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Are we lucky to be alive........?!
:D According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who were kids in the 70's and early 80's probably shouldn't have survived, because...
Our baby cots were covered with brightly coloured lead-based paint which was promptly chewed and licked. We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, or latches on doors or cabinets and it was fine to play with pots & pans. When we rode our bikes, we wore no helmets, just flip-flops and fluorescent 'spokey dokey's' on our wheels. As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or airbags, riding in the passenger seat was a treat. We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle and it tasted the same. We ate chips, bread and butter pudding and drank fizzy pop with sugar in it, but we were never overweight because we were always outside playing. We shared one drink with four friends, from one bottle or can and no-one actually died from this. We would spend hours building go-carts out of scraps and then went top speed down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into stinging nettles a few times, we learned to solve the problem. We would leave home in the morning and could play all day, as long as we were back before it got dark. No one was able to reach us and no one minded. We did not have Play stations or X-Boxes, no video games at all. No 99 channels on TV, no videotape movies, no surround sound, no mobile phones, no personal computers, no Internet chat rooms. We had friends we went outside and found them. We played Kerby and street rounders, and sometimes that ball really hurt. We fell out of trees, got cuts and broke bones but there were no law suits. We had full on fist fights but no prosecution followed from other parents We played knock-and-run and were actually afraid of the owners catching us. We walked to friend's homes. We also, believe it or not, WALKED to school; we didn't rely on mum or dad to drive us to school, which was just round the corner. We made up games with sticks and tennis balls. We rode bikes in packs of 7 and wore our coats by only the hood. The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke a law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law. Now let's check if we're getting old... :D 1.. You understand what was written above and you smile. 2.. You need to sleep more, usually until the afternoon, after a night out. 3.. Your friends are getting married/already married. 4.. You are always surprised to see small children playing comfortably with computers. 5.. When you see teenagers with mobile phones, you shake your head. 6.. You remember watching Dirty Den in East Enders the first time around. 7.. You meet your friends from time to time, talking about the good old days, repeating again all the fun you had experienced together Hmmmmm....... :beer: |
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Originally Posted by thpinkpussycat
Now let's check if we're getting old... 1.. You understand what was written above and you smile. 2.. You need to sleep more, usually until the afternoon, after a night out. 3.. Your friends are getting married/already married. 4.. You are always surprised to see small children playing comfortably with computers. 5.. When you see teenagers with mobile phones, you shake your head. 6.. You remember watching Dirty Den in East Enders the first time around. 7.. You meet your friends from time to time, talking about the good old days, repeating again all the fun you had experienced together Hmmmmm....... You forgot one thing which I've noticed recently - buying birthday cards for friends, I'm now bulk buying the "It's your 40th" or "It's your 50th" cards ;) Sasha :) |
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Originally Posted by snappy
How true is that :D
You forgot one thing which I've noticed recently - buying birthday cards for friends, I'm now bulk buying the "It's your 40th" or "It's your 50th" cards ;) Sasha :) |
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Originally Posted by thpinkpussycat
:D
Now let's check if we're getting old... :D 1.. You understand what was written above and you smile. ....... :beer: Sel x |
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GOD! i feel really old know,are you supposed to cheering us up or what, think a feel a drink coming on.
by the way what about shouting up to your teenage daughters bedroom and telling her to turn her music down, and realising that your parents did that to you :scared: tracey. |
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[QUOTE=thpinkpussycat
We rode bikes in packs of 7 and wore our coats by only the hood. :[/QUOTE] Now that made me smile and a little sad at the same time, I remember it so well, we called ourselves 'The Gang' :eek: and actually there was about 14 of us, but NEVER, NEVER caused any trouble. We used to pack picnics and go off for the day on our 'racers'.........geeze I feel old. Please forgive me, been unpacking all our stuff today, which I have found quite emotional. Jill |
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Wagon Wheels were bigger when you where a kid! :p
and you could buy a couple of blackjacks for 1/2p :D |
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and dont forget the friut salads.
tracey.
Originally Posted by thpinkpussycat
Wagon Wheels were bigger when you where a kid! :p
and you could buy a couple of blackjacks for 1/2p :D |
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And it was always sunny during the summer holidays - never rained and we didn't have hosepipe bans - well not until 1976 anyway
Watched black and white tv and never wondered what the colours were supposed to be :confused: |
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Originally Posted by scissors
and dont forget the friut salads.
