The Seventies, Didn't you just love them?

Its hard to believe that Runcorn old town was once a throbbing fashion haven for teenagers?

Boasting two wonderful boutiques Turnstyle and Banjo and its own thriving record shops. From the open neck striped shirts to the widest trousers in town, we had it all!

What did we look like? With our long hair, brightly coloured clothes and platform shoes.

Who owns up to wearing denim flares these days? Brown and blue striped V neck jumpers, tank tops bold striped like deckchairs, tartan trimmed trousers or Oxford Bags with pockets to burn.

The music was loud and funky, Glam Rock ruled, and seems to have stood the test of time, for the last thirty years.

How cheap things were then, 50p for singles a piece of vinyl heaven, £1-75p for an LP.

Did you flock to the Orchard Rooms to hear the latest disco records? and turn the dance floor in to a Disco Inferno.

Beer was only about 30p a pint, a fiver went a long way and we thought we owned the world!

Girls wore tight Hot Pants ,Midi or Maxi skirts, leather panelled mini skirts with knee length black leather boots.

Wide leather belts and firemen's belts were also a must have item.

These amazing fashions make a come back every decade or so.

Do I miss the Seventies? Yes! the prices and the stick thin twenty eight inch waist I had then.

The clothes I'm not sure, I still have a nineteen seventies lumberjack jacket in a wardrobe somewhere and it fits, just about?

I try it on now and again, then stand in front of the mirror and remember those great old days, when the old town moved to a very different beat to the sad decline we see today.