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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

.. Chinese Burns (are we even allowed to say that now, is that racist!? I dunno

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Anyway .. what used to be popular when you was a kiddie that just seems to have disappeared from modern life?

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By *isaB45Woman
over a year ago

Fabville

Marbles

Runout

Knock down ginger

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

All of the above. MSN Messenger as an older teen.

Kerby

Playing footy on the road with two jumpers as posts

Knock a door run

Payphones

35mm film disposable cameras for nights out

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By *hunky GentMan
over a year ago

Maldon and Peterborough

Kerby.

(Having to pause for cars)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Playing footy on the road with two jumpers as posts"

Mmm - isn't it?

Marvellous.

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By *offiaCoolWoman
over a year ago

Kidsgrove

Making cheeky random calls from public call boxes.

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By *hunky GentMan
over a year ago

Maldon and Peterborough

"Making cheeky random calls from public call boxes."

Do you have a brother called Bart?

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By *offiaCoolWoman
over a year ago

Kidsgrove

"Making cheeky random calls from public call boxes.

Do you have a brother called Bart?

Thankfully no

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

"Playing footy on the road with two jumpers as posts

Mmm - isn't it?

Marvellous."

I mean, I'd be totally unable to play footy on the road nowadays, but it was fun as a kid and you don't see it anymore....

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By *ornywelsh2sumCouple
over a year ago

Neath valley.

Kirby.

Knock knock.

Truth, dare, kiss or opinion.

Best fallers.

Fox and hounds.

Camping rough.

Penny for the guy.

Carol singing. (Made good money on these last two)

Making dens up the woods.

Ticking trout. Yes it does work to catch them

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By *luebell888Woman
over a year ago

Glasgowish

Skipping.

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By *ornywelsh2sumCouple
over a year ago

Neath valley.

"Playing footy on the road with two jumpers as posts

Mmm - isn't it?

Marvellous.

I mean, I'd be totally unable to play footy on the road nowadays, but it was fun as a kid and you don't see it anymore...."

The old two jumper goal posts. Fond memories. John.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

10p for 1 fag at my local shop .

Climbing trees

Angel delight and Findus cripsy pancakes

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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago

East London

Runouts I'm thick fog.

At least 20 of us playing one night.

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By *hunky GentMan
over a year ago

Maldon and Peterborough

"10p for 1 fag at my local shop .

Climbing trees

Angel delight and Findus cripsy pancakes "

I love banana flavour angel delight.

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By *nightsoftheCoffeeTableCouple
over a year ago

Leeds

Putting about 5 bangers ( fireworks ) in with the milk in the local co op then just stand there and watch the shop get covered in milk after multiple harmless explosions.

The mr

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By *eneralKenobiMan
over a year ago

North Angus

Anyone up for a game of Kerbie?

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By *offiaCoolWoman
over a year ago

Kidsgrove

"10p for 1 fag at my local shop .

Climbing trees

Angel delight and Findus cripsy pancakes

I love banana flavour angel delight. "

I'll swap my angel delight for your Findus crispy pancakes

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By *eneralKenobiMan
over a year ago

North Angus

Ooh Pogs!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"10p for 1 fag at my local shop .

Climbing trees

Angel delight and Findus cripsy pancakes

I love banana flavour angel delight. "

Butter scotch all the way eay !

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By *hePerkyPumpkinTV/TS
over a year ago

Bristol

4 player split screen multiplayer with your friends

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By *hunky GentMan
over a year ago

Maldon and Peterborough

"10p for 1 fag at my local shop .

Climbing trees

Angel delight and Findus cripsy pancakes

I love banana flavour angel delight.

Butter scotch all the way eay ! "

You have butterscotch and I'll have banana.

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By *erry bull1Man
over a year ago

doncaster

Kick the can

Phone tapping to listen to dial a disc

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By *empusMan
over a year ago

Poole

Knock-door-run

Is that still a thing? So much fun when they would come out and shout at you as you ran away

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

Recording the top 40 onto blank cassette tapes!

