In the news:
John Curry won gold at the Winter Olympics, beginning a bit of a golden era for British ice-skating
The first Body Shop, the brain-child of Anita Roddick, opened in Brighton
A heat wave and drought gripped the UK with temperatures in the 90s for the better part of a month
The first recording to be labelled as 'Punk Rock' was released - The Damned's 'New Rose'
Agatha Christie's last novel 'Sleeping Murder' was published posthumously
The first Korean car was imported into the UK - Hyundai's Pony
In Britain the average house price was £12, 704; a gallon of petrol cost 76p; inflation ran at 16.5%; and the Bank of England Interest Rate was 14.25%
On TV
Multicoloured Swap Shop changed Saturday mornings
Open All Hours
The Muppet Show
The Bionic Woman
When the Boat Comes In
In the cinema:
On the radio
(which I carried with me whenever possible)
so many songs that take me right back with just their opening bars
Don't Go Breaking My Heart - Elton John and Kiki Dee
Save Your Kisses for Me - Brotherhood of Man
Mississippi - Pussycat
If You Leave Me Now - Chicago
You To Me Are Everything - The Real Thing
Lost in France - Bonnie Tyler
December '63 - The Four Seasons
Young Hearts Run Free - Candi Staton
Jeans On - David Dundas
Howzat - Sherbet
Love Me - Yvonne Elliman
Girls, Girls, Girls - Sailor
Music - John Miles
If Not You - Dr Hook
Sideshow - Barry Biggs
Let Your Love Flow - Bellamy Brothers
And this...
Photos from 1976 are few and far between. But this one was taken on our first family camping trip to France, in Benodet. Looking back, maybe it was this first taste of France that made me so keen on the country?
What are your memories of 1976?
