The whole of the 70s generation must have been chavs then as far as style goes with big the pointed collars, polyester that was so static it made sparks, big patterned wallpapers, Hostess trollies, replica gun cigarette lighters, platform boots and flares, Jason King moustaches, Angel Delight and so on.

Being poor is different. When I was at school I had a friend who was one of 5 children. The parents had no love for the children and were brought up in neglect and poverty. The oldest brother and sister studied and studied to get out of the situation and went to University. The middle sister was also of the same mind and eventually did the same. My friend desperately crammed everything in and followed the other siblings to University as well, each of them used education to get them out of the house to get a life. Everything they achieved they did by themselves without any support from anyone else apart from being competitive with each other. The youngest was completely different however, she was the youngest unidentical twin of my friend and she couldn't have been more different in every way in attitude, manners, size and she ended up eventually in a similar kind of relationship as the parents, abusive and violent. Why would that be? She would have had the influences of the older 4 to inspire and encourage her but for some reason she was never bothered to try. I don't know the answer it has always been a mystery to me. Unless of course the answer is in the fact that she was the smallest twin may be she didn't get the oxygen at birth that the others did and perhaps that had a bearing on her ability to study or learn about life.