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

Things you remember from your childhood that won't come back (good or bad) even for your kids?

Mine,

Penny sweet tray at local shop.

Going to phone box with 10 P to call home.

Having to be home before street lights went off.

Remembering our first TV, 3 channels,no remote, just knobs, and a crappy Ariel on top that you had to twist round and hold in the air to get a good picture.

Corporal punishment at school

Junior..The slipper on the ass in front of School Assembly, which I had. The cane on your backside or leather strap on your hands, which I had.

Making your own entertainment, using imagination as video games, internet was not invented.

Going to the library once a week with mum to choose books.

Family home cooked meals around the family table (no microwaves or ready meals)

Watching Morecambe and Wise, The Two Ronnie's, George and Mildred.. and more as a family with sandwiches on a Saturday tea time.

Cheap family holidays to Cornwall in a cottage or caravan.

Xmas day.. a couple of presents or a few.. books, board games, action man & one of my dad's old socks at the end of the bed, with a bar of chocolate, an apple an orange and 50 pence.

Cooking and baking with mum and my two sister's.

Going to watch Saturday Matinee at Halifax Odeon Cinema as a family (Odeon now shut many years ago) You got two films, with cartoons like Bugs Bunny in between and an intermission, when a woman came round with ice cream. Remember going to see Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Herbie and Mary Poppins there.

Our first video game. A Binatone. One of those with a black screen and white sticks.. tennis, basketball ball, ping pong etc.

My first record player. It was one of those in a "faux leather" box. It opened up and you put your 45 singles or LP's onto the spindle and they dropped down one at a time.

Listening to the Top 4O on my transistor radio.

My first Sunday morning paper round at 13. Massive heavy bag, took me an hour and a half in all weathers. Got 90 pence.

Earning extra pocket money. Washing dad's car, cleaning shoes, washing up.

Might remember more. But we were happy. It wasn't about the cost, as many didn't have much. It was all about family and entertaining yourselves.

It's a shame that technology, internet, fast living, materialism have many younger ones less appreciative of what they have. It's all too easy and expected as a right.

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

Calling for your mates as a kid to see if they fancy coming out for a bike ride or whatever....only for them not to be in.SO you go back an hour later and the sod is STILL not in.When i told this to my eldest(16) she said "well dad thats stupid".Not really flower no such thing as internet and facebook etc. lol

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

Feel free to add your teenage years..

First girlfriend, School discos, the advent of punk, ska. Your first date, car, job, whatever..

My first job was a Youth Training Scheme as an apprentice Mechanic and paint sprayer. I had one day a week at college. The other 4 daysay work. I got £25 a week and an extra £5 for going in on a Saturday morning to sweep up and tidy tool boxes. I paid my Mum £10 a week board.

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

many more but one to start off,

fish and chips in news paper with a bag of bits.

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By *ust PeachyWoman
over a year ago

Prestonish

"Things you remember from your childhood that won't come back (good or bad) even for your kids?

Mine,

Penny sweet tray at local shop.

Going to phone box with 10 P to call home.

Having to be home before street lights went off.

Remembering our first TV, 3 channels,no remote, just knobs, and a crappy Ariel on top that you had to twist round and hold in the air to get a good picture.

Corporal punishment at school

Junior..The slipper on the ass in front of School Assembly, which I had. The cane on your backside or leather strap on your hands, which I had.

Making your own entertainment, using imagination as video games, internet was not invented.

Going to the library once a week with mum to choose books.

Family home cooked meals around the family table (no microwaves or ready meals)

Watching Morecambe and Wise, The Two Ronnie's, George and Mildred.. and more as a family with sandwiches on a Saturday tea time.

Cheap family holidays to Cornwall in a cottage or caravan.

Xmas day.. a couple of presents or a few.. books, board games, action man & one of my dad's old socks at the end of the bed, with a bar of chocolate, an apple an orange and 50 pence.

Cooking and baking with mum and my two sister's.

Our first video game. A Binatone. One of those with a black screen and white sticks.. tennis, basketball ball, ping pong etc.

My first record player. It was one of those in a "faux leather" box. It opened up and you put your 45 singles or LP's onto the spindle and they dropped down one at a time.

Listening to the Top 4O on my transistor radio.

My first Sunday morning paper round at 13. Massive heavy bag, took me an hour and a half in all weathers. Got 90 pence.

Earning extra pocket money. Washing dad's car, cleaning shoes, washing up.

Might remember more. But we were happy. It wasn't about the cost, as many didn't have much. It was all about family and entertaining yourselves.

It's a shame that technology, internet, fast living, materialism have many younger ones less appreciative of what they have. It's all too easy and expected as a right.

I remember all those things op - but we DID have a tv remote in our house! It was me - because I was the youngest! No joke - Dad would call me from another room to come and change channels because he couldn’t be arsed to get up!

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

spending all Saturday morning sat watching Tiswas, then World of Sport all afternoon.... making sure I wrote the football scores down in the paper so that my mum could check the pools to see if she got 24 points or not

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

"Things you remember from your childhood that won't come back (good or bad) even for your kids?

Mine,

Penny sweet tray at local shop.

Going to phone box with 10 P to call home.

Having to be home before street lights went off.

Remembering our first TV, 3 channels,no remote, just knobs, and a crappy Ariel on top that you had to twist round and hold in the air to get a good picture.

