The middle aged thread

Almost as old as Bill...

My favourite footballer when I was at school (sorry, English dudes)

But also:

Shot of redex at the petrol pump non self service
Men went to barbers
Buses with no doors not just in London
Z cars
Slinkys
Churchills funereal day of school
Man landing on the moon or not whatever you believe
Punk
Belle vue. An awsome place in Manchester a mini Alton towers in its day
Swival chairs
G plan furniture
Dinner tickets
Corner shop where the owner stood outside and smoked

That's me and my Dad. Where did you get that?

Yes. In.

First time we got a fancy TV with a remote control, which was connected to the TV with a long wire - just about long enough to reach the person on the left end of the sofa.

TV changing position - was heavily fought over between me and my brothers.

I've still got one of these;

wince<

red LED digital watches
white dog shit
stinging nettles everywhere
that ladybird summer
Woolworths four stripe trainers
Colecovison

That's me and my Dad. Where did you get that?
strong look

I'm still the right side of 40 but...

Raleigh Grifters
Cans of Quatro/Squirt
Wham bars
Gettin my first ever stiffy to Debbie Harry on TOTP
Taping(with actual cassettes!) the Top 40 every Sunday
The Muppets
3,2,1
Standing on the terraces at Goodison, not being able to see fuck all, wafts of Bovril, fags and piss

I think I must have had a rather different childhood to you lot.

3 tv channels on your rented black and white TV - check
black forest gateaux - check
free school milk - check
the zx-80 - check
klackers - check
vinyl car seats - check (burns the fuck out of your legs when wearing shorts)
Elvis dying - check (me - mum, who's Elvis? mum - Urgh.Elvis the pelvis. You wouldn't have liked him. Have an ice pop and stop bothering me)

All that stuff, yeah, but I spent a fair bit of my childhood being scared absolutely shitless by:

Big Pete the van driver. My dad drove my mum everywhere, no women went out on their own after dark, dead women turned up in gardens nearby. Fucking horrible.

Donald Neilson, aka The Black Panther.

Everyone was fucking terrified of him. One of my earliest memories was my dad bursting in the house wearing his special constable uniform, shouting 'they've got him! They've got the bastard!'

Malcolm Fairley, aka The Fox.

Me - Dad, why do you have an axe handle under the bed? Is it 'cause of the Ripper?
Dad - no lad, it's 'cause of The Fox.
Me - Why? What does The Fox do.
Dad - you really don't want to know, lad.

Creepy bastard used to break into your house when you were out, cover your telly in a black cloth and light candles all over the place, then when you came in from the bingo he'd pop up from behind the telly with a sawn off, tie you both up, then either rape the woman or bum the bloke.
My dad obviously didn't relish the idea of a bumming.

Barry Prudom.

Went berserk and started killing coppers. My dad was out on patrol, we were nervous to say the least.
He lived rough out on the moors for weeks before an SAS tracker hunted him down. He killed himself eventually, but everyone was convinced that he'd break into their house and take them hostage.
He made Raoul Moat look like Russel Grant on I'm a Celebrity.

That's the thing with the seventies and eighties.

You had proper maniacs back then.

That's right actually, there did seem to be a lot more nonces and murderers back in the late 70's/early 80's

My headmaster used to go to the same school as Donald Nielsen and when he was a kid him and his mates bullied him. Every fuckin year he'd do this speech in assembly to all the new first years but we'd all have to hear it. 5 fuckin years of the same story; "Don't bully people at school cos they'll turn into murderers!"

Jeans with piping

fingering

snowballs

cowhorn handlebars

flouride tablets

smiley culture

Myra hindley
Ian Brady.
The sound of music
Wimpy the only burger place
Four by fours only on farms
3/6
Pint pots with handles

That's right actually, there did seem to be a lot more nonces and murderers back in the late 70's/early 80's

My headmaster used to go to the same school as Donald Nielsen and when he was a kid him and his mates bullied him. Every fuckin year he'd do this speech in assembly to all the new first years but we'd all have to hear it. 5 fuckin years of the same story; "Don't bully people at school cos they'll turn into murderers!"

I can almost see Donald Nielson's old house from my house, bout half a mile away.

I've actually thought of doing a Ripper ride, but it might not be in the best of taste, and it might not be much fun trawling around various run down areas ghoulishly gawping at places where some poor lass got screwdrivered.

fingering

Fucking massive lols!

wow that mass murders and kiddy fiddlers post , POW right in the kisser

didn't see that coming at all.... there was me just thinking of O' levels and quattro and showaddywaddy

Pontins
Butlins if you were a bit common
The pools man
Razors with one blade
Hairspray was for women
Wax is what candles were made of not for your hair
Not been to worried about saying black as it was just a colour
Miss hill primary school
Mini skirts. See above

if I used to spend this am I too old?
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Ha! Debbie Harry was also the first woman that made me realise my winky wasn't just for widdling

Joey bloody deacon.

@kingcutter
I still go to Wimpy. Beanburgers rock!

cowhorns! ha ha!!

fishing on the canal - with the inevitable menacing visit from older lads/actual gypsies, rummaging through your tackle box, nicking all your best floats......

Legs and Co, Mr Smyth? Pans People surely...

Student grants...get in!

Yeah, weirdly, I nearly posted 'Hangin on the Telephone' as first TOTP memory. It was probably sexual.