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Previously on "30 years of my life seem to have disappeared."
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Ipswich won the cup against Arsenal. Roger Osborn scored the winning goal and instantly faded into obscurity, like Alan Taylor, Bobby Stokes, Mike Trebilc0ck, Frank Saul and Neil Young in the previous few years. They still used jumpers for goalposts at Wembley in 1978, and all the young fans were down the front furiously spinning wooden rattles.
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Originally posted by Doggy Styles View PostIIRC 1978 started with a pretty cold winter. My team had several footy matches postponed because of snow or ice.
(No training or elf-n-safety BS to drive them in those days - The foreman just let me start, and I soon got the hang of it. The only major prang was reversing into a palette of tomato sauce, which gave everyone quite a fright at first, as they thought all the red stuff was blood!)
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Originally posted by Diestl View PostBefore my time, the 80s now that was a great decade.
The 1980s were dull, dull, dull.
The Thatcher years. Norman Tebbit's bike. Ronnie Ray-Gun, Steve Bell, Groan...
Clothes and hairstyles were even crapper than in the '70s - if that's possible.
The music was pretty shyte too. New Romantics eh?
1980s --> ROOM 101
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Originally posted by bogeyman View PostYarwood was a genius. Most people think he's dead, but he's still very much with us - although retired.
ISTR he had an alcohol problem & made a brief comeback on ITV in the 80s. Think I saw him on Have I Got news For You a few years ago but that's about it.
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Originally posted by EternalOptimist View PostAh Mike Yarwood and the best ever impressionist joke.
taking off Arthur Scarghill, just prior to the miners strike
'And for those of you who say that they can see through me. I'd like to make myself perfectly clear...'
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Originally posted by bogeyman View PostJim Callaghan and Dennis Healey, Mike Yarwood taking them off. The Sweeney.
taking off Arthur Scarghill, just prior to the miners strike
'And for those of you who say that they can see through me. I'd like to make myself perfectly clear...'
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IIRC 1978 started with a pretty cold winter. My team had several footy matches postponed because of snow or ice.
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Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostDo I have to take my 'O' levels all over again?
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Originally posted by zeitghost View PostIt feels just like 1978 again.
Without the flares.
Definitely the best years of my life.
(despite) Jim Callaghan and Dennis Healey, Mike Yarwood taking them off. The Sweeney. Getting pissed up on Harp larger and lime. The flares (of course) with the high button waist bands. The impossible effing shoes. The massive shirt collars. The big fat tie knots.
Sartorial style certainly took a dive in the '70s but it was all such great fun. If I could, I'd go back, Sam-Tyler-like - in a heartbeat.
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Originally posted by conned tractor View PostBuy some flares then.
HTH
(EO copyright ignored)
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