Corporal punishment at school

Junior..The slipper on the ass in front of School Assembly, which I had. The cane on your backside or leather strap on your hands, which I had.

Making your own entertainment, using imagination as video games, internet was not invented.

Going to the library once a week with mum to choose books.

Family home cooked meals around the family table (no microwaves or ready meals)

Watching Morecambe and Wise, The Two Ronnie's, George and Mildred.. and more as a family with sandwiches on a Saturday tea time.

Cheap family holidays to Cornwall in a cottage or caravan.

Xmas day.. a couple of presents or a few.. books, board games, action man & one of my dad's old socks at the end of the bed, with a bar of chocolate, an apple an orange and 50 pence.

Cooking and baking with mum and my two sister's.

Our first video game. A Binatone. One of those with a black screen and white sticks.. tennis, basketball ball, ping pong etc.

My first record player. It was one of those in a "faux leather" box. It opened up and you put your 45 singles or LP's onto the spindle and they dropped down one at a time.

Listening to the Top 4O on my transistor radio.

My first Sunday morning paper round at 13. Massive heavy bag, took me an hour and a half in all weathers. Got 90 pence.

Earning extra pocket money. Washing dad's car, cleaning shoes, washing up.

Might remember more. But we were happy. It wasn't about the cost, as many didn't have much. It was all about family and entertaining yourselves.

It's a shame that technology, internet, fast living, materialism have many younger ones less appreciative of what they have. It's all too easy and expected as a right.

George n mildred is where we got our profile names from

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

Spangles x

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

"Things you remember from your childhood that won't come back (good or bad) even for your kids?

Mine,

Penny sweet tray at local shop.

Going to phone box with 10 P to call home.

Having to be home before street lights went off.

Remembering our first TV, 3 channels,no remote, just knobs, and a crappy Ariel on top that you had to twist round and hold in the air to get a good picture.

Corporal punishment at school

Junior..The slipper on the ass in front of School Assembly, which I had. The cane on your backside or leather strap on your hands, which I had.

Making your own entertainment, using imagination as video games, internet was not invented.

Going to the library once a week with mum to choose books.

Family home cooked meals around the family table (no microwaves or ready meals)

Watching Morecambe and Wise, The Two Ronnie's, George and Mildred.. and more as a family with sandwiches on a Saturday tea time.

Cheap family holidays to Cornwall in a cottage or caravan.

Xmas day.. a couple of presents or a few.. books, board games, action man & one of my dad's old socks at the end of the bed, with a bar of chocolate, an apple an orange and 50 pence.

Cooking and baking with mum and my two sister's.

Our first video game. A Binatone. One of those with a black screen and white sticks.. tennis, basketball ball, ping pong etc.

My first record player. It was one of those in a "faux leather" box. It opened up and you put your 45 singles or LP's onto the spindle and they dropped down one at a time.

Listening to the Top 4O on my transistor radio.

My first Sunday morning paper round at 13. Massive heavy bag, took me an hour and a half in all weathers. Got 90 pence.

Earning extra pocket money. Washing dad's car, cleaning shoes, washing up.

Might remember more. But we were happy. It wasn't about the cost, as many didn't have much. It was all about family and entertaining yourselves.

It's a shame that technology, internet, fast living, materialism have many younger ones less appreciative of what they have. It's all too easy and expected as a right.

Remember it all like yesteryear

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

"Spangles x"

Oh wow totally forgot about them

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

A-team

Little house on the prarie

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

Small chips was 10p and large chips was 15p

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By *bsinthe_boyMan
over a year ago

Luton

Sweets which had cost 1/2p costing 1p the day that the halfpenny ceased to be legal tender.....

The slightly musty smell of the library, where I went every two weeks to get a book or two.

Only three channels on TV, and no daytime TV (far better than what we have now)

Parents who trusted me to be back "before it gets dark" or "before tea"

Shopping at the butcher and greengrocer...the supermarket was for tins, cat food and frozen peas.

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

Opal fruits

Made to make your mouth water

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

Shaking the street lights till the bulbs blew so we could get a game of hide and seek.

Dangerous rope swings and death slides

Football in the pissing rain and having to strip off at the back door

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

Actually playing outside with the other kids without parents fearing for your safety

Walking to school

Respecting your elders

Gooseberries

£30 a week (cash in a wage packet) for 1st job - paid £5 a week board

... god I could list forever

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By *bsinthe_boyMan
over a year ago

Luton

I lived the first home computer boom...still have a Sinclair ZX81 and Spectrum set up to this very day. I remember actually designing games and writing them with friends rather than simply playing them....thinking I had invented software piracy in 1981 when I hooked two cassette recorders together to dub ZX81 cassettes....

The video revolution....as a young child there was no viable way to record TV to watch later. By 11 my parents had a VCR...by 14 I had one....now nobody watches TV as scheduled!

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By *bsinthe_boyMan
over a year ago

Luton

Gooseberries

And greengages!

What happened to these?

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

Gooseberries

And greengages!

What happened to these? "

God yeah! Never see either anymore

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

When I was a child muffin the mule was a black and white tv program, now it’s a sexual offence.

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By *bsinthe_boyMan
over a year ago

Luton

Marathon bars. I still cannot call them "snickers".

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By *octor DeleriumMan
over a year ago

Wellingborough

"fish and chips in news paper with a bag of bits."

You lived two doors down from us!

Dr Nasty

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