Anyone remember these days

[LOZZER1]

Before the Internet or the Apple Mac. Before Super Nintendo.I'm talking about Hide and Seek in the park. The corner shop. Hopscotch. Butterscotch. skipping. Handstands.Football with an old can.Beano, Dandy,Buster,Twinkle and Dennis the menace.Roly Poly. Hula Hoops, Watching Saturday morning cartoons, RoadRunner,He-Man,Tiswas or Swapshop when around the corner seemed far away and going into town seemed like going somewhere Cops and Robbers, Cowboys and Indians,and Zorro.Climbing trees.Walking to school, no matter what the weather.Remember,The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team. Water balloons were the ultimate weapon Football cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle.There were two types of trainers girls and boys, and Dunlop Green Flash,You knew everyone in your street - and so did your parents. It wasn't odd to have two or three 'best'' friends.nobody owned a purebred dog. When 25p was decent pocket money. When you'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny. When nearly everyone's mum was at home when the kids got there. Any parent could discipline any kid,or use him to carry groceries and nobody. When being sent to the head's office was nothing compared to the fate that awaited you when you got home. When we were in fear for our lives but it wasn't because of drive-by shootings, drugs, gangs, etc. parents and grandparents were a much bigger threat! and some of us are still afraid of them!! Decisions were made by going ''Ip Dip Dog ****''. ''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 a germ. It was unbelievable that 'British Bulldog 123' wasn't an Olympic event. Having a weapon in school, meant being caught with a catapult. Nobody was prettier than Mum. Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better. Taking drugs meant orange-flavoured chewable aspirin. Ice cream was considered a basic food group.

[taliesin238]

MMMMmmm I do remember these days!!! What has happened to the world? Good god are we getting old??

[bigmamma]

French skipping , Queeny queeny , what time is it mr.wolf....
yes I do remember .......

[raysparx1]

Sure do LOZZER, and fish and chips were wrapped in newspapers, nitty nora flea explorer came round with her metal comb, fruit salads were heaven as were pink shrimps, you got little bags of salt with your crisps, and all the neighbours were called aunty or uncle. did it ever rain in the summer though?

[dot.hawkes]

25p??? hows about 6d, and bean picking in the summer for a tally a bag?

[taliesin238]

No it did not!! Summers were SUMMERS and winters were WINTERS!!!

[LOZZER1]

Dot i wsnt going that far back

[dot.hawkes]

oh ok make me fell good : ((((((((((((

[Redbel]

Certailny do LOZZER1..... :D.....and two balls....those where the days.

[raysparx1]

bloody hell dot, lol I can even remember going hop picking and we never got much money it was classed as a "Holiday"lol and all the kids in the school were given a spoonful of malt in the morning, the daft thing is they used the same spoon for all the kids and it never got washed in between mouthfulls. Nobody died from it.

[snowyfox]

oh happy days, thanks for the memories. what awful memories children will have in the future of this day and age , makes you so sad , doesnt it/ ?

[LOZZER1]

Those were the days, wish you could go back in time and have a holiday

[dot.hawkes]

a tally was a round piece of bronze coloured metal disc shape with a small hole in it so you could collect them on a pin so you didn;t lose them, how can that be anything whatsoever to do with racist stuff? durrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[LOZZER1]

Dot...so a Tally a bag, how many tallys did you have to get, or how much was a tally worth?

[Redbel]

I remember tallys....the whole class was given one before lunch time.....we handed it to a teacher before we entered the dinner centre..... :D

[Redbel]

But..nowdays they call them tokens.

[Louisa 69]

I remember them well.
Spangles, cremola foam.
when it snowed every winter.
Street parties on special occassions.
Paddington Bear, Willo the wisp.

Those were the days :)

[Quoi]

Where would we be without rose tinted glasses - Yep I remember it but I alos think its a lot better now!