco.

take5

27-09-2016, 19:02

Mint Cracknel and Breaker Lager.................... Happy memories.

Ally and his bloody army.... less happy memories of misplaced faith.

Marco

27-09-2016, 19:02

Some more of mine....

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/922/0A5mrs.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pm0A5mrsj)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/921/gktIfW.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/plgktIfWj)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/922/BTdqjo.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pmBTdqjoj)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/922/sa6pBy.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pmsa6pByj) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/921/tI9YYv.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pltI9YYvj)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/922/JQBFvU.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pmJQBFvUj)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/923/dbGhcr.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pndbGhcrj)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/922/5OpuUS.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pm5OpuUSj) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/924/u02jPb.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pou02jPbj)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/923/vHRWoB.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pnvHRWoBj)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/921/EI9UO4.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/plEI9UO4j)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/923/BowgSJ.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pnBowgSJj)

walpurgis

27-09-2016, 19:04

The Sweet.................Horrendous! :eek:

http://i64.tinypic.com/6t0cwn.jpg

Here's what they look like now :lol:

http://i63.tinypic.com/15eizah.png

I learned to drive in one of these.

http://i66.tinypic.com/2v8obae.jpg

And my first car was one of these.

http://i66.tinypic.com/2lnvo7n.jpg

This was the way most young guys looked (apart from the collar & tie nerds).

http://i68.tinypic.com/w01gfr.jpg

Yes. It was very strange living life in black and white back then, but we were used to it. ;)

The Black Adder

27-09-2016, 19:09

lol...

My dad had one of these..

http://www.aronline.co.uk/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Perfection_06.jpg

The Black Adder

27-09-2016, 19:10

OH... I remember Gold Nuggets... wow, what a blast from the past.

walpurgis

27-09-2016, 19:17

sat my driving test in one of these marvels of modern technology :eek:

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/56/ac/c3/56acc3a70d4c2ddeefbcc1c375d34400.jpg

I had the van version supplied as a work vehicle for years. It handled like a bathtub on ball bearings. :eek:

shane

27-09-2016, 19:18

I learned to drive in one of these.
http://i66.tinypic.com/2v8obae.jpg

Me too. Six lessons at 18/6d a go. Job done, passed first time. Getting my two kids through their tests a few years ago cost over a grand each!

First car was this one:

http://www.thepippin.plus.com/Misc/DDM798.JPG

Marco

27-09-2016, 19:24

Let's not make this just about cars, guys. Some of us were way too young to have driven in the 70s! ;)

Let's see images of your TV, food and drink, holiday and sports memories, etc.

Marco.

The Black Adder

27-09-2016, 19:38

Stuff I remember watching

Blakes 7
http://www.cultbox.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Blakes-7-cast.jpg

Six million dollar bloke
http://www.famefocus.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/logo.jpg

Logans Run - Saturday mornings...
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/95/Logan's_Run_(TV_series).jpg

Hulk... Sunday evenings.
http://home.bt.com/images/from-left-lou-ferrigno-bill-bixby-and-the-incredible-hulk-136396657298203901-150309161850.jpg

Thursday evenings.
https://lazerguidedmelody.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/lgm8.jpg

And I can always remember Kate doing Babooshka
http://www.wallofsoundgallery.com/immagini_prodotti/arch/3200.jpg

My dads stereo... it had big knobs n stuff. lol
http://a0.amlimg.com/ZDU4YzBlYmFkMTNmN2U5MjkwNGY4MGFjMDkyNmQ3NWJQyxuomV eUiGsnfGc1EH_baHR0cDovL21lZGlhLmFkc2ltZy5jb20vMDgy Yzg5YmQyOGVjYmUyYzIxODYwYTgwOWJhMDY5Njg5ODBmY2FkMz FlY2MzYWFlZGY2OTlmMGRlNTVmOTMxZS5qcGd8fHx8fHw3MDB4 NTI1fGh0dHA6Ly93d3cuYWR2ZXJ0cy5pZS9zdGF0aWMvaS93YX Rlcm1hcmsucG5nfHx8.jpg

Marco

28-09-2016, 08:31

Nice one, Jo. Loved watching all those programmes! :)

Surprised that Macca hasn't posted on this thread yet, as it would be right up his street...

Anyway, let's try and keep it to actual physical things though, which evoke for you nostalgic memories of the 70s. Come on, even some of you 'oldies' here who weren't kids in the 70s must have memories of physical items, such as I've listed, which instantly take you back to those wonderfully halcyon days...

