Vintage photos that make you smile

When I was a very young kid I usually spend weekends at my grandparent's place on a dreary council estate in Longbenton, Newcastle. This was in the 70's. It consisted of a "court" or square surrounded by 3 or 4 story apartment blocks that looked like something out of communist Russia. I have memories of a gang of neighborhood toughs, fronted by what seemed like a giant older kid, who were scary and menacing and seemed to be up to no good all of the time, I was quite scared of them. In my mind they were always like this beefy gang of lowdown bruisers who you didn't trifle with. Well, my brother uploaded this old scan of a photo of them onto Facebook:





Even scarier than I remember them. 

It's the ones that won't look at you... like the ring leader in the wary eyed red car that are the scariest...no way to judge their emotional state...could go medieval on yor ass at any moment.

Me as a kid - the pose has always reminded me of Reginald Perrin in Rising Damp

Me on the right with white stripe on hat, as you can see the cuteness factor is off the freaking chart





I miss those old B&W photo booths. Here's me and bro in Paris sometime in the 70's....check those flare out

There ain't a stupid Instagram filter in existence that can recreate the look of these old Polaroids 

craigb

daryl1968


Me as a kid - the pose has always reminded me of Reginald Perrin in Rising Damp

Hey!  That's exactly what I thought you looked like now!

:) I suppose I haven't changed much, Craig - just more monkeys on my back


I don't have any problems or bad habits, I literally can't get these bleedin monkeys off my back