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By *offiaCoolWoman
over a year ago

Kidsgrove

"10p for 1 fag at my local shop .

Climbing trees

Angel delight and Findus cripsy pancakes

I love banana flavour angel delight.

Butter scotch all the way eay !

You have butterscotch and I'll have banana.

I don't like Angel delight

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By *empusMan
over a year ago

Poole

"4 player split screen multiplayer with your friends "

Hell yeah!

Big shout out to GoldenEye

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By *eneralKenobiMan
over a year ago

North Angus

"Knock-door-run

Is that still a thing? So much fun when they would come out and shout at you as you ran away"

We called it chickenelli

Or there was a similar one called milk bottle where you’d put a glass bottle on the handle before knocking and running away

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By *empusMan
over a year ago

Poole

"Putting about 5 bangers ( fireworks ) in with the milk in the local co op then just stand there and watch the shop get covered in milk after multiple harmless explosions.

The mr "

Never tried this one, sounds a bit serious...

If my parents found out my Dad would have kicked my ass

There’s another one...

Behaving because you were scared your Dad would whack you if you were naughty (notice how I didn’t say spank, not even once

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By *hePerkyPumpkinTV/TS
over a year ago

Bristol

"4 player split screen multiplayer with your friends

Hell yeah!

Big shout out to GoldenEye"

Still have it for my N64

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By *eneralKenobiMan
over a year ago

North Angus

"4 player split screen multiplayer with your friends

Hell yeah!

Big shout out to GoldenEye

Still have it for my N64

I got a version with the Wii and it pales in comparison. Why is Daniel Craig in it???

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By *empusMan
over a year ago

Poole

"Knock-door-run

Or there was a similar one called milk bottle where you’d put a glass bottle on the handle before knocking and running away "

That’s just sinister... wish my friends and I had thought of that

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By *eneralKenobiMan
over a year ago

North Angus

"Knock-door-run

Or there was a similar one called milk bottle where you’d put a glass bottle on the handle before knocking and running away

That’s just sinister... wish my friends and I had thought of that

When you heard the smash you shifted into a running speed you never knew existed

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

We used to play ‘Tig’ but I think other areas used to call it ‘Tag’.

Also marbles. And British Bulldog. And conkers.

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By *hunky GentMan
over a year ago

Maldon and Peterborough

"10p for 1 fag at my local shop .

Climbing trees

Angel delight and Findus cripsy pancakes

I love banana flavour angel delight.

Butter scotch all the way eay !

You have butterscotch and I'll have banana.

I don't like Angel delight

We'll get you an choc-ice instead.

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By *emorefridaCouple
over a year ago

La la land

I reckon my kids are feral, because they do a lot of the above

They've even been playing Goldeneye with the other half last weekend

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By *hePerkyPumpkinTV/TS
over a year ago

Bristol

"4 player split screen multiplayer with your friends

Hell yeah!

Big shout out to GoldenEye

Still have it for my N64

I got a version with the Wii and it pales in comparison. Why is Daniel Craig in it???

That's disgusting... but I bet it's better than dealing with the N64 controller that has aged horribly

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By *eneralKenobiMan
over a year ago

North Angus

"4 player split screen multiplayer with your friends

Hell yeah!

Big shout out to GoldenEye

Still have it for my N64

I got a version with the Wii and it pales in comparison. Why is Daniel Craig in it???

That's disgusting... but I bet it's better than dealing with the N64 controller that has aged horribly

Oh I don’t know, I got two levels in and turned it off

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By *emorefridaCouple
over a year ago

La la land

"4 player split screen multiplayer with your friends

Hell yeah!

Big shout out to GoldenEye

Still have it for my N64

I got a version with the Wii and it pales in comparison. Why is Daniel Craig in it???

