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Spartacus · Aug 8th, 2008, 10:17 AM

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Aw I miss it.......I remember taping the uk hit 40 on radio1 every sunday as cd's werent invented and trying to pause in between the singing so you wouldn't get any speaking on it. Because you never got mixed tapes. I also member playing out till god knows when and me mum knowing i was ok even tho i didnt have me mobile.

OH MY GOSH Ema..... I sooooooooooooooooooooo did this

Yes me too!!!!! brilliant!! I remember my auntie used to cut Mick Brown of Capital Radios hair and she got him to do me a shout out on radio before Bros came on

I was a proper brosette!!!! lol! grolsch bottle tops, neckerchief, ripped jeans lol!!

Spartacus · Aug 8th, 2008, 10:20 AM

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We drank water from the garden hose or tap and NOT from a bottle.

We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle or can and NO ONE actually died from this.

We ate cakes, white bread and real butter and drank cordial with sugar in it, but we weren't overweight because......

WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!!

We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.

Local teams had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!

The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law!

Love those ^!!! Did you write this or find it somewhere?

No my cousin sent it to me not sure where she got it from but it is so true isn't it!! I just had to share it

Spartacus · Aug 8th, 2008, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by rafwife

I was snatched while on holiday in Spain when I was four. I've mentioned it a couple of times to people who tend to make the comments of 'you'd never have got that 20 years ago.' Yes, you did. It happened, and it happened to me (I was found very quickly before the person had a chance to take me off the resort) the only thing is you didn't hear about it. Nowadays if something like that happened you'd have parents running to the press to make other parents aware that suchandsuch resort isn't safe and you shouldn't let you're children out of arm's length and how terrible it is these days. Bad things will happen regardless of how much cotton wool you wrap your child in.

bloody hell! do you remember any of it?

I completely agree there are just as many sick people out there today as there was ten years ago, twenty years ago and so on it is just we hear of it more in the media these days and scare the living beejeezus out of us all. I mean the closest we ever got to hearing about kidnappings was down the local newspaper shop and the police used to put pictures up saying to kids if you see this man do not approach him/get in his car etc.

rafwife · Aug 8th, 2008, 14:04 PM

Yes, I remember all of it. I was very lucky, I was apparently gone for about an hour.

It's a terrible thing when children go missing, but there is a bigger culture of fear nowadays that is created by the media.

Spartacus · Aug 8th, 2008, 16:01 PM

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Originally Posted by rafwife

Yes, I remember all of it. I was very lucky, I was apparently gone for about an hour.

It's a terrible thing when children go missing, but there is a bigger culture of fear nowadays that is created by the media.

Thank goodness they found you - how scary, who found you?

completely agree!

Uvlollypop · Aug 8th, 2008, 20:26 PM

awesome

Lil_Baby_Boo · Aug 8th, 2008, 22:41 PM

I wish I could be 9 or 10 again.

Playing out all day, buliding dens, always getting home just in time for tea - even with out a watch!! Walking for miles to but not really going anywhere, going on bike rides on my brothers old BMX, breaking too hard & going over the handel bars. Camping out with friends on my front garden (did anyone else do this?)

I was always scared of being told off by my parents/grandparents, I always done as I was told. There was a report on the news yesterday saying X% of teenegers don't respect their parents.....how bad is that...apparently they have nothing in common and their parents are so 'old fashioned'??

Oh to be free and careless again....

alio · Aug 9th, 2008, 20:51 PM

I love this thread Ems!!! You are the new Messiah!

doctordeesmrs · Aug 10th, 2008, 08:11 AM

Those were the days. I actually feel quite sad that my son will not get to experience the type of childhood i had.

Spartacus · Aug 11th, 2008, 09:27 AM

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I love this thread Ems!!! You are the new Messiah!

thanks birdie!!

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