The A to Z of 70s Memories

Let’s take a nostalgic A-Z stroll through the decade that was the 1970s and revisit the days of disco, tank tops and Hai Karate aftershave. This is the A-Z of 70s Memories.
00:28 Arctic Roll
01:01 Atari VCS (2600)
02:21 Brut
03:20 Bernie Inns
03:55 C&A
04:28 Charley Says
05:28 Disco Music
06:10 Evel Knievel
06:56 Flares
07:24 Glam Rock
07:53 Green Cross Code Man
08:42 Hai Karate
09:42 Invacar
10:17 Jaws
10:54 K-Tel
11:29 Look-in Magazine
12:18 Mastermind Board Game
13:00 Nookie Bear
13:40 Old Spice
14:13 On the Buses
14:51 Pop man
15:32 Queen's Silver Jubilee 1977
16:14 Raleigh Chopper
16:51 Space Hopper
17:28 Tweed
17:53 Tank Tops
18:27 Unigate
19:43 Vosene
20:20 Wimpy
20:54 Woolworth's
21:51 X-Ray Specs
22:33 Yorkie Chocolate Bar
23:10 Zoom Ice Lolly
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[@CUFC247]

Reminder of simpler times.

[@colinatkins271]

Memories of a better life. Great video

[@stuviewtv]

Many thanks!

[@sgtg4600]

It was a better country

[@MarcoNegrisEye]

​@@sgtg4600I wasn't even born and even I know that 😂

[@richardplume3212]

Paket of 3 n a party 4

[@maneerahmed6443]

Pure magic if you grew up in the 70s you'll know what im talking about. The best decade ever .if only there was a time machine .

[@laurawoolfson8230]

Playing out all day, doing stuff I’d never let my children do. Mint cracknell, walking to school with my siblings, school dinners, power cuts. Christmas being truly magical. Those were the days.

[@MrJohnnyseven]

And in the summer holidays there was Robinson Crusoe on TV every morning

[@nez9751]

One daft memory I have was being at primary school around 5 yrs old and it being announced there was a power cut that day, I didn’t know what that meant and thought you were going to be cut in some way??? Sounds a bit dark, but for some reason I’ve always remembered that. Then we hall had to huggle together on the rug in the classroom I can still remember whilst our teacher read us a story , all the lights had gone out and it was dark and gloomy outside. A few of us kids were getting scared but our teacher explained what a power ‘cut’ was , and it was nothing to worry about. So we all painted pictures until the lights etc came back on 😂 I remember feeling scared , but then realising that was daft, and then enjoyed the rest of the day.

[@rw8733]

@nez9751 I remember mum and dad getting the candles ready for the power cut. The time the power went off was in the local papers.

[@rw8733]

The smell of the coal fires from the chimneys as I walked in the snow to get the bus into town to buy presents. I'd go back in a heartbeat if I could, just to hug my mum again.

[@nez9751]

Playing out all day, 👍❤️ it was so different then. Especially in the summer school holidays we would literally go out with your friebs at about 8am and then just come back for your tea at about 6 😂😂 I can’t imagine letting my daughter out to play with her friends and basically not knowing where she’s for about 10 hours , it’s crazy. We always had a local friends dog that would follow us round all day, then just go home when we did. We would play rugby, football, go fishing, make fires, etc etc, then just go home at the end of the day. One of my neighbours hd a dog called Sam, and my friend from school had a dog called ringo, and they just followed us round all day then just came home with us and buggered off . Great times ❤️

[@PH-ks6qg]

This video actually made me really sad. I was a child in the 70s and lived with my mum and 2 brothers. We were pretty poor but were happy. Such a simpler time and we simply did not need as much. Out playing with friends until it got dark was all we needed. No mobile phones, no internet, no satellite tv with hundreds of channels. BBC and ITV were more than enough. I miss those times

[@piersderoos6941]

Far better years. had less, but somehow it was so much more.

[@TonyWeaving]

Me to my friend. Ij ed with my mum gran and brother. Simpler better times.

[@rw8733]

We had to be home when the street lights came on. Then, we could play on the green outside our house. Great times. 👍🏽

[@StudiosNYC54-tl9pt]

Yes, certainly make you feel nostalgic.

[@b.m.t.h.3961]

I think back then, people were happier with less. As long as you could pay the rent/mortgage, buy the essentials and have a little left over every week, it was enough

[@lizhumphries9100]

Take me back to the 70"s when days are good

[@georgealderson4424]

Some of them maybe but.....

