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Long life

How strange to feel nostalgic for the 1970s

It always seemed a grim decade to me – until I went to the fancy dress party

11 July 2015

9:00 AM

11 July 2015

9:00 AM

The 1960s were already more than halfway over when I realised that I was living through what was supposed to be an exciting decade. I had got married, found a job, had two babies and was leading the stressful life of a young family man, quite unaware that all around me Britain was bubbling with excitement.

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