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Inspired by my 60s thread (that took off nicely lol)
What do you feel like kids/young foll now a days have missed out on from when you were little or younger??
And similary, what do you feel you wish you could mabye do now that you didnt have the chance to or feel you cant?
I feel like i missed out on the fun of the 60s and the dances of the 90s....and everything being a little less law abiding?
Now adays i think technology is amazing and opportunity to travel? Xx
What do you feel like kids/young foll now a days have missed out on from when you were little or younger??
And similary, what do you feel you wish you could mabye do now that you didnt have the chance to or feel you cant?
I feel like i missed out on the fun of the 60s and the dances of the 90s....and everything being a little less law abiding?
Now adays i think technology is amazing and opportunity to travel? Xx
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What have the current younger generation missed out on? All too often, regrettably, the answer seems to be 'a childhood'.
When I was little, children had their own radio request programme which played songs written especially for children (or which were particularly likely to be popular with children), such as 'Nelly the Elephant'. It was eventually...
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00:38 Mon 02nd Jul 2012
The 60's were so different from today. I was explaining this to my young nephew only the other day. To him, life without the TV and computer games is unimaginable !
Far, far fewer cars making playing in the street much safer.
No grafitti !
Not much crime !
Polite behaviour from most people, hardly any "antisocial behaviour"
Hardly any telly, thus making us go out and play.
( we did, however, have the Clitheroe Kid on Sunday lunchtimes ! )
Proper food, not bloody burgers !
Apple scrumping !
Making "dens" anywhere we could.
I could go on and on !
Far, far fewer cars making playing in the street much safer.
No grafitti !
Not much crime !
Polite behaviour from most people, hardly any "antisocial behaviour"
Hardly any telly, thus making us go out and play.
( we did, however, have the Clitheroe Kid on Sunday lunchtimes ! )
Proper food, not bloody burgers !
Apple scrumping !
Making "dens" anywhere we could.
I could go on and on !
The chink of the milk bottles in the mornings.
The whistle of the postman.
The thrill every week of getting a 3d suncap orange drink delivered by the postman.
Doing "penny for the guy" every November.
Not many cars on the roads.
Going out on my own as a child for most of the day until my mother called me in.
Collecting old corona bottles and taking them back to the shops to collect the 3p for each one on return.
This we would then spend on sweets, which was a luxury in those days.
Going blackberrying so mum could make pots and pots of jam.
Going mushrooming over the fields.
We often came back with a carrier bag size amount.
Picking wild flowers to adorn the kitchen window sill.
Going to saturday morning pictures every week., and if it was your birthday you could take a friend free that week.
The whistle of the postman.
The thrill every week of getting a 3d suncap orange drink delivered by the postman.
Doing "penny for the guy" every November.
Not many cars on the roads.
Going out on my own as a child for most of the day until my mother called me in.
Collecting old corona bottles and taking them back to the shops to collect the 3p for each one on return.
This we would then spend on sweets, which was a luxury in those days.
Going