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Power to the People!

Post by South West Claret. » Wed May 01, 2019 8:03 am

For younger posters this comedy series called Citizen Smith was on in the 70's and one that was enjoyed by many, a Fulham Supporter as Tooting is fairly near Fulham and Chelsea.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMKsR_wUSfA" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

We used to have a laugh or two with a fella at work who was a member of the communist party, the 70's was a great decade for many personal reasons, and in comparison was my favourite one so far.

What are your recollections of the 70's good or bad?
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Post by cricketfieldclarets » Wed May 01, 2019 8:07 am

South West Claret. wrote:
What are your recollections of the 70's good or bad?
They were great. I went on top of the pops. Met my hero and he fixed it for me to meet some of my others after the show.
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Post by beddie » Wed May 01, 2019 8:16 am

CC. Blimey, tell us more. Forgot to add that I was 16 in 1970 and look back with fond memories. I still think it was the best era ever in all sorts of ways and feel privelaged to have been part of it. Long hair, platforms, flairs and some of the most colourful shirts ever, amazing groups and individuals were emerging, thats when they played proper music. Top of the pops and radio Luxembourg. Oh and I was about 5 stone slimmer :D
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Post by Claret Till I Die » Wed May 01, 2019 8:17 am

I once got to go swimming with Len Fairclough
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Post by cricketfieldclarets » Wed May 01, 2019 8:22 am

beddie wrote:CC. Blimey, tell us more.
He arranged for me to play with Rolf Harris' didgeridoo!
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Post by Hipper » Wed May 01, 2019 8:23 am

My personal memories are good as I had left school in 1970, could fall in and out of a job as I pleased, travelled cheaply (at least until the OPEC Oil crisis) up and down the country watching 'the lads', and enjoyed the music (up to the punk era anyway) and basically did what I liked with little responsibility.

Having said that, when I look back at the state of the country, football grounds, industrial strife etc., I see it more as about me growing up rather then the times being generally good.

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Post by houseboy » Wed May 01, 2019 9:10 am

Left school in '69 and lived free and easy for years. Main recollections: Music (mainly progressive rock but I just loved music of all kinds - apart from soul), drugs, booze, football (and getting in a few 'scrapes'), silly clothes (loon pants, flared sleeve tops and lacey shirts) and lot's of sex (those were the days before you had to get written permission on a contract to avoid being accused of rape or abuse). Even though I didn't earn a lot I was NEVER skint. Didn't run a car (didn't want one). Going out in the street barefoot if I wanted and no-one looked twice. Meeting my first (eventual) wife.

Of course we never thought it was going to end did we?
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Post by Goobs » Wed May 01, 2019 9:26 am

cricketfieldclarets wrote:He arranged for me to play with Rolf Harris' didgeridoo!
I bet all you wanted was to see Jake the Peg's extra leg.

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Post by Suratclaret » Wed May 01, 2019 9:30 am

76 was the best year for me when I moved back north and rid myself of all the Villa and Brum City fans at work plus one particularly annoying Fulham supporter.
Remember Citizen Smith...great programme!

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Post by Chester Perry » Wed May 01, 2019 9:30 am

cricketfieldclarets wrote:They were great. I went on top of the pops. Met my hero and he fixed it for me to meet some of my others after the show.
excellent cast and commentary on the times - were you even born in that decade?

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Post by Hapag Lloyd » Wed May 01, 2019 9:30 am

cricketfieldclarets wrote:They were great. I went on top of the pops. Met my hero and he fixed it for me to meet some of my others after the show.
Jimmy Saville and Gary Glitter??
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Post by Lord Beamish » Wed May 01, 2019 9:33 am

Claret Till I Die wrote:I once got to go swimming with Len Fairclough
Thumbs up for Len Fairclough!
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Post by houseboy » Wed May 01, 2019 10:47 am

Citizen Smith was excellent - Robert Lyndsey went on to become one of our finest actors (mainly in serious roles I think). Anyone remember him in the Derek-Hatton-like role in GBH? He was a thinly disguised parody of Hatton and a scouse mate of mine said the title stood for Goodbye Hatton (not greivous bodilly harm).
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Post by tim_noone » Wed May 01, 2019 11:10 am

South West Claret. wrote:For younger posters this comedy series called Citizen Smith was on in the 70's and one that was enjoyed by many, a Fulham Supporter as Tooting is fairly near Fulham and Chelsea.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMKsR_wUSfA" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

We used to have a laugh or two with a fella at work who was a member of the communist party, the 70's was a great decade for many personal reasons, and in comparison was my favourite one so far.

What are your recollections of the 70's good or bad?
Grim For the most part...But the summer of 76 Burnley fc. And relocating to Blackpool were the highlights for me.
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Post by claretburns » Wed May 01, 2019 11:11 am

Citizen Smith was wrote by John Sullivan wasn't it?

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Post by claretburns » Wed May 01, 2019 11:12 am

houseboy wrote:Meeting my first (eventual) wife.

Of course we never thought it was going to end did we?
Was that the 70's or your first marriage Houseboy? :lol:
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Post by Pstotto » Wed May 01, 2019 11:15 am

Mayday Mayday Mayday. Power to the people and Hard Brexit! Stand and deliver.

