The knicker brigade

galen your female med students wearing sexy knickers as a riposte to sexism - Bet the mcps were devastated.
I once made a mini dress out of some discarded curtains from school (they were a really nice sanderson-esque print with birds and flowers)
While wearing this in town a policeman told me to stop waving my arms around or he'd arrest me for indecent exposure.
I used to sometimes read the underwear ads in Exchange and Mart when I was about 17. Utterly amazed and somewhat bemused by adverts for "split crotch panties". Oh those innocent 1960s, how naiive were we, compared to today's 17 year olds.
We wore navy knickers to school, over a pair of white pants. Helped to keep the backside warm.

Definitely not got the inclination anno I like to see character, laughter lines and movement in a face

definitely not a flattering shot galen .
I realised how to take photos of women of a certain age when my GD was wielding the camera and standing while I sat on the beach. Does wonders for the 60 year old face, I tell you, that looking up angle.
To cher's crédit she has probably spent about half her life in the gym as well. But that too requires resources - time, money and health.

LizG, we could all look like Cher (well, almost) if we had the wherewithal or the inclination to have the kind of work done that keeps her eternally (and inappropriately) youthful.
Jeni, what a lovely bronze. Are you a collector?

Ah the matching knickers, humbertbear! A lady friend wore them when she visited me in Paris in May 1968 and created a sensation.

But Galen just look at Cher at 67. Of course we both look like her! seriously I met you once and know that photo, good though it is, doesn't do you justice. I actually thought at 'the meet' how lovely you were.

I had a very short dress from Biba that solved the problem by having knickers to match

Many protests also took place in the 60's. Some of which I took an active part in as I began to become aware of injustices in society. All part of growing up during that time.

My latest acquisition.
Called
Dancing the dream

My latest acquisition
Called
Dancing the dream

So what?

I met my oh at a hop, 48 years ago!
It makes me feel very old to remember!
But, let's face facts, at almost 69 , I am getting old!
Why deny it?

We could have been under the same roof quite frequently, Allie!

Oh, I had completely forgotten the red bri nylon bloomers, the white knee high socks but the roll on which my Mother bought me for keeping my nylons up/tummy control was ridiculous in my case as I was the same shape as Twiggy with boobs resembling empire biscuits .

I enjoy going to the Antiques Fair at St Andrews Town Hall too [Marelli] then the best steak lunch ever at The Dunvegan Hotel.

Aargh - why didn't I have woolly bloomers! St A is cold in the winter...
I did have a very thick warm fleecy red dress, though.

I went to hops (yes, cattle market), and once to the Town Hall - fancy dress, and I wore a silver and gold sari - I remember needing to find a woman who knew how to fold it!

St Andrews Town Hall 'dancing' was rather lively to say the least, anno! Now I go there for the Antique Fairs!

No, Marelli we usually had the 'hops' in the Union. Boring as hell but a bit of a ritual - if unattached, it was a complete cattle market.

I used to go to St Andrews Town Hall for 'the dancing' in the early 60's, anno. Did you ever happen to look in?

Galen I suspect that MrA's tie with the little pigs and MCP on it is still hanging in his cupboard!

In the early 60s while I was still a student a lot of us wore woolly bloomers - mine were red with black lace and green with white lace. Just right for St Andrews in the winter.

It could have been 1964. I can't remember what year I started uni. It was a five year course and I graduated in 1968.

Galen, I think I wore my red drawers in 1964. I do remember that they were Bri-nylon. I think they're actually coming back in fashion - might have seen them in Primark. The only way I'd buy them now is for warmth in the winter and will not the kind of garment to be showing them off to anyone !

Sorry 1963, what's wrong with me today?

No! The red ones with black lace. That would be in 1973

Why didn't that work? oh! It's l not i