Here are some more of mine:

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/922/Fj0RCt.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pmFj0RCtj)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/922/DcSGSU.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pmDcSGSUj)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/922/QDZFAD.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pmQDZFADj)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/921/TSrZwg.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/plTSrZwgj)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/921/zEVrCU.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/plzEVrCUj)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/921/s7nZsY.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pls7nZsYj)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/922/K573qa.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pmK573qaj)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/923/MnDQAj.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pnMnDQAjj)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/924/wsDIVj.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/powsDIVjj)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/924/vdswLJ.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/povdswLJj)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/924/pqSlzf.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/popqSlzfj)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/922/mPECAD.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pmmPECADj)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/923/yI4wgZ.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pnyI4wgZj)

:cool:

Marco.

CageyH

28-09-2016, 08:44

Had my first jet flight in one of these :eek:

http://www.boeing.com/resources/boeingdotcom/commercial/737max/assets/images/gallery/gallery-large-04.jpg

[Anorak mode on] That is a 737 Max which first flew on Jan 29th 2016 so hardly nostalgic :ner: [Anorak mode off]

Marco

28-09-2016, 08:55

What about you, Kevin - which images remind you fondly of the 70s? :)

Marco.

struth

28-09-2016, 09:04

[Anorak mode on] That is a 737 Max which first flew on Jan 29th 2016 so hardly nostalgic :ner: [Anorak mode off]

:rolleyes:

:eyebrows:

Marco

28-09-2016, 09:25

A few more from me.... What I'd have used in the bathroom for most of the 70s:

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/921/265XmB.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pl265XmBj)

And what I'd see my dad use:

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/922/K6FCPr.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pmK6FCPrj)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/923/A5li31.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pnA5li31j) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/924/23DAtn.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/po23DAtnj)

What I often saw stuck on the front of restaurant doors and windows:

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/924/MKDrJY.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/poMKDrJYj) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/921/3zXpBp.png (https://imageshack.com/i/pl3zXpBpp)

Remember these wee chaps?

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/924/PqGWqL.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/poPqGWqLj)

Used to see these a lot when we stayed at some nice hotels:

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/921/unrjvQ.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/plunrjvQj) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/921/PgolBR.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/plPgolBRj)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/924/fYeyCP.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pofYeyCPj)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/924/Ylfzv2.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/poYlfzv2j)

Things I'd often see in my dad's garage:

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/923/MxXgY3.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pnMxXgY3j)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/923/WbLglc.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pnWbLglcj) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/923/INHI4t.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pnINHI4tj)

Fun days! :)

Marco.

struth

28-09-2016, 09:35

A few more here

Fashion was , well, different

http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160928/50da4b2027fd5c12f194fdff01d34435.jpghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160928/991db4cd12c6b660555f25c5b53ebefc.jpg

But we did have

http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160928/9618bd895e7e268fcc4e916fd0626893.jpghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160928/48fc5fe46992f0490db67c0042bfd59a.jpg

And listened to
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160928/82d7768e1b3c60d4e517f4f9f8ec850c.jpg
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160928/814f5b5d3b83fadd1797b099f4ee4d22.jpg
Well some of us did!

Watched
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160928/b746bacecafa47846fcde191aadf09ba.jpg
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160928/4332da8851ce8101ef235842e58a8c44.jpghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160928/3f59984f643b4b7e3c5f5ac5f0e25f80.jpg

And loved
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160928/38ae0417bc8874ade84645305ba2b7c1.jpg

Marco

28-09-2016, 09:36

Where? :scratch:

Marco.

struth

28-09-2016, 09:40

Picks were slow up..there now

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Marco

28-09-2016, 09:54

Ah, gotcha now... The cassette player was a good one, and something I can greatly relate to! Let's keep it though to inanimate objects, such as your tape deck, and not images of old TV programmes, bands, etc :)

I had one of those mono cassette players exactly like this:

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/923/p8iMwp.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pnp8iMwpj)

It's the first thing I played music on, even before I got a 'Dansette-type' record player.

And what about 'Ghetto Blasters', before they really took off in the 80s? I had one like this in the late 70s:

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/921/YWcmbH.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/plYWcmbHj)

Also, the lovely NOS tapes we used to use with them, such as:

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/923/1lnHu2.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pn1lnHu2j)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/921/hqU2Zy.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/plhqU2Zyj)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/923/PW5Z2y.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pnPW5Z2yj)

Ah, the memories! :)

Marco.

struth

28-09-2016, 10:06

Spoilsport:D. 70s was all about dodgy fashion

Marco

28-09-2016, 10:09

Lol - not all of it. I've managed to come up with quite a few things that have nothing to do with fashion! ;)

Surely you can do the same? Can you relate to any of the images I've posted? :)

Marco.

