Do you remember??
Close your eyes. and go back in time. Before the Internet, DVDs
Before semi-automatic machine guns and crack cocaine.
Before Sega and Nintendo. Way back
Im talking about hide and seek in the park. The corner shop, hopscotch, butterscotch, skipping, handstands, football with an old can and coats as the goals.
Bulldog, Beano, Twinkle and roly-poly, Hula Hoops, jumping in enormous puddles, building dams.
The smell of the sun and fresh cut grass, Bazooka Joe bubble gum. An ice cream cone on a warm summer night from the van that plays la cucaracha, 99s, screwballs or a cider lolly!!
Wait, watching Saturday morning cartoons, short commercials, The Double-Deckers, Roadrunner, He-man, Captain Caveman, Swap Shop and Why dont you!!!
Staying up late for Star Trek and Minder.
When around the corner seemed far away, and going into town seemed like going somewhere.
A million mosquito bites, wasp and bee stings. Sticky fingers, cops and robbers. Cowboys and Indians, Zorro!!
Climbing trees, building igloos out of tiny amounts of snow. Walking to school no matter what the weather running till you was out of breath, laughing so loud that your stomach hurt.
Jumping on the bed, pillow fights, spinning around getting dizzy and falling down was the cause for the giggles.
Being tired from playing and being happy. Remember that!!
The worst embarrassment was to be picked last for a team. Water bombs were the ultimate weapon; football cards in the spokes changed any bike into a powerful motorbike.
Nearly finished, remember when.there was only 2 types of trainers girls and boys.
- Dunlop Green Flash and the only time you wore them was at school in the gym.
You knew every one on your street, and so did your Mum and Dad!
When nobody owned a pure breed dog.
When 25p was decent pocket money, when you'd reach into a muddy gutter for a 10p piece.
When everyones Mum was at home when you got back from school, and it was magic when your dad would remove his thumb for fun!!!
When any parent could discipline any kid, or feed him or use him to carry the groceries home and not even the kid thought a thing about it.
When being sent to the Head Masters office was nothing compared to what was going to happen when you got home. Basically we lived in fear of our lives, not because of drugs, gangs or drive-by shootings, our parents and Grand parents were a much bigger threat!! And some of us might still be afraid of them.
Didnt that feel good? Just think back and say, yeah I remember all that.
Remember when decisions were made by going eeny-meeny-miney-mo!!!
Race issues meant who can run the fastest?
Money issues were handled by who was the banker in Monopoly
having a weapon in school meant you had been caught using a catapult.
Nobody was as pretty as your Mum, scrapes and cuts were kissed and made better, and taking drugs meant orange-flavoured chewable aspirin. and ice cream was considered to be a basic food group.
Abilities were discovered because of a dare or double-dare.
Older brothers and sisters were the worst tormentors, but also the fiercest protectors.
If you can remember these snippets or even some of them then you have lived!!!
Pass this on to someone who may need a break from their grown-up existence.
GO ON I DOUBLE-DARE YA!!!
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