For anyone who grew up in the 70's/80's - Well worth a read!

mfield

The essence of an Irish Childhood 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 Neapolitan
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,
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. 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 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
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!!!!

Hellrazer

Excellent.


You left out your ma spitting on the tissue and cleaning yer face with it.

flyz

Not forgetting The Waltons , The Fall Guy and the Ediable paper

tele

Seriously mfield, That nearly brough a tear to my eye.. too true. God we had it good

darthmise

Originally posted by Hellrazer
Excellent.


You left out your ma spitting on the tissue and cleaning yer face with it.

What, the one she always kept tucked up her sleeve?
Me sheds a tear for the lost child in me.

Hellrazer

No dartmise the one she kept down the front of her bra:)

stevoslice

Ahh, thems were the days, nothin like a bowl of coco-pops while watchin wanderly wagon!!!