struth

28-09-2016, 10:12

I had one of these Philips cassettes. It went everywhere i did including work

http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160928/271501b13d7809b426a214db70895d2c.jpg

struth

28-09-2016, 10:22

A few more.. dad had one of these or very similar...

http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160928/9d5b5bfa6b6a35716dccd948092dd778.jpg

Was all good bar the radio which was crap or some reason

And we had one of these for emergencies

http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160928/84bc16a736e30c20f11d9c6ed1b39440.jpg

In case we couldnt use this

http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160928/e19be20410754eb4cb17b4f348fdf334.jpg

And for some reason my mum thought this stuff was good way to get milk into me

http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160928/1f8a4ddaf2994c9105be8ead047507b4.jpg

HackneyRF

28-09-2016, 10:42

Some nice memories there.

http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r502/lozring/party%20seven.jpg

Sneaking a drop from my old man's Party Seven!

http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r502/lozring/city%2070s.jpg

A packed Highfield Road with THAT kit worn by Tommy Hutchinson, Terry Yorath, Mick Ferguson and Ian Wallace.

http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r502/lozring/Virgin%20records%20Cov%20001.jpg

Virgin records store in Coventry. Bought my first single there.

Yeah OK it's a Coventry based 70's.......

shane

28-09-2016, 11:22

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1c/Sobranie_Black_Russian_cigarettes.png

Desperately cool, and helped to cut down smoking since more than one an hour would probably make you throw up.

Marco

28-09-2016, 11:25

Nice one, Granty. I remember the heaters and the Bird's Instant Whip! :)

Some of my nicest memories, as a kid in the 70s, were when my mum would take me into Glasgow for shopping and/or to go to the cinema, even perhaps for a meal at an Italian restaurant, when my dad was at work or doing something else at home.

We'd leave Orchard Park, where we lived in the south side of Glasgow, on a green and yellow bus like this, and go into the city centre (often in those days on bleak, rainy afternoons):

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/922/fzvYDp.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pmfzvYDpj)

And first of all we'd go to my mum's favourite store in Glasgow, called Dalys (it was often known as the 'Harrods of the north'), where she'd buy a new dress and handbag or something:

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/924/HPOGsw.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/poHPOGswj)

The inside of that store was absolutely amazing, with wood-panelled walls, chandelier-style lighting, crazy old lifts with black 'caged' doors, manned by some old guy in a suit, who would introduce what was on all the floors, as you reached them. A bit like it was on the TV programme 'Are You Being Served?'

It was all rather posh, but my mum loved it. I of course would be bored stiff, but knew I was going to be treated later, so the wait was worth it!

Then we'd pop into Woolworth's and get some sweets from the pick & mix, before going to the cinema:

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/922/7DwKLm.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pm7DwKLmj)

I used to love chocolate limes and Ruffle bars!

After that, we'd go the the Odeon, on Renfield St, often to see a Disney film, such as 101 Dalmatians or Dumbo (of course that's not what's shown here):

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/924/e1hpv7.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/poe1hpv7j)

Then when that was finished, she'd take me to Fraser's department store, especially during Christmas time, to buy me something nice, which was often the Subbuteo football teams I posted a pic of earlier or some Lego. Fraser's was always beautifully decorated at Christmas, especially in those days on the famous balcony:

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/922/bmEukN.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pmbmEukNj)

Stunning, and exactly what department stores should look like! At least that's how they did in their 'golden era'. Then before going home we might pop into the O Sole Mio restaurant, for a lasagne al forno:

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/921/XzvJ6e.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/plXzvJ6ej)

That was (still is) a fantastic place to eat, and in those days, very warm and cosy inside, with quaint little booths and typical 70s decor.

After that, it was back home in the bus, where I'd play with all my new toys! Wonderful days :cool:

Marco.

struth

28-09-2016, 11:25

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1c/Sobranie_Black_Russian_cigarettes.png

Desperately cool, and helped to cut down smoking since more than one an hour would probably make you throw up.
Ah, black sobrane etc... i remember smoking them once.. very expensive and chic. As you say, they were revolting

shane

28-09-2016, 11:33

Sister gave me one of these for my 21st in 1972.

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/dc/24/b1/dc24b19e97bebcbc66289534858fdcca.jpg

Went well with a these. Anyone here from Plymouth remember Mr Bee's Fun Factory?

