Parallels and Oxford Bags maybe but not bell bottoms or flares from my recollection.

Think your more likely to be right than me I was little bit young to be really with it.

Think your more likely to be right than me I was little bit young to be really with it.

As with any fashion trend it could vary by area. I remember red Slazenger jumpers being the thing in LH at that time. Not in Bolton though. Not sure why.????

Kin el steady on

 

Didn't give it much thought but assumed she was 18 or over.

The 'Rolf' defence.

Kin el steady on

 

Didn't give it much thought but assumed she was 18 or over.

I wasn't making any unsavoury suggestions but whilst undoubtedly a pretty girl, she looks (to me at least) a lot younger than 16.

Edited March 17, 20188 yr by MickyD

The 'Rolf' defence.

 

Has it come in handy?  

No, I've never been caught.

Parallels - guilty!

 

Scarf round the wrist - guilty!

 

Docs - guilty!

 

Some great photos them and brought back memories. There was a real edginess going to football games in those days - a buzz of excitement sort of like when you went to the fair when you were young.

Think the bell bottoms were Northern soul inspired.

 

 

Oxford bags mate. I was referring more to the scarves round wrists etc.

Got a pair of oxford bags at the same time as your kid bolty on our first holiday without parents in Torquay they had a waist band with about 20 buttons came up to your rib cage ,remember us going up to Manchester market place for some clobber and getting chased all over the the place buy a gang of black lads happy day's.

Pecking orders at school seemed to be how many buttons on your Birmingham* (or Oxford) Bags waistband and up the sleeve of your school blazer.

* Question - What was the difference between Birmingham and Oxford Bags?

I've never heard of either. Just asked my mate who is 60, and he reckons Oxfords didn't have side pockets, and Birminghams did......he might be taking the piss though, I wouldn't have a clue

All bags were shit

 

Glad it moved on quite quickly to a pair of pegs

Oxfords didn't have side pockets, and Birminghams did

 

Is the correct answer

 

iirc Oxfords were derived from the posh-boy plus-fours - flared trousers tucked into high socks, whereas Birminghams were all about the side-pockets and the number of buttons on the waistband

Got a pair of oxford bags at the same time as your kid bolty on our first holiday without parents in Torquay they had a waist band with about 20 buttons came up to your rib cage ,remember us going up to Manchester market place for some clobber and getting chased all over the the place buy a gang of black lads happy day's.

 

 

Hahaha....the Moss Side lads must have been having a day out in the city! I once made the mistake of accompanying a lad from BCGS to Maine Road when his mate dropped out and he had two tickets to see his beloved Leeds (Revie era). Confronted on the then open end by a large gang of mixed race lads dressed as sharp as fuck (apart from berets which I didn't particularly think looked good) and charging at us with cut throat razors glinting in the floodlights. Thought we'd got away OK until the same mob spotted the two of us walking down Market Street after a 1-1 draw. Chased us all over the fucking shop until we took refuge in the top floor cafe at Kendals    Big plate of fried eggs, chips and baked beans each with them gurning at us for ages through the windows. We outlasted them and they fucked off. We were looking over our shoulders all the way to Victoria but an uneventful return home and a personal note made never to go there other than mob handed.

 

Life was more fun them days eh?

Edited March 19, 20188 yr by bolty58

As with any fashion trend it could vary by area. I remember red Slazenger jumpers being the thing in LH at that time. Not in Bolton though. Not sure why.

 

Star Jumpers !!

Star Jumpers !!

Three star jumpers if you please ????