Memory Lane

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 sh1t.
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 **** "
"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...
I DOUBLE-DARE YOU


Andy :(

Good one m8

Cheers

Steve

You old fart :D
I remember quite a few:(
Bring back the good old days.

HERE HERE:D

Oh my good God ,that must make me what ,old....can't be :D ... :(
Thanks though will pass it to bro'. The proper"good old days"it seems like.
Maybe people can list the things that most make them feel like a kid again,you know? like driving fast,or going on holiday,what is yours......... :)

went ice skating last night in Swindon :D:D

Andy

Rolling down hills sideways great fun :D

oh and chasing a cheese down what can only be described as a cliff face (local tradition)...cheese rolling.


Andy <<<suicidal tendencies :D

Yeah right!

I Remember when a large inland bodies of water didnt contain a single High Performance Japanese Saloon car.

Can I open them yet? *bump* ;)

Ah, the good old days! I thought "Oh yeah" to almost everyone of those!!

and what do you get when you are acting like a big kid on sheet ice. good fun at the time :D

http://home.clara.net/andy.c/warwound.jpg

trying to change a down pipe for someone this morning on a concrete floor wasn't much fun :(

Andy

Coooo!!! That looks like a nasty Chinese burn! :eek:

wonderfull words..

Fuzz is on a roll

Got to agree with the old bugger though

Fookin brilliant Fuzz

I remember them so well:eek::eek:

Huxley

less of the old please paul I'm not thirty yet :D well towards the end of the year I will be :( where the feck has it all gone :(

Andy

Cheers Fuzz, brought a smile back to my face (at work currently..!! :( )..
Bring back the old days.. I remembering moaning at my parents when they said that, and they said that I would be saying the same in years to come..!! as always, parents knows best...

I am sure that the summers were longer and better.. buying cakes for one old penny after school.. safe to wonder off anywhere to have fun....!! we didn't have to go far to find the country side..
Sundays was for wearing your best clothes (didn't have much then..) to visit relatives or friends....

TV only in black and white with children programmes at lunch time only, and main programmes in the evening.

OJ.........

Brilliant!

It's Friday it's 5 to 5, it's... Crackerjack!

You are right Fuzz, I'm smiling!

Enjoyed that.

Les

I have asked this before (maybe not here) and I'm not sure if its mentioned above:

White dog poo you used to see as a kid - where did it go?

What caused it?

I would be grateful if anyone could answer that for me!

Tiger and Scorcher... my comic choice of the time, my fave strip was Martins Marvelous Mini. My Great Aunt would send me a 25p postal order for my birthday, which bought the comic and a packet of sweets.

Reading this has made me feel sad coz it makes me realise what my kids miss out on.

Dave