That's disgusting... but I bet it's better than dealing with the N64 controller that has aged horribly

The other half just bought a couple of those controllers to play GoldenEye, I kid you not. The kids were what on earth are they!!

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By *offiaCoolWoman
over a year ago

Kidsgrove

"10p for 1 fag at my local shop .

Climbing trees

Angel delight and Findus cripsy pancakes

I love banana flavour angel delight.

Butter scotch all the way eay !

You have butterscotch and I'll have banana.

I don't like Angel delight

We'll get you an choc-ice instead.

Ice cream from the ice cream factory in Pizza hut

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Kiss chase!

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By *uriousscouserWoman
over a year ago

Wirral

Packs of pet dogs playing out all day. Everyone on our estate used to kick the dogs out at 8am and let them back in at 6pm like that was a completely normal thing to do.

My mum sending me, a six year old child, round to the corner shop for a quarter bottle of Bacardi and ten superkings, and the shop serving me with no questions. On a related note, prams outside pubs.

The grinding, screaming noise of the dredgers going up and down the river all night. I don't know if technology has improved or they just don't dredge any more, but I never hear it now.

Packets of bread sauce older than I was, because they came with the Christmas hamper my mum saved all year to get, but nobody ever used it so it just sat in the cupboard. There were always a couple in the harvest festival donations too.

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By *hePerkyPumpkinTV/TS
over a year ago

Bristol

"4 player split screen multiplayer with your friends

Hell yeah!

Big shout out to GoldenEye

Still have it for my N64

I got a version with the Wii and it pales in comparison. Why is Daniel Craig in it???

That's disgusting... but I bet it's better than dealing with the N64 controller that has aged horribly

The other half just bought a couple of those controllers to play GoldenEye, I kid you not. The kids were what on earth are they!!"

I don't know what Nintendo were thinking... It has three handles!!

Going to back to it after years of PS/Xbox controllers is almost unplayable

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Callig the operator from a telephone box and asking for the time when you didn't have 20p to call the talking clock

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By *hunky GentMan
over a year ago

Maldon and Peterborough

Hearing your mum call you in for your tea from 3 streets away.

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By *eneralKenobiMan
over a year ago

North Angus

"4 player split screen multiplayer with your friends

Hell yeah!

Big shout out to GoldenEye

Still have it for my N64

I got a version with the Wii and it pales in comparison. Why is Daniel Craig in it???

That's disgusting... but I bet it's better than dealing with the N64 controller that has aged horribly

The other half just bought a couple of those controllers to play GoldenEye, I kid you not. The kids were what on earth are they!!

I don't know what Nintendo were thinking... It has three handles!!

Going to back to it after years of PS/Xbox controllers is almost unplayable "

Ah see I hadn’t played any console between the PS2 and Wii so I think I could still handle the N64 controller quite well

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By *atnip make me purrWoman
over a year ago

Reading

Squashed sardines

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Your time to come home was when the street lights came on

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By *hePerkyPumpkinTV/TS
over a year ago

Bristol

"4 player split screen multiplayer with your friends

Hell yeah!

Big shout out to GoldenEye

Still have it for my N64

I got a version with the Wii and it pales in comparison. Why is Daniel Craig in it???

That's disgusting... but I bet it's better than dealing with the N64 controller that has aged horribly

The other half just bought a couple of those controllers to play GoldenEye, I kid you not. The kids were what on earth are they!!

I don't know what Nintendo were thinking... It has three handles!!

Going to back to it after years of PS/Xbox controllers is almost unplayable

Ah see I hadn’t played any console between the PS2 and Wii so I think I could still handle the N64 controller quite well

I was trying to figure out how 4 year old me had no issues with the controller, yet me in my 20s was angry and confused

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By *hePerkyPumpkinTV/TS
over a year ago

Bristol

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By *ndycoinsMan
over a year ago

Whaley Bridge,Nr Buxton,

Knock n run.Pressy,Sardines,British Bulldog,Tag.Letting fireworks off in the street,especially rockets fired from a piece of tube horizontally,Tickling Trout/Poaching generally(had three teachers who would mark me present if I went poaching for them),setting grass fires usually on the railway.Garden Creeping.

