Childhood.....
Posted: 11 Jul 2020, 13:09
When I grew up 0n Hawkswood/Ireland Wood Estates, I walked to school. Our tea time was at a regular time and we all sat down at a table and used our knives and forks correctly.
Eating out was not heard of, we only received toys on our birthdays and at Christmas .
Fast food was a bag of chips and having a bottle of Ben Shaws pop from the shop was a real treat.
You took your school clothes off as soon as you got home and put on your 'playing out' clothes. - children looked like children, we didnt pout, wear makeup or have anxiety.
There was no taking or picking you up in the car, you walked or got the bus!
No house phone, if we needed to contact someone,rarely, it was a walk to the closest phone box with a pocket full of pennies.
We didn’t have Cable, Sky or Netflix, we had only 2 channels to watch.
We played Tin can squat, British Bull Dog, Rounders, Hide & Seek, Tig, Kerby, Football, made mud pies and Rode Bikes
Staying in the house was a PUNISHMENT and the only thing we knew about "bored" was --- "You better find something to do before I find it for you!"
We ate what mum made for dinner or we ate nothing at all,. If we rushed our tea we weren't allowed to go back out and if we didn't eat it we weren't allowed back out either
Bottled water was not a thing; we drank from the tap.
We watched cartoons on Saturday mornings, and rode our bikes for hours and ran around.
We weren't AFRAID OF ANYTHING. We played till dark... sunset was our alarm.
If someone had a fight, that's what it was and we were friends again a week later, if not SOONER.
We watched our MOUTHS around our elders because ALL of our aunts, uncles, grandpas, grandmas, AND our parents' best friends were all extensions of our PARENTS and you didn't want them telling your parents if you misbehaved! Or they would give you something to cry about. Everyone had respect. I still dont argue with old people and always give up my seat
Mobiles not invented and did my research by renting books from the library or he encyclopedias in the cupboard. There was no internet and no Google!
These were the good days. So many kids today will never know how it feels to be a real kid I loved my childhood and all the mates I hung around with. Good Times
Copy and paste / amend if this was your childhood made me smile in so many ways!
Graham
Eating out was not heard of, we only received toys on our birthdays and at Christmas .
Fast food was a bag of chips and having a bottle of Ben Shaws pop from the shop was a real treat.
You took your school clothes off as soon as you got home and put on your 'playing out' clothes. - children looked like children, we didnt pout, wear makeup or have anxiety.
There was no taking or picking you up in the car, you walked or got the bus!
No house phone, if we needed to contact someone,rarely, it was a walk to the closest phone box with a pocket full of pennies.
We didn’t have Cable, Sky or Netflix, we had only 2 channels to watch.
We played Tin can squat, British Bull Dog, Rounders, Hide & Seek, Tig, Kerby, Football, made mud pies and Rode Bikes
Staying in the house was a PUNISHMENT and the only thing we knew about "bored" was --- "You better find something to do before I find it for you!"
We ate what mum made for dinner or we ate nothing at all,. If we rushed our tea we weren't allowed to go back out and if we didn't eat it we weren't allowed back out either
Bottled water was not a thing; we drank from the tap.
We watched cartoons on Saturday mornings, and rode our bikes for hours and ran around.
We weren't AFRAID OF ANYTHING. We played till dark... sunset was our alarm.
If someone had a fight, that's what it was and we were friends again a week later, if not SOONER.
We watched our MOUTHS around our elders because ALL of our aunts, uncles, grandpas, grandmas, AND our parents' best friends were all extensions of our PARENTS and you didn't want them telling your parents if you misbehaved! Or they would give you something to cry about. Everyone had respect. I still dont argue with old people and always give up my seat
Mobiles not invented and did my research by renting books from the library or he encyclopedias in the cupboard. There was no internet and no Google!
These were the good days. So many kids today will never know how it feels to be a real kid I loved my childhood and all the mates I hung around with. Good Times
Copy and paste / amend if this was your childhood made me smile in so many ways!
Graham