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Post by claretblue » Wed May 01, 2019 11:15 am

Lord Beamish wrote:Thumbs up for Len Fairclough!
:shock:

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Post by Corky » Wed May 01, 2019 11:40 am

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Post by thatdberight » Wed May 01, 2019 11:52 am

Foxy.

It hasn't aged particularly well having watched a couple this morning.
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Post by Claret Till I Die » Wed May 01, 2019 12:30 pm

Lord Beamish wrote:Thumbs up for Len Fairclough!
He gave me a big thumb up for doing a length
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Post by houseboy » Wed May 01, 2019 12:31 pm

claretburns wrote:Was that the 70's or your first marriage Houseboy? :lol:
Both. :lol: The marriage outlasted the 70s (just). 82 saw that come to it's logical conclusion. My second came in 89 and has somehow miraculously lasted until now. FFS sake, why did you ask, it's made me realise it's been 30 bloody years. Don't think the Krays did much longer than that. :lol:
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Post by bfcjg » Wed May 01, 2019 12:55 pm

I thought this was going to be an ad for another energy switching site.

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Post by Lord Beamish » Wed May 01, 2019 1:58 pm

Claret Till I Die wrote:He gave me a big thumb up for doing a length
His length?
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Post by Claret » Wed May 01, 2019 2:15 pm

houseboy wrote:Citizen Smith was excellent - Robert Lyndsey went on to become one of our finest actors (mainly in serious roles I think). Anyone remember him in the Derek-Hatton-like role in GBH? He was a thinly disguised parody of Hatton and a scouse mate of mine said the title stood for Goodbye Hatton (not greivous bodilly harm).
Citizen Smith was very funny and like most programmes on TV in the 70s, we really looked forward to seeing it. GBH was an excellent little series and Lyndsey proved what a great actor he was.
I lived not far from Tooting Broadway and every time I went past the tube station was tempted to shout "Power to the people!" with my fist clenched in the air but never had the nerve to do it (just as well).
The 70's were brilliant and, as Mary Hopkins said, we thought those days would never end. Flares, Doc Martins, parallels, penny collars, Gary Glitter being the source of most football songs, denim jackets with sew-on V signs saying Up Burnley, Cat's Whiskers, Angels, the Circ, the Falcon with Burnley players in on a Saturday night, the Broadswords, the excitement of all the trouble on and around footy grounds on a Saturday afternoon, amazing singers, pop groups and songs, but mainly being a teenager!
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Post by houseboy » Wed May 01, 2019 3:42 pm

Claret wrote:Citizen Smith was very funny and like most programmes on TV in the 70s, we really looked forward to seeing it. GBH was an excellent little series and Lyndsey proved what a great actor he was.
I lived not far from Tooting Broadway and every time I went past the tube station was tempted to shout "Power to the people!" with my fist clenched in the air but never had the nerve to do it (just as well).
The 70's were brilliant and, as Mary Hopkins said, we thought those days would never end. Flares, Doc Martins, parallels, penny collars, Gary Glitter being the source of most football songs, denim jackets with sew-on V signs saying Up Burnley, Cat's Whiskers, Angels, the Circ, the Falcon with Burnley players in on a Saturday night, the Broadswords, the excitement of all the trouble on and around footy grounds on a Saturday afternoon, amazing singers, pop groups and songs, but mainly being a teenager!
Bloody hell mate, The Broadswords. Monday night rock disco with the guy who's name just escapes me but he was a teacher in his day job. He worked at the Albion in Clayton as well. Always finished the night off with May You Never by John Martyn as I recall. Bottles of Newcy Brown made it a good all round night. The drugs made The Broadswords a bit on the dangerous side given that it was on the balcony of the shopping centre, seen a few people threatening to leap off after indulging.

PS: really wish you had done the Power to the People thing in Tooting - you could have been famous. :lol:

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Post by Vino blanco » Wed May 01, 2019 4:01 pm

It's Mary Hopkin, not Hopkins, and she sang those words in the 60s not the 70s.

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Post by bobinho » Wed May 01, 2019 4:15 pm

cricketfieldclarets wrote:He arranged for me to play with Rolf Harris' didgeridoo!
Made my day when he fixed it for me to milk a cow whilst I was blindfolded.
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Post by Croydon Claret » Wed May 01, 2019 4:43 pm

I drove a tank once. I shouted Power to the People but the guy who owned the tank just looked at me like I was daft. Maybe he had a point :D

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Post by bob-the-scutter » Wed May 01, 2019 5:29 pm

Get Some In was the show where he got nationally known as Jakey Smith (3F Smifff)

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Post by cricketfieldclarets » Wed May 01, 2019 10:00 pm

Chester Perry wrote:excellent cast and commentary on the times - were you even born in that decade?
Not that im aware of

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Post by cricketfieldclarets » Wed May 01, 2019 10:01 pm

bobinho wrote:Made my day when he fixed it for me to milk a cow whilst I was blindfolded.
Just laughed out loud :lol:

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Post by Billy Balfour » Wed May 01, 2019 10:11 pm

The 'milk a cow blindfolded' was actually a radio prank. The rather gullible presenter read it out and later had to apologise.

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