You have 11 days left to pick up the third Calamity Chicks book – Linda’s Lament at the pre-order price of £2.22/$2.99. Here’s the skinny: Almost Famous meets 10 Things I Hate About You with elements of Queen’s Gambit. How many twelve-year-old girls have toured the UK and Europe with a rock band? Lin thinksContinue reading “70s Sweethearts – Linda’s Lament”
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1970’s Hairtyles and Makeup
As for hair – a bit of a cop-out, because I need to focus on Linda’s last few chapters, so I’ll let these awesome pix tell the story. I’ve included late 60s and early 80s, because they had so many iconic pix. As soon as I can find it, I’ll credit the awesome website whoContinue reading “1970’s Hairtyles and Makeup”
1974 Top Thirteen
Finally, at fourteen, I was allowed to go to the Friday night disco in my friend’s village hall and it felt so-oo glamorous and exciting. Proper grown up with all the older kids, including my first proper boyfriend. Glam Rock was still around, but for me this was when the soul stuff I loved startedContinue reading “1974 Top Thirteen”
1970s Food
At the start of the seventies, my folks owned a newsagent so, as you can imagine, I formed a very close relationship with chocolate. How many of these do you remember? I think Mars Bars, Twix and Kitkat are still my favourites, although nowadays, I only allow myself one piece on a Friday, because theyContinue reading “1970s Food”
1973 Top Thirteen
As you can tell by the long list of also rans, this was when I developed a massive love affair with music – mostly the rockier side of pop with oodles of Queen, Bowie, ELO, Fleetwood Mac etc. Still hanging on to a stack of soul and a goodly amount of boppy ones – whatContinue reading “1973 Top Thirteen”
My 1970s Movies
When choosing my top three from each year, I based many of these films on my current tastes – pretty sure I wouldn’t have enjoyed Telly Savalas’ band of misfit soldiers at 10 years old. But heck, it had Clint Eastwood, as did many of my faves from the 70s. You may think the followingContinue reading “My 1970s Movies”
1972 Top Thirteen
In 1972 (aged 12) music took on even more importance as I discovered boys, plastering my walls with posters of teen idols like Donny Osmond and David Cassidy. I remember factions in the playground – you were either Osmonds or Jacksons, and through them, I discovered Soul.In general, my favourite music took on a muchContinue reading “1972 Top Thirteen”
1970s Women’s Fashion
In researching this, I came across an article suggesting the 70s was “one of the most stylish decades of all time.” Make of that what you will. It certainly had a massive variety, taking us from the 60s extremes of chic mini-skirts and long hippy beads and dreds, all the way through to the anti-fashionsContinue reading “1970s Women’s Fashion”
Pre-order Chloe’s Chaos
You have until 22nd April to pre-order Chloe’s Chaos the second in the Calamity Chicks (70s Sweethearts) series at the bargain price of £2.22/$2.99. The third book, Linda’s Lament is also up for pre-order. If Tina’s story is the question, Chloe’s story is the answer to why so many of these endearing characters acted theContinue reading “Pre-order Chloe’s Chaos”
1971 top thirteen
Still a lot of bubble gum, along with several proper classics from Labi Siffre, Diana Ross, Cher and Rod Stewart. The likes of the Sweet and T Rex heralded the start of glam rock, and I was totally knocked out by Slade’s Coz I Luv You. Still one of my all-time faves and I’m proudContinue reading “1971 top thirteen”
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