Over 50's club

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Jul 2021
3:42pm, 28 Jul 2021
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Nicholls595
I remember Dave Allen saying "put it in an envelops and send it to them"
Jul 2021
4:32pm, 28 Jul 2021
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HellsBells
I remember the news coverage and crying at the pictures and I remember my mum laughing at me for very earnestly wanting to collect food and take it to Africa myself.
I spent my second elective in southern Nigeria in 1987. The battlefront had gone right through the middle of the leprosy settlement I was working in - most of the buildings had not been rebuilt, bullet holes were visible and it was fairly grim
Aug 2021
9:29pm, 1 Aug 2021
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Eynsham Red
Did anyone else, when stereo systems were still a bit of a novelty in the sixties and early seventies, have the speakers positioned either side of the room with a sofa or main seat positioned bang smack in the middle to listen to the “stereo”.
Simon and Garfunkel’s “Baby Driver” was a favourite in our house so that we could hear the motorbike transiting left to right and back!
Aug 2021
9:47pm, 1 Aug 2021
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macca 53
Haha - did anyone NOT do that ! My favourite album to appreciate the stereo effect was (and still is) Morin Heights by Pilot
Aug 2021
10:31pm, 1 Aug 2021
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richmac
Went on way after the warmer 70's
Aug 2021
10:31pm, 1 Aug 2021
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richmac
*early
Aug 2021
5:27am, 3 Aug 2021
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Grumpypants
Certainly did that with speakers and also headphones on Zeppelin's Whole Lotta Love. Then was introduced to quad sound by a flatmate in 74/5. Even betterer.
Aug 2021
8:46am, 3 Aug 2021
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Eynsham Red
[Oh, headphones brought a totally new dimension to stereo. The Baby Driver motorcycle would drive THROUGH my head, not just in front.]
Aug 2021
12:43pm, 3 Aug 2021
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57.5 Degrees of Pain
I once listened to Dark Side of the Moon on a quality Walkman with good headphones in a tent away from civilisation. The sound effects seemed go come from outside the tent which was weird and a little scary.
Aug 2021
12:47pm, 3 Aug 2021
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12barDavid
57.5, you weren't laying back on your sleeping bag indulging in one of those funny cigarette's by any chance?

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