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Ahh...the year I gave birth to my son........................................................... and we moved from a flat to a 3 bedroomed house in the October and it rained all day!

I was born, but I was too young to remember anything.

Nothing i wasnt born :-D



Rob

LES GREY form mud i was in love with him. then years latter went with my aunt to see him oh my god wish i stay at home. he was a shrived up old man. no hair. trying to sing tiger feet CRYED ALL THE WAY HOME LOL. SALLY

Oh Annina, that must have been so awful for you.

This time in 1974 I was11 and enjoying the much warmer school summer holidays. I was waiting with a bit of dread and excitment, to start a new secondary school after finishing my education at the village Primary.

Teresa

I had my 5th baby oct 1973,and had a severe nervous breakdown March 1974.

Spent all summer and spring of that year in hospital having electric shock therapy,16 in total,so don't remember events that year,only living under a huge black cloud and desparately missing my babies.

1974 we were just settling into a new area Lydney in the Forest of dean (Moved there in 1973, over the river from here Lol! Daughter had just started at the large comprehensive and I was working there as a lunch time assistant and loved it. Son was at the local primary and was 7 years old in 1974. I had a little Wolsely 1100, a great car. I think OH had a large Triumph 2000. Lydney then was a very quiet little town.

Looking at the top 100 in the list above I was struck by what a variety of music/songs there were that were popular then. Unlike now when so much music at the top of the popularity polls all sounds the same (well it does to me.)

My precious tiny son David was born in 1974 - August 19th - a very special babe, after his brother had died at birth 14 months before. It was a time of many wildly varied emotions, he was a wee preemie with respiratory distress syndrome, but has blossomed into a wonderful man with HUGE feet LOL, who has brought so much joy into my life..
That was also the year I began my family tree!!
Mary :-)

A ((hug )) for you Liz

I lived in Cyprus and days would have been spent taking our young son down into Famagusta in his pram to go shopping in the market.
Afternoons we might have gone to the beach or watch him play on our flat balcony under the shade of the grape vine.
We went to Daff's son's 1st birthday party little knowing what troubles the year would bring.
End of June we returned to UK...just a short time before the troubles in Cyprus really broke out and the Turkish invasion happened.

We had a lovely couple of weeks introducing our toddler son to friends and family before my lovely Dad died suddenly in early August.
I'm just so thankful that we had returned to England and were able to spend that precious time as a family.

Gwyn

At the beginning of 1974 I was happily pregnant expecting a baby with my partner in May 1974 By the end of January I had lost my baby daughter at the age of 3 days and weighing only 1 lb 10 oz and soon after that he had to go away for months to work in the States.
When will I see you again? (Three Degrees) came out, and that and some of the other records mentioned above, used to break me up when I heard them. I spent most of that year in a tranquillised haze of sadness.

I think it must have been the worst year of my life.

