have fun reading i did lol
If you're not smiling by the end of this, then what were you doing when you
were young?
Just for a minute, forget everything stressful and read this...............
Close your eyes and go back in time...
Before the Internet...
Before semi-automatics, joyriders 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,
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 a screwball.
Wait......
Watching Saturday morning cartoons, short commercials or the flicks.
Childrens Film Foundation, The Double Deckers, Red Hand Gang, The 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. White dog
FILTERED.
Sticky fingers. Playing Marbles. Ball bearings. Big 'uns and Little 'uns.
Cops and Robbers, Cowboys and Indians, and Zorro. Climbing trees. Building
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, 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.
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 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 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. 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 FILTERED " "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.