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/37/e5/b6/37e5b62d7b3c8644bff80b93a148ef3b.jpg

Perfect attire for a gig at the Vandike:

http://www.thepippin.plus.com/Van%20Dike%20handbills/10%20nov%2070%20-%20jan%2071.jpg

Marco

28-09-2016, 12:24

Cool coat, Shane! :respect:

For the Glaswegians here, old enough to remember some of the traditional, classy, city-centre department stores of the 70s (such as Dalys), which I illustrated earlier, I used to get my school uniform, cap, blazer, shorts and socks (for the prep school I attended) in Paisley's, situated in Jamaica St:

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/922/zGxYw1.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pmzGxYw1j)

That was a lovely store, too!

Marco.

struth

28-09-2016, 12:39

Scws building. Used to go there a lot

http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160928/7d76c9ea637802205a5d98d9c1acf566.jpg

http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160928/ead0e1260374726f903eb105aebf9f0f.jpg
Goldbergs store

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shane

28-09-2016, 12:41

I loved that coat. Mum hated it cos it stank like a dead goat when it rained!

Arkless Electronics

28-09-2016, 13:00

Ah nostalgia... it's not like it used to be in my day:lol:

Marco

28-09-2016, 13:07

Marco

28-09-2016, 13:08

Ah nostalgia... it's not like it used to be in my day:lol:

You got any nostalgic images from the 70s then, daftee, excluding you dribbling sick down the front of yer romper suit! :eyebrows:

Marco.

shane

28-09-2016, 13:39

Another one to delight the heart of any Plymothians. A mid-70s shot of Robert Lenkiewicz's astonishing Barbican mural. The observant will notice a sign above the blue door that reads "Hi-Fi Discount Service". The two floors above Robert's studio were the premises of Wanstall Hi-Fi from '72 to '77. He used to get a bit peeved with us when the stock room was full as the ceiling below would sag down and touch the top of his easel! Quite a significant place in the history of UK hifi, the seeds of what became JPW and Heybook were sown here.

http://www.joestoneman.co.uk/images/robert%20lenkiewicz%20barbican%20mural%20plymouth% 201.jpg

All looks a bit sad now:

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2282/2035767710_d1d8c067fa_z.jpg?zz=1

struth

28-09-2016, 13:55

I remember Goldbergs, Grant. Was the SCWS building something to do with the Co-Op?

Marco.

It was scottish coop head office. They had warehouses and factories all over glasgow. Dad was boss of a big coop so we got to go there a lot. Lots of goodies at wholesale prices for senior directors and family...about the only perk tbh.

Joe

28-09-2016, 22:07

My father used to work at the factory where they made Champion spark plugs. The freebies weren't as good as when he worked at Cadbury's. When he worked there, he'd bring home mis-shaped chocolates, mostly Bar Six, which was Cadbury's attempt at a rival for KitKat.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JHqB7vS9XgQ/URjFbMriDFI/AAAAAAAAAe4/fZvOZjPlX8A/s1600/A+Bar+Six.jpg

struth

28-09-2016, 22:12

remember the bar six, which i liked more than kitkat

Marco

29-09-2016, 07:45

It was scottish coop head office. They had warehouses and factories all over glasgow. Dad was boss of a big coop so we got to go there a lot. Lots of goodies at wholesale prices for senior directors and family...about the only perk tbh.

Nice one. I thought it was something to do with the Co-Op. There are some beautiful buildings in Glasgow, which often go unappreciated, and that is one of them :)

Marco.

brian2957

29-09-2016, 07:55

Marco

29-09-2016, 08:11

My father used to work at the factory where they made Champion spark plugs. The freebies weren't as good as when he worked at Cadbury's. When he worked there, he'd bring home mis-shaped chocolates, mostly Bar Six, which was Cadbury's attempt at a rival for KitKat.

Interesting stuff, Joe, especially about the spark plugs. I'd have loved to have seen those being made!

I also remember Bar Six, as my dad used to sell all that stuff in his chippy. There was a huge array of all sorts of wonderful chocolates and sweets in a glass display cabinet, just in front of the cigarettes.

Here are a few classic chocs I remember being sold in the shop:

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http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/922/Bv9SHe.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pmBv9SHej)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/922/vWDJUs.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pmvWDJUsj)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/921/MRyDsu.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/plMRyDsuj)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/921/EJgawS.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/plEJgawSj) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/924/zBXmUD.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pozBXmUDj)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/924/uMlRUw.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pouMlRUwj) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/921/tn4Iak.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pltn4Iakj)

And lastly, one that Grant will remember well.....

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:D :D :eyebrows:

Marco.

