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Close your eyes and go back in time...
>
>Before the Internet...
>
>Before semi-automatics, joyriders and crack....
>
>Before SEGA or Super Nintendo...
>
>Way back.......
>
>I\'m talking about Hide and Seek in the park.
>The corner shop.
>Hopscotch.
>Butterscotch.
>Skipping.
>Handstands.
>Football with an old can.
>Fingerbob.
>
>Beano, Dandy, Buster, Twinkle and Dennis the Menace.
>
>Roly Poly.
>Hula Hoops, jumping the stream, 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 a tune.
>Chocolate or vanilla or strawberry or maybe Neapolitan or perhaps
>screwball.
>
>Wait......
>
>Watching Saturday morning cartoons, short commercials or the flicks.
>Children\'s Film Foundation, The Double Deckers, Red Hand Gang,
>Tomorrow People, Tiswas or Swapshop?, and \'Why Don\'t You\'? - or staying up
>for Doctor Who.
>
>When around the corner seemed far away and going into town seemed like
>going somewhere.
>
>Earwigs, wasps, stinging nettles and bee stings.
>
>Sticky fingers.
>Playing Marbles. Ball bearings. Big \'uns and Little \'uns.
>Cops and Robbers, Cowboys and Indians, and Zorro.
>Climbing trees.
>Making 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 on roundabouts, 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.
>Choppers and Grifters.
>
>Eating raw jelly. Orange squash ice pops. Vimto and Jubbly lollies
>
>Remember when...
>
>There were two types of trainers - girls and boys, and Dunlop Green Flash
>The only time you wore them at School was for P.E.
>And they were called gym shoes or if you are older - plimsoles
>
>You knew everyone in your street - and so did your parents.
>It wasn\'t odd to have two or three \'best\' friends.
>
>You didn\'t sleep a wink on Christmas Eve.
>
>
>When nobody owned a pure-bred dog.
>
>When 25p was decent pocket money
>Curly Whirlys. Space Dust. Toffo\'s.
>Top Trumps.
>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 any parent could discipline any kid, or feed him 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 pupil at home.
>Basically, we were in fear for our lives but it wasn\'t because of drive-by
>shootings, drugs, gangs etc.
>
>Parents and grandparents were a much bigger threat and some of us are still
>afraid of them.
>
>Didn\'t that feel good?
>
>Just to go back and say, Yeah, I remember that!
>
>Remember when....
>
>Decisions were made by going \"Ip, Dip, Dog Sh*t\"
>
>\"Race issue\" meant arguing about who ran the fastest.
>
>Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in Monopoly
>
>The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was germs.
>And the worst thing in your day was having to sit next to one.
>
>It was unbelievable that \'British Bulldog 123\' wasn\'t an Olympic event.
>Having a weapon in school, meant being caught with a catapult.
>
>Nobody was prettier than Mum.
>Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better.
>
>Taking drugs meant orange-flavoured chewable aspirin.
>Ice cream was considered a basic food group.
>
>Getting a foot of snow was a dream come true.
>
>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 life...
>
>I DOUBLE-DARE YOU
>
>
>Before the Internet...
>
>Before semi-automatics, joyriders and crack....
>
>Before SEGA or Super Nintendo...
>
>Way back.......
>
>I\'m talking about Hide and Seek in the park.
>The corner shop.
>Hopscotch.
>Butterscotch.
>Skipping.
>Handstands.
>Football with an old can.
>Fingerbob.
>
>Beano, Dandy, Buster, Twinkle and Dennis the Menace.
>
>Roly Poly.
>Hula Hoops, jumping the stream, 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 a tune.
>Chocolate or vanilla or strawberry or maybe Neapolitan or perhaps
>screwball.
>
>Wait......
>
>Watching Saturday morning cartoons, short commercials or the flicks.
>Children\'s Film Foundation, The Double Deckers, Red Hand Gang,
>Tomorrow People, Tiswas or Swapshop?, and \'Why Don\'t You\'? - or staying up
>for Doctor Who.
>
>When around the corner seemed far away and going into town seemed like
>going somewhere.
>
>Earwigs, wasps, stinging nettles and bee stings.
>
>Sticky fingers.
>Playing Marbles. Ball bearings. Big \'uns and Little \'uns.
>Cops and Robbers, Cowboys and Indians, and Zorro.
>Climbing trees.
>Making 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 on roundabouts, 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.
>Choppers and Grifters.
>
>Eating raw jelly. Orange squash ice pops. Vimto and Jubbly lollies
>
>Remember when...
>
>There were two types of trainers - girls and boys, and Dunlop Green Flash
>The only time you wore them at School was for P.E.
>And they were called gym shoes or if you are older - plimsoles
>
>You knew everyone in your street - and so did your parents.
>It wasn\'t odd to have two or three \'best\' friends.
>
>You didn\'t sleep a wink on Christmas Eve.
>
>
>When nobody owned a pure-bred dog.
>
>When 25p was decent pocket money
>Curly Whirlys. Space Dust. Toffo\'s.
>Top Trumps.
>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 any parent could discipline any kid, or feed him 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 pupil at home.
>Basically, we were in fear for our lives but it wasn\'t because of drive-by
>shootings, drugs, gangs etc.
>
>Parents and grandparents were a much bigger threat and some of us are still
>afraid of them.
>
>Didn\'t that feel good?
>
>Just to go back and say, Yeah, I remember that!
>
>Remember when....
>
>Decisions were made by going \"Ip, Dip, Dog Sh*t\"
>
>\"Race issue\" meant arguing about who ran the fastest.
>
>Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in Monopoly
>
>The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was germs.
>And the worst thing in your day was having to sit next to one.
>
>It was unbelievable that \'British Bulldog 123\' wasn\'t an Olympic event.
>Having a weapon in school, meant being caught with a catapult.
>
>Nobody was prettier than Mum.
>Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better.
>
>Taking drugs meant orange-flavoured chewable aspirin.
>Ice cream was considered a basic food group.
>
>Getting a foot of snow was a dream come true.
>
>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 life...
>
>I DOUBLE-DARE YOU
>
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