Smoking teenager in Liverpool, 1964
Smoking teenager in Liverpool, 1964
From MK&G Hamburg.
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My childhood buddy's sister started smoking in grade 4. This was in the 90's. Growing up in the country is wild sometimes.
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I first started smoking at 14, all because a girl I was into smoked too and she was my age. I only smoked around her, and later with other girlfriend I had at 15. It wasn't until I was 16 that I became a full time smoker. I smoked Marlboro reds in the box because a older guy I worked with roofing houses smoked and I thought he was cool.
Went on to ruin my clothes and body for 20 years before I wised up and quit.
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Similar story: Older girl I liked when I was 13 smoked so I smoked. Guy I worked with smoked so I kept smoking for the next 35 years. I coughed up blood 18 months ago and stopped cold turkey that day. I still cough crap up on occasion, but glad I quit.
Congratulations on quitting.
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Good on ya! I started late and quit early but smoking is a bitch. All these years later I miss it lol
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He looks closer to 10-12.
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He was actually 8 but smoking does a number on the skin
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Not for much longer. Smoking ages you.
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Correct. Assumed main reason for the typical 30-but-looks-like-50 phenomenon of the 70s and 80s.
That and no sunscreen.
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13 years and 1 day old, maybe.
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Kid had a hard shift in the mines.
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By this point he’s the bassist in three bands.
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And deputy prime Minister.
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That kid is cooler than I'll ever be.
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That kid looks dope af
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Right?
Anytime someone says smoking isn’t cool you show them this picture
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Holy head-dent batman!
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I think it's a hat, but I had the same thought.
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Might be a shot of the world's first gamer. Never know.
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It's hair ...
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That's a conspiracy. My boy here wears headphones for 15 hours a day like a proper gamer.
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Tailor mades even. Probably a rich kid.
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Don't know about that. The pullover screams "Inherited from bigger brothers and just still good enough for another round".
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Yea cigarettes were a lot cheaper then, you could also buy single cigarettes at that time.
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Maybe it was picture worthy because a 10 year old wasn't smoking a rollie.
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Interesting connection I just made:
I was wondering about the Hamburg reference and if there was a connection to the Beatles (from Liverpool) mania of the 60s that started in Hamburg...
Turns out I have been right, the linked page basically says that the pic was part of a Beatles photo report of the Stern (famous German magazine from Hamburg) depicting the English youth culture of that time.
The other pics in the series are also worth a look!