The 1970s were arguably the best decade in living history.
Although those of us who had the privilege of living through it might be a bit biased. I mean we did have David Cassidy pinned to our bedroom walls (and ceilings), got to wear bellbottoms, didn’t wear seat belts and drank cordial out of cool coloured metal cups.
It was a also, however, a decade of massive change and divide. The Vietnam War consumed the nation, and large parts of the world, yet we still enjoyed picnics in the park and the Sunday night family roast.
So if you remember singing along to Dancing Queen, falling in love with John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever and being allowed to stay outside until the street lights came on, then you’ll recognise most – if not all – of the 70 awesome (and not-so-awesome) things below from the glorious 1970s.
1. ABBA
Those dance moves...
2. The cane
3. Charlie's Angles
4. Priscilla curtains
5. This
6. Bicycle baskets
7. School ports
8. Rods
9. Metal cups
10. H. R. Pufnstuf
11. The Leyland Brothers
12. Portable hairdryers
13. Drip candles
14. Teledex
15. Roller rinks
16. Platform shoes
17. Holly Hobbie
18. Encylopedias
19. Glo Mesh purse
20. Coca-Cola yo-yo
21. David Cassidy
22. Suntan oil
23. The fashion
24. Lava lamps
25. Swingsets like this
26. Charlie perfume
27. Drive-ins
28. Fuzzy Felt
29. Mickey Mouse watch
30. Mork and Mindy
31. Birthstone rings
32. Storm Boy
33. Tree Family
34. Ballerina jewellery box
35. Above ground pools
36. The Partridge Family
37. Sherbert
38. Bay City Rollers
39. The Brady Bunch
40. Watership Down
41. Bewitched
42. Music in a bottle
43. Swap cards
44. Shag pile carpet
45. This hairstyle
46. Picking mulberries from our neighbours trees
47. Coloured glasses
48. Stamp collecting
49. Typing class
50. These cars
51. The VW Beetle
52. Papasan chairs
53. Record player cabinets
54. Spurt chewing gum
55. Tupperware
56. String art
57. Cigarette machines
58. No seatbelts
59. Playschool windows
60. Starsky and Hutch
61. Humphrey B. Bear
62. Skippy
63. These clothes hangers
64. 8 track tapes
65. The NAB money bank
66. Romper Room
67. The mugs
68. Playing Oranges and Lemons
69. Roller skates
70. Harrison Ford
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the metal cups (glasses) in the list above showing the 70"s were made from aluminum and sold by Tupperware. We had them in the 50's. they lasted forever.
The metal cups (glasses) were aluminum and made by Tupperware.