#41

I was allowed to watch whatever I wanted, whereas my same age cousin’s parents were strict about age appropriate stuff (esp as his younger sister has learning disabilities and would get very scared easily as a kid).

Of course this would fly out of the window visiting us, esp if my much older sister was looking after us. So the pair of us got really into the alien films when we were 9 or 10.

Which caused a family row when his nan somehow produced an action figure of the alien at christmas. She’d asked him what his favourite film was, he’d said alien, and she’d somehow got hold of a toy. It was pretty great, it had a squeezy bit that made the mouth shoot out. It however caused a row when his mum was like “how have you even seen this 18+ horror film to know it’s your favourite?”

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#42

My parents were proper hippy generation - college in the late 60s - but grew up in the North from working class families (textile workers) and i don’t think any of the 60s hippy nostalgia industry stuff (Carnaby Street/Swinging London/oooh The Beatles etc) was even remotely on their radar, just not even a thing they came into contact with. Also my dad is one of those people who was middle aged from youth and my mum just had proper stuff to deal with so no time/money for hippy stuff.

Most 60s/70s hippies were hipsters of their time weren’t they.

#43

My grandparents were super-square, “we are respectable working class people thank you” “tissues are common, use a hanky” types, so it was def rebellion against them, and my mum being exactly the right age.

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#44

my grandparents were of the ‘don’t be a daft bugger’ Northern variety.

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#45

My dad is a bit of a hippy but likes football and meat pies too much to ever be a proper hippy. A northern hippy, basically.

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#46

My mate from primary schools parents were quite hippy-ish, I think. Always smoking pot when we went over, weird art on the walls, strange music on the stereo. His mum came to ours once unannounced with an ear piecing kit offering to do my sisters ears (they were 11 and 7). Used to go on holiday to a friends farm in Morocco and once got nicked attempting to bring kilos of weed back to the UK.

#47

hippies love football

#48

Love those films of football matches in the 70s when everyone had long hair so you couldn’t tell if someone was a hippy or someone who would punch you for suggesting they were a hippy.

#49

Unless my understanding of hippies has been wrong all this time, these do not sound like hippy parents to me.

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#50

:grin: Hippies live off the land, right?

#51

Reckon my mum might have been slightly, did a lot of travelling and lived all over the world (because English people only like beer and football, fully agree), quite susceptible to homeopathy and bach remedies, converted to a niche religion on her travels, was into ethical consumption and boycotting stuff. Dunno if that is hippy ish but seems vaguely

#52

Maybe hippies are just libertarians with slightly less inclination to violence and more crystals.

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#53

In the US and Australia there was definitely a streak of counter-culture gun-hoarding survivalists. Less so in the UK, but don’t forget the movement threw up groups like the Manson family.

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#54

Do they? Well I guess it’s just the meat pies holding him back then…

#55

I just read a good book called Drop City actually. It’s about hippies and they had a few guns.

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#56

TC Boyle right? That is a good book.

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#57

Likewise

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#58

not necessarily you! the boards don’t really come over as the result of a hippy commune

#59

Yeah! Really enjoyed it. Might get a few other things by him.

#60

Not really but when I was little we did grow our own organic vegetables and had chickens running around the garden which was a good vibe.
Mum has always been into yoga and recycling as well so… there are elements