Close your eyes and go back in time...
Before the Internet...
before Mobile phones
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 a
screwball.
Bonfires
Watching Saturday morning cartoons, short commercials or the flicks.
The Tomorrow People, Tiswas or Swapshop?
and 'Why Don't You'? jim fix it- 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.
White dog shit.
Sticky fingers.
Playing Marbles. Ball bearings. Big 'uns and Little 'uns.
Cops and Robbers, Cowboys and Indians, and Zorro.
Climbing trees.
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?
Water balloons were the ultimate weapon.
Choppers and Grifters.
Eating raw jelly. Orange squash ice pops.

Remember when..

There were two types of trainers - girls and boys,
and Dunlop Green Flash
- and the only time you wore them at school was for P.E.
You knew everyone in your street - and so did your parents.
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.

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 Shit
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.


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.

If you can remember most or all of these, then I'd love to hear more. So as long as you don't take yourself too seriously, are down to earth, warm, friendly, adventurous, passionate, free spirited and can articulate a conversation then we're already sharing the same qualities.

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