The good old times

[Dina]

The good old days

I'm talking about Hide and Seek in the park, The shop down the road,

Hopscotch, Donkey, skipping, handstands, stuck in the mud, football with an

old can, Dandy, Beano, Twinkle and Roly Poly, Hula Hoops, Jumping the

stream, building a swing from a tyre and a piece of rope tied to a tree,

(If you live in Dublin the lampost), building tree-houses, climbing up onto

roofs. Tennis on the street, the smell of the sun and fresh cut grass.

Hubba Bubba bubble gum and 2p Flogs, macaroon bars and woppas, 3p

Refreshers and wham bars, superhero chewing gum, golf ball chewing gums and

liquorice whips, desperate dan and roy of the rovers, sherbit dips and Mr.

freezes, marathon bars and everlasting gobstoppers. 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, Battle

of the Planets, Road Runner, He-Man, Swapshop, and Why Don't You?,

Transformers, How do you do?, Bosco, Forty-coats, the Littlest Hobo and

Lassie, Chucklevision, The Muppet Show, MacGyver, Scarecrow and Mrs King,

Little House on the Prairie and Highway to Heaven, or staying up for Knight

Rider and Magnum PI.

When around the corner seemed far away and going into town seemed like

going somewhere.

A million midget bites, sticky fingers and mud all over you, knee-pads on

your jeans, Cops and Robbers, Rounders, tip the Can, , climbing

trees, spin the bottle, building igloos out of snow banks, walking to

school, no matter what the weather, running till you were out of breath.

Laughing so hard that your stomach hurt, Jumping on the bed.

Pillow fights,

Spinning around, getting dizzy and 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 weapon

Football cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle.

And don't forget the Marietta sandwiches we'd make by buttering a couple

of Marietta biscuits and stickin' them together. And that fantastic mixture

made in a tall glass with HB ice cream and Lemonade.

I'm not finished just yet...

Eating raw jelly, orange squash ice pops

Remember when ... There were two types of sneakers - girls and boys and

Dunlop Green Flash and the only time you wore them at school, was for '

P.E.',

It wasn't odd to have two or three 'best' friends, when nobody owned a pure

bred 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, 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 use him to carry groceries and

nobody, not even the kid, thought a thing of it.

When being sent to the head's office was nothing compared to the fate that

awaited a misbehaving student at home. Basically, we were in fear for our

lives but it wasn't because of muggings, drugs, gangs, etc. Our parents and

grandparents were a much bigger threat! and some of us are still afraid of

them!!!

Remember when....

Decisions were made by going 'eeny-meeny-miney-mo.' Mistakes were corrected

by simply exclaiming, 'do over!'

'Race issue' meant arguing about who ran the fastest. Money issues were

handled by whoever was the banker in 'Monopoly', the game of life and

connect four, atari 2600's and commadore 64's. The worst thing you could

catch from the opposite sex was germs. It was unbelievable that Red rover

wasn't an Olympic event...

Having a weapon in school, meant being caught with a biro barrel pea

shooter or an elastic band. Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made

better, Taking drugs meant orange-flavoured chewable vitamins, Ice cream

was considered a basic food group.

Getting a foot of snow was a dream come true.. Abilities were discovered

because of a 'double dare' Older siblings were the worst tormentors, but

also the fiercest protectors

If you can remember most or all of these, then you have LIVED!!!! Pass this

on to anyone who may need a break from their 'grown up' life...

[pixi]

Thanks for evoking some great memories

[ric04vrs]

i'm almost in tears, as that was so long ago

2 and half pence for a bag of crisps, half pence Mojo chews, sports day at school, summer holidays when it was actually sunny everyday

5 star petrol, cars that normal people could fix, the M5 that stopped before Bristol, the M56 that stopped at J14, queueing into North Wales, your dad starting out early to miss those queues, the Revolution at Blackpool was amazing

[Dragonrider]

'Black Jacks' were 4 for a penny, sixpence got you into the pictures 'upstairs' on a saturday morning,

50 per side football matches in the school playground, no one bothering about bruised knees or battered clothes during the match. happy memories.

[Irvtheswerv]

I still watch Chucklevision it's Comedy genius. What about knock a door run, top trumps, king of the castle, making a ramp for your BmX. The pop man bringing pop to your door. And Bangers they were dangerous woo hoo that meant you were nearly grown up.

[MoggyTech]

Yes I do miss those simpler days

[foureyes]

Brilliant..

I remember me Dad having to find a 50 pence coin to put in the telly so we could carry on watching Knight Rider one night!

[Brimma]

I didn't realise you were that old ? :eek:

Nice memories though

[Octygone]

This is good as well

YouTube - Richard Digance - 200 Remembers from "tv specials for ITV"

[foureyes]

I didn't realise you were that old ? :eek:

Which one of us?

[Brimma]

Which one of us?

The OP (but don't say I said so)

[Mike B]

This ones for our Scots members, 2p McCowans Highland Toffee.

Fond memories of my dearly departed Nana breaking the sweetie in half with the fire poker to make it manageable for my wee mouth, Make it go further!

Remember Rowntree Nutty's?

[vRSLen]

I have lived!

Just need to last a bit longer

[danroly]

I have lived!

Just need to last a bit longer

you live in gods country Len, you're immortal:rofl:

[Leodhasach]

Good lord, I'm 19 but I remember a lot of these things! Happy memories.

Another, which probably only really applies to me, is the smell of peat smoke.

[Dina]

Good lord, I'm 19 but I remember a lot of these things! Happy memories.

Another, which probably only really applies to me, is the smell of peat smoke.

Sitting in front of a nice peat fire as I type:thumbup: One of the joys of living in the country