The yesteryear thread

[delboy]

Perpy - did you ever see the "velvet underground" ?

Do you remember Cliff being young ?

Finally did you have a mini-skirt and hot pants ??........lol

[Perpetua]

No
Yes
Yes

To those Del.

Although I did have a 'rocker' phase with these . . .





Totally in love with Graham Bonnet I was.

[delboy]

I'm gonna show my age a little now.
I thought the Jam were immense. Wellers a bit of a twit now. But wow. He was singing about my life and putting it across in a musically pumped and hooliganlike way. Awesome at the time. Sounds a little lame now though..lol.
I thought i looked the bizz in my white fred perry and desert boots. I used to wear a trilby hat too. Made me stick out a bit too much though. I didn't mind dealing with the occasional t**t that couldn't seem to cope with someone wearing a hat. But jeeeeeez it just seemed to make me a target.
I remember having a couple of Harrinton jackets and Jam shoes. I had a suit too with a neru collar. I set myself alight in it when i fell asleep at the end of a party with a fag on.....lol. Now if i'd been vaping....

[vereybowring]

The UK number one record on the day of my birth !



And still a classic !

[Perpetua]

LMHO Del . . . some of the get up's I used to wear - thought I looked the cat's whiskers as well.

My hippie phase was quite an interesting one . . . used to waft around in voluminous cheesecloth smocks and bell bottom trousers, with triangular inserts of contrasting fabric in the seams.

We used to have 'competitions' to see who had the widest bottoms on their trousers.

[Perpetua]

My best friend at the time, was loopy about Marc Bolan and T Rex Verey . . . I remember when he had his tragic accident . . . along with Phil Lynott, another great talent taken too soon.

[delboy]

Did you ever win the widest bottom comp. perpy ?...lol

My sisters are a hundred years older than me and i remember when i was a little lad they were wearing yak coats and the same bell bottom trousers you speak of. They had some dungerees too.
They had cheesecloth shirts and smocks. I also seem to remember wet look boots and shoes.

[roachieuk (aka eciggery2011)]

Oh here here perp i love thin lizzy i rember when i was about 6-7 my dad listening to them and wasnt really into them then obv being too young and what not lol.

Another sad loss was Randy Rhoads from black sabbath what a great guitarist such a sad loss.He died a month and bit just after i was born but have follwed black sabbath and ozzy since i was 14.

[Lee]

Del you make me laugh!

I used to watch the Monkees and Banana Splits, they take me right back.

Here's some of my TV memories, I'd link some videos but there's too many.

I remember being scared witless/enthralled by Sapphire and Steel, Dr.Who, Blakes Seven and Chocky.

Other things I watched were the A-Team, Fall Guy, Knight Rider, Street Hawk, Airwolf and I loved Les Dawson, Morcambe and Wise, Benny Hill, Harold Lloyd films and of course Laurel & Hardy.

Being half chinese I was a big fan of Monkey and also The Water Margin.

I also loved The Generation Game and Blankety Blank. On the other side it would be Family Fortunes.

Kids TV I loved- Grange Hill, Supergran, Rentaghost, Metal Mickey, He man, Tiswas, Saturday Swap Shop.

I could go on forever! I do remember when I was a kid there were 3 channels on the TV, 3! BBC1, BBC2 and ITV.

[delboy]

Back in the mid to late 80's i was in a duo with a guy that hung out with Marc Bolan and Steve took. He says there was a lot of drugs around as they got massive.

[roachieuk (aka eciggery2011)]

May 14, 2011 21:35:23 GMT Lee said:

Del you make me laugh!

I used to watch the Monkees and Banana Splits, they take me right back.

Here's some of my TV memories, I'd link some videos but there's too many.

I remember being scared witless/enthralled by Sapphire and Steel, Dr.Who, Blakes Seven and Chocky.

Other things I watched were the A-Team, Fall Guy, Knight Rider, Street Hawk, Airwolf and I loved Les Dawson, Morcambe and Wise, Benny Hill, Harold Lloyd films and of course Laurel & Hardy.

Being half chinese I was a big fan of Monkey and also The Water Margin.

I also loved The Generation Game and Blankety Blank. On the other side it would be Family Fortunes.

Kids TV I loved- Grange Hill, Supergran, Rentaghost, Metal Mickey, He man, Tiswas, Saturday Swap Shop.

I could go on forever! I do remember when I was a kid there were 3 channels on the TV, 3! BBC1, BBC2 and ITV.

Oh damn lee you've just mentioned one of my all time favs im a big fan of Chocky i have 1-3 in a dvd box set i absouloutly love that show.Was a lil too young when it first aird but i collect all cult dvds and when i saw this i instantly fell in love with it.

[delboy]

Thin Lizzy were immense.

Interesting fact.........just before the first leg of a uk tour in the late 70's their guitarist was struck down with a mystery illness/virus. The band had to get a replacement for the whole tour. They tried several guitarists in the limited time they had before the first gig. In the end they settled on a 17 year-old kid called Midge Ure. He had about 3weeks to learn all the songs.

[Lee]

That Thames Television opening just took me straight back! I loved Chocky but don't remember what it was about now, I know I watched it all the time though. (I have a bad memory) I loved all the sci fi programmes, The Triffids, Tripods and the fantastic Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy.

[roachieuk (aka eciggery2011)]

Oh wow i never knew that del.

My all time fav by thin lizzy has got to be Jailbreak absolutely love the guitar work on that song.

[Lee]

May 14, 2011 21:47:20 GMT delboy said:

Thin Lizzy were immense.

Interesting fact.........just before the first leg of a uk tour in the late 70's their guitarist was struck down with a mystery illness/virus. The band had to get a replacement for the whole tour. They tried several guitarists in the limited time they had before the first gig. In the end they settled on a 17 year-old kid called Midge Ure. He had about 3weeks to learn all the songs.

Sad to hear about Gary Moore a few weeks back. He was one of my all time fav guitarists. I loved his Still Got The Blues album.