just jack 998 Posted January 24, 2010 Report Share Posted January 24, 2010 sean Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RicW 67 Posted January 24, 2010 Report Share Posted January 24, 2010 And there's more! The village where I grew up there was a culvert under the railway. Come up Guy Fawkes me and the lads would lay out serious money, like 5 bob each, on penny bangers. Then it's up to the top of the culvert. Youse guys nowadays can't buy proper bangers. We'd get up the top-end, first man lights a banger. When it starts to fizz, sling it in't water. Then another one, from t'next lad, sling it in't water. And the next, and the next... When they went off they sounded like a Bofors 40mm ack-ack gun on full auto. We could hit 10 rpm no problem. Now there is another story about the culvert. One day some of the lassies from the girl's school decided to go skinny dipping . . . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeakOil 352 Posted January 24, 2010 Report Share Posted January 24, 2010 Roaming round all over the place with pen knives, airguns, bow and arrows, bolas, Jack Russels and whippets. Tying fishing rod onto my bike with bits of old string / shoe laces, digging up a handful or two of worms, lifting rocks, wood and old bits of carpet to find more worms for fishing. Building dens, treehouses, making traps to catch starlings, sparrows and blackbirds. Scavenging round for empty cans to weigh in for a bit of extra pocket money. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeakOil 352 Posted January 24, 2010 Report Share Posted January 24, 2010 Oh ans seeing people sweeping the street outside their house and scrubbing the front steps. Hardly ever see that these days. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
snorker 2 Posted January 24, 2010 Report Share Posted January 24, 2010 WAS BORN 1974. ME FATHER WAS VERY HARD. IF HE WAS WORKIN (HOD cARRYIN) I HAD TO BE UP SHARP AND TAKE SPRINGERS AWAY TO COUNT THE COVEYS OF PARTRIDGES IN FIELDS AJACENT TO LOCAL COKE WORKS. ALSO HAD TO SHOVEL 2 TON LOADS OF MANURE INTO GARDEN, WHILST FATHER IN PUB, AND HAD TO PLOAT 15 60 WOOD PIGEONS FOR HIS PALS, LAND LORD , LOCAL INDIAN ETC. REMEMBER KILLIN TWO DOZEN TURKEYS ON XMAS EVE FOR ME FATHERS PALS IN PUB. THEY PROBABLY PAYED FOR EM IN OCTOBER. REMEMBER BUBBLING COS I COULDNT PULL THE WING/TAIL FETHERS OUT. WOULDNT CHANGE ME CHILDHOOD, AS MADE ME THE WAY I AM . BUT DO GET ANNOYED WI MY BOYS, LYING IN BED TILL PM, WANTIN $5 FOR THIS $10 FOR THIS/THAT. WHERE ME FATHA WUD HAVE BRAYED ME FOR SLEEPIN PAST 8AM. DIFFERENT WORLD. CAPTAIN CAVE MAN,,,,, HE ME FAVORITE. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RicW 67 Posted January 24, 2010 Report Share Posted January 24, 2010 Oh ans seeing people sweeping the street outside their house and scrubbing the front steps. Hardly ever see that these days. Fair point but . . . Perhaps no-one today takes any pride in looking after their own gaff? As ever, it's a lot more complicated than some folk want to admit. Anyway, remember Fisherman's Friends? Or Black Jacks? In fact, how many people on here can remember when you could get 1/- (that's one shilling) per tail for grey squirrels from the council? Thing was, they slung 'em out at the end of the day. Then we'd sneak round the back, steal 'em out the bins, take 'em round the front next day, get another bob apiece. I recollect one tail we sold 6 times. Ponged a bit too much after that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
peeser 1 Posted January 25, 2010 Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 did everyone have a froggy meadow the 1 i went to has about 20 houses built on it now 100% mate im only 25 but grew up with them Quote Link to post Share on other sites
peeser 1 Posted January 25, 2010 Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 WE WAS BRUNG UP PROPER !! CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WHO WERE BORN IN THE 1930's 1940's, 50's, 60's and even early 70's First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us and lived in houses made of asbestos. They took aspirin, ate blue cheese, raw egg products, loads of bacon and processed meat, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes or cervical cancer. Then after that trauma, our baby cots were covered with bright coloured lead-based paints. balls same still went on in the late s early 90 s don t worry yourselves oldies lol can t blame us all for being young(25) which is wat happens to the kids now, all tarred with the the same brush We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets or shoes, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking. As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags. We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle. Take away food was limited to fish and chips, no pizza shops, McDonalds , KFC, Subway or Nandos. Even though all the shops closed at 6.00pm and didn't open on the weekends, somehow we didn't starve to death! We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this. We could collect old drink bottles and cash them in at the corner store and buy Toffees, Gob stoppers, Bubble Gum and some bangers to blow up frogs with. We ate biscuits, white bread and real butter and drank soft drinks with sugar in it, but we weren't overweight because...... WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!! We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the street lights came on. No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K. We would spend hours building our go-carts out of old prams and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. We built tree houses and dens and played in river beds with matchbox cars. We did not have Playstations, Nintendo Wii , X-boxes, no video games at all, no 999 channels on SKY , no video/dvd films, no mobile phones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat rooms...........WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them! We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no Lawsuits from these accidents. Only girls had pierced ears! We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever. You could only buy Easter Eggs and Hot Cross Buns at Easter time... We were given air guns and catapults for our 10th birthdays, We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just yelled for them! Mum didn't have to go to work to help dad make ends meet! RUGBY and CRICKET had try outs and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!! Getting into the team was based on MERIT Our teachers