Marco

29-09-2016, 08:16

Remember this place Marco https://www.google.co.uk/maps/uv?hl=en&pb=!1s0x488846a185f1bb13:0x318ff11ae98ce4f8!2m10!2 m2!1i80!2i80!3m1!2i20!16m4!1b1!2m2!1m1!1e1!3m1!7e1 15!4shttps://picasaweb.google.com/lh/sredir?uname%3D100765505333370523399%26id%3D607276 3880713152514%26target%3DPHOTO!5sdees+glasgow+-+Google+Search&imagekey=!1e3!2s-0fEspAIH0Xs/VEbKkxq66AI/AAAAAAAAABI/YQBS0p7ynboQ7N1CD90cK6ufpbs7E7zAA&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiAsre0jLTPAhUDJMAKHXyYCVIQoioIcjAK

Nope, matey. Must've missed that. Looks like an interesting shop, though! What kinda stuff did they sell? :)

Do you remember Paisley's and Daly's department stores? John Collier ['the window to watch'], for suits, was another classic!

Marco.

brian2957

29-09-2016, 08:55

They sold shirts where you could get your initials embroidered on the pocket , Levi Staypress , Doc Martins . Basically all the stuff that was in fashion at the time . Still do today :)

The only time we were anywhere near Paisley was when we went to the seaside :lol:

I do remember John Collier though :)

Marco

29-09-2016, 09:12

Ah, nice one. I use to go to the Army & Navy stores for most of the stuff you mention. That's where the bulk of my 'uniform' for secondary school was bought :eyebrows:

Also, I tended to avoid shopping for clothes in the city centre, as it was usually very busy and a bit of a ball-ache, so used to go into Shawlands a lot, which was only down the road from me, and in those days packed full of decent shops :)

Marco.

brian2957

29-09-2016, 09:20

Aye but could you get a shirt with your initials on it :D

mikeyb

29-09-2016, 09:28

This is from of a set of images that we have of myself and my brothers playing football that appeared in the Daily Express.

Our pet Roe Deer just loved to join in.

http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160929/e37d85d675dc95c433b38242e9d10b23.jpg

Time for a drink....
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160929/d1a1c73a6fece30bf533e53c1e9244ea.jpg

They bring back so many memories of my/our childhood growing up in the countryside in the early 70's, learning to shoot (shotguns/large calibre rifles), fish and drive by age 12, different times.

Joe

29-09-2016, 09:28

Marco

29-09-2016, 09:29

Aye but could you get a shirt with your initials on it :D

Wot? D - A - F - T - E - E ? :eyebrows:

Which primary and secondary school did you got to, btw? Did you always live on the 'north side' of the city, or what? :)

Marco.

Marco

29-09-2016, 09:36

Amusingly, one of our teachers was called John Collier.

A schoolfriend of mine once tried to burn a hole in Mr Collier's jacket by focusing the sun's rays on to it through a magnifying glass. When he realised what was going on, Mr Collier said 'What on earth do you think you're doing, boy?', to which Sean calmly replied 'Setting fire to your jacket, sir'.

:lolsign:

Love it! Bet he got caned, or a few strokes of the belt for it, though?

We used to get up to all sorts... Leaving tacks, pointy side up, on the teacher's chair, firing 'missiles' at him or her from the back of the class, often via the use of a 'peashooter' (the empty shell of a plastic pen), and my personal favourite, very carefully sticking 'little notes' onto (usually his) back when walking past, which read: 'Kick me, I'm an arse'.

Some of them would walk around all day with those 'wee notes' stuck to their jackets, to the great hilarity of all the kids reading it, until another teacher spotted it and pointed it out! :D

Marco.

brian2957

29-09-2016, 09:40

Nah mate out in the sticks , not far from where I live now but still ten miles outside Glasgow . Never was a city boy :)

Marco

29-09-2016, 09:47

Loving those pics, Mike! Must've been great fun growing up in the countryside :)

They bring back so many memories of my/our childhood growing up in the countryside in the early 70's, learning to shoot (shotguns/large calibre rifles), fish and drive by age 12, different times.

Awesome. I got into that in my mid-teens, but mainly shotguns, which I used for hunting rabbits/birds and game with my dad. We went to a farm, near Stewarton. Started off with a little 4-10, then moved up to a 20-bore (a lovely Beretta), then finally a 12-bore, and used both side-by-sides and over-and-unders. Did some clay-pigeon shooting, too.

My dad even had gunpowder and a cartridge making machine, so used to make his own shotgun cartridges! We use to have quite an extensive gun cabinet at home. These days, due to the stricter laws, we stick to (pre-charged) air-rifles, and do indoor target shooting at a local club.

Marco.

Marco

29-09-2016, 09:47

Nah mate out in the sticks , not far from where I live now but still ten miles outside Glasgow . Never was a city boy :)

Ah, I see. That's cool - far better that way! :)

Marco.

struth

29-09-2016, 09:56