Childhood Memories

Fry

Growing up in Ireland

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(SANDY), 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, Queenie-I-O,
>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 cupla
>Marietta biscuits and stickin' them together. And that quare oul mixture
>made in a tall glass with HB ice cream and Taylor Keith Red 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.", Gola football boots.
>
>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!!!!

tman

reading that made my eyes hurt:(

i gave up after 2 lines

Fry

honestly though it's good....would not have posted it otherwise.

maybe, you havent lived

jammy_dodger

I liked it, more of a retro board thingeh though.

Pigman II

Originally posted by Fry
A million midget bites

Damn those little people! And to this day they wonder why they're still viewed with apprehension.

adjodlo

Good times man...good times...

weemcd

that almost brings a tear to my eye sob, no matter what age you are and your a lad you can relate to 90% of that, good one.

lordsippa

this is on the All Things Retro forum already. Been MANY replies.

Erm.. yeah. la di da. fun fun. etc.

My fondest childhood memory was up in the priests house. Learned many skills that help me in bed to this day.

byte

And that quare oul mixture made in a tall glass with HB ice cream and Taylor Keith Red Lemonade

Ah I remember them alright! Don't think I could stomach one now though! :rolleyes:

Lump

Oh I remember doing all that stuff, brings back the memories alright.



John

the fnj

Moved!