used to hit us with canes and gym shoes and bully's always ruled the playground at school. The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law! Our parents didn't invent stupid names for their kids like 'Kiora' and 'Blade' and 'Ridge' and 'Vanilla' We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL ! And YOU are one of them! CONGRATULATIONS! You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated our lives for our own good. And while you are at it, show this to your kids so they will know how brave their parents were. PS -The big type is because your eyes are not too good at your age I thought it was only me that had to stay out till the street lights came on,lol any one remember Smurf's ? or mag wheels for there B.M.X ? Good post Sean. Class post mag wheels what about z rimz Raleigh Burners, mad the old days, remember rolling a lass i fancied at junior school through some nettals no wonder they all fecked off with the dreaded 'older lads' them was the days, todays kids are obese, pasty faced little caspers, hooked on xbox, PS3, Rap, energy drinks......politiacal correctness appears to breed apathy bring back the freedom of the good old days, that list should be law for kids Quote Link to post Share on other sites
farmer 1 0 Posted January 25, 2010 Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 mint post mate born 73 did it all same as the rest of us by the sounds off it . been dragged around the coffee mornings for your cloths with yea mam. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
miss lurcher bitch 319 Posted January 25, 2010 Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 great post i can remmber doing most the things to wat they say cant do anymore but they were the better days to wat the kids do now i can remmber the olds typ sweets i youst to buy spangles also used to go to me gradmas house every sater day and she use to say heres your pigs troaters for ya tea of pigs tail stew and a bowl of brawn that she had made they were the days but i remmber to this day her trying to get me to eat egg custard tarts yuk but they was the good days of life things have changed so much and you never even thought of crime bad in them days you could walk the streets with no hassle playing out all you get now is drugies on the street muggins and more vilence brring back the good old days atb mlb Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fragle 1 Posted January 25, 2010 Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 got to be the best post i have ever read on here , them where the good all days Quote Link to post Share on other sites
donk 12 Posted January 25, 2010 Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 1963 Me and my 2 sisters used to sit on the draining bench of the kitchen sink,feet in the water in the sink and my mother would wash us all down,with the same water :icon_eek: If you called on your mate you would put your mouth down to the letter box and open it and shout through it " johnny johnny are you coming out?" A lollipop stick in the gutter on a rainy day kept amused all day,we were gutted when it stopped raining or we had to go in for our tea. Happy times. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
topman 0 Posted January 25, 2010 Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 WE WAS BRUNG UP PROPER !! CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WHO WERE BORN IN THE 1930's 1940's, 50's, 60's and even early 70's First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us and lived in houses made of asbestos. They took aspirin, ate blue cheese, raw egg products, loads of bacon and processed meat, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes or cervical cancer. Then after that trauma, our baby cots were covered with bright coloured lead-based paints. We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets or shoes, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking. As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags. We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle. Take away food was limited to fish and chips, no pizza shops, McDonalds , KFC, Subway or Nandos. Even though all the shops closed at 6.00pm and didn't open on the weekends, somehow we didn't starve to death! We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this. We could collect old drink bottles and cash them in at the corner store and buy Toffees, Gob stoppers, Bubble Gum and some bangers to blow up frogs with. We ate biscuits, white bread and real butter and drank soft drinks with sugar in it, but we weren't overweight because...... WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!! We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the street lights came on. No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K. We would spend hours building our go-carts out of old prams and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. We built tree houses and dens and played in river beds with matchbox cars. We did not have Playstations, Nintendo Wii , X-boxes, no video games at all, no 999 channels on SKY , no video/dvd films, no mobile phones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat rooms...........WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them! We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no Lawsuits from these accidents. Only girls had pierced ears! We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever. You could only buy Easter Eggs and Hot Cross Buns at Easter time... We were given air guns and catapults for our 10th birthdays, We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just yelled for them! Mum didn't have to go to work to help dad make ends meet! RUGBY and CRICKET had try outs and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!! Getting into the team was based on MERIT Our teachers used to hit us with canes and gym shoes and bully's always ruled the playground at school. The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law! Our parents didn't invent stupid names for their kids like 'Kiora' and 'Blade' and 'Ridge' and 'Vanilla' We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL ! And YOU are one of them! CONGRATULATIONS! You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated our lives for our own good. And while you are at it, show this to your kids so they will know how brave their parents were. PS -The big type is because your eyes are not too good at your age true Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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