A good nostalgic read, as a child of the seventies I can just about remember especially the glam rock groups and the flares, cheesecloth etc.
Good read.

A fab, fact filled book, which is written in an engaging style. This will be a great reminder of the time for those around in the 70s - a group I may or may not be a member of. (I will admit to recalling my parents having a red version of the telephone in the 'Home Life' section when I was a very tiny child).

Thank you to NetGalley and Pen & Sword for a copy of this book, in exchange for an honest review.

Remember the 70s is a nostalgia book about the 70s decade in Britain.

The book covers life from the aspect of the home, fasion, music, television, movies, sport, politics, innovations and transport with a round up by year of notable highlights.

It has some black and white photography and celebrity quotes.

Whilst the information was interesting, the book is rather a dry read and does in some places appear to repeat itself.

I received this book from netgalley in return for a honest review.

I reached my teens in the early 70s so I remember it all very clearly. More clearly than Mr Tait in some areas, it seems! He makes some odd statements: 1) most homes were heated by a gas or electric fire in the front room and we all gathered to eat there. Central heating was fairly commonplace in my world and we ate in the dining room or, in some cases, the kitchen diner. 2) He says most homes didn’t have a telephone until the mid 1970s - that really is nonsense. I can’t remember anyone without a phone in the 60s! He says everyone was on a party line - also nonsense. A party line was a cheaper option by which you shared the line with another household, meaning that you could pick up the phone and listen into their conversations. It was just an option though and I only knew one family who had one. 3) Colour TVs didn’t start to appear until 1974? Did I grow up in a parallel universe? We got ours to watch the moon landings in 1969. We were the first amongst our neighbours to get one but the rest followed over the next year or so. Derek Tait’s view of home life in the 70s smacks of a Monty Pythonesque ‘when I were a lad.......’!

The book is split into sections covering music, sport, television, politics, etc. For most, it’s simply lists, ie in 1971, this happened; in 1972, that happened; in 1973 something else, etc. The politics section is the best, in my opinion. These were turbulent years domestically - strikes, power cuts, IRA bombs on the British mainland, unstable governments due to all of this - and it does no harm to remember how difficult things were.

This would be a great book if you were going to have the 70s as your specialist subject on Mastermind. Other than that, it’s a book for skimming through. Not a bad idea but not a great read. Oh, and only an English author could manage to mention the 1966 World Cup THREE times in a book about the 1970s!!

With thanks to NetGalley and Pen & Sword for an ARC.

Not a book as such but more a factual list of the UK in the 70's. Loosely divided into categories such as politics, news, sport, film, music etc. a fascinating series of memory joggers of that time. As it was the time of my youth it brought back so many memories and got me thinking of my own - family, friends and the days. From that point of view, hugely enjoyable.

Thank you to Netgalley, the author and the Publisher, Pen & Sword Books for this review copy given in exchange for an honest review.

Remember the 70’s? I certainly do. I won’t go as far as to say my age, but I was born in the 70’s (and more towards the beginning than the end!). So I can safely say, I do remember most of the 70’s! I like books like this, so was pleased when the Publisher granted my wish and gave me a copy of the book. Also,on looking, the author has written some great other books on subjects of bygone years which I’ll be looking at to read at a later date!

It does what it says on the tin – it explores the 70’s decade, giving insight into many of the things that happened during this time. It brushes on clothes, music, TV and film as well as an array of other things. It was really interesting to read through some of these and, whilst I knew of them and living through most of it, it was great to have my memory jogged for some of the names of people and places that have long passed me by – examples are Rumbelows (what ever happened to them?) and Bejam’s (which apparently is now Iceland!) The pictures weren’t very good on the kindle, but that was the only format given so I had to put up with it. I would hope for the paperback version that they are there in all their 70’s technicolour glory!

My one criticism is that in the music section Gary Glitter’s name was mentioned no less than 3 times. I’m sure the 70’s music scene can be relived without having to broach on the politically incorrect Mr Glitter. Yes, he was memorable at the time, unfortunately more memorable now for other offences. After seeing this, I was expecting Jim’ll Fix It to be dwelled upon, but thankfully we was spared that!

It was a fun read down memory lane. To be honest, most of the stuff that is in there is readily available on the internet and I’d heard of all before, but it was nice to have it all in one place. It would be a great book as a birthday present for someone born of this era.