any one have memories of their childhood in this glorious year the games we played our bikes eg chopper bikes,flares and tarten scarves girls do you remember the bay city rollers???????????
2006-08-09 07:19:56 · 23 answers · asked by alison k 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
i was six and my last boyfriend was born then.
oops!
great times tho...kick the can, torchy, british bulldog, kerby, cabana's, pacers, texan bars,
wagon wheels were huge, and so were curly wurlys.
ah those days.
music's improved a lot since then tho!
2006-08-09 07:26:39 · answer #1 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL, that was the year I got married (the first time). I remember the Bay City Rollers! Wow...going back in time, aren't we?
Other things happening in 1976 were:
Gerald Ford is president of the US
The US celebrates its bicentennial, marking the 200th anniversary of its independence
The Viking II sets down on Mars' Utopia Plains
Promising, "I will never lie to you," Jimmy Carter is elected president of the United States
Israeli commandos rescue hostages from Entebbe, Uganda
The Concorde begins flights from New York to Europe
George W. Bush is arrested and fined for driving under the influence of alcohol
Cray-1, the first commercially developed supercomputer, is invented by Seymour Cray
Freddie Prinze Jr., Reese Witherspoon, Colin Farrell, 50 Cent, Fred Savage, and Shannon Elizabeth are born
Cincinnati Reds win the World Series
Pittsburgh Steelers win Superbowl X
Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup
Rocky is the top grossing film
Filming begins on George Lucas' Star Wars
The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins is published
The Eagles Their Greatest Hits compilation becomes the first album in history to be certified platinum
"Tonight's The Night" by Rod Stewart spends the most time at the top of the US chart
Charlie's Angels and The Muppet Show premiere
just to name a few!
2006-08-09 07:31:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That was the year when I got the key of the door. In them days this was a big birthday "21" not 18 like today.
Don't know if it's a good or bad thing as young people are definately becoming more mature younger. Is it society that is making them grow up before their time?
I know one thing for sure the music was far far better then than it is today. (except for Punk)
I remember the Bay City Rollers well.
2006-08-09 07:31:48 · answer #3 · answered by Milly (UK) 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the summer of 76 i was 19/20 depending whaT TIME IN THE SUMMER..i HAD BEEN OUT of school and married for 2 years.I was goiing to college and working..live in Tx but the bay city rollers if I remember correct were calif.girl on skates... roller derby,right?
2006-08-09 07:28:16 · answer #4 · answered by lindaann_56 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
S A T U R D A Y NIGHT! YESSSS
My cousin had an evil kenevil bike and I had a pinky Tuskidaro bike lol and the Big Wheels were rollin!
My cousin tried to act like the fonze. hehe
We would play for hours in the heat of the day. It was always a competetion between me and him. I remember once we kept jumping on an inner tube for hours seeing who could stay on it the longest.
All our friends would line up and do the locomotion around the yard to grand funk railroad! Oh and Do you remember the old yoohoo machines and pop machines? Shaped like a big freezer.
I loved the yoohoos then.
We would sing the lion sleeps tonight and drink our yoohoos.
Everything was bigger and better then wasnt it? lol
The summer was hot! My grandmother had one of those grape vines in her yard. We would play tag around it and it was always covered with big beattles.. ukk ..... I had a crush on an older boy down the street. I would ride my bike up and down the street by his house all day long. Everyone figured it out and teased me saying I like taxi cab. Taxi Cab?? LOL They all called him taxi cab because they said his ears was so big you could ride on them! Those days were so fun. When everyone was still alive and well. Wouldnt it be nice to just have a day like that again?
2006-08-09 07:26:09 · answer #5 · answered by Sad Mom 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I remember how hot it was this year I was just starting to leave my childhood behind .Bay city rollers were awee bit before this if I remember correctly cause my friend was absolutely daft on them and I used to stay over at her house a lot and that was before '76
2006-08-09 07:27:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I am that old. One thing I do remember however was 'corona' drinks. Rather than drinking coke, I used to drink dandelion and burdock flavoured Corona. Interestingly, the containers were made of glass, and there was a deposit of 10p on the bottle, which you only got back when you returned the empty. So, we were more environmentally friendly in not using plastic or tin in 1976 and were doing more to recycle our glass than we are currently doing!!!!! Plus, milk was still delivered to the doorstep by a milkman rather than being purchased in a supermaket, and arrived in glass, again recycled daily, having been delivered on a truck powered by recycled electric batteries rather than the diesel/petrol powered lorries the supermarkets use to home-deliver milk nowadays. Makes you think doesn't it?
2006-08-09 14:06:47 · answer #7 · answered by Petey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have just seen somones answer with British Bull Dog omg..... Yes what memories , choppers were the in bikes yes , you could buy so many penny sweets, along with pacers and spangals oh yes i want my youth back i feel old .
2006-08-09 08:22:00 · answer #8 · answered by dreamyuk67 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I remember.I remember the stanpipes in the street.Now England has privatised water companies I reckon people would not stand for it today.
I remember it was HOT HOT HOT
I remember the big thunder storms in September of that year.
It was a great summer.
2006-08-09 12:01:23 · answer #9 · answered by artlover2468 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My Chopper was purple, (still is somtimes),
and I played Derek roller in the school christmas musical (still play the drums).
2006-08-09 07:25:10 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
oh yes, wow, some memories there,,,,, there was a blondie song in the charts,, sunday girl maybe ? cant remember exactly, and you could get a mars bar, a cone, AND a can of coke off the van for about 50p,
2006-08-09 07:26:26 · answer #11 · answered by India 55 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