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By *olarMan
over a year ago

woking

BMX down the park

Fila shiney tracksuits and sergio tachini

Sitting in oversized concrete tubes in the park listening to cassette Walkmans

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By *ornywelsh2sumCouple
over a year ago

Neath valley.

"Knock n run.Pressy,Sardines,British Bulldog,Tag.Letting fireworks off in the street,especially rockets fired from a piece of tube horizontally,Tickling Trout/Poaching generally(had three teachers who would mark me present if I went poaching for them),setting grass fires usually on the railway.Garden Creeping."

Another trout tickler like me. Did a lot of poaching as a kid. John

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By *ornywelsh2sumCouple
over a year ago

Neath valley.

"BMX down the park

Fila shiney tracksuits and sergio tachini

Sitting in oversized concrete tubes in the park listening to cassette Walkmans

You dont see the concrete tubes anymore in parks. Good old days. John.

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By *ex HolesMan
over a year ago

Up North

Bungoff

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By *eneralKenobiMan
over a year ago

North Angus

"4 player split screen multiplayer with your friends

Hell yeah!

Big shout out to GoldenEye

Still have it for my N64

I got a version with the Wii and it pales in comparison. Why is Daniel Craig in it???

That's disgusting... but I bet it's better than dealing with the N64 controller that has aged horribly

The other half just bought a couple of those controllers to play GoldenEye, I kid you not. The kids were what on earth are they!!

I don't know what Nintendo were thinking... It has three handles!!

Going to back to it after years of PS/Xbox controllers is almost unplayable

Ah see I hadn’t played any console between the PS2 and Wii so I think I could still handle the N64 controller quite well

I was trying to figure out how 4 year old me had no issues with the controller, yet me in my 20s was angry and confused

Throwing one of those would be considered a dangerous weapon

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By *olarMan
over a year ago

woking

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By *olarMan
over a year ago

woking

"BMX down the park

Fila shiney tracksuits and sergio tachini

Sitting in oversized concrete tubes in the park listening to cassette Walkmans

You dont see the concrete tubes anymore in parks. Good old days. John. "

Absolutely John. Sneaky can of cider. Job done

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By *hunky GentMan
over a year ago

Maldon and Peterborough

The pop van .

Bottles of American Cream Soda, Dandelion & Burdock.

Take your empties back for 3p

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By *LiamMan
over a year ago

Midlands

"Kerby.

(Having to pause for cars)"
extra point over the car

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"BMX down the park

Fila shiney tracksuits and sergio tachini

Sitting in oversized concrete tubes in the park listening to cassette Walkmans

You dont see the concrete tubes anymore in parks. Good old days. John. "

They all used to smell of piss back in my day

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By *ex HolesMan
over a year ago

Up North

"BMX down the park

Fila shiney tracksuits and sergio tachini

Sitting in oversized concrete tubes in the park listening to cassette Walkmans

You dont see the concrete tubes anymore in parks. Good old days. John.

They all used to smell of piss back in my day

Made my BMX go faster

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Kerby.

(Having to pause for cars)extra point over the car"

Bonus points for bouncing it off the car.

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By *nsatiable n baldCouple
over a year ago

somewhere only we know

Marbles

Kerby

Tracking

Cherry door knocking

Cats cradle

Chatterboxes

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By *ndycoinsMan
over a year ago

Whaley Bridge,Nr Buxton,

Another trout tickler like me. Did a lot of poaching as a kid. John"

legal (mostly) now.Got to be,SGC to protect.

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By *aomilatteCouple
over a year ago

Midlands

Hop scotch

Penny for the guy

Carol singing

Knock door run

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

I had to google Kerby, never heard of it. We used to play ‘wall ball’ with a tennis ball.

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