This really did happen - our Childhood

 

THIS REALLY DID HAPPEN -  Our Childhood

 

When I grew up I walked to school and our Dinner time was at a regular time, Sunday’s was a Roast dinner an all the trimmings and we all sat down at a table and used our knives and forks correctly with no elbows on the table.

 

Eating out was not heard of, we only had a take away on special occasions, only received a toy on birthdays and at Christmas .

Fast food was fish and chips and having a mars bar 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 rode your bike! And bunked off school too!!!

 

Our house phone had a cord attached, so there was no such things as private conversations or mobile phones!

 

We didn’t have Now tv, Sky or Netflix, we had only 3 channels to watch. Channel 4 and 5 was an exciting addition! we had to watch all of the adverts unless you switched to BBC.

 

We played Rounders, tick, Cards, Hide & Seek, Tag, Football, made mud pies and Rode Bikes and fell off them too

 

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 Mam had made for our Dinner or we ate nothing at all. If we rushed our Dinner 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, tap water.

 

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... street lights were 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 don’t argue with older people and always give up my seat

 

I did my research by borrowing books from the library. 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 - The Best Times of our lives!