I remember when I was little, we were considered "posh" because we lived in a tenement flat with an indoor bathroom and the tenement entry and stairwell was tiled halfway up the walls!
I remember wearing a pinfore like the ones you see the girls in the "Prime of Miss Jean Brody" films wearing, along with my "mac" and boater hat. At least we always looked smart going to school and all the kids seemed equal - no pricey labels! I also remember the wee paper shop which I always stopped at on the way to school for "frying pan" lollipops, cherry lips, oddfellows, parma violets, liquorice and sherbert dabs........... kids today don't know what real sweets are.
Speaking of school, I remember the school nurse checking our heads......... didn't know at the time they were checking for lousy heads! I can remember some poor kids getting yellow stuff put on their heads and being annoyed cause I didn't get any "hair dye", how innocent we were! I also remember collecting "luckies" (empty lemonade bottles), washing them out in puddles, and handing them in to the corner store for the deposit and getting sweeties with the money. LOL
My grandaughter was spending the weekend with us a few months ago, when she noticed her Papa's turntable and asked what it was. I pulled out a box of old 45 records and she had no idea whatsover as to what they were. We had loads of fun that day listening to the golden oldies (60's and 70's), her favourite being Suzi Quatro and Devil Gate Drive. Now every time she comes down, out they come!
I remember streets seemed so much bigger cause there were hardly any cars parked in them.
I also remember a game we played with two tennis type balls which were bounced against a wall whilst singing a song and bouncing them under, through your legs and also whilst spinning round.
I remember the only time we were allowed to play in the house was when it was raining or snowing outside. No all day tv or computers then. In fact tv only came on at lunch time for a couple of hours and then again at tea time until about 10:00 at night. The nearest thing to a computer game was your imagination.
I remember the boys taking old wooden fruit crates and hammering them together and sticking old skate wheels under them to make scooters or, using old pram wheels to make go-carts. I can even remember skates which which fitted over your shoes and laced at the toes and had a strap which fastened round your ankle. They came with a key which allowed you to increase or decrease the size so they grew with you - no need to buy new ones every few months.
How did we survive!!
Kids today don't realise how lucky they are, or come to think of it, are they...... what kind of childhood memories will they have with regards to computer games, etc.???