tracey. And when you were a kid you were not alowed in the pub and had to sit outside with a bottle of pop and a packet of crisps! :beer: Sam |
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We used to play french skipping with a piece of elastic and two ball against the wall :D
tracey |
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Originally Posted by thpinkpussycat
And sweet Cigarettes, when snicker was a marathon! :)
And when you were a kid you were not alowed in the pub and had to sit outside with a bottle of pop and a packet of crisps! :beer: Sam |
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MMMmmm, sherbet dips :)
tracey. |
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There was a big square out the front of our house, about the size of a small playground where all the kid played, there and in the street around it! I tried my first fag in an area called "the garages" there! :rolleyes:
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We used to watch banana splits and tiswas on a saturday morning,boy havent times changed. :rolleyes:
tracey. |
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Hi guys,
I remember when crisps were only 10p!!!! And the penny tray. Choc mice, black jacks, fruit salads were 1p!!! I used to love curly wurlys!! Anyone remember Dundee biscuits?? (huge choc covered biscuits) . Friday was payday and my mum and dad always treat us to chipshop tea!!! Playing scatter with my mates! Anyone remember 'Fame' on telly on a thurs night?! (straight after TOTPs!!!) OMG I could go on forever!! lol :D Bit off topic here (sorry but this popped in my head, as things do!! :D ) Funny thing about kids today...... My 8yr old son wanted to know if my Nan had any Roman coins (for a school project) bless him!! How old does he think she is!! It was ok my Nan saw the funny side!!! :D Lurve remenicing!!!! Cheers, Cheeky ;) |
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Originally Posted by thpinkpussycat
:D
We would spend hours building go-carts out of scraps and then went top speed down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. : Also I could add to the list " A more relaxed attitude to fireworks safety on bonfire night" ! |
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Originally Posted by scissors
We used to watch banana splits and tiswas on a saturday morning,boy havent times changed. :rolleyes:
tracey. Woke up really early on a sat to watch champion the wonder horse and zorro. Oh my GOD im getting old lol :eek: |
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we used to play cats cradle with a peice of string and i can remember when a bag of chips cost 6 p,
oooooh they were the days :scared: tracey. |
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What a great thread! :) brought all the memories flooding back. What about Curlywurlys? they used to be HUGE too, and getting 20p pocket money every Friday rushing up the chip shop for a packet of chips and bits, a HUGE bottle of Ben Shaws pop and still have change for half a dozen black jacks.
Can relate to the go-kart bit too - bloody hurts when the wheel falls off :eek: Also raiding for apples and bombing off on our bikes as the owner came running out. Quite right about the being out all day, as long as I was in when the street lights came on I was OK - if not it was a thick ear. Happy days. |
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Pocket money was 20p and that would buy me a quarter of pear drops and either a Mars bar or a packet of crisps. (Mars bars and crisps tasted better BEFORE they put them in foil to keep the flavour).
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Door steps on jam :D !!(my gran used to keep the outsiders from the bread & make us pieces on jam)
Now if you were to give my kids a piece on jam they would be absolutely mortified :eek: Lol!! :D Donna. |
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Originally Posted by madsad
Door steps on jam :D !!(my gran used to keep the outsiders from the bread & make us pieces on jam)
Now if you were to give my kids a piece on jam they would be absolutely mortified :eek: Lol!! :D Donna. OMG a piece on sauce or sugar now that was a treat lol. :D |
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Originally Posted by maggy
We played hop scotch and chuckies with stones.
Woke up really early on a sat to watch champion the wonder horse and zorro. Oh my GOD im getting old lol :eek: Also do you all remember the roller disco & ra ra / puff ball skirts, used to think we were all really cool :cool: I look back at photos and cringe, did we really wear those things :) happy days Had to add this in quick, you can listen to the song http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/tv/chi...s/champion.htm Sel x |
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When I used to stay with my Nan she would ask me how I liked my cauliflower whole or mashed :scared: It didn't actually matter as it was boiled until it became liquid
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Originally Posted by worzel
When I used to stay with my Nan she would ask me how I liked my cauliflower whole or mashed :scared: It didn't actually matter as it was boiled until it became liquid
Lovely spread cold on toast :D !! Donna. |
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Having to buy the Radio Times AND the TV Times as they wouldn't list each other's programmes.
All the shops being shut on Sunday. Not having wrinkles. Thinking £5 was an absolute fortune. Wondering what the point of boys was (still don't know). Half a crown pocket money. :rolleyes: Ooops. Big giveaway. Trying to cope with decimalisation. Feeling safe in the world. :( |
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Originally Posted by scissors
We used to watch banana splits and tiswas on a saturday morning,boy havent times changed. :rolleyes:
tracey. I hope thats not only us! Nigel & Marie |
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Originally Posted by Nigel & Marie
How many of us now listen to radio 2 like our parents did in the 70's and think its the best, much better than the rubbish they play on radio 1?
I hope thats not only us! Nigel & Marie G |
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:o LOL!! (only sometimes though, cd in car!! ;) )
I remember Oooh Gary Davis, oooh Gary Davies...... And what about Simon Bates 'Our Tune' ??? Lurved it!!! Radio one eh??!!! :D Thanks for the memory, great!! Cheeky
Originally Posted by Nigel & Marie
How many of us now listen to radio 2 like our parents did in the 70's and think its the best, much better than the rubbish they play on radio 1?
I hope thats not only us! Nigel & Marie |
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Originally Posted by sel
I used to LURVE that on a sat morning - I'm huming the theme tune now.