[@iandawe948]

Not so good for my coloured mates i can assure you

[@peakyblinder777]

Bloody hell !!! Take me back to the 70's & 80's life was so much better and simpler ! 😮

[@user-ri6wg9xz8o]

Who remembers the tufty club , great memories stu charley says thank you 😊😊

[@julesb7707]

Yes, I was in the Tufty Club.

[@user-ri6wg9xz8o]

@@julesb7707 yep so was I

[@LestWeForget-LestWeForget]

I was in the Tufty Club, too, but it was in the 60s. We joined at school, but the pack was delivered by the police to our home! It was during the school holidays and my mum had said that we were to play in the back garden only. I ventured into the front garden and a police mini pulled up. It was a policeman driving and a policewoman delivering the packs and she asked to speak to mum! I thought I was in trouble for being in the front garden! 😬 Can you imagine the police delivering them today!

[@matthewh5862]

I remember a lorry turned up to our school and in small groups we all got to go into it to be greeted by a miniature street scene with Tufty and the gang crossing the road via some basic animatronics. I'm sure someone must've told us the importance of road safety there but we kids were just thrilled to see models.

[@rw8733]

I still have my Tufty badge. Look right. Look left, look right again.

[@traceyjane4288]

i grew up in he 70s and 80s such great memories

[@rw8733]

Yes. Born in January 1965. A great time to grow up. 😢 I'd go back in a heartbeat if I could.

[@ABC1701A]

I grew up in NZ and only remember a few of these but I honestly believe we were happier, healthier and generally better off in those days. And it wasn't only the Raleigh chopper I remember, there was the Raleigh 20 as well.

[@joepineapples7774]

December 1965 here

[@richardplume3212]

4561s my number so yes life is sweet not mud

[@keithadams1538]

It gives a lovely feeling looking back

[@simonread6200]

I would give anything to go back, they were truly wonderful times.

[@terryallen5328]

The 70’s were my teenage years, absolutely brilliant. Would love to do them all over again. Time machine anyone please.

[@carswithcharacter]

I was given a bottle of Hai Karate on my 15th birthday. I still have it. There's about a 5th of the contents left. I'm 60 soon.

[@rw8733]

Lol. Brilliant. It was revolting.

[@snowysnowyriver]

I was a young married woman in the 1970s and this brought back so many wonder memories. Those were truly happy days. I've got a little addition though. T is for Tabac. That was my husband's favourite aftershave back then. I always bought him a Tabac gift set at Christmas.

[@stuviewtv]

I believe that Tabac is still going strong today too.

[@StudiosNYC54-tl9pt]

Yes, it was quite popular then and still liked by many.

[@fishwars5979]

Mandate remember that one? Nice smell.

[@delwalker6336]

Joan Musk for me, I remember the Tabac name. Cosaac hairspray was that the 80's?

[@StudiosNYC54-tl9pt]

@@delwalker6336 Yes, I bought Tabac and also Cossack hairspray which. late 60's early 70's.

[@fatbelly27]

I still use Brut and eat arctic roll. The 70s are still here.

[@rw8733]

I promise you, I still have Brut in my bathroom now. And Insignia. 😅

[@geeman4041]

Bought brut deodorant in a cheap shop last week and had a great chat with someone also in their mid 50s about brut, old spice etc and the adverts around for them, my missus thought we were both mad to be talking to strangers about such things !

[@nez9751]

If you haven’t already you should watch the supersizers series with Giles and sue, they do one on the 70s and it’s really good.

[@nez9751]

I remember getting some of those X-ray specs, in Blackpool. As a mischievous little kid I thought it would let me see through women’s clothes and see their boobies etc 😂 needless to say they didn’t work.

[@footofgod1738]

ahh yes..a shot of brut followed by a slice of Artic Roll..happy days..

[@lokizig]

🎉Thanks for taking us down memory lane 70's best decade ever ❤

[@S-North]

My eyes are still stinging to this day after getting Vosene in them as a 5 year old in 76!

[@carolebarker2195]

I think mums used to like Vosene cos it supposedly deterred headlice. It smelled strong enough!

[@rw8733]

Yes. Very medicated smell. I still use it now, aged 59. 😊

[@philipdalton1000s]

​​​@@carolebarker2195I still have vague recommendations of some ad that was on in the 70s when I was little which said Vosene was "good for mums" Someone on some online discussion forum told me they remembered it too, and said it was run for years..it showed some boy having his hair washed in the bath.

[@michael7286]

I washed my hair with Vosene back in the 70s, bringing back great memories when I had hair 🤣

[@stuviewtv]

Snap!

