Frank Thomas paddock boots, polycarb lids, misting visors, riding in jeans, the smell of patchouli oil and resin aaaah my youth
Ahh, patchouli oil, love it. Remember Afghan coats? Stunk to high heaven but everyone was desperate to own one.
Clip round the ear for being cheeky. Aztec bars and a blue packet in your Chrisps. Oh and snow at Christmas
from my early bike days 1975 ish,,, a gallon petrol and 2 pints of bitter for £1. a long weekend away to the beach and you still came home with change from a fiver. old people "gave" you their old bikes for free. you often found bikes in skips and kept them. plod that "let you off" often and were even impressed your bsa a10 had managed to do 80mph on the straight,let alone round that bend and through that hedge. ford capris were sportcars apparently and they also liked to go through hedges quite a lot in fact i think they were designed for it. so were ford anglias.:Bag: sex was a lot more complicated back then.sex education was non existant.up the arse was an expression prior to getting a kicking and nothing to do with sex. theres loads but the main thing we had then was manners and class. no such thing now.:Finger:
The double deckers . Hugh wagon wheel that a euphemism for something? Or should it be posted in the stupid name
Lotus twin cam Anglia,,, white , bubble arch, 5 1/2 j , lotus badge / green stripe ,, siting St Vincent st Glasgow one eve, ( circs '68 /69 ), one of nicest cars I have ever seen ,, memories mate,, memories