Also do you all remember the roller disco & ra ra / puff ball skirts, used to think we were all really cool :cool: I look back at photos and cringe, did we really wear those things :) happy days Had to add this in quick, you can listen to the song http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/tv/chi...s/champion.htm Sel x My god I remember my puff ball skirt it was so tight on the inside as it was fitted and puffy as hell on the out side. Did we look cool or what lol. Rara skirts I adored hahahaha had a cupboard full of them all different colurs. What about gypsy skirts and granny boots hahahahahahahahahaha. Socks with pics of the Bay city rollers or osmonds on the side. multi coloured swap shop and tiswas, all the guys loved sally james. I remember going to the shop for my friends gran to buy her 10 soverign cigs every morn and I was only 7 years old. They cost 20 and a half pence. auf wiedersen pet when Jimmy Nail look young lol. Ena sharples with her milk stout. My mum making us watch Petroceli on the telly. Remember the lawyer who never lost a case and bouquet of barbed wire. Being terrified to go to bed at night in case Doctor Whos Dalicks came to get me and believing in the bogey man hahahahahahaha. This is a fantastic thread :D |
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Originally Posted by SunshineGirl
All the shops being shut on Sunday.
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Ah but what about...
Sledging not just with something your Father had knocked up in the shed but with British Gas Board barriers On a windy day in the play ground Kids paragliding with Parka jackets Tomato sauce sarnies Crisp sarnies Making den's in the woods / bushes :eek: |
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Originally Posted by maggy
My god I remember my puff ball skirt it was so tight on the inside as it was fitted and puffy as hell on the out side. Did we look cool or what lol.
Rara skirts I adored hahahaha had a cupboard full of them all different colurs. What about gypsy skirts and granny boots hahahahahahahahahaha. Socks with pics of the Bay city rollers or osmonds on the side. multi coloured swap shop and tiswas, all the guys loved sally james. I remember going to the shop for my friends gran to buy her 10 soverign cigs every morn and I was only 7 years old. They cost 20 and a half pence. auf wiedersen pet when Jimmy Nail look young lol. Ena sharples with her milk stout. My mum making us watch Petroceli on the telly. Remember the lawyer who never lost a case and bouquet of barbed wire. Being terrified to go to bed at night in case Doctor Whos Dalicks came to get me and believing in the bogey man hahahahahahaha. This is a fantastic thread :D Who remembers playing Charlies Angels hahaha. I always wanted to be Kelly Garret as she was the pretty one. What about drooling over luke in the Dukes of Hazzard and wishing you looked like Daisy. Oh I could go on and on |
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We didnt have central heating or double glazing either!! The windows used to have ice on em in the morning....on the inside!!! :eek: We used to have layers and layers of blankets, no such thing as 'duvets' LOL.
The fire my mum had in the kitchen required parafin, we used to buy it from the hardware shop up the road. Only had 1 bath a week!! :eek: Stand up washes the rest of the time!! We were always clean.......or so we thought!! ;) Cheeky :D |
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Originally Posted by Beegee
Ah but what about...
Sledging not just with something your Father had knocked up in the shed but with British Gas Board barriers On a windy day in the play ground Kids paragliding with Parka jackets Tomato sauce sarnies Crisp sarnies Making den's in the woods / bushes :eek: chopper bikes and oxford bags trousers lol |
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Originally Posted by maggy
My god I remember my puff ball skirt it was so tight on the inside as it was fitted and puffy as hell on the out side. Did we look cool or what lol.
Rara skirts I adored hahahaha had a cupboard full of them all different colurs. What about gypsy skirts and granny boots hahahahahahahahahaha. Socks with pics of the Bay city rollers or osmonds on the side. multi coloured swap shop and tiswas, all the guys loved sally james. I remember going to the shop for my friends gran to buy her 10 soverign cigs every morn and I was only 7 years old. They cost 20 and a half pence. auf wiedersen pet when Jimmy Nail look young lol. Ena sharples with her milk stout. My mum making us watch Petroceli on the telly. Remember the lawyer who never lost a case and bouquet of barbed wire. Being terrified to go to bed at night in case Doctor Whos Dalicks came to get me and believing in the bogey man hahahahahahaha. This is a fantastic thread :D Also remember Pipkins and The Herb Garden when I was little :) My mom used to love Tenko :eek: Sel x |
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Originally Posted by sel
Also remember Pipkins and The Herb Garden when I was little :)
My mom used to love Tenko :eek: Sel x Ahhhhhhhhhhh Stephanie Beecham |
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my mum slapping my backside with her slipper cos I gave the rag and bone man my clothes for a balloon and a lolly pop lol.
What about the fruit and veg man that came cround the streets with his shire horse or was that only in Scotland. |
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Originally Posted by maggy
Tenko was fab remember the lady who used to get cigs for favours from the japs. What was her name well known actress also played lead role in the programme connie.
Ahhhhhhhhhhh Stephanie Beecham Yes we used to have a Rag & Bone man :D Sel x |
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