[@stefanm67]

😂😂😂

[@bobikdylan]

Think of all the money we've saved, though.

[@stefanm67]

@@bobikdylan 🤣🤣🤣

[@rw8733]

I've still got Vosene on my shelf now.😊

[@brianallsopp69]

I wish we could go back,,,,so many good memories 😪

[@jeanlongsden1696]

the nurse in the Hai Karate advert was Valerie Leon who was in a few of the Carry On movies, as well as 2 Bond movies. she was stunning.

[@jennythescouser]

One of her best lines in Carry On Loving was - Valerie: "Shoo, Coooking Fat!" (as she chases away a cat) - Terry Scott: Cooking Fat?" - Valerie: "That's what his owners call him, or something like that".

[@bonpourvous]

@@jennythescouser Lol, that's a good one, 😀

[@bonpourvous]

No real man would ever run away from her, lol.

[@xr6lad]

I’ve seen some of her more recent interviews and she is still full of fun and has fond memories of her movies including Carry On’s.

[@davidboyce8683]

@@bonpourvous especially in that nurses outfit.

[@alanglasgowbassist]

Great memories of simpler (and in many ways better) times. Lovely video.

[@stuviewtv]

Thanks!

[@Deb-my8cy]

I remember it all like it was yesterday. Mom defrosted the first Arctic Roll we ever had.

[@LestWeForget-LestWeForget]

Those were the days my friend...

[@rw8733]

I thought they'd never end .... 😂

[@myoldmate]

​@rw8733 we'd sing and dance...

[@zekaigarip]

Forever and a day.....

[@LestWeForget-LestWeForget]

@@zekaigarip We'd live the life we choose...

[@NaturalBornWinner-]

We'd find another lose...🎶🎵

[@joannefalkinder393]

Love on the buses movies, and my nephew had a chopper bike and space hopper. Wonderful memories 😁

[@glenmorgan4597]

Loved on the Buses " I'll 'Ave you for this Butler "

[@alexispaterson814]

My Dad used Blue Stratos aftershave and My cousin he had a pair brown pinstripe flares worn with a brown patterned tank top and a pair of Tan platforms.

[@2760ade]

Blue Stratos! I'd forgotten about that one. My Dad would virtually bathe in the stuff before going out to the pub. I can smell it now!😂Very reminiscent of Saturday nights in the '70s!

[@rw8733]

I had a rainbow tank top. My friends were so jealous! 😅

[@2760ade]

@@rw8733 I'm jealous now!! Never had anything as fancy as a rainbow coloured one!😂

[@rw8733]

@@2760ade They all wanted to borrow it! In hindsight, it was horrific. 😁

[@NaturalBornWinner-]

Another wonderful trip down memory lane! I wish i had a time machine to go back to a time and world that was so so much better than the one today👍

[@stuviewtv]

Many thanks!

[@markthompson8511]

I was 10 in 1975 what a wonderful time to grow up , planet of the apes cards , top of the pops albums , lucky bags to name a few memories

[@oldboy5001]

I was 10 too and completely agree with you.

[@rw8733]

I was also 10. I'd go back in a heartbeat if I could. One more hug from my mum. 😢

[@alanevans9604]

The Unigate milk float looks like a more advanced Tesla.

[@matthewh5862]

No responsibility and all the fun. Loved those days.

[@moirahill6397]

I so appreciate you for putting these lovely memories, of my childhood, together. Those were the days! Thank you!

[@stuviewtv]

Glad you are enjoying the memories. Many thanks!

[@G_Fresh_UK]

I love this channel, mind you I'm 60 now so I was a 70's kid

[@MsArrowroot]

Me too. Doesn't time fly!

[@fuzzlewit9]

@@MsArrowroot Far too fast. I'm still hoping this is just a rehearsal and I get to go back and do it all again for real.

[@ABC1701A]

Me too

[@philjones6054]

I so, so wanted a Raleigh Chopper, but never did. Here I am aged 59 and, secretly, I still want one!!!

[@jeangentles7156]

My cousin had a purple chopper I loved goin to her house

[@parshotamlal1749]

These were the greatest days of our lives.

[@TonyWeaving]

I am a child of the 1970s. I am glad i grew up in that era. As children we grew up in the bedt times. I went to Naunton Park School in Cheltenham and we had great teachers. We had no stress in those days and people were more friendier back then. I also used Brut 33 deodorant. Great TV Great Music Great Times.

