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The Groovy Seventies
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Seventies Firsts

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A few of the words

CONCORDE
Concorde entered passenger service in January 1976, whisking travellers between London and New York in under three and a half hours — roughly half the time of a conventional jet.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
WALKMAN
Sony's Walkman landed in shops in July 1979, and the idea of carrying your own personal soundtrack wherever you went felt almost like science fiction to those who first slipped on the headphones.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
BARCODE
The very first retail barcode was scanned on a pack of Wrigley's chewing gum in Troy, Ohio on 26 June 1974 — a quiet moment that rewired global commerce.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
SKYLAB
Launched in 1973, Skylab was America's first space station, and its astronauts spent months conducting experiments that laid the groundwork for every crewed mission that followed.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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Seventies Firsts: a free large-print word search

Seventies Firsts — a free, large-print puzzle celebrating the gadgets, breakthroughs, and bold moments that changed everyday life in the 1970s.

About Nostalgia & Eras

The 1970s crackled with invention. Families gathered around bulky televisions to watch the first home video recordings, while scientists quietly sent the earliest electronic messages down telephone lines. On the high street, a simple striped pattern on a tin of beans was quietly revolutionising shopping — the barcode had arrived, and nothing would ever be quite the same again.

How to play

  1. 1
    Find a word from the list.Press the first letter and drag to the last — across, down or diagonally, forwards or back. Or tap the first letter, then the last.
  2. 2
    It stays marked.Found words get a soft teal line through them, on the grid and in the list.
  3. 3
    Make it comfortable.Use the A / A+ / A++ size control any time, or pinch the grid for a closer look.

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