Ebook: A 1970s Teenager: From Bell Bottoms to Disco Dancing

What was it like being a teenager in a world without computers, smartphones, DVD players, games consoles or the Internet? Imagine a time when sharing music meant taking a gramaphone record round to your friend's house; when making a quick phone call could involved queuing outside a red telephone box! This book offers an affectionate and light-hearted look at the fads and fashions, music, hobbie and TV programmes which defined the '70s for many youngsters. If you remember riding a chopper, reading Jackie during the 'Winter of Discontent' or watching the Bay City Rollers on Top of the Pops durin.;Cover; Title; Acknowledgements; Contents; Introduction; 1 Music; 2 Communications; 3 Fashion; 4 Alcohol and Drugs; 5 Sex; 6 Getting Around; 7 Politics; 8 Television; 9 School; 10 Work; 11 Belongings; 12 Relaxing; 13 The Generation Gap; 14 The Alternative Society; 15 We're All Teenagers Now; 16 The Teenage Tribes of the 1970s; Plates; Copyright.