[@froggiewrench1]

Thoroughly enjoying these trips down memory lane. You sometimes wonder actually how much if at all, quality of life has improved 50 years on 😮

[@danieladams9950]

There was a joy to being a kid in the '70s, regardless of background. I longed for an Evel Knievel stunt bike, but wasn't gutted without because I had the likes of Mouse Trap to play with.

[@ABC1701A]

Modern kids might not agree but I don't think life has improved in general. Sure there's social media - and we couldn't watch StuTV without it - and mobile phones (do we really need them though) but there's also all the problems they've brought with them and kids today genuinely seem to be far less happy and much more worried than we were (and we had the constant threat of annihilation by atomic bomb from memory) and I think the modern ''advances'' are the reason why. It's strange but all the favourite series of my now 34yo daughter come from this era as well (Carry On, On the Buses, Steptoe and Son etc). Simpler but also much happier as a result.

[@danieladams9950]

Totally agree. As a child of the '70s my family had little in regards of possessions, but telly was incredible.

[@robertroberts3703]

The glorious 70's. The decade of my transition from childhood innocence to troublesome teens. Happy days! Thank you for the nostalgia.

[@michaelwebster8666]

All great memories! Remember also KP and Tudor crisps, "For Tudor i'd climb a mountain!"

[@fredo1070]

19:43 Vosene was a nightmare if it got in your eyes, felt like you were pepper sprayed. "Mum, mum, my eyes are burning!"

[@stefanm67]

😂😂😂

[@stephenchecksfield632]

The 70s were a great era i remember the Atari Video system i had one and I remember bottles of pop with a 10p deposit on them when you could return them to your local corner shop and get a 10p mix of sweets with the deposit on the bottles and many more happy memories of the 70s ha ha 😅 happy memories indeed

[@stuviewtv]

Great days!

[@stevecunningham5598]

Wonderful decade life was simpler no mobile phones social media or Internet, we had the added bonus of Discotheques and great music , I remember it like it was yesterday.

[@scratchy1704]

I remember all of this.Cherryade corona was my favourite and i love on the buses still.Had a few tank tops.

[@AtheistOrphan]

I had a knitted brown tank top with orange and yellow horizontal stripes.

[@TonyWeaving]

Cherryade was also my favourite. If you took the bottle back to the shop you would get 3p back on it.

[@scratchy1704]

@TonyWeaving Yes I used to do that.

[@TonyWeaving]

We had great times back in the 1970s didn't we Scratchy. I wish we could go back to those days. I was in a Children's Home from 1976 through to 1979 in Cheltenham and went to Naunton Park Secondary Modern School. But couldn't wait for the holidays when I returned home. Tony my mum nan and brother. Such happier times with great TV Great Music and folk were more friendlier than today.we had no stress no mobile telephones etc etc only 3 TV Channels and from 1976 I had 1 pound pocket money which was a lot back then. I had a Saturday job in a greengrocers from 8am through to 4pm and I earned a fiver. Kids today would laugh at that.

[@sarojini108]

Playing my cousin's Stylophone and watching the Newton's cradle ornaments through the shop window ...

[@rodpanhard]

The only thing I have from my childhood that's absolutely pristine in it's box is a Rolf Harris Sylophone and it's worth next to nothing. I got it one Christmas and never took to it so it's sat in the loft for over 40 years.

[@DalekSec4]

As a child of the 70s, it's amazing how many things you forget, and it's great to be reminded of them. Always look forward to your videos . Keep up the great work

[@stuviewtv]

Many thanks!

[@TheGlassman63]

Your `Popman` choice for the letter P made me smile and bought back memories. Absolutely always Dandelion & Burdock was our favourite, couldn't get enough of the stuff. But at no time do i ever remember buying fizzy pop bottles from a shop when we were kids, always waited for the pop lorry.

[@stuviewtv]

Great days!

[@rw8733]

Corona. Used to get 2p back on the bottles.

[@ABC1701A]

I think we even had the Corona one in NZ, I've a vague memory of the van visiting a house in the street behind us each week. Mum used to buy us a 1l bottle each from the local supermarket instead, my brother always had cola while my choice was L&P - anyone from NZ will remember this, still my favourite drink even if you can't get it any longer, the real stuff that is - and it had to last us the entire week. I remember sodastream coming out as well, you didn't have to use the flavours that came with it and we made drinks using our normal cordial but adding the carbonated water instead - much cheaper and somehow made them much more special. Happy happy memories.

[@danieladams9950]

@@rw8733 Same here. It was a big deal.

