RGR 218 Posted August 3, 2013 Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 1969 was a big year for me,got my Ontario driving Licence.Had a great deal on a Pontiac Parisenne from a friend of my dads and the wife was expecting a new baby.Things seemed alot easier back then. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,424 Posted August 3, 2013 Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 First house. A wimpey house in Basford 1966. First car, 57 Ford Pop. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted August 3, 2013 Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 I'm beginning to feel young with the talk of cars and motorbikes. In the first half of the 60s the only transport I was buying were Dinky, Corgi and Matchbox cars. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,292 Posted August 3, 2013 Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 Vespa 125cc for £60 - from Dawsons on HP Diamond engagement ring in 1965 - sold the Vespa to buy it! How's that for true love? Wimpey semi-det in Ruddington 1968 Second hand Austin seven for £140 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted August 3, 2013 Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 Second hand Austin seven for £140 I'll give you £200 for it....CASH! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fch782c 144 Posted August 3, 2013 Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 I'm beginning to feel young with the talk of cars and motorbikes. In the first half of the 60s the only transport I was buying were Dinky, Corgi and Matchbox cars. 1st half of the sixties i was still a twinkle in my dads eye Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fch782c 144 Posted August 3, 2013 Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 I'll give you £200 for it....CASH! You'd never get Pooh and his brother on the back seat Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fch782c 144 Posted August 3, 2013 Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 1. Melody Maker & New Musical Express 2. Saturday Morning at the Metropole 3. All those Bubble Gum packets with free cards like: Batman, American Civil war and The Beatles. Oh to be young! Metropole, thats a blast from the past. as a kid we lived up Calverton Road next door to Richard Bonnington School and from my bedroom window i could see that big Metropole neon sign light up the sky. First film I saw there was Those Magnificent Men in Thier Flying Machines probably a 1972 repeat/re-run Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ladyinred 3 Posted August 3, 2013 Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 A brand new blue MGB Roadster at around £850, a house for £3500...and a wife! ( note the priority ) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted August 3, 2013 Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 Bri nylon (British nylon) Shirts for the men Crimplene skirts/dresses for the girls Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,674 Posted August 3, 2013 Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 Think this thread could link to this : http://nottstalgia.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=9243&hl=flasher&page=2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted August 4, 2013 Report Share Posted August 4, 2013 Good link 2 #36 DAVIDW Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Radford Boy 26 Posted August 5, 2013 Report Share Posted August 5, 2013 Grey pinstripe (Italian?) suit with gunmetal silver winkelpickers with cuban heels. Bought from Johnsons menswear in Denman Street. 45s and LPs from Papworths on ALfreton Road. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Craig Strongman 13 Posted August 22, 2013 Report Share Posted August 22, 2013 Bri nylon (British nylon) Shirts for the men Crimplene skirts/dresses for the girls NY LON was short for New York and London..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Craig Strongman 13 Posted August 22, 2013 Report Share Posted August 22, 2013 Made to measure " mod " suit from March the tailors, where Next is now on Long Row. 18 guineas, can't remember if the payments were 9 bob a week, or 18/-.....? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 2,071 Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 I'd forgotten about stockings and suspender belts, it was quite a while before tights came into fashion, and even then, they were quite thick, not sheer like the stockings.I remember tights with beatles on them wish I still had them, we also had a motorbike if you can call it that it was a Bantum 125 any one would have thought we had a 2000cc when we went out on it. We changed it for a car (mini) later as when my other half was going to work (plessey) traveling down university boulevard his back tyre burst tut tut it made him and his friend late for work but at least they got their in one piece. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,497 Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 Oh yes Mary, I had a pair of tights with beetles on them ....... I'd forgotten all about that, thanks for stirring my brain cells! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,424 Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 Nothing a bit of bug spray couldn't fix, Liz! Sorry,! I'll leave with my tail between my legs and my ears down now. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,292 Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 Hi Mary and Lizzie, was it John, George, Paul AND Ringo? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pwatmo 3 Posted September 20, 2013 Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 Hi Mary and Lizzie, was it John, George, Paul AND Ringo? Commo, wasn't it John, Paul, George and Ringo? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TGC 216 Posted November 19, 2013 Report Share Posted November 19, 2013 One of the first things I bought with the money earned from working on me paper rounds, chopping wood for business under the viaducts (Dave), Heasons, and the Grove cinema, was a wind-up record players. I got it from Bridgway Hall Methodist Hall jumble sale, but it was not cheap, as so many folk wanted to buy it, the held an auction, and I to up to 5/11d! I gleefully got home with it, and then started to save up again to buy a record to play on it. Huh... What a Wally! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted March 7, 2018 Report Share Posted March 7, 2018 On 8/2/2013 at 7:10 PM, nnsc said: New Musical Express R.I.P. 1952 - 2018 the print edition is no more! https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/nme-magazine-is-over-as-time-inc-pulls-production-of-weekly-title/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted March 7, 2018 Report Share Posted March 7, 2018 NME was brilliant throughout the 60's and 70's, but then became too 'pop' orientated. I ceased having it, but continued with Melody Maker for many years , which I'd also had from the 60's. The NME was superb at sponsoring the National Jazz & Blues Festivals throughout the 60's. I saw acts, groups, singers and bands that I couldn't hope to see in a year of normal gigging. Fantastic memories ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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