FabSwingers.com forum: Childhood memories

By *layfullsam OP Man
over a year ago

Solihull

Simply anything that you remember from your childhood

Toys, games, food, sweets etc

I'll start with

space hopper

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

Roller skates I used to be good at skating I think I would wobble all over the place if I tried now

Ms B

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By *abs..Woman
over a year ago

Playing out all day. Riding off on my red chopper (with glittery seat) for the day with my mates. We played in the woods, climbed trees, swam, ate bread and jam butties and got home for tea time. Not a care in the world.

Amazing exciting Christmas days with my family.

Playing conkers.

Summer holidays that felt like they went on forever.

Happy times

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By *layfullsam OP Man
over a year ago

Solihull

"Roller skates I used to be good at skating I think I would wobble all over the place if I tried now

Ms B

Proper roller skates not these modern inline things ?

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By *layfullsam OP Man
over a year ago

Solihull

"Playing out all day. Riding off on my red chopper (with glittery seat) for the day with my mates. We played in the woods, climbed trees, swam, ate bread and jam butties and got home for tea time. Not a care in the world.

Amazing exciting Christmas days with my family.

Playing conkers.

Summer holidays that felt like they went on forever.

Happy times

Made my skin tingle, I'd go back in a flash to those days

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

"Roller skates I used to be good at skating I think I would wobble all over the place if I tried now

Ms B

Proper roller skates not these modern inline things ?"

Proper ones four wheels on each haha fun times

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By *983RCCouple
over a year ago

Birmingham

Button moon!

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

Boys in the park, jumpers for goalposts. Rush goalie. Two at the back, three in the middle, four up front, one's gone home for his tea. Beans on toast? Possibly, don't quote me on that. Marvellous.

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By *ffinfuntMan
over a year ago

liverpool

Catch the girls kiss the girls

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By *s_macWoman
over a year ago

Traffic land

Building dens with my brothers, going to the orchards for apple fights (ouch), whizzing down the black hill on my roller boots, playing kerby. Arctic roll, sugar sandwiches, Coca Cola floats and a Crusha milk shake after swimming

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

Going on adventures, playing out in the woods, building forts, penny mixtures, summer holidays lasting forever, skint knees, cartoons, riding bikes / skateboards / rollerblades and anything else on wheels, becoming best friends with new kids simply by asking if they want to come out and play, and no worries

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By *amissCouple
over a year ago

chelmsford

School summer holidays, that were hot, swimming in the outdoor lido. Scrumping apples in the orchard. Mum packing us a picnic and disappearing for the day with your friends. A twin toy coach pram, sindy dolls.....

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

Playing manhunt in the woods out from 9 in the morning until 5 in the evening with a packet of crisps and a bottle of panda pop

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

I don't remember many grey days was always sunny or snowy when I raced to my room when home from school to change out of my uniform and get outside on another adventure think I always ate my dinner luke warm as was always late home

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By *layfullsam OP Man
over a year ago

Solihull

Proper snow and days sledging when we skived school

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By *amissCouple
over a year ago

chelmsford

"Proper snow and days sledging when we skived school"

Snowball fights! Caught one in the face once....it hurt

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

buying a terrapin in a small plastic bag when I lived in hongkong aged 3-4 i think

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

Bunking on the train and going camping with mates with a bag of jam butties and a bottle of water. Robbing golf balls when people used to tea off.

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By *albec26Man
over a year ago

Great Yarmouth

Cola floats, bloody hell! Pacers (minty sweets) 10p mix up, chilli hot jaw breakers and when a bar of chocolate was a bar of chocolate not the size of your middle finger!

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

Watching WWF on Saturday mornings then going outside and kicking the shit out of each other

Good times

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

Button moon roller skates my big yellow teapot xx

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

No bloody mobile phones...

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By *sylockeWoman
over a year ago

East Anglia

Riding my tomahawk bike

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

Playing balls and singing oxo cubes are good for you all you do is put them through in rhythm

Putting a ball in the leg of my mums tights and standing with my back to the wall and hitting the ball from side to side. Got many a slap for ripping them

Playing chinks (can't call it that now tho I don't think) made up of elastic bands

The Rag Van. Remember getting leathered for taking my mums bedding for a bouncy ball and balloon and my dad chasing after the van to get the guy. Never did catch it. Never saw my dad so angry lol x

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By *hatYorkLadMan
over a year ago

York

Watching "Pugwalls summer" followed by Sharkey and George on a sunday morning.