[@Opel_Guy]

Sadly I remember all these! One of my favourite toys back then was the Delta Dart. Just a small glider made of polystyrene that would stay in the air for ages if you launched it with an elastic band. Cost only a couple of pence at the local village paper shop. But no one seems to remember them or are just forgotten.

[@rw8733]

I remember them. Had a little hook and was launched like a catapult.

[@clivegchesterman]

Halcyon days!!!

[@lokizig]

Brut used to make me weak at the knees 😁still love it Remember Hai Karate but have no idea what it smelt like OldSpice was my dads favourite making it easy to get Christmas presents Queens jubilee.was fantastic I have a silver ingot on a chain which has the Queen listed after the hallmarks xx

[@rw8733]

My dad wore Old Spice, and if not, Blue Blazer.

[@tankthelord1178]

I still remember seeing Nookie Bear supporting Cannon and Ball, Blackpool.

[@steevobarker581]

Probably where they got the idea for Ted from?

[@stephenhowell5611]

P is for Pan's People ! Oh and don't forget streaking..great vid cheers

[@oldboy5001]

And Pacers.

[@mbak7801]

Doorstep milk delivery still exists but is getting rarer.

[@davidboyce8683]

Awesome, I remember my older brother drowning himself in brut 33 before going out to the dancing. I will never forget that stinging smell in my nostrils.

[@johnhamilton7762]

Well, Stu... you've done it again and tugged at those heartstrings of magic times. Especially those images of my Mk2 Raleigh Chopper! I was the only kid in my street to have one. My mum bought it for £32 and I got it xmas morning 1973. OMG, the excitement! Had it for 9 years and sold it for £40. Be worth about £300 now.

[@stuviewtv]

Glad the video brought back some great memories for you! Thanks John.

[@gwheregwhizz]

For me it's Remus Playkits, Swingball, Admiral football shirts, Letraset Action transfers, Weebles that wobble but don't fall down, Mighty Mo's cars from Ideal, Texan bars, Fine Fare, Pat Jennings sports bags, free gifts in Rice Krispies, Whizzer and Chips, MY dartboards (from Woolies), Heinz potato salad, Smurfs from National petrol stations, Tip Top cream stuff, ex-jukebox singles sold with the centre circle cut out and Top Trumps.

[@alanglasgowbassist]

Letraset transfers!! I had totally forgotten about them! Loved em

[@rw8733]

My dad collected every available Smurf! Still got them somewhere in a box. He also collected coins for all the FA Cup winning teams with their club badges on from Esso, I think? And photo discs of the Home International Football teams at the time. God bless him. 😢

[@Evilroco]

Texan Bars ...the most stretchy of all sweets !

[@bonpourvous]

I could never get a good grip on those Space Hopper 'horn' handles and usually ended up doing a faceplant, they were lethal on concrete.

[@SamLowryDZ-015]

Corona Cherryade - pure nectar. The other culinary delight of the 70s was the Vesta packet meal. But as for Wimpy I refer viewers to the song on the subject by the local beat combo, Peter and the Test Tube Babies 🎸

[@ABC1701A]

You can still buy the Vesta packet meals, a local shop in Ireland always has them in, love the prawn rice version. Always keep a couple in the cupboard for that quick meal when you're late home and no time to cook. Modern versions just can't compete.

[@SamLowryDZ-015]

It was I think the chow Mein that came with the 'magic' noodle strips that turned into quavers when you fried them @@ABC1701A

[@Julie-sm7sp]

So many memories there stu, arctic roll was a special treat for us after tea on a Sunday night, we had the corona pop man, i can still hear my mum shouting "the pop mans here" as me and my brother raced to see who could get to the front door first 😁 You made me laugh C&A coats and ats 🤣🤣 thanks for the video stu enjoyable as always 🙂

[@stuviewtv]

Coats and 'ats works perfectly with a midlands accent!😉 Thanks as always Julie.

[@Julie-sm7sp]

Midlands man at C&A for his coats and 'ats, they missed a trick there stu 😁

[@stefanm67]

We thoroughly enjoyed that Stu. Some wonderful memories there. Thanks for putting it together. ❤

[@stuviewtv]

My pleasure!

[@tonycritcher3419]

I loved Zoom lollies and had forgotten about Skyray! Another favourite was a vanilla Seajet, but they may have been more late 60's. I hated the smell of Old Spice, i used to sting my teenage freshly shaved chin with my Gillette G2 bu using Brut. Lovely to see Anita Harris and the Goddies in the Woolworths Ad. How we all miss that shop! Wimpy's with cutlery! Lots of great memories, thank you! Now I fancy a Skyray lolly!

