Posted by Anthony (other posts) on February 04, 2014 at 23:40:53 Previous Next
In Reply to: Re: 1970's Nostalgia posted by Lucian on February 04, 2014 at 20:02:16:
Of course, we didn't get much choice about it. I got my exposure to "modern" culture in 1971-72 and had a conventional education after that. I left school and started work in 1976 in the north of England, in a very narrow-minded and bigoted world. I spent the last 2 years of the 1970's in London with very little money.
What would I have chosen had I had a choice in the matter? The two World Wars were at awkward times, and one would have to be too young for the first and too old for the second. My grandfather was in his teens during the 1914-18 war, but was an officer in 1940 when the Germans took him prisoner at Dunkerque. Not much long hair on dudes in those days! The clippers worked overtime...
There were the 1960's when I was little. My brother was a teenager (13) in 1966 and was more influenced by it all than I was. He went up to Leeds University in 1971 and managed to get his medical degree despite all the distractions.
What would I choose? On condition of being in good health and born into an aristocratic family, perhaps the early 18th century. If you didn't have some horrible disease, you could grow your hair long - and if you were bald or had a scalp disease, you could have a powdered wig. Also, baroque music was on the Hit Parade in those days.
I think the best is what happened and the time when I did appear in this bittersweet world!
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: I'm super jealous that you guys got to be teenagers in the '70s. It seems like it was a fun time all around.