Lee247

You know the stuff, a smell, sound, taste

For me, it has to be my Mum making bread. Then grabbing some, when she wasn't looking mm mm mm
I can't pass a bakers without going in

Oh and Bagpuss, if I see a toy, I am still tempted to buy

Bubba po

Original Action Man toys, with all the guns and that. :nod:

daddyscoob

one thing that is quite now is ..
one christmas every morning about something o'clock the original Star Trek series was showing and I still remember to this day watching it and that chistmas being super special.

Now I'm talking about some time around 1972 very ish...... I sat in the same place and watched it every day.

And yes I've seen the new film.

Turbohot

Its only the thoughts of those smells, sounds and taste for me really e.g. the smells of fresh jasmine flowers, sound of Come September on which I would twist like mad as a toddler, and the smell of green mangoes coming from the trees in our garden. All of that is left far behind, only the thoughts of them cross my mind sometimes.

What takes me back to my childhood is the touch. If someone touches or kisses my forehead, it makes me think of my childhood. The tender touch/kiss of my parents, to patronise me not in a negative way but in a caring way. My strength resides in my forehead, so does my vulnerability. Emotional for me, yes. Touching/kissing someone's forehead doesn't happen very often at all in the UK, which is good.

falkster

I saw a Tamiya Boomerang for sale which reminded me of xmas day 1986 and whenever I see the begining of live aid it always reminds me of looking at new houses with my dad.

paulwrxboro

when somone whacks me round the head, usualy with the back of there hand

Mark Mac

Paul.
You beat me to it, going to say when my missus slaps my ****.

She changed our soap a few weeks ago to Imperial Leather, I know very posh and all. But smelling that, I had flashbacks of being abandoned as a small child in a hospital by my Mother, very strange.

So I called her and twas true. She left me in hospital for an op as a 5 year old and gave the nurses Imperial Leather for my baths.

Strange thing the old mind.

JonMc

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Just watching my kids and seeing them do some of the things I used to do, playing football, action men, riding their bikes, climbing trees etc.

None of this modern, wii fit **** that kids entertain themselves with these days, proper playing and enjoying themselves.

Mark Mac

Ah Yes a fellow pyromaniac.

n one

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Small bottles of milk and Spangles

dpb

Mudd , flapjack , queens jubilee , the street awash with the river flooding on high-tide and rowing up an down ; and then later Catweazel , Gypsy tart and custard , ElO , playing field bundles and the bus ride home

Leslie

Funnily enough, just the same for me Lee. We used to have a local bakery which delivered the bread and it would always arrive still warm from the oven. I can even remember that the chap's name was Douglas, really nice man.

What a treat a slice of that with butter was!

Les

Lee247

Some one is burning their garden rubbish at the mo'. That takes me back too. My Dad always used to do this on a Sunday morning
I care not if they are not supposed to, it's a smell I like

Yes, Les. I know. Mums fresh bread was wonderful. Wonder if she fancies making some today

scoobyboi09

One day i always remember is xmas eve, my mum was out shopping or something, was raining outside me my dad bro and sis were all together watch the sound of mucis on the telly. We had to change the whole room round, because my dad had his yamaha vmax in the living room because the garage was leaking lol. He come home from work the day before and my mum had decorated it lol...

Leslie

Don't give much for his chances when she came home!

Les

j4ckos mate

I watched my lad go in school this morning,


the hood on his coat was on his head, thats it no sleeves, and not fastened up,.
three of his mates joined him all messing about in the playground,

i had a huge beam on my face, thinking how much fun he wil lhave today.

Matteeboy

Cut grass smell, wood pigeons cooing, the smell of holiday cottages, old tractors and all sorts of other random stuff!

SJ_Skyline

That takes me back more years than I care to remember

Coc-ker

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The smell of pipe tobacco!

spireite

The smell of p!ss , i used to spend a lot of my time at my grandparents

Swift Nick

soap box carty used to spend hours on end racing my mates

zip106

Minestrone soup and calamine lotion.

The minestrone comes from a family holiday in Wales, walking (or even being in a pram) past a restaurant and the waft of soup coming from the kitchen.
If I smell minestrone now it always takes me back.

The calamine lotion from having chicken pox as a 7 year old and Mum sloshing it all over me!
33 years later I'm sloshing it all over my kids!

SwissTony

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Spot on. Was a major action man fan. Used to collect them like a crazed kid would
Would spend hours in my bedroom setting up intricate battles for them. That and the hundreds of plastic toy soldiers .

Did an airfix model for one of the kids recently and that transported me back

Butty

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Seen the 40th Anniversary sets?

Action Man Figures, Action Man Collectibles - Modelzone

The ones I've seen are exactly like the sets I knew as a kid. My son wants the SAS parachutist, which is good as that's the one I want as well

SwissTony

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nooooooooooooooooo, dont show me that

I have a bit of admission here . I was so into them that I collected literally hundreds of kit and accesories and had tanks, jeeps and all the tools for them.
One day my sister decided she would do something nice for me( this was a rare change ) and made tiny little coat hangers for all the kit and there all my action man stuff was, hanging nicely in the wardrobe

Lost my tank commanders headphones once, was gutted. I mean how was he meant to communicate with the driver . I found a suitable substitute but was found out when my sister came back to ask where her Cindy record player and headphones were

I would have got away with it, but for the fact that Action Man commander was sporting a rather fetching pair of pink headphones with the record player tucked down in the turret