[@bobikdylan]

Wimpey still have cutlery but it's not fifty pence for burger and chips anymore.

[@tonycritcher3419]

@@bobikdylan Shows how long since I last went in one, well over 30 years!

[@philiptodd6255]

Our pop man in the northeast was alpine delivered every Friday back in 1973 and my bike of choice was the Raleigh grifter got my first one in 1970

[@bonpourvous]

Lowcocks Lemonade and Dandilion and Burdock for me.

[@philiptodd6255]

@@bonpourvous we bought our lowcocks from the shops then took the empties back and got 5 or 10pence per bottle

[@bonpourvous]

@@philiptodd6255 I remember getting them off a lorry that did the rounds, the Cherryade and Cream Soda were bleuuuggghhh!!!, imo.

[@philiptodd6255]

@@bonpourvous remember the pineapple ade cherryade irn bru flavour lime ade apple ade lemonade dandelion and burdock orange Ade cream soda and I think blackcurrant flavour

[@lilac9639]

Its insane that Bob Grant from "on the buses" was cast as the ladies man 😮😅😅

[@leem322]

Don't know why but I was kinda expecting Matey Bubble Bath for M.

[@rw8733]

S is for Soap on a Rope! 😅

[@angiemurphy2423]

Thanks for sharing memories of the 70s, we remembered most of them, many favourites there too. Thought we might have also seen yo-yos, babycham and wheetabix among them.

[@rw8733]

Cherry B and Pony. 😊

[@gavinguitar2194]

Great old days where day to day life was a happy experience. If I'm internally grateful for one thing then it's the fact that I was born & grew up in such a time.

[@Lighting_Desk]

I was born in 1993. But I do love retro and vintage things.

[@jonjones.]

Oh my god the memories, I remember everyone of those and I think i still have a few of them in the loft. Chopper bike was the best and I’m sure I had that copy of Look In with Steve Austin on the front as it was my favourite show.

[@ABC1701A]

I discovered Arctic Roll and C&A in the same year, 1983 when I spent Xmas with my grandparents in England - we had neither in NZ - and I love arctic roll as much now as I did then. And I remember when C&A closed their Dublin shop in the late 90s as well, nothing to beat them then or now. Affordable but good quality clothing and shoes. I remember K-tel records as well, though I didn't have any they were available in NZ, probably at woollies. I remember mastermind as well, my gripe being that nobody would play with me - I had an uncanny knack of figuring out what the magical combination was, no idea how I did it but I did meaning nobody wanted to play with me. I remember Old Spice as well but it was the before shave I remember, dad used it. And On the Buses is still a huge favourite in my house today - my daughter has the DVD set and loves the series, I remember Reg Varney visiting NZ one year - would have been 1977 I think - and the girl who sat behind me in class bumped into him one morning when she was buying her bus pass and he was buying his morning paper. She got his autograph and was the most popular girl in the school for a week, she ACTUALLY MET/SPOKE TO REG VARNEY, definitely a popular figure in my class of teenage girls. Thanks for the memories

[@stuviewtv]

How lucky was she meeting Reg Varney? Marvellous!

[@fuzzlewit9]

I used to think my Evel Knievel toy was unrealistic because you charged it up and let it loose and it'd fall onto its back and skid across the floor ending up on its side. But then I saw the real Evel Knievel perform a stunt and realised that it was actually very realistic.

[@martindunstan8043]

Hi Stu👍a great rundown there. I remember all those things as if it was yesterday(especially the rank aftershaves🤣) the Atari 2600 was amazing,out with the boardgames and on with pac man. At only 7 at the time I can vividly recall the silver Jubilee,we were all given flags and a mug of the queen at school before going to the local street party. Although we can't bring those times back we were fortunate to have experienced it,a great show,thanks mate✌️

[@stuviewtv]

Thanks Martin! I was the same age at the time of the jubilee. I remember our street party quite well.

[@TCHorwood-xq7mw]

Our milkman (Co-op, not Unigate) was our pop man. He used to sell Hartridge's fizzy pop.

[@Julie-sm7sp]

I've still got my jubilee mug and coin we were given at school 🤣🤣

[@jackieyoungman7970]

Although I was in my late teens and early to mid-20s during the 1970s, I have fond memories of Cresta, clackers, chicken or scampi in a basket, Russian which was a mixer especially made to be drunk with vodka, Blue Nun wine, Bulls Blood wine and scrumpy cider.

