Random things from childhood.

[tommye]

when they could be found bashing clusters of frog spawn with rocks as they reminded me too much of tapioca

 

[notrevE5]

oh relax, it was just the embryotic version of kermit

 

[Kurt.]

oh relax, it was just the embryotic version of kermit

Spermit ?

 

[Pootsy]

I live in a coastal area, surrounded by beaches so a lot of our summers were spent there, had a mate once who thought it would be a great idea to bring his boogie box (portable tape recorder for the under 40’s) to the beach and blast out his Chubby Brown tape, the packed beach were kept amused for 2 whole loud hours…. The innocence of youth aye

Kevin Bloody Wilson at Christmas?

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

Thought it was the lads who did the chasing??

Junior school it was the girls.
Secondary school was not mixed,religious rubbish, so all that fun stopped...I say stopped, the Christian Brothers tried ...

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

Kids wearing school uniform 24/7...couldn't afford anything else.
New clothes for Easter.
Adidas Kick.
Gym pumps for playing out.
Building sites being playgrounds.
I've mentioned elsewhere the new main stand was being built at GP and no real security around it,maybe a small wire fence...hills and hills of rubble,like mountains.
Bob a job week.
Roads getting tared.
Street football.
Kerb football.
Cricket with a stick of wood and a tennis ball.

 

[Rita_Poon]

Junior school it was the girls.
Secondary school was not mixed,religious rubbish, so all that fun stopped...I say stopped, the Christian Brothers tried ...

kept you fit tho, all that running?

 

[Rita_Poon]

white powdery dog coils.
weighing glass bottles in at the off licence.
a vague memory of a certain type of stamp being sought at the co-op?
a lady bird invasion.
summers of actual sun that seemed to last forever. (cliched I know).
the pain of a very early familial loss.
no fast food on the high street. (fish & chips didn't count)
the genuine majesty of international football, like forbidden fruit, couldn't get enough and then it was gone.
chopper bikes and knockoffs.

 

[Rich1878]

 

[degsy]

Going the swimming baths and coming out with red raw eyes then getting an oxtail soup from the vending machine and a wham bar.

Total cost for everything was about a £1

A Pound!
Back in the day it was 6d / 2.5p to get in the baths
No Soup - all we could eat after was a squirt of Brycream between 5 of us and Wham bars hadn't even been invented

Soup ffs
We used to  dream of soup
and to even think of living in a manky old Soup can was the height of
 LUXURY

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

Bags of crisps being reduced from rrp of 3p to rrp of 2 and a 1/2 p.

 

[Rita_Poon]

Back in the day it was 6d / 2.5p to get in the baths

And this stupid country wonders why it's car, manufacture and engineering industries were swallowed up. With maths like the above, who needs enemies.

 

[summerisle]

My school was not exactly renowned for academic excellence. The headmaster had this great idea (to his mind anyway) to enter an inter-schools quiz competition. Trouble was, I was the only kid to put his name forward. Eventually the other two places were eventually filled by two strapping dunces who volunteered instead of detention. Dear reader, you might not be surprised by the fact they we didn't win a single match. Good times!

 

[Joey66]

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3d waste of money 1 & 1/2 p now

 

[Joey66]

Kids formed Gangs - from rival council estates .....complaints about Knowsley Safari park opening - one councilor stated in objection to the Lord Mayor - what if a Lion escapes - the Mayor answered it will have to take its chances like everyone else in the area