tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post3876454837596654980..comments2024-02-13T10:20:04.888+00:00Comments on David Hepworth's blog: Michael Palin's invaluable diaries of the 70sDavid Hepworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05973053694541321308noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-2693197045915297422014-06-19T19:50:43.921+01:002014-06-19T19:50:43.921+01:00I was sitting my eleven plus that year. The sound ...I was sitting my eleven plus that year. The sound of my childhood was listening to my Dad and our neighbours fruitlessly trying to get their Austin Allegro and Morris Marina to start in the morning.<br /><br />The smell of the period was wet wool. We walked everywhere, usually in damp duffle coats that were never quite fully dry.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09251255508918561642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-89744807720710024002014-06-17T21:24:03.105+01:002014-06-17T21:24:03.105+01:00Look forward to it Look forward to it Charlie Mingleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13863983502944581596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-49035367389119355412014-06-17T20:58:44.328+01:002014-06-17T20:58:44.328+01:00Did you keep a diary in 1971 David?Did you keep a diary in 1971 David?John Meddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10547777949324509522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-53913819630817173422014-06-17T09:22:36.488+01:002014-06-17T09:22:36.488+01:00The abiding memory I have of Palin's
diaries ...The abiding memory I have of Palin's <br />diaries of that period is of how exasperated people were that 'things' didn't work and Britain wasn't working properly as one wild-cat strike after another disrupted day-to-day life.<br /><br />For the USA in the 1970's David Frum's 'How We Got Here' is worth a look. Andy Brimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01583748523594485211noreply@blogger.com