Thread: Urban myths 70's onward

Another biggie in mid eighties was about the police during the miners strike - allegedly some of them were actually soldiers undercover to beef up the police ranks; rubbish! We stood up against them as they charged with their poxy riot shields and the standard of army training (re unarmed combat ) must have slipped a long way if they really were soldiers. load of wimps "Easy lads , Easy ! we support you ourselves but we're not...

I remember The Guardian used to print one a week in the Saturday Magazine in the early 1990s. My parents got me a collected book of them one Xmas.

I'm still haunted by an episode of Rockliff(s'babies?), where a guy, having just slept with a woman, reads in lipstck on the mirror, "congratulations, you now have AIDS" He walks out the hotel starkers, distraught. Still haunts me.

Levi's used to include a small Red tag, on their clothing, with "Levis" written on it. The myth was, if you collected 50 of these tags and sent them to Levis, they would send you a free pair of jeans!