American Bandstand 1967.
Guys, What bugs you about Girls?
Girls, What bugs you about Guys?
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I wasnât a teen in 67.I was a sensible young adult by then.I thought so anyway 
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I wasnât born until the 8th month of that year. 
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No particular thoughts about the opposite sex aged 13. The first school parties were being organised and I became aware that I couldnât dance whereas others, most of them girls , had obviously practised dancing in front of the mirror since they behaved as if theyâd been on the dance floor for years. They knew how to dress up and what makeup to wear. Those blokes who had stylish outfits from the West had the best chances and I wasnât one of them.
I didnât blame the girls but I realised what an effort was required to get the girls, and how little a boy got back in return - at that age. That changed toward the end of my teenage years.
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67, I was living in a boys only household (father & four brothers) going to a boys only school.
I had a lot to learn.
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Just romping around in your cot then hey? I was still trying to engineer a clean escape from my playpen.
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1967 teenage yearsâŠbest year of my life!
Graduated high school with high grades in June.
Turned 18 in July.
Got married in August. ( Fiancé home on leave for wedding)
Flew to Germany to live with my Army Sgt. hubby in October.
Happy Together by Turtles in 1967 was the song.
What a year!
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Indeed, what a year, what an early marriage, and what a first big journey for a young girl. Did you fly Pan Am by any chance? Two years before the 747 was introduced? So you probably were on a 707. I remember the commercials on (West German) TV using the slogan âPan Am Makes the Going Greatâ and how it started me dreamingâŠ
What a life.
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Being affected by slum clearance was a big issue in 67
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I967 I was five living in Richmond upon Thames⊠happy memories!
I pop back for the occasional day trip with Chilli jnr.
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I had been married for a year (aged 22)
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I canât recall, but it was my first time flying (Tampa, Fl to NYC, to Frankfort, Ger), and a 7 hour trip. Seated next to me was another gal about my age, and in the aisle seat was an obnoxious older (then) man. He was full of himself, fell asleep with his foot in the aisle, and berated the stewardess for trying to get her cart around him! He boastfully told us he helped direct the Magnificent Seven in 1960 (Yul Brenner and Steve McQueen), but by then we girls already had our minds made up about him.
Just a tidbit from Rightnowâs brain vault⊠
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I turned 17 in July 1967, just a year behind you RN.
I was 2 years into a seven year apprenticeship for mechanical engineering.
Left school with no qualifications and the pay was awful, and the bullying was regularâŠ
Girls and snooker featured heavily in my life, and a ride out to the coast on my motor bike with a bird on the back was my dream situation, although the bird on the back was mainly wishful thinking. You needed a motor to pull the birds so passing my test and buying a mini van did much for my ego⊠
And my love lifeâŠIt all happened in 67âŠ
I donât think I did much thinking in 1967âŠ
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A seven-year apprenticeship is an extremely long time, just two years short of a CSE level. In fact, your apprenticeship replaced the standard school education then.
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A busy year.
I got married aged 35, I canât imagine getting hitched before 30.
And I know that song 
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I wasnât a teenager back then way past being one I was 22 yrs old. You kiddies donât realise what you missed in earlier years say in the early/mid 50âs
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I was a teenager in the mid fifties. I was married in 1967 aged 30.
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There wasnât any school education after 15 years old Dachs. When I was in my last year at school (14) they were just talking about further education and you could stay on until you were eighteen or seventeen, not sure which, but it was voluntary. No way was I going to stay at school any longer than I had to.
But there were several who wanted to stay on, or perhaps it was pressure from their parents, they always want the best for their little Johnnyâs or Julieâs and they made a special class for them and called it 4X.
Because there were not enough to make up a class on that first experimental year, they took the top two pupils from the highest class that was 4A. I was one of them, but left in July 1965 when I turned 15âŠ
During my last year at school I had an interview with âYorkshire Electricityâ because I loved anything electrical.
The interview went well, at least I thought so, and they said they would let me know in due course.
My leaving date was becoming closer and I had not heard from âYorkshire Electricityâ nobody left school without a job, so I went for another interview at a back street engineering establishment. The boss who was struggling to make five foot tall (but had an ego and a dominance far bigger) said I could start on Monday. I said I was leaving school on the Friday, and would it be possible to have a weekâs holiday before I start.
He repliedâŠâYou either start on Monday, or you donât start at allââŠMonday it is thenâŠ
I worked as an apprentice for six years but after I served my time I remained in the job for another year and it still felt like I was an apprentice so in July 1972 I successfully secured a higher paid job more suited to my experienceâŠI remained in that job for 23 years before I was made redundant.
Incidentally, six months after I became an apprentice Mechanical Engineer I received a letter from âYorkshire Electricityâ telling me that I had been accepted, but I decided that I liked being an engineer. Electronics came laterâŠ
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Thanks, Bob. What strikes me is the long apprenticeship although you often read about the English being pragmatic, preferring on-the-job training rather than formal education. Throwing people into the job market as quickly as possible was the rationale for introducing the revised three-year Bachelor degree courses but in your case they insisted on seven years of training for the job.
As you were mentioning in passing, you eventually qualified as an engineer and not as an apprentice. That makes sense: a three year apprenticeship followed by a four- year training to become an engineer.
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Married in 1962 and three sons by 1967 my main concern was how on earth can I afford to feed this lot and find the money to pay my GLC mortgage of 25 quid a month.
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