Omletina Kyckling Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 If you grew up in the 70s put BBC2 on now - Supersizers 70s - in a swwetshop now eating flying saucers etc.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Loved it! Too many memories . Ollie watched it with us and wants a 70s house and 70s food now . Help !!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Fab programme. She is a scream. No chicken combs and heads in a pie this week. I had the purple flowery M&S bedspread when I was a teenager, and the brown Hornsea pottery mugs and the teasmade took me on a trip down memory lane too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reikiranf Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 I loved it too! I was surprised to see slimfast on the programme as I don't remember that being around then! I seem to recall carnation slender milkshakes unless my mind's playing tricks There were slimming chews called ayds that died a death in the early eighties for obvious reasons and I used to love a drink that my mum bought from her weigh"Ooops, word censored!"chers class it was a fizzy chocolate drink, we really did consume some rubbish back then didn't we? My friend and I used to stay in a caravan at the end of her garden for a few days in the summer holidays and lived on Kelloggs rise and shine (powder that turned into orange juice with the addition of water) Cups of tea and bourbon biscuits, beans on toast and our favourite dessert a Dark & Lovely! I better stop before I start reciting the Smash ads or singing the shake and vac song Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Fizzy Chocolate ! I remember Rise and Shine. So full of e numbers that you glowed in the dark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 It was a great episode of what has been a really very good series. I remember the grilled grapefruit,I used to LOVE Brains Faggotts & the boil in a bag Cod in Parsley sauce. Brilliant. Cleo thought it looked like food heaven! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddie Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 We sat and watched it, which is rare in this house ; it was such a trip!! chocolate ciggies and the soda stream... I always wanted one, and mum wouldn't!! No wonder we're all going green and organic now; li8ke shutting the gate after the horse has bolted!! Get those little E's into yr system!! No wonder the 70's were so peace and love Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 We've recorded it, so haven't watched it yet! I did/ate all of those things and then went green/veggie/eco-warrior in 1980 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 I still love Brains faggots although only eat them once in a blue moon. That fishy sandwich thing made me heave my mum always made 'proper' food so we very rarely ate anything processed. Those crispy pancake things looked disgusting! If you want a real trip down the 70s memory lane I'd highly recommend "Where did it all go right?" by Andrew Collins, I loved it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Mary Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 But they missed out Vetsa Currys - those dried curry sauce mixes that always tasted soapy - and we though we were soooo sophisticated! Mary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Oh! - I wondered out loud last week if they were going to have a Vesta Curry That Andrew Collins book is great Poet - I really enjoyed it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules. Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 I missed it- did they have Galaxy counters? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedusA Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 I missed it too. I grew up in the 70s and used to love Vesta Curry, though I'm sure it had less nutritional value than the cardboard packaging it came in!!! I might have to watch it if it's on iplayer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tessa the Duchess Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 I've been watching this great series too. I was a bit puzzled by last nights episode the food they ate was what we ate in the 60's, by the 70's we were all on macrobiotic or raw food diets, maybe I hung around with weird people Tessa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 I loved it when they went to the sweetshop! It was so funny...Do you reckon they had the same level of E-numbers in them though or were they 'natural colourings'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahJo Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 I think I watched some of this - the dinner party canapes were funny - everything ontop of a ritz cracker . They reckoned that the fat etc in the food and all the booze made very little difference to the waistline and helath in the end, as there was probably more manual work done. I like the green edged plates ( dodgy 70s retro ) I remember my grandparents having them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 I had the purple flowery M&S bedspread when I was a teenager. Mum and Dad had the curtains too . LSH and I were discussing the programme last night and as children we were outdoors more than we were indoors, unlike our 2 boys are now! We were out roller skating, cycling, playing tennis/rounders/football, go karting etc all the time when the weather was good (and even when it was bad!) so no wonder we were thinner and fitter despite eating all of that terrible food!! Arctic Roll was a birthday treat, as was fish and chips! I didn't have my first McDonalds until the early 80s. I remember Cracker Barrel cheese, Kraft cheese spread in a tube, Crispy Pancakes, Angel Delight with Dream Topping and hundreds and thousands on top!! The sweetshop was so full of memories Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omletina Kyckling Posted June 11, 2008 Author Share Posted June 11, 2008 I was waiting for Vesta Curry too!! My American friend was here and I was telling her about Vesta Curry and her jaw dropped....I was hoping it'd come on to prove me right that it existed!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 We watched this last night and I have to say that apart from the nostalgia aspect, I was disappointed with this particular programme. The two presenters really were like children let loose in a sweet shop They ate like pigs - in fact, our pigs have better manners than they portrayed thoughout the whole programme. I was prepared for it to have a fun element but it seemed to be a mockery of everything and slightly ridiculous whereas the previous programmes have been more factual. Why stage a Swingers Party.......... and only have two guests? Why put Crispy Pancakes, Faggots and boil-in-the-bag fish all on the same plate?.....followed by three desserts? Why shovel the food in and make revolting noises? - we did have manners in the Seventies Disappointed - I feel it could have been so much better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 It's on again on BBC2 now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 Arctic Roll was a birthday treat Arctic roll always sends me straight back to Thursday nights with my mother, while my father and brothers were out at footie practice. We would have an M&S ready meal (the height of extravagance!!!!), followed by arctic roll, and would watch a girly video (normally a disney film). We gave my lot arctic roll the other week and they were less than impressed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
