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You'll lots of Tupperware, a Bay City Rollers record....and a packet of Spangles.
The Top of the Pops album has to be covers not the original artists.
Actually, Old Grey Whistle Test 70's gold is still on BBC I player - what better.
Strawberry Cresta (it's frothy man)
Pineapple party hedgehog
Jumpers for goalposts ...
That radiogram looks like something from the 50's. My dad was a groovy cat, so we had one of these by 1976
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Yup my Dad had one of those.
This is the 70s game you need.
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Have you got the pampas grass outside the house so they know how to find you?
I'm sure we've still got a copy of Mastermind lying around at work.
Nobody mentioned those tinned savoury delights; Fray Bentos pies and Goblin steak and kidney puddings.
Drinks from a Soda Stream surely?
Longlife and Double Diamond beers.
Park an orange Morris Marina coupé out front too. Preferably with a tan vinyl roof.
Yeah Mastermind game, still got that somewhere.
Not that it even slightly resembled the tv show but it always bothered me that Magnus wasn't on the front - IMPOSTERS!!
Was it Skol that had a colour picture of a scantily clad lady, or did I dream that?
Birds Dream Topping to spoon/pour over the desert surely? Went really well with butterscotch Angel Delight.
Don't forget to wear garishly coloured nylon underpants, and to serve the sherry in a "schooner".
A couple of years ago I won a set of cranberry wineglasses in a raffle. My mate took the piss so I gave them to him for Christmas. My birthday is a week later, and I unwrapped my pressie from him which turned out to be a fondue set, brand new, but in a slightly battered box. The box still had the Timothy Whites label on it.
music by Smokie
Update:
Lambrusco is Diiisguting, just like it ought to be yeah?? 😛
You will need bowl of these....Mmmmm
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B.A.Nana - MemberThat radiogram looks like something from the 50's. My dad was a groovy cat, so we had one of these by 1976
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I thought that as well but after a sad amount of searching it was a product of the 70's !
1970's Ferguson 3366 Music Cabinet With Record Deck, Radio & Built In Speakers
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We will need pictures tomorrow!
You'll need to be patient. He won't be able to take the roll of film down to the chemist until Monday. Unless he has a polaroid....
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Jamb...That took straight to the 70's quite spooky !
cheese and pineapple on cocktail sticks, presented in half a grapefruit, covered in tinfoil,.
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Sums up why Japanese electronics took the world over. That, and actually understanding quality in manufacturing!
You'll need to be patient. He won't be able to take the roll of film down to the chemist until Monday. Unless he has a polaroid....
Proper LOL. Well played sir, well played.
70's party and alcohol?
Don't forget to drive home after for the full 70's experience.
With no seatbelt and the airbags disabled.
And everybody must smoke.
Ladies remember no grooming down there.
And also cram half a dozen kids on the back seat and in the boot. 🙂
^ Fond memories that; waving endlessly at folk that were unfortunate enough to be driving behind 🙂
#Different times
#Volvo
Erin packet soup
Crispy pancakes
Semolina pudding
Chez bikebouy right about now....
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He's probably now fallen asleep in his safari suit whilst listening to Jesus Christ Superstar on the Hitachi Music Centre.
He's probably now fallen asleep in his safari suit whilst listening to Jesus Christ Superstar on the Hitachi Music Centre.
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Either that or trying to find the way through the forest 😉
How spoilt teenage boys are nowadays with easy access to e-grumble. Back in the 70s you'd scan the Grattan catalogue for something like that ^ and a pubic shadow would have you in a blurred wrist frenzy in no time.
This thread needs an update!
Any resemblance to Abigail's Party?
PS you need to be old to answer that one. 😉
Well thanks for all your help Guys, it really was as superb night. I've been out riding with my mates (great day for it) and we set off early and even though I had quite a lot to drink last night for some reason I felt fine, which I'm slightly unsure about...
Highlights:
Attitude. Such a simple thing that nobody really notices, but when folks get into the mood for a good giggle of an evening things just fit into place. And so they did.
