A little more lighthearted.

[Guest guest]

This is brilliant ! This was my childhood, some of it probably still

applies........

 

 

Remember when ....

 

Close your eyes.....And go back in time.... Before the Internet DVD.

Before semi-automatics machine guns, 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, Bulldog, Beano, Twinkle and Roly Poly, Hula Hoops, jumping in

enormous puddles, 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 - 99's, screwballs or a cider lolly.

 

Wait......Watching Saturday Morning cartoons...short commercials,

The Double Deckers, Road Runner, He-Man, Captain Caveman, Swapshop,

and Why Don't You.

 

Staying up late for Starskey and Hutch or Minder. When around the

corner seemed far away, and going into town seemed like

going somewhere.

 

A million mosquito bites, wasp and bee stings. Sticky fingers. Cops

and Robbers, Cowboys and Indians. Zorro. Climbing trees, building

igloos out of tiny amounts of snow. 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 the 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

 

I'm not finished just yet...Eating raw jelly, orange squash, ice

pops.

 

Remember when... There were two types of trainers - girls and boys.

Dunlop Green Flash and the only time you wore them at school, was

for " gym. "

 

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. When you'd reach into a

muddy gutter for 10p. When nearly everyone's mum was at home when the

kids got there from School. It was magic when dad would " remove " his

thumb.

 

When it was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner

at 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. Our 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 " eeny- meeny-

miney-mo. " " 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 dodge ball wasn't an Olympic event. Having

a weapon in school, meant being caught with a catapult. Nobody was

prettier than your 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.

 

Abilities were discovered because of a " double-dare " . 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...I DOUBLE-DARE YA!!!

[Guest guest]

Hi Beverley

 

> This is brilliant ! This was my childhood, some of it probably still

> applies........

 

Thanks for posting this - it takes you right back to the " good 'ole days " -

before all this nostalgia :-)

 

BB

Peter