Cara Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 REMEMBER WHEN All the girls had ugly gym slips It took five minutes for the TV to warm up Nearly everyone's Mum was at home when the kids got home from school Nobody owned a thoroughbred dog You'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny Your Mother wore nylons that came in two pieces All your male teachers wore ties and female teachers had their hair done every day and wore high heels You got your windscreen cleaned, oil checked, and petrol served, without asking, all for free, every time. It was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner at a real restaurant with your parents They threatened to keep children back a year if they failed. . . And they did it! When a Ford Zephyr was everyone's dream car... And people went steady No one ever asked where the car keys were because they were always in the car, in the ignition, and the doors were never locked Spinning around, getting dizzy, and falling down was cause for giggles? Playing cricket with no adults to help the children with the rules of the game Bottles came from the corner shop without safety caps and hermetic seals because no one had yet tried to poison a perfect stranger And with all our progress, don't you wish, just once, you could slip back in time and savour the slower pace, and share it with the children of today. When being sent to the head's study was nothing compared to the fate that awaited the student at home Basically we were in fear for our lives, but it wasn't because of drive-by shootings, drugs, gangs, etc. Our parents and grandparents were a much bigger threat! But we survived because their love was greater than the threat. As well as summers filled with bike rides, cricket, Hula Hoops, skate hockey and visits to the pool, and eating lemonade powder or liquorice sticks. Didn't that feel good, just to go back and say, 'Yes, I remember that'? And remember that the perfect age is somewhere between old enough to know better and too young to care. How Many Of These Do You Remember? Coca Cola in bottles. Blackjacks and bubblegums. Home milk delivery in glass bottles with tinfoil tops. Hi-If's & 45 RPM records. 78 RPM records! Adding Machines. Scalextric. Do You Remember a Time When.. Decisions were made by going 'eeny-meeny-miney-moe'? 'Race issue' meant arguing about who ran the fastest? Catching tiddlers could happily occupy an entire day? It wasn't odd to have two or three 'Best Friends'? The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was'chickenpox'? Having a Weapon in School meant being caught with a catapault? War was a card game? Cigarette cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle? Taking drugs meant orange - flavored chewable aspirin? Water balloons were the ultimate weapon? 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbs Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 You've missed one - The only pop music on the radio was the top 20 on Radio Luxembourg, sundays at 6pm if I remember correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Surely you can't remember any of these, Cara? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinmac Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Nice, I had forgotten a few of those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cara Posted May 14, 2009 Author Share Posted May 14, 2009 Surely you can't remember any of these, Cara? Quite a few actually - I must be getting old! (or at least whoever sent me that by email must think I'm getting on a bit ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trev-the-Rev Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 I can remember too many of these Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT1703 Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 I can remember too many of these Before my time too !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zazur Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 I can remember too many of these Me too, good memories Hmmm, lemon sherbet bonbons from the huge sweet jars on the top shelf at the local newsagent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich5259 Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 I can remember too many of these +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maccaman Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Lucky bags - oh the joy of finding out what was in yours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin W Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 I can remember too many of these I remember ALL!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin W Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Lucky bags - oh the joy of finding out what was in yours Flying Saucers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
japmadlad Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 showing your age a bit there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunset350z Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 I still buy the flying saucers Used to fill up my scrambler at the local filling station for 50p a gallon on my dads account Those were the days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 I still buy the flying saucers Used to fill up my scrambler at the local filling station for 50p a gallon on my dads account Those were the days Was it not 10 shillings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunset350z Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 Oi, i'm not that old Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bex9 Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Arrr remember them all!!! One to add, 1/2 penny sweets! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cara Posted June 20, 2009 Author Share Posted June 20, 2009 Should be a 'guess the age' depending upon the responses here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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