Reading those titles above bring back so many memories

Lizx

1974's Top 100

1. The Way We Were, Barbra Streisand
2. Seasons In The Sun, Terry Jacks
3. Love's Theme, Love Unlimited Orchestra
4. Come and Get Your Love, Redbone
5. Dancing Machine, The Jackson 5
6. The Loco-Motion, Grand Funk Railroad
7. T.S.O.P. (The Sound of Philadelphia), MFSB
8. The Streak, Ray Stevens
9. Bennie and the Jets, Elton John
10. One Hell of a Woman, Mac Davis
11. Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do), Aretha Franklin
12. Jungle Boogie, Kool and The Gang
13. Midnight at the Oasis, Maria Muldaur
14. You Make Me Feel Brand New, Stylistics
15. Show and Tell, Al Wilson
16. Spiders and Snakes, Jim Stafford
17. Rock On, David Essex
18. Sunshine On My Shoulders, John Denver
19. Sideshow, Blue Magic
20. Hooked On a Feeling, Blue Swede
21. Billy, Don't Be a Hero, Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods
22. Band On the Run, Paul McCartney and Wings
23. The Most Beautiful Girl, Charlie Rich
24. Time In a Bottle, Jim Croce
25. Annie's Song, John Denver
26. Let Me Be There, Olivia Newton-John
27. Sundown, Gordon Lightfoot
28. (You're) Having My Baby, Paul Anka
29. Rock Me Gently, Andy Kim
30. Boogie Down, Eddie Kendricks
31. You're Sixteen, You're Beautiful and You're Mine, Ringo Starr
32. If You Love Me (Let Me Know), Olivia Newton-John
33. Dark Lady, Cher
34. Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me, Gladys Knight and The Pips
35. Feel Like Makin' Love, Roberta Flack
36. Just Don't Want to Be Lonely, The Main Ingredient
37. Nothing from Nothing, Billy Preston
38. Rock Your Baby, George McCrae
39. Top of the World, The Carpenters
40. The Joker, The Steve Miller Band
41. I've Got to Use My Imagination, Gladys Knight and The Pips
42. The Show Must Go On, Three Dog Night
43. Rock the Boat, The Hues Corporation
44. Smokin' In the Boys Room, Brownsville Station
45. Living for the City, Stevie Wonder
46. The Night Chicago Died, Paper Lace
47. Then Came You, Dionne Warwick and The Spinners
48. The Entertainer, Marvin Hamlisch
49. Waterloo, Abba
50. The Air That I Breathe, The Hollies
51. Rikki Don't Lose That Number, Steely Dan
52. Mockingbird, Carly Simon
53. Help Me, Joni Mitchell
54. You Won't See Me, Anne Murray
55. Never, Never Gonna Give You Up, Barry White
56. Tell Me Something Good, Rufus
57. You and Me Against the World, Helen Reddy
58. Rock & Roll Heaven, The Righteous Brothers
59. Hollywood Swinging, Kool and The Gang
60. Be Thankful for What You Got, William Devaughn
61. Hang On In There Baby, Johnny Bristol
62. Touch the Wind (Eres Tu), Mocedades
63. Takin' Care of Business, Bachman-Turner Overdrive
64. Radar Love, Golden Earring
65. Please Come to Boston, Dave Loggins
66. Keep On Smilin', Wet Willie
67. Lookin' for a Love, Bobby Womack
68. Put Your Hands Together, O'Jays
69. On and On, Gladys Knight and The Pips
70. Oh Very Young, Cat Stevens
71. Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress), Helen Reddy
72. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Elton John
73. (I've Been) Searchin' So Long, Chicago
74. Oh My My, Ringo Starr
75. For the Love of Money, The O'Jays
76. I Shot the Sheriff, Eric Clapton
77. Jet, Paul McCartney and Wings
78. Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me, Elton John
79. Tubular Bells, Mike Oldfield
80. A Love Song, Anne Murray
81. I'm Leaving It (All) Up to You, Donny and Marie Osmond
82. Hello It's Me, Todd Rundgren
83. I Love, Tom T. Hall
84. Clap for the Wolfman, The Guess Who
85. I'll Have to Say I Love You In a Song, Jim Croce
86. The Lord's Prayer, Sister Janet Mead
87. Trying To Hold On To My Woman, Lamont Dozier
88. Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing, Stevie Wonder
89. A Very Special Love Song, Charlie Rich
90. My Girl Bill, Jim Stafford
91. My Mistake (Was to Love You), Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye
91. Helen Wheels, Paul McCartney and Wings
93. Wildwood Weed, Jim Stafford
94. Beach Baby, First Class
95. Me and Baby Brother, War
96. Rockin' Roll Baby, The Stylistics
97. I Honestly Love You, Olivia Newton-John
98. Call On Me, Chicago
99. Wild Thing, Fancy
100. Mighty Love, Pt. 1, The Spinners

OH is my toyboy by all of 8 days.

OH and I met when both 14, engaged at 16, married 1976 aged 22 (couldn't afford to buy house until then and living with in-laws wasn't an option. Daughters born 1980 and 1985. Elder one married (but career girl) and younger one still at home so no sign of any grandchildren at the mo.

sandie that happend to me,met hubby in 1979 at the age of 16,just done my c.s.e.s got good grades,wanted to be an accountant,it all went out of the window when i met him(we were so in love)married in 1980 andour first daughter born in 81.didmy a levels at the age of 22, trained asa nurse in the 90s after the last of my four children started school.yes im still married to him,love of my life and a great dad,husband and now grandad.x

I was 21 in November 1974 but, by then, "coming of age" had been dropped to 18, but when I was 18 it was still 21 (if you see what I mean). Still think I lost out somewhat in a way, although I had a party anyway.

I started work that year, 1st April, doing the job I really wanted, working in a greengrocers lol

Clogs and platforms on your feet, depending on what you were wearing. Afgan coat, that stunk to high heaven, and my favourite South Sea Bubble jeans

Stray you were there, just your mum & dad didn't know it in 1974 lol :))

I had my first baby in 1974 - my lovely daughter. We were so excited. We had so much wonderful stuff to come - our first home, two more children. What more could we ask for?

Sue

:-D :-D x

what great memories and stray hun u was thought of just not made as yet. lol

oh i loved the bay city rollers,i had the white trousers with the tartan at the bottom and the white denim jacket i loved woody and alan,asawa programme about them several yrs ago and they were all bald(oh what a let down)and i met the lead singer at a local fundraising a few yrsago and he was fat.but of course it was 30odd yrsago and no body ever looks the same.