GMach1
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RE: Memories of Childhood
Too true I mean playgrounds were absolute death traps once with equipment and surfaces very rough yet we survived and it made us what we are today -bitter and twisted ??
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RE: Memories of Childhood
Well quite. We were at the forefront of technological achievements and breakthroughs-I mean who knew that you would be able to get a telephone in your pocket(NOKIA) or that a computer would soon be controlling your watch, television or washing machine. A machine you can talk to and it talks back! Most of these innovations were mostly the realms of science-fiction(mind you still not got flying cars, moving pavements or a starship but maybe in years to come who knows) but now most of those ideas are real - still have needles to give injections but there is a Powderject type that is less painful, cleaner, greener cars, a country that cares for its environment a lot more. Music has changed a lot too but still the old ones are the best.
We were also at the dawning of several genres like Punk Rock, Nu Wave, SKA was more popular and then New Romantic, post-Punk and then hip-hop. I don't want to sound like an old curmudgeon but if we had the technology that children have today, I think we would have made more of it. They have these amazing gadgets and yet are still bored and prefer to watch television on a small screen rather than a big one, and on channels that to be frank I am not worried about not having. Too many channels-how did we manage with just three? One last major breakthrough, at least they can treat various diseases a lot better now than when we were young and your chances of survival have increased a lot more.
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RE: Memories of Childhood
Who didn't delight in making camps and dens back then. It was great fun and I remember my mum helping me move the main dining table and then putting chairs in front making a tunnel to crawl into and then a giant sheet covered everything making a tent or den. The adventure aspect of it was in our own imaginations. Building camps or dens outside was also great fun. We had an old garage and we did it up, painted the doors and made a meeting place for us complete with some old chairs and a bit of carpet-very cosy. Or maybe you were lucky to have a tree-house complete with lift or steps up.
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RE: Memories of Childhood
Oh yes absolutely. My Dad and I would go down to a large main road where there were trees (or the local park) and chuck an old tableleg up and force them down. I would take a bradawl and make a hole and put some string through and the next day me and my mates would have great 'fights' no-one worried about Health and Safety - it is sheer madness to stop kids having some fun these days.
Remember the Cadbury's Fudge ad with the two boys about to play but the other one is tempted by "a finger of Fudge" just as the other boy is about to strike and he looks daggers at the kid as he runs off. We still have conkers in the house but now it is to ward off spiders and yes, it does work.
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RE: Memories of Childhood
Grandstand was for me THE sports show to watch on a Saturday especially the football results service typewriter giving out the scores. I remember watching World of Sport with Dickie Davies and like Grandstand they showed some diverse sport but the most memorable on BOTH channels was when Eric Morecambe came in and just took the places and presenters apart. He had everyone laughing with his antics. Reg used to do boxing and once they showed him women boxing which was nothing to what it is today and he was disgusted and said it would never catch on. I wonder what he would make of it now. Never liked wrestling, and when in 1980 some clever so decided to cover the Olympics from Moscow it was awful, no wonder the BBC are better trusted with the big stuff than ITV. (see images thread for more)
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