Days of Old

[dinky]

Good old coal fires ,no need to recycle everything went on it.Liquorice root,imps,Bangers that would blow door off telephone box, Proper beer or stout no poncy lager or alcopops then.Gay meant fun or colours not hallo sweety[sorry neil]Grumpy old 56

[dinky]

Still got petrol coupons for motor bike from 1970 when petrol looked like being rationed,Proper music that you can understand lyrics.No speed cameras/Gatso.No mot.

[zippy]

Originally Posted by zippy656

i take it she dont read thing you say on here then??

She does - thats why I have two black eyes

[zippy656]

Ah.. thats not to clever then..



must be some thing to do with the NAME

Zippy

I thought these people might have had spangles but no i was wrong

http://www.aquarterof.co.uk/index.php

jamie

[Liam]

Originally Posted by zippy

Well Im a fella

Even male nurses need love too

[Liam]

Originally Posted by poppypiesdad

I thought these people might have had spangles but no i was wrong

http://www.aquarterof.co.uk/index.php

jamie

Nice link,Jamie, I might have to avail of their services for somebody's birthday.

[wolf]

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!!!!

pass this on to anyone who may need a break from their 'grown up' life...

I DOUBLE DARE YA!!! Bagsy it, no returns and no magical changes

those were the good days!!!!!

[Hilltop]

And you will feel OLD after reading the lot, LOL