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Go on I dare you!
Close your eyes and open your mind, go back in time.
Before Playstations , X Boxes and DVD’s
Before modified replica guns, Ecstasy and Cannabis factories .
Before the innocence of life was ravaged by crazed adults. Go way back…back to your childhood.
I’m talking about hide and seek on the back streets of your home.
The corner shop, hopscotch, Butterscotch, skipping, handstands ,tin can squat, chasing each other playing tig , football with a tennis ball and garden gates the goals.
Bulldog, Beano, Twinkle and roly-poly, Hula Hoops, jumping in enormous puddles,
Building dams by the old broken water pipe on the field near your house.
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 “la cucaracha or Match of the day theme tune. – 99’s,
Screwballs or a cider lolly!
Wait…watching Saturday morning matinee and cartoons at the cinema…short commercials, the double deckers,
Roadrunner, Tom and Jerry, captain caveman, a black and white Robinson Caruso series, Flashing blade, Champion the wonder horse, why don’t you!
Staying up late for Match of the day and Starsky and Hutch.
When around the corner seemed far away, and going into town seemed like going somewhere?
Nearly every street had a fish shop and a corner shop with a Halfpenny tray, the local laundrette.
The pop wagon, the coal man, the milkfloat, the rag and bone man’s cry.
A million midge 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 in deep snow !
Running till you was out of breath, laughing so loud
That your stomach hurt.
Jumping on the bed, pillow fights, spinning around getting dizzy and falling
Down was the cause for the giggles.
Being tired from playing and being happy…. remember that!!
The worst embarrassment was to be picked last for a team. Water bombs were the Ultimate weapon; lollypop sticks in the spokes changed any bike into a powerful Motorbike.
Nearly finished, remember when…. there was only 2 types of trainers – Girls and Boys.
- Dunlop Green Flash and the only time you wore them was at school in the gym.
You knew every one on your street – and so did your mum and dad!
When nobody owned a pure breed dog.
When 5p was decent pocket money, when you’d reach into a muddy gutter for a 1p Piece.
When everyone’s mum was at home when you got back from school, and it was magic when your dad would remove his thumb for fun!!!
When any parent could discipline any kid, or feed him or use him to carry the Groceries home and not even the kid thought a thing about it.
When being sent to the head masters office was nothing compared to what was
Going to happen when you got home. Basically we lived in fear of our lives, not
Because of drugs, gangs or drive by shootings, but out of the respect for our parents and grand parents
Didn’t that feel good? Just think back and say, yeah I remember all that.
Remember when…decisions were made by going “eeny-meeny-miney-moâ€
“Race issues†meant who can run the fastest?
“Money issues†were handled by who was the banker in “monopolyâ€
Having a weapon in school meant you had been caught using a catapult.
Nobody was as pretty as your mum; scrapes and cuts were kissed and made better,
And taking drugs meant orange-flavoured chewable aspirin. And ice cream was
Considered to be a basic food group.
Abilities were discovered because of a “dare†or “double-dareâ€.
When you were the worst tormentor, but also the fiercest protector of your sister.
If you can recall these snippets or even some of them then you have lived!!!
Take time to have a break from our “grown-up†existence.I believe that every human has a finite number of heart-beats. I don't intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises.
Buzz Aldrin (1930 -
23rd May 2009 10:18 pm
SN
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Though I am lucky enough even today to "know everyone on my street" Steve N | 21MY Defender | 08MY Discovery 3 (history) | 06MY Discovery 3 (ancient history)
23rd May 2009 10:22 pm
MacLeod 313
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its so easy to have forgotton ALL those points, nearly all were part of my childhood. Thank you
Though I am lucky enough even today to "know everyone on my street"
Nosey neighbour "To finish first, one first has to finish ...."
23rd May 2009 10:26 pm
SJR
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Location: East Manchester
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90BHP wrote:
Nosey neighbour
AKA
I believe that every human has a finite number of heart-beats. I don't intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises.
