The A to Z of 70s Memories

[@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

[@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

[@CUFC247]

Reminder of simpler times.

[@peakyblinder777]

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

[@siroswaldfortitude5346]

Agreed

[@ManvasPachenko]

Yesterday, I took a walk down the street I grew up in from 1976 to 1988. It was a nice trip down memory lane, but I felt sad too. I walked past my old house and I thought about my bedroom. The old record player I had, the Star Wars and Blondie posters I had on my wall, and the small portable tele I had. I thought about riding my old Chopper bike up and down the street, and skateboarding down the hill of the nearby subway. The street still looks the same. Lush with a lot of trees and still quiet. Regardless, I could hear the echos of the past. It brought a tear to my eyes, because I can't turn back time and go back there. *Like so many people have said. It was a simpler, but better time. Certainly better than the world we live in today. Which has become a far darker place in time...*

[@DavidNettleton-l3r]

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

[@julesb7707]

Yes, I was in the Tufty Club.

[@DavidNettleton-l3r]

@@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.

[@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

[@michellerowell158]

​@@iandawe948boring......

[@iandawe948]

@Farah-mon Whos apologising ffs. Did they enjoy being called the n word among others. Not forgetting the loveable nf who didnt want them here. Im sure they loved those times

[@simonread6200]

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

[@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.

[@MayYourGodGoWithYou]

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

[@DuffElmer]

Same here, borm in 1970

[@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 ❤️

[@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 .

[@TonyWeaving]

I was born in March 1963 and I am glad that I can call myself a 1970s Kid. We grew up in the best decade ever. We used to go out all day and play and go home when it started to get dark. We found an old old dumped pram and we made a Go Cart out of it. I don't think kids today have got the imagination to do this kind of thing. I would truly love to go back to 1976 when I became a teenager in March and go through to 1979. We had Starsky and Hutch on a Saturday evening.

[@maneerahmed6443]

@TonyWeaving yes I agree they were magical times.

[@parshotamlal1749]

These were the greatest days of our lives.

[@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.

[@Nooziterp1]

Oh yeah it was deadly!

[@alanglasgowbassist]

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

[@stuviewtv]

Thanks!

[@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.😊

[@terryallen5328]

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

[@siroswaldfortitude5346]

Am working on a Time Machine now...just need more time to finish it

[@KarenBeck-x6x]

It was great being a kid in the seventies..I was born mid 60s..I remember, watch with mother, Mary mungo and midge .Friday night shopping, fish and chips , Friday night comedy ..playing outside, block, jacks, walking home from school, sports day, Saturday shopping, wimpy bar...days out with mum to the park and beach .caravan and Butlins holidays with mum and dad and my 2 bros... Morning TV in the summer hols, like adventures of tin tin. Church all discos, playing outside and over park with friends .. Taking turns with my bros , mum and dad buying us clothes ..Dad doing the garden and mum's washing and ironing day in Monday's ...every day , we had a set menu...at home and at school..Mum had a routine of house chores and Dad paid mum wages on Friday afternoon for shopping.... I have lots of happy memories ....😊😊😊

[@stuviewtv]

Wonderful days!

[@johnnoble01]

And Whitsun tide. When you got new clothes.

[@Boilingfrogg]

Yeah we'd always go to pontins. And occasionally butlins. As I grew older me and my friend would holiday abroad back in the 80s 90s. But my fondest memories will always be British holiday camps. It was magical.

[@Deb-my8cy]

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

[@keithadams1538]

It gives a lovely feeling looking back

[@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 "

[@markc4305]

​@@glenmorgan4597I remember "going to the pictures" with my dad to see those. Happy days....

[@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.

[@Skynet4444]

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.

[@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.

[@beagchic3488]

Same here

[@lokizig]

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

[@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_Extra]

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

[@MsArrowroot]

Me too. Doesn't time fly!

[@CowmanUK]

@@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.

[@MayYourGodGoWithYou]

Me too

[@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.

[@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...🎶🎵

[@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.

[@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..

[@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!

[@brianallsopp69]

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

[@michaelwebster8666]

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

[@Ashfaq1999]

Brilliant. Grew up in the 70’s & 80’s. These were classics 😊

[@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.

[@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 🎸

[@MayYourGodGoWithYou]

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 @@MayYourGodGoWithYou

[@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. 😁

[@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.

[@MayYourGodGoWithYou]

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.

[@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!

[@FusedMusic]

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

[@johnnyboy-f6v]

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.

