Budge313 Posted March 30, 2005 Report Share Posted March 30, 2005 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Trash Posted March 30, 2005 Report Share Posted March 30, 2005 Top read Budge, them were the days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mav Posted March 30, 2005 Report Share Posted March 30, 2005 Agreed Trash Society has changed hell of alot, but it does bring back good memories of what it was like in "The Good Old Days" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crewesader Posted March 30, 2005 Report Share Posted March 30, 2005 Top Stuff Budge!! Space Dust,Grifters,Germs,Jubbly,s, so many memories,playing Kick the Can, British Bulldog 123 Champ!!Jumping the Brook,Tarzan Ropes,3 and your In!! Playing for 6 hours in the snow then crying in the bath from chilblanes.Climbing on the platform on the back of the bin wagon and riding it to the tip lol,The Air Raid Shelter,The Adventure Playground,the smell of Castrol GTR,getting covered in wet shale then getting shouted at when you got home!! Crewesader Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick M48 Posted March 30, 2005 Report Share Posted March 30, 2005 (edited) I'm only 29 but I seem to find myself talking of "the good old days" alot lately!  Edited March 30, 2005 by Nick M48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prydie#9 Posted March 31, 2005 Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 top read budge. we were talking about white dog poop the other day at work funnily enough. Its amazing how many people love talking about it.....lmao "the good old days" not a care in the world!! prydie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lakey508 Posted March 31, 2005 Report Share Posted March 31, 2005  Top Stuff Budge!! the smell of Castrol GTR,getting covered in wet shale then getting shouted at when you got home!! Crewesader 11390[/snapback] how true, Top Read budge Lakey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cod120 Posted April 2, 2005 Report Share Posted April 2, 2005 them were the days top notch reading that made m8 all the good memorys came flooding back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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