neilb Posted March 12, 2006 Posted March 12, 2006 Just for a minute, forget everything stressful and read this.... Go back in time... Before the Internet or the Apple Mac. 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. Fingerbob. Beano, Dandy, Buster, Twinkle and Dennis the menace. Roly Poly. Hula Hoops, The smell of the sun and fresh cut grass. Bazooka Joe bubble gum. An ice cream cone on a warm summer's night from the van that plays a tune - Chocolate or vanilla or strawberry or maybe Neapolitan or perhaps a screwball. Watching Saturday morning cartoons....short commercials, The Double Deckers,Road Runner, He-Man, Zeebedee Ticwas 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. Cops and Robbers, Cowboys and Indians, and Zorro. Climbing trees. Walking to school,no matter what the weather. Running till you were out of breath and getting a stitch, laughing so hard that your stomach hurt. Jumping on the bed. Pillow fights. Spinning around, 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 playing cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle. Choppers and Grifters I'm not finished just yet..... Eating raw jelly. Orange squash ice pops. Remember when... There were two types of trainers - girls and boys, and Dunlop Green flash and the only time you wore them at school was for P.E. 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 10p was decent pocket money 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 it was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner at a real restaurant with your parents. 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 student 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!! 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. Pass this on to anyone who may need a break from their "grown up" life... DOUBLE-DARE YOU Quote
Thrustyjust Posted March 12, 2006 Posted March 12, 2006 You forgot watching Bryan Jacks and Kevin Keegan on Superstars,but them were definately the days.....even if I was too small for a Raleigh Grifter and had the Boxer instead..... Quote
Martin Keene Posted March 12, 2006 Posted March 12, 2006 Christ I feel old now... We used to play British Bulldog at secondary school! Quote
pistonbroke Posted March 12, 2006 Posted March 12, 2006 When 10p was decent pocket money That would be 2 bob for spenders , kinneck, that was a fortune Quote
cidersurfer Posted March 12, 2006 Posted March 12, 2006 Haven't had a screwball for donkeys years, I'll sort that out this summer... Quote
Pepi Posted March 12, 2006 Posted March 12, 2006 Oh dear .... my achin bones .... I remember all those and more, what about those pink spearmint chew things we used to get wrapped in a kind of grease proof paper, only about tuppence each and those lovely creamy "big K" ice lolls and colour changing gob stoppers .... oh I've come over all nostalgic now. Good days !! I Can remember the only trainers we used to wear were b-boppers.... canvas with a bit of rubber to protect yer ankle bone only colours were black and white, great for climbing trees though. (no emoticon for lookin skywards and sighing) Quote
Boomy Posted March 12, 2006 Posted March 12, 2006 Haven't had a screwball for donkeys years, I'll sort that out this summer... Ahhh, but once the rock solid gum had been skillfuly removed from the now slightly coloured ice cream puddle at the bottom, did you then risk cutting your tongue off my ripping open the plastic and licking out the remains?. Quote
Boomy Posted March 12, 2006 Posted March 12, 2006 I was too small for a Raleigh Grifter and had the Boxer instead..... The good old grifter, always seen bombing around with half the seat missing from the rear and causing injury to many a lad as they missed a gear on the twisty handle and went crossbar bound.Ouch. As for superstars, i prefered kickstart myself Quote
jago Posted March 12, 2006 Posted March 12, 2006 dont forget conkers soak em in vinager to make em harder Quote
pistonbroke Posted March 12, 2006 Posted March 12, 2006 And liquorice sticks chew em till they went soggy Quote
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted March 13, 2006 Posted March 13, 2006 Makes be quite misty eyed. Remember school holidays; you'd leave the house only just later than a normal school day & disappear off into the fields playing till tea time. Quote
Man On The Clapham Omnibus Posted March 13, 2006 Posted March 13, 2006 1/- was a good pocket money and for 4d you could get a frozen Jubbly Your bike had valve rubbers The bloke next door had a Ford 8 The other bloke next door had a Morris 8 (wealthy area! ) You posted your Mum's birthday card at 9 o/clock and it was delivered at 11o/clock on the same morning. Your Mum met you at school with your wellies on a rainy day. Your wore short trousers even in winter and got sore legs where they rubbed. You begged your Dad to get 'Power' petrol 'cos you thought it would make the old car go quicker. Oh bu&&er I'm off for me pension.... Quote
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