The 60s and 70s
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I wasn’t around for either decade but the threat of imminent world destruction from the USA and USSR wouldn’t exactly have been a good time to be alive.
Like Roger Daltry said; “No wonder so many good bands came out in the 60s. When you’ve got three days to live, you just go for it and come out with something nobody ever would in any normal times.”
Manchester was grim as fuck n’all. They pulled down all those beautiful terraced houses that just needed sprucing up like they’ve done to many terraces in the last decade
and they replaced them with rubble for years on end
and eventually the shittest looking housing stock known to man.
Hulme looked like Hiroshima after they knocked down all the houses
and then looked like something from behind the Iron Curtain when they threw those flats up
By the time the early 1980s came along, Manchester had never looked so bad in its history. What people did to this city in the 1960s and 70s was fucking criminal. The buildings were a disgrace.
My Mother grew up in Moss Side and she said it used to be a nice area. She said almost over night it went from being nice clean place to being a sea of rubble and having cars burnt out regularly and mattresses and sofas regularly left in ginnels. Then by the mid-70s she said it was a hell hole. She had prostitutes on her street 7 nights a week and there were regular muggings.
Like Roger Daltry said; “No wonder so many good bands came out in the 60s. When you’ve got three days to live, you just go for it and come out with something nobody ever would in any normal times.”
Manchester was grim as fuck n’all. They pulled down all those beautiful terraced houses that just needed sprucing up like they’ve done to many terraces in the last decade
and they replaced them with rubble for years on end
and eventually the shittest looking housing stock known to man.
Hulme looked like Hiroshima after they knocked down all the houses
and then looked like something from behind the Iron Curtain when they threw those flats up
By the time the early 1980s came along, Manchester had never looked so bad in its history. What people did to this city in the 1960s and 70s was fucking criminal. The buildings were a disgrace.
My Mother grew up in Moss Side and she said it used to be a nice area. She said almost over night it went from being nice clean place to being a sea of rubble and having cars burnt out regularly and mattresses and sofas regularly left in ginnels. Then by the mid-70s she said it was a hell hole. She had prostitutes on her street 7 nights a week and there were regular muggings.
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You’ll get over it
crazyg
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How would he know? - he wasn't born when Herr Thatcher was around!
BlueMoonRisin’
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One thing about the 60/70s is that kids had far more respect to their parents and elders than nowadays.
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That’s because they all got nonced by perverts like Saville. They didn’t dare say owt to any elders in case they got bummed.
BlueMoonRisin’
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Lol.
Good job Sad-vile wasn't in our house then cos my old fella would have fuckin' leathered him.
But seriously, kids had far more respect back then.
The Stockport Iniesta
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The 1970's were my junior school days, loved it, football on the street every night after school, your mam shouting your tea's ready from the door. Telling your mates you'd be back as soon as you finished your scran. Good times growing up.
Bill Walker
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Sunday Arvo a few of us would take our guitars into Hyde Park and play some songs in the bandstand.
It was great. Even though we were all skint.
Now we'd probably get mugged and beaten up.
dronefromsector7G
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My dad’s good mate Dave Lennon died in the 60s
RIP Dave
RIP Dave