[@tonymurphy30]

It was always the ALPINE pop man for us on a Thursday evening, in Crosby nr. Liverpool Another excellent video Stu, reminding us of simpler and happier times.

[@stuviewtv]

Thanks Tony.

[@atae7185]

Did you used to go the baths down Mariners road on a Saturday morning?

[@rosegolding925]

My Dad took me to see Jaws when I was 5 😂 I almost jumped over a row of seats when the severed head popped out of the bottom of a boat 😂❤🫶

[@jono.pom-downunder]

Cheers Stu, 14,000 miles from "home" but the memories are so vivid 50 years on. Thank you for the childhood reminders.

[@stuviewtv]

My pleasure!

[@tazzie2shoos]

Thank you for the memories in this vid. I loved the smell of Vosene, and the Corona man used to call at my Nannas house, they always had the cherryade, limeade and lemonade and it tasted so much better than todays fizzy.

[@Thenogomogo-zo3un]

I absolutely HATED flares as a kid. They hems would drag on the ground when you'd walk to school in the rain and into all the puddles get soaking wet and slap around your ankles, not getting dry till lunchtime, catch into the chain and cog of your bicycle. All the clothes were made of that awful nylon stuff, even underwear, uncomfortable, seaty and just horrible! And dont get me started on the styles/fashion or lack thereof. The '70's, the decade that style forgot On a lighter note, Valerie Leon, W😍W! I remember that ad! now I know where I recognised her from as the girl at the hotel desk in the 'Spy who Loved Me'. Oh, now as an adult, I see that ad for Brut with 'Enry' Cooper saying to Barry Sheen as he goes into the caravan with the girl 'Splash it all over' gives it all a different meaning😲

[@lexiburrows8127]

The '70's were fantastic. I agree with the bit about wearing flares on a bicycle though. I had bicycle clips as I was not too fond of the wheels suddenly stopping and me flying over the handle-bars. Yes, also when you ran in them they would wrap themselves around the opposite ankle and eventually trip you over if you were not careful.

[@user-cg2eb1gq7i]

I remember being at my Aunty Greatas, mint green and black art deco bathroom, hair washed with vosene, scrubbed with Mr matey and some nivea cream if your skin was red, I'm smiling as I recall that memory, thank you🙂

[@Pierre61]

A lovely warm bath of StuTV with maybe a capful of Mr Matey, a good scrub down with carbolic soap (or Shield if you're posh) with the promise of trying to open a Party 7 to come. If the offspring can escape being 'Tangoed' in the school yard, then Magpie and Wacky Racers awaits to be consumed with savoury pancakes and chips for tea. Perfect.

[@2760ade]

The adverts for X-ray specs were seriously pervy like they were aimed at salivating dirty old men!!🤣 They were in reality a kids' novelty toy! This was a great selection of '70s memories some of which I had forgotten about. Would be great if you did another, as there is a wealth of '70s strangeness to mine from! Incidentally, I still have Brut 33 and Old Spice amongst my aftershaves. I love smelling like the '70s!

[@stuviewtv]

Oh yes, there's lots more that could be included! I had to cut a few out of this one otherwise the video would have been far too long!

[@2760ade]

@@stuviewtv Was really enjoyable. Love this nostalgia type of thing!

[@danieladams9950]

The Eric and Ernie Atari ad blew my mind. Had no idea of it's existence. A mad old / new school combo. Entire list marvellous. Thanks Stu.

[@stuviewtv]

Thanks Dan!

[@suecolclough1268]

Great trip down memory lane.

[@chrisgavin342]

Oh those endless hours of looking through the catalogue dreaming of what you would like for Christmas. Then the hamper man delivering your hamper of Christmas food that couldn't be touched until Christmas eve. ❤

[@user-se7es6uc8v]

C was for buying cigarettes from a machine strapped to a telegraph pole and P was petrol rationing!

[@rw8733]

P is for Power Cuts. 😮

[@ABC1701A]

C for Carless Days in NZ as a result of the petrol rationing. You had to have 1 or 2 (can't remember now) days a week without the car and from memory you couldn't choose the weekend. Dad needed the car for work so we had 3 cars for a while.

[@lilac9639]

Makes me laugh that the ATARI had to match the wood decor of the Tvs ect lol

[@eyesonly7072]

Monster Bags by Smiths Crisps, The Six Million Dollar Man, Fresh Cream Cakes Naughty But Nice, Raleigh Chopper, Krazy Comic, how I miss it all ❤️

[@bobby666666]

I had a Space Hopper for a total of 20 minutes. It was put too close to the gas fire and sadly deflated.