[@alanevans9604]

The Unigate milk float looks like a more advanced Tesla.

[@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.

[@McSynth]

Thank you for all the memories. I'm not sure that we're better off today..

[@stefanm67]

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

[@stuviewtv]

My pleasure!

[@AndyMaddog]

Most memorable part of the 70’s for me was 76. The heat wave with the ladybirds.

[@stuviewtv]

Oh yes, I remember that well too.

[@StudiosNYC54-tl9pt]

The Hai Karate commercials used to really make me laugh, I thought they were really funny with the fellas trying to ward off Valerie Leon using their skillfull karate chops, but going a bit berserk wrecking everything.

[@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!

[@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.

[@MayYourGodGoWithYou]

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.

[@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.

[@DraigBlackCat]

Do you remember their picnic and the farmer doing one of those country dances?

[@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?

[@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]

😂😂😂

[@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 😁

[@phillipbailey9615]

Raleigh bikes, also made the chipper and the tomahawk, being a smaller version of the Raleigh chopper, fond memories.

[@mbak7801]

Doorstep milk delivery still exists but is getting rarer.

[@adrianbew9641]

What a decade to be a late teenager loved every year of it and glad I lived through the best eras in memory.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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 😂❤🫶

[@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

[@stephenhowell5611]

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

[@oldboy5001]

And Pacers.

[@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.

[@jupiterflambay4284]

The Ad for swimming featuring Dave & Mike. Dave couldn't swim, but Mike could - so he pulled all the birds lol. Learn to swim young man, learn to swim !

[@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.

[@marieohanlon8871]

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

[@tankthelord1178]

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

[@steevobarker581]

Probably where they got the idea for Ted from?

[@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.

[@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.

[@robertroberts3703]

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

[@cosmos7492]

Wish I had a time machine would go right back to the 70's

[@MayYourGodGoWithYou]

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!

[@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 !

[@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. 😢

[@Nooziterp1]

Strikes. 3 day weeks. Power cuts...

[@rw8733]

@@Nooziterp1 It will soon be the same again.

[@oldboy5001]

@@Nooziterp1 Well yeah, but strikes meant nothing to a ten year old. And power cuts were fun.

[@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. 😊

[@DraigBlackCat]

And Snowballs, bottled or making your own, at a party - with Party 7 cans of beer for the men

[@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

[@beagchic3488]

I also hoped to own one to no avail. Think Orange and Purple were the two most desired colours

[@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.

[@johndorber6877]

My wife and I have been watching a lot of these nostalgia videos the last couple of days and it makes us smile to remember. Reading the comments seems to emphasise what I feel. We have gained mobile phones and the internet but have lost so much that was fun and charming about life - albeit a little tacky, sure.

[@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.

[@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.

[@MarkBishop-rt3zl]

First curry I ever tried was one of those frozen Vesta beef curries.My old mum,God bless her,was told to put rice with it.Unfortunately,she dished it up with Ambrosia creamed rice.Put me off curry for quite a while.

[@stuviewtv]

Love it!

[@footofgod1738]

brilliant story.. nb i loved Ambrosia but curryless obvs..

[@alij8920]

Dettol in hot water to deal with cuts and infections, getting the first ever "Continental Quilt" (duvet), Dracula black lolly ices with fruity red centre, Vesta Curry, Lyons Showboat cakes as a treat! HAPPY DAYS

[@Pomdownuder]

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!

[@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!

[@Jim230176]

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

[@lilac9639]

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

[@gavinguitar2194]

Great memories of a time when I for one was at my happiest.

[@ravsingh5347]

Awesome day's they were... 👍

[@bullyinspace]

When life was amazing

[@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.

[@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.

[@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!

[@thegoldendog7991]

I still watch On the Buses on KZbin.

[@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.

[@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 🤣🤣

[@Lighting_Desk]

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

[@leem322]

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

[@rw8733]

S is for Soap on a Rope! 😅

[@hawkpaul8735]

Wonderful video with a trip through my late teens onwards. Best thing in the 70s was the music of course, so many great artists and bands.

[@stuviewtv]

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks!

[@nickgov66]

A bit of trivia here , "On The Buses" star Reg Varney was the first person ever to use an ATM cash dispenser.

[@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.

[@bobikdylan]

Brut was ok but some of those after shaves were really aggressive back in those macho days. There was one teacher at school whose after shave would knock you back. It was like a sharp intake of vinegar. I thought C&A was on the label to show which way round to put your knickers on.

[@london19657]

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