GLAM rock ruled the charts and beer cost 35p a pint when Lee Dickinson, 'Nice' Neil Price and 'Shirty' Rob Evans started playing rugby for their beloved Berry Hill in the early 1970s.
After giving more than a century of collective service to the same club, the three 52-year-olds are still sparkling on and off the Lakers Road pitch.
All three represented the first XV in their pomp.
They started out as schoolboys, playing alongside the fathers of their friends.
Now, they're taking to the field with the sons and grandsons of those who came after them.
Lee, from Lydney, was a first XV flanker who now prefers to play in the centre for the second or third XVs.
He said: "We all joined as juniors. I live in Lydney, Neil came from Cinderford and Rob was originally from Joy's Green.
"We're good friends and we still enjoy it. I must have been about 15 when I started playing senior rugby.
"We used to play a lot of tough Welsh sides, but we had people around us who looked after us. Now, we try and help the young players in the same way."
Lee says the biggest change he's seen in the game is in the scrums.
He said: "Scrummaging isn't what it used to be. Berry Hill were always renowned scrummagers, but they've taken a lot of technique out of that part of the game.
"Things evolve and you've got to move with the times, but we had the best of it. We played because we wanted to, not for financial reward.
"It used to be what can I do for the club? Now it's what can the club do for me?"
Paul 'Toucan' Chandler, who spent many a Saturday afternoon rolling in the Berry Hill mud with Lee, Nice Neil and Shirty, is now a referee.
He paid tribute to the trio by saying: "I've great admiration for them, they're a dying breed.
"There's not much loyalty nowadays, but they stayed with the club through thick and thin.
"Rugby has changed but their values have not. They pass on their experience on and off the field and enjoy a pint, a laugh and a joke.
"They're what club rugby is all about – they're the first on the bus and the last off it."