Rubber Plants. One of the crowd brought round a rubber plant, no not Robert but rubber. it is about 6ft tall and has 5 stalks and looks like the day of the triffids ! It's still here, so if you see Fellie tell he to collect it sharpish 😆
Dining crockery. We shouted out for this stuff from our respective parents and MrsBoys came up trumps. Being from Yorkshire they've never thrown anything away and lo and behold all sorts of tableware came out of boxes and TBH it was a struggle to decide what to use form the vast array, dear God I'm so glad I chuck stuff away, but on this occasion happy they kept it.. 😆
Music. Never underestimate the quality of Music required. As soon as Alvin Stardust and Garry Glitter came on my mates got all sniffy and in great protest asked I turn it off. I replaced that crap with "The Song Remains The Same" and they happily nodded along to that track until "Dazed and Confused" came on when wails of "oh what shite" ensued until "Whole lotta love" blasted through and nodding heads returned. After that we had blast from 70's Disco and Funk and Soul and cheesy Pop and that took us through to the small hours. I recommend you seek out your guests tastes before choosing Your track listing. Thankfully I know my lot and the Disco/Funk/Soul ensemble went down perfectly. As for the sound quality I used my MacAir speakers only and put two tin cans beside the speakers to amplify the tinny trash as I was trying to re-create a tape deck player.. went down really well as it happens.. 😆
Dressing Up. Well you really do have to make an effort. I chose a rather tight fitting flares/safari jacket two piece and I couldn't find any wedges shoes so ended up in white plimsols.. Bloody hilarious 😆 A word of caution.. well two actually.. Charity shops no longer sell 70's gear, clearly times have moved on somewhat and your best efforts will be met with 90's stuff at best.. and the second thing.. fake hair.. I got hold of some from a make up shop and some latex to stick my sideburns on.. and my tash' be careful with the latex 😆 it's a sod to get off 😕 The Girls turn out very sexy, clearly I have a thing for see through cheesecloth blouses and kaftans and 70's Disco Queens tight fitting short shorts.. This I never knew and shall be seeking this fetish out in more detail 8)
Food. Clearly this is what most folk turn up and chat about and you lot came up with some great suggestions.. I mentioned our menu up there ^^ and stuck to it. It went down a treat, proper scoffed and enjoyed. Particular fave was the Prawn Cocktail starter (so easy to make BTW). As for the rest it too went down really well and I made some effort to find sweets from the 70's and those were particular favourites all except the Frazzles.. they hated them 😆 Angel Delight went down well too, but the flavour was slightly odd.. which means 40 odd years later Mans tastebuds must have changed dramatically because everyone seemed to rave about Butterscotch Angel Delight.. "back in the day"
Drinks. Couldn't find any Mateus Rose so pretty much stuck with Lambrusco, which I might add was totally disgusting. Had I not bought 6 bottles of the sickly sweet fuzzy concoction I probably would have been stuck with some decent plonk, but no I stuck rigidly to what was around at the time and everyone backed me up by downing the rose' plonk quickly and then verbalising quite how utterly disgusting it really is to this day.. Which I think set the tone for the evening on the whole (more later) Then Cinzano and R-Whites lemonade (quite nice) and then onto to some decent plonk out of the cellar which was totally called for. Snowballs made an entrance and they went down well too.. Cherries on sticks were vile too but I think I must have bought the "extra sweet" variety 😛
Conversation. I made a theme, folks had to look up a topic and do a bit of research on the era and then recite that at the table when "enduring" dinner, not supper but Dinner (as it was called back then) So we had some great long chats about Politics/Strikes/Cars/Music/Fashion/Politics and more Politics/Interest Rates/Price of Petrol/HiFi's/TV Programmes etc... This was excellent, all my mates chose wisely and we had some heated debates on Socialism and proper piss takes bounded around the table. I suggest if you are doing something similar it's not a bad way of trying to relive an era when in our reality no one actually knows/remembers what it was like.. I guess lots of phone conversations with Parents went on behind closed doors 😆 I had some TV programmes on the Mac too whilst we were eating, always a favourite Morecambe and Wise but Reggie Perrin, Sweeny, Butterflies and such we sort of watched in the background. But most knew the programmes so I chose some old Gerry Anderson cartoons and others like Joe90, Thunderbirds, Mary Mungo and Midge, Hectors house, Bagpuss and a surprising favourite Marine Boy... and such like..
Twister. Don't play this sober. I saw one of my 'girl' friends knockers through her cheesecloth blouse and blinking ek' 😯 Also the thing you manoeuvre on is shiny and slippy and you fall over quite a lot, certainly after lots of plonk. I now have a rather imprinted image of a huge boob dangling in front of my eyes in a sort of opaic hue...
It was hilarious. I have to say that don't i but it was. I'm ending with a thought.. If you do something like this go over the top, it make such a difference, even to the tiniest detail.. if you can it's well worth it.
Thanks again.. Next time it's the 90's at my mates and clearly I'll be asking all the Manchester lot about baggy white T-Shirts and the Stone Roses.
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Who in their right mind hates Frazzles?!
Should have offered them up between two slices of buttered Mother's Pride. 🙂
I love Frazzles and I don't eat pig!
all except the Frazzles.. they hated them
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Can't be true, just can't be
Sounds like an ace night otherwise!
I reckon he had a cheap substitute for Frazzles.
I had butterscotch angel delight a few years back. It tasted exactly the same was rather nice, sickly though. It give me an instant flashback to the Oxley twins 8th birthday party.
Excellent update 😀
If you ever do an 80's version I'll dig out my Howard's Way DVD for you, can rip them onto .mp4