Rope swings from trees

Building wooden go karts with pram wheels.

Playing army with cap guns.

Building dens in the woods.

Building tunnels through stacks of those square straw bales and sitting in them talking for hours about things that are important when you're a kid.

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

Watching CITV when it was on ITV back in the 90s. Great times

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By *eliciousladyWoman
over a year ago

Sometimes U.K

Pogo sticks

Glass Clackers

Corona dandelion & burdock

‘Old’ money

Happy carefree days

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

"Pogo sticks

Glass Clackers

Corona dandelion & burdock

‘Old’ money

Happy carefree days "

Dandelion and Burdock ooh yes!!!

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

Skipping games at scool break and playing "What's the time, mister wolf?".

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

Hand stands and flashing my knickers

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

Doctors and nurses

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

Friday night treat night

A video rental from the shop and a bag of sweets. If we were really lucky dad would spring for a copy of Smash Hits! too.

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

"Hand stands and flashing my knickers

So what's changed?

Sorry.

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By *ideboy7.5Man
over a year ago

pill

heatwaves that lasted more than a day.

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By *hubaysiWoman
over a year ago

Leeds

Very very young days:-

Black and white TV

Outside loo

Slipper baths

Playing hide and seek with the evil kids in the street and they ran indoors after I counted

Pop man - dandelion n burdock pop

Penny sweet drawer in corner shop with the old chap giving me extra cos I was cute and not to tell dad which I did

Slightly older:-

Grange Hill

School disco

First kiss which was heaven

Memories.....

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

My childhood memories, where living in South Africa and going to the best school that help me with my disabilities like walking and speech therapy because when I was young I use to walk like a penguin and slight limp which I still have. Best thing of all was no TV at time till was older. We always have family days out to the pools, park and holidays or a game reserve. Well at school I use to swim for the school where I won gold medals and silver medals in the field events till I lift school when straight to work at age 18yrs old.

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By *hatterley64Couple
over a year ago

Hertford

"Pogo sticks

Glass Clackers

Corona dandelion & burdock

‘Old’ money

Happy carefree days "

Loved clackers. Bloody well hurt your arms with the rebound though!!

And two balls. Especially up the wall.

And ball in a stocking against the wall..

Ah innocent games

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By *amissCouple
over a year ago

chelmsford

"Pogo sticks

Glass Clackers

Corona dandelion & burdock

‘Old’ money

Happy carefree days

Loved clackers. Bloody well hurt your arms with the rebound though!!

And two balls. Especially up the wall.

And ball in a stocking against the wall..

Ah innocent games

You must have read my mind

Loved ball in a stocking, whilst singing, 'a sailor went to sea you see'! Elastic, French skipping....

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By *hatterley64Couple
over a year ago

Hertford

Wouldn’t allowed now with Health and safety !

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By *innamon!Woman
over a year ago

no matter

Scooter & rollerskates on the prom Bognor I loved my summers there.

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

When I got a free kazoo with an issue of the Beano it was the best thing ever! The next week I think it was a plastic Gnasher glove puppet!

In those days gifts with a comic were a rarity to be cherished not like today where the comic is incidental to the gift!

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

"Hand stands and flashing my knickers

So what's changed?

Sorry."

Lol i think maybe give myself black eyes if i did hand stand .But i might try it

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

"When I got a free kazoo with an issue of the Beano it was the best thing ever! The next week I think it was a plastic Gnasher glove puppet!

In those days gifts with a comic were a rarity to be cherished not like today where the comic is incidental to the gift!"

Joining the Dennis the Menace fan club and getting the badges!

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

That first innocent kiss, whilst the rain ran down our faces !!

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By *elloIntrigueMan
over a year ago

North West UK

My TV watching as a kid consisted of Chips Highway Patrol... The Fall Guy... A Team and Knightrider.

Gordon the Gopher, BBC broom cupboard, Going Live... being stuck in goal because I was rubbish at football..

ZX Spectrum, rubber keys... going up town with my grandma on a Saturday, helping her with shopping and her spending 30p on sweets for us to eat before getting back to her house.

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By *wisted999Man
over a year ago

North Bucks

Baywatch

Beach

Megadrive

Escapism

Horrible Parents

Abandonment

Escape

England

Happy.

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By *layfullsam OP Man
over a year ago

Solihull

British bulldogs game at break time,

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By *amissCouple
over a year ago

chelmsford

"Wouldn’t allowed now with Health and safety !"

Yes, you're right!

How about playing in sandpits

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