Stuck in the 70's and 80's

70's was the peak of musical creativity, fact The best sport as well, Big Ron's Albion side breakiing down racial barriers/Malcom Allison's fedora/Best and Marsh/Bowles/Cunnigham/Regis/Keegan/ Benny's try in Murrayfield/my first Scarlets match/James Hunt/Barry Sheene/Borg/Conteh/Ali/Jackie Pallo....jumpers for goalposts, isn't it? mmmm? Marvelous.

no.6 wrote: 70's was the peak of musical creativity, fact The best sport as well, Big Ron's Albion side breakiing down racial barriers/Malcom Allison's fedora/Best and Marsh/Bowles/Cunnigham/Regis/Keegan/ Benny's try in Murrayfield/my first Scarlets match/James Hunt/Barry Sheene/Borg/Conteh/Ali/Jackie Pallo....jumpers for goalposts, isn't it? mmmm? Marvelous.

Edited by lofty evans - 30 January 2012 at 10:08am

I was a Sea Cadet at TS Echo at the age of 10, they let me join early cos i was pretty tall and my mam wanted me to do something positive, instead of playing football and getting into trouble all the time. Great place the Sea Cadets, spent four years at the place with real Seamen who were giving something back into the community. Lt Ward a huge smiling guy was the Commanding Officer and a Petty Officer North with a huge beard, he was a brilliant laugh and a real old seadog.
Used to spend weekends here and there in various locations all over Britian and i became an expert rower, dinghy and sail boat. Was part of the guard group who would march for Remembrance day in Llanelli and be on parade with our rifles and white webbing and bayonets.
We would be there all morning on parade and head of the march as the Senior service. Brilliant really, 11 and 12 and 13 year old boys being allowed into the British Legion after the parade and ceremony at the war memorial.
Having some sips of shandy and scoff and the old war veterans telling you their stories.
You would train for weeks for the March, every Monday and Friday and catch the bus down from Gorsfach in Dafen to TS Echo.
Catch the 10.00 bus home from outside the Glen and as you were in uniform you would always get the remarks and banter. Saw some bloody sights outside the Glen on a Friday waiting for the bus mind.
Went to RAF Lossiemouth in Elgin Scotland for two weeks when i was 11, went with Gareth Beynon all the way by train. Caught the train from Llanelli to London and then from there all the way up to Scotland. Pretty daunting for a young boy, but off we went, spoilt rotten up there at the airbase. Shackleton reconnaissance planes and Phantoms were amazing to see and hear taking off. Great times really but it was always superb pulling into Llanelly train station and coming home and that was in the early 70's.



Edited by lofty evans - 30 January 2012 at 11:08am

Is that Mrs c the one that looks like Miss Cruz

SMELLYMIKE wrote: Is that Mrs c the one that looks like Miss Cruz

Oh, you believed me on that then.

Tim Opolis have you heard the saying (hitting the nail on the head). Thats Smelly and Lofty you have upset in the last 2 days.

Ah, the 70s.

Bruce Forsyth on prime time Saturday night TV
The Tories making massive cuts
Racism in football
Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy in all the papers

......you can see where I'm going with this.....

I remember the music and clothes styles of the 70's so well, the trips all over the country to Northern Soul gigs while I was in my early 20's. This friday I will be dropping in to a local Northern Soul disco nearing 60 I have a feeling I may have slowed down a bit. The uppers have now been replaced by diabetic tablets but I am still looking forward to it no end.