Category Archives: 1970’S

Oh! The Working Men’s Club

Posted on March 28, 2020 by charliecountryboy

Picture this. A warm alluring bar, rich, mellow music, intimate seating and culinary delights to tease your taste buds into a frenzy. Well, a Working Men’s Club wasn’t quite like that. When I was a lad this was our Sunday … Continue reading →

Posted in 1970'S, Blogging, Dancing, History, Humour, Life, Opinion, Over 50's, people | Tagged 1970'S, Bingo, Humour, Life, Northern Dance Bands, Pie and Peas, Social Clubs, Tetley Bitter, Working Class, Working Men, Working Men's Club, Working Women | 33 Comments

Sexual Awakening

Posted on March 14, 2020 by charliecountryboy

If you have a disinclination towards sex, then it may be prudent of you to ‘click’ close now. One dark cold night last week I was reminiscing to an age gone by and ‘the sexual awakening.’ I was eleven or … Continue reading →

Posted in 1970'S, Blogging, History, Humour, Life, Opinion, people | Tagged Adolescence, Childhood, Growing Up, Hells Angels, Oral Sex, Sex, Sexual Awakening, Star Trek | 33 Comments

Another Old Girl

Posted on March 7, 2020 by charliecountryboy

“That’s the best Curry I have had in 44 years,” I said. The waiter, quite possibly the owner of the Kashmir Restaurant in Bradford gave me one of those looks. I’m kinda used to them by now. He appeared to … Continue reading →

Posted in 1970'S, Blogging, Bradford, History, Humour, Life, Opinion, Railways, Travel | Tagged 1976, Bradford, Curry, Great Victoria Hotel, Karachi Restaurant, Kashmir Restaurant, Prostitutes, Railway Hotels, Victorians | 29 Comments

My First Valentine

Posted on February 15, 2020 by charliecountryboy

I had considered a brooch but I wasn’t my Grandad and this was 1972. A brooch was hardly Rock’n’Roll. Gazing around the jewelers I was confounded by the amount glittering remuneration a boy could extend to a girl and decided … Continue reading →

Posted in 1970'S, Blogging, History, Humour, Life, Love, Opinion, Valentine Day | Tagged 1970'S, Adolescence, Blogging, Charlie Robinson, Human Interest, Humour, Life, Opinion, People, Relationships | 30 Comments

The Trilby and the ‘Mod’

Posted on January 25, 2020 by charliecountryboy

Construction offices are strange places, all those drawings, plans and schedules. So, there I am waiting to review an apprentice with the Site manager, Trevor, and he asks me about the book I am working on. I explain it’s set … Continue reading →

Posted in 1970'S, Blogging, Fashion, History, Humour, Life, Lifestyle, Music, Opinion | Tagged 70's, 70's Fashion, 80's, 80's Fashion, Carnaby Street, Duran Duran, Goths, Johnny Rotten, London, Mods, Mods and Rockers, Punks, Reggae, Rockers, Ska, Skinheads, Teddy Boys, The Cure, The Small Faces, Trilbys | 31 Comments

The Boy in the Short Pants

Posted on April 27, 2019 by charliecountryboy

The city sun was no different to the country sun, so why was it so scary? A strange question to ask your 10 year-old self? I should have asked why the other boys were throwing stones at my legs, but … Continue reading →

Posted in 1970'S, Blogging, Freedom, Life, Opinion, people, Relationships | Tagged Blogging, Bullying, Life | 70 Comments

Too Young to Die (4 of 4)

Posted on March 9, 2019 by charliecountryboy

We were surrounded by the crowd. Children always curious about fear, asked if we had been scared. I answered that we had been scared and the old man said that it was good for a man to be scared…… sometimes. … Continue reading →

Posted in 1970'S, Blogging, Fishing, Life, nature, Opinion, people | Tagged Advice, Gran Canaria, Human Interest, Life, Ocean, Relationships, San Nicolas, Sea, Spearfishing | 31 Comments

Too Young to Die (3 of 4)

Posted on March 2, 2019 by charliecountryboy

On the harbour wall a crane stood isolated, defiant as the dark foaming mass crashed over it. There was a headland to the north that made up that side of the bay and I could see the ocean rising and … Continue reading →

Posted in 1970'S, Blogging, Fishing, Freedom, Life, Opinion | Tagged Diving, Gran Canaria, Ocean, San Nicolas, Spearfishing, Storms | 58 Comments

Too Young to Die (2 of 3)

Posted on February 23, 2019 by charliecountryboy

The Spanish called us ‘Pesca Submarina’ – underwater fishermen. The name carried respect and we were proud of the kudos. We were treated well and so considered ourselves honoured and tried to live honourably when in their company. But after … Continue reading →

Posted in 1970'S, Blogging, Fishing, Freedom, Life, Opinion, Travel | Tagged Fear, Fishing, Gran Canaria, Life, San Nicolas, Spearfishing, Storms, Survival | 54 Comments

I Was Too Young to Die (Part 1 of 2)

Posted on February 17, 2019 by charliecountryboy

The roads had a capacity for treachery and the mountains appeared complicit. Several times we had been here, gambling on the mercy of mother nature, but this was the storm season and she always forbade us entrance to the sea. As he guided the van … Continue reading →

Posted in 1970'S, Blogging, Freedom, Life, Opinion, people, Travel | Tagged Canary Islands, Mogan, San Nicholas, Spain, Spearfishing | 35 Comments