Val (Zebedee) Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 Just for a minute, forget everything stressful and read this............... Close your eyes and go back in time... Before the Internet... Before semi-automatics, joy riders and crack.... Before SEGA or Super Nintendo... Way back........ I'm talking about Hide and Seek in the park. The corner shop. Hopscotch. Butterscotch. Skipping. Handstands. Football with an old can. Fingerbobs. Beano, Dandy, Buster, Twinkle and Dennis the Menace. Roly Poly. Hula Hoops, jumping the stream, building dams. The smell of the sun and fresh cut grass. Bazooka Joe bubble gum. An ice cream cone on a warm summer night from the van that plays a tune. Chocolate or vanilla or strawberry or maybe Neapolitan or perhaps screwball. Wait...... Watching Saturday morning cartoons, short commercials or the flicks. Children's Film Foundation, The Double Deckers, Red Hand Gang, Tomorrow People, Tiswas or Swapshop?, and 'Why Don't You'? - or staying up for Doctor Who. When around the corner seemed far away and going into town seemed like going somewhere. Earwigs, wasps, stinging nettles and bee stings. Sticky fingers. Playing Marbles. Ball bearings. Big 'uns and Little 'uns. Cops and Robbers, Cowboys and Indians, and Zorro. Climbing trees. Making igloos out of snow banks. Walking to school, no matter what the weather. Running till you were out of breath, laughing so hard that your stomach hurt Jumping on the bed. Pillow fights. Spinning around on roundabouts, getting dizzy and falling down was cause for giggles. Being tired from playing....remember that? The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team. Water balloons were the ultimate weapon. Football cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle. Choppers and Grifters. Eating raw jelly. Orange squash ice pops. Vimto and Jubbly lollies Remember when... There were two types of trainers - girls and boys, and Dunlop Green Flash The only time you wore them at School was for P.E. And they were called gym shoes or if you are older - plimsolls You knew everyone in your street - and so did your parents. It wasn't odd to have two or three 'best' friends. You didn't sleep a wink on Christmas Eve. When nobody owned a pure-bred dog. When 25p was decent pocket money Curly Whirlys. Space Dust. Toffo's. Top Trumps. When you'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny. When nearly everyone's mum was at home when the kids got there. When any parent could discipline any kid, or feed him or use him to carry groceries and nobody, not even the kid, thought a thing of it. When being sent to the head's office was nothing compared to the fate that awaited a misbehaving pupil at home. Basically, we were in fear for our lives but it wasn't because of drive-by shootings, drugs, gangs etc. Parents and grandparents were a much bigger threat and some of us are still afraid of them. Didn't that feel good? Just to go back and say, Yeah, I remember that! Remember when.... Decisions were made by going 'Ip, Dip, Dog Sh*t' 'Race issue' meant arguing about who ran the fastest. Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in Monopoly The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was germs. And the worst thing in your day was having to sit next to one. It was unbelievable that 'British Bulldog 123' wasn't an Olympic event. Having a weapon in school, meant being caught with a catapult. Nobody was prettier than Mum. Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better. Taking drugs meant orange-flavoured chewable aspirin. Ice cream was considered a basic food group. Getting a foot of snow was a dream come true. Older siblings were the worst tormentors, but also the fiercest protectors. If you can remember most or all of these, then you have LIVED. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunc Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 Nobody was prettier than Mum And she still is Loved reading thou them and fondly remember tham all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shedalot Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 I have lived! Nice to look back like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hock Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 I never had the pleasure of "walking 6 miles in the snow to school barefoot" lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest snowdog Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 Beano, Dandy, Buster, Twinkle and Dennis the Menace. used to get bought these when poorly off school and a bottle of lucozade awwwwwww, thems the days lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siberian_wolf Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 oh i miss my childhood days! Anyone for a game of hide and seek? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunc Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 oh i miss my childhood days! Anyone for a game of hide and seek? No but I'll play doctors and nurses if you like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siberian_wolf Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 No but I'll play doctors and nurses if you like depends, are you going to dress up as the nurse lol (OMG the images ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 ew ew ew ew AMY!!!!!!!! Awww those were the days!!! Handstands - wow used to do them all the time in the playground, would get black eyes if i did them now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithy Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 Just for a minute, forget everything stressful and read this............... Close your eyes and go back in time... I did this and couldn't read the rest... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val (Zebedee) Posted December 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 I did this and couldn't read the rest... There's gotta be one, hasn't there? ................... :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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