Buzz Aldrin (1930 -
23rd May 2009 10:27 pm
SN
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no serious - everyone knows everyone else - its great, out of about 40 houses at least a quarter are occupied by people who are relatived so someone else on the road - and there are a good few still here who moved in when our little road was built (in 1963 )
but back on topic - I feel my kids have been deprived by NOT having what was described in the first post Steve N | 21MY Defender | 08MY Discovery 3 (history) | 06MY Discovery 3 (ancient history)
23rd May 2009 10:29 pm
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Every generation has a "remember when" moment .......can you or would you do without the things you have today ?21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
23rd May 2009 10:30 pm
ad15
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ok, so i closed my eye's as instructed at the start,,, then waitied for 10 mins, nothing happened.....
23rd May 2009 10:32 pm
MacLeod 313
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I strongly beleive that as a child of the 70's, without all the gadgets n toys that I had a BETTER life, we could go out n play for ages and be safe.
Food from the ground like potatoes tasted earthy
white Dog Poo
Watch out Watch out Humphry is about
Tiswas
Runaround
99 cones were huge
Wagon wheels were massive
fizzy drink quattro
spangles
And proper 6ft plus Bobbies walking each and every street
23rd May 2009 10:37 pm
SN
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Location: Romiley
Posts: 13710
DG wrote:
Every generation has a "remember when" moment .......can you or would you do without the things you have today ?
OK - so I'd have no job but ... we'd be having this conversation in the pub, I'd still have a colour telly (just smaller) and the three channels wouldn't show reality TV sh*t, Series III was the LR order of the day, roads were quieter, Tories were in power, we still made things in this country (although the cars were mostly tinworm attractants), I could be uncontactable if I wanted (my avoiding answering the Trimphone), you could get milk with cream on the top ... and on and on.
So yes Rich I think I could - why what would STOP you? Steve N | 21MY Defender | 08MY Discovery 3 (history) | 06MY Discovery 3 (ancient history)
23rd May 2009 10:39 pm
SN
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MacLeod 313 wrote:
Wagon wheels were massive
only coz your hands weren't - see DiscoStu's youtube video for proof (2.45 in) Steve N | 21MY Defender | 08MY Discovery 3 (history) | 06MY Discovery 3 (ancient history)
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23rd May 2009 10:42 pm
SJR
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Location: East Manchester
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And way before LR conceived the D3, the original 7 seater (or however many you needed it to be) was the mk1 escort estate, how many of us sat in the boot as kids I believe that every human has a finite number of heart-beats. I don't intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises.
Buzz Aldrin (1930 -
23rd May 2009 10:42 pm
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I wouldn't do without anything ....Life was great then I admit ...but we are only looking back to a childs perspective. Life was then too in reality 21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
23rd May 2009 10:45 pm
SN
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Agreed for some - although replying in jest, I'm trying NOT to take the childs view back then - speak to anyone of around 60-odd (who would have been adult back then) and I think its true.
The 60's/70's were the point in the UK where pretty much everyone reached a civilised existance, all had running water and electricity, welfare state caught people, and employment was reasonably good. We were still an innovative nation with standing in the world, look at what was changing, what we did, what changed for the good - and it all sort of ground to a halt in about... well mid 80's perhaps - and slowly but surely we've been sucked into an inexorable immovable swamp of Political Correctness, Health & Safety, an inability to do anything because of Planning and Enquiries and Court Cases, Costs Spiralling Out of Control for any kind of Major Infrastructure Change, Wasting Money on things (and jobs) which achieve nothing. And the whole claim culture? And then there's Europe - the root of (most) all evils...
To get me wrong, many things are a whole lot better now - but on balance, for the majority? Steve N | 21MY Defender | 08MY Discovery 3 (history) | 06MY Discovery 3 (ancient history)
23rd May 2009 11:01 pm
sideview
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I remember when the average dress size for women was US8, it's now US12 I'm not so good at giving advice...may I offer you a sarcastic comment instead?
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