CornishPisky
Full Member
I was sent this a few years ago now, but it was so evocative, when I stumbled across it again the other day, I thought I'd share with all the children of the late 1960's/70's...
"How old do I feel?
Close your eyes & go back in time...
Before the Internet or the Apple Mac....
Before SEGA or Super Nintentdo...
Way back..............
I'm talking about Hide & Seek in the Park.
The corner shop.
Hopscotch.
Butterscotch.
Skipping.
Handstands.
Football with an old can.
Fingerbobs.
Beano, Twinkle.
Roly Poly.
Hula Hoops, jumping the stream, building dams.
The smell of the sun, and fresh cut grass.
Bazooko Joe Bubble Gum.
An ice cream cone on a warm summer night from the van that plays a tune -
Chocolate or vanilla or strawberry or maybe Neopolitan.
Wait..........
watching Saturday morning cartoons...short commercials, The Double Deckers, Road
Runner, He-Man, Tiswas or Swapshop? and Why Don't You - or staying up for Star
Trek.
When around the corner seemed far away and going into town
Seemed like
going
somewhere.
Earwigs, wasps & bee stings.
Cops & Robbers, Cowboys & Indians, and Zorro.
Climbing trees.
Building igloos out of snow drifts.
Walking to school, no matter what the weather.
Running til you were out of breath, laughing so hard that#
your stomach
hurt.
Jumping on the bed. Pillow fights.
Spinning around, getting dizzy & falling down was cause for giggles.
Being tired from playing... remember that?
The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team.
Water balloons were the ultimate weapons.
Football cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a
motorcycle.
I'm not finished just yet...
Eating raw jelly. Orange squash ice pops.
Remember when...
There were two types of trainer, girls & boys, and Dunlop Green Flash -
and the only time you wore them at school was for "gym".
You knew everyone in your street - and so did your parents.
It wasnt odd to have two or three "best" friends.
You didnt sleep a wink on Christmas Eve.
When nobody owned a pure bred dog.
When 25p was a decent allowance.
When you'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny.
When nearly everyone's mum was at home when the kids got
there.
It was magic when dad would "remove" his thumb.
When it was considered a great privilege to be taken out to
dinner at a
real
restaurant with your parents.
When any parent could discipline any kid, or feed him, or use
him to carry
groceries and nobody, not even the kid, thought a thing of it.
when being sent to the Headmaster's office was nothing compared
to the fate that
awaited a misbehaving student at home. We were in
fear for our
lives but it wasn't because of drugs, muggings, abduction
etc.
our parents & grandparents were a much bigger threat! - And
some of us are still afraid of them...!
-
Didn't that feel good?
Just to go back and say, Yeah, I remember that!
Remember when...
Decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-mo".
"Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastest.
Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in
"Monopoly".
The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was
germs
and the worst thing in your day was having to sit next to one.
It was unbelieveable that British Bulldog wasn't an Olympic
event.
Having a weapon in school meant being caught with a catapult.
Nobody was prettier than Mum.
Scrapes & bruises were kissed and made better.
Taking drugs meant orange-flavoured chewable aspirin.
Ice cream was considered a basic food group.
Getting a good fall of snow was a dream come true.
Older siblings were the worst tormentors, but also the
fiercest protectors.
If you can remember most of these, then you have LIVED. "
Close your eyes & go back in time...
Before the Internet or the Apple Mac....
Before SEGA or Super Nintentdo...
Way back..............
I'm talking about Hide & Seek in the Park.
The corner shop.
Hopscotch.
Butterscotch.
Skipping.
Handstands.
Football with an old can.
Fingerbobs.
Beano, Twinkle.
Roly Poly.
Hula Hoops, jumping the stream, building dams.
The smell of the sun, and fresh cut grass.
Bazooko Joe Bubble Gum.
An ice cream cone on a warm summer night from the van that plays a tune -
Chocolate or vanilla or strawberry or maybe Neopolitan.
Wait..........
watching Saturday morning cartoons...short commercials, The Double Deckers, Road
Runner, He-Man, Tiswas or Swapshop? and Why Don't You - or staying up for Star
Trek.
When around the corner seemed far away and going into town
Seemed like
going
somewhere.
Earwigs, wasps & bee stings.
Cops & Robbers, Cowboys & Indians, and Zorro.
Climbing trees.
Building igloos out of snow drifts.
Walking to school, no matter what the weather.
Running til you were out of breath, laughing so hard that#
your stomach
hurt.
Jumping on the bed. Pillow fights.
Spinning around, getting dizzy & falling down was cause for giggles.
Being tired from playing... remember that?
The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team.
Water balloons were the ultimate weapons.
Football cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a
motorcycle.
I'm not finished just yet...
Eating raw jelly. Orange squash ice pops.
Remember when...
There were two types of trainer, girls & boys, and Dunlop Green Flash -
and the only time you wore them at school was for "gym".
You knew everyone in your street - and so did your parents.
It wasnt odd to have two or three "best" friends.
You didnt sleep a wink on Christmas Eve.
When nobody owned a pure bred dog.
When 25p was a decent allowance.
When you'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny.
When nearly everyone's mum was at home when the kids got
there.
It was magic when dad would "remove" his thumb.
When it was considered a great privilege to be taken out to
dinner at a
real
restaurant with your parents.
When any parent could discipline any kid, or feed him, or use
him to carry
groceries and nobody, not even the kid, thought a thing of it.
when being sent to the Headmaster's office was nothing compared
to the fate that
awaited a misbehaving student at home. We were in
fear for our
lives but it wasn't because of drugs, muggings, abduction
etc.
our parents & grandparents were a much bigger threat! - And
some of us are still afraid of them...!
-
Didn't that feel good?
Just to go back and say, Yeah, I remember that!
Remember when...
Decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-mo".
"Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastest.
Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in
"Monopoly".
The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was
germs
and the worst thing in your day was having to sit next to one.
It was unbelieveable that British Bulldog wasn't an Olympic
event.
Having a weapon in school meant being caught with a catapult.
Nobody was prettier than Mum.
Scrapes & bruises were kissed and made better.
Taking drugs meant orange-flavoured chewable aspirin.
Ice cream was considered a basic food group.
Getting a good fall of snow was a dream come true.
Older siblings were the worst tormentors, but also the
fiercest protectors.
If you can remember most of these, then you have LIVED. "