[@hilaryjuliecoxon5434]

😅😅😅😅

[@Jim230176]

Just came in for the Central TV jingle, stayed for the memories!

[@carolebarker2195]

There was a Unigate dairy across the road from my high school in the early 70s, so that takes me back. Also that bright orange wallpaper was a bit like what we had on the wall at the time! I think orange was a popular colour back then. I used to use the leftover wallpaper to back my school books with! My brother used to get Look-In every week and I used to get Fab 208. Happy days.

[@stuviewtv]

Yes, colour schemes seemed to be all orange and brown back then!

[@carolebarker2195]

@@stuviewtv Yes, they were !!

[@apm763]

Out of all the comics and magazines that I got in the 70s, Look-In (along with Shoot!) was the one that I stayed with the longest. Even into the 80s, when I was in my late teens and twentys, I'd still buy it if there was something good in a particular issue.

[@stewartfooter3580]

Stu you are the GOAT! This was so good and i remember them all apart from the queens sliver as was only two at the time,dam im off to stuff a swiss roll,put me flares on with lashings of brut and go to the 70s disco to pull a hottie with tweed on 😂

[@stuviewtv]

Sounds like a great plan! Many thanks my friend.

[@marieohanlon8871]

I always thought C&A stood for clothing & accessories....I also remember the blue stratos & denim aftershave adverts xx

[@PlasticGirl65]

I never knew Kenny Everett was the voice of Charlie, you learn something new every day. Who remembers the public service ad for the coastguard? Petunia and Joe, look Petunia a sailing dingy oh look and there's a man in the water and he's waving, cooee.

[@stevecunningham5598]

Fantastic public information films great shout.

[@alisonjordan]

Hello Stu🙋‍♀️ Another interesting, wonderfully nostalgic video📹 I was sure the letter Z would have been for “Lena Zavaroni.” She was a hugely talented child singer, who was rarely off our TV 📺 screens. It is well known that she was a troubled star, and she died tragically young... Along with Bonnie Langford I felt we grew up together.... wonderful memories anyway.

[@stuviewtv]

Hi Alison. Thanks for the reminder of Lena Zavaroni. What a great talent she was. So sad that her life was cut so short.

[@rw8733]

Probably your best yet, Stu. I love the comments on your clips, too, as they trigger even more memories. Thanks as always 😊

[@stuviewtv]

That's great to hear! Thanks as always!

[@helenlogan6481]

I loved my look in magazines

[@leonfairhurst7597]

I feel like a child again, though I never got a pair of x ray specs, not even a tantrum got me one

[@suededogs9670]

We remember Tufty . The ball going bang always scared me. Stu , you have hit the stop again. I am laughing, smiling and crying too ❤❤❤

[@stuviewtv]

Many thanks.

[@thurstonhowell3569]

The Mastermind game is a reflection of my next door neighbour. Middle aged bloke with younger Asian bird.

[@captaincluster316]

Anyone remember Action Jack toys? Little plastic soldiers in a box and you’d assemble the arms, legs and head to the torso. Really cheap but I collected loads of the little buggers and had wars with them. A game I always wanted but never got was Tin Can Alley. Come to think of it I never got a space hopper, Evil Knieval, chopper bike or Atari console either 😢

[@rw8733]

Action Jackson?

[@captaincluster316]

@@rw8733 no they were different. Action Jacks were cheap about 25p a box and were self assembly toys. I found a few going on eBay for silly prices considering how cheap they were.

[@chrisgavin342]

Same here mate, i always wanted tin can alley, also never got it. I'm tempted to buy one now if i can find one. Also always wanted the original Raleigh burner, i ended up with some knock version that weighed a ton LOL.

[@robgardner4754]

Years ago, we had a dog that took a shine to my kid’s Space Hopper. He always tried to roger the …. out of it. I swear I once saw the painted expression on the front of the hopper change to one of shock 🤣

[@stuviewtv]

Love it!

[@swampdaley6088]

Action Man, Crossfire, Super Flight Deck were my favourites. Pop man was R Whites. Summers were for skateboarding, setting fire to the woods, shooting with airguns and scrumping. Day trips involving how many kids could you get in a Datsun estate. How many kids could you get on your chopper bike and one was going to get his balls caught on the gearstick and go home bawling. Eve knieval got launched through the stairs window.

[@FusedMusic]

I feel so lucky to have been a kid in the 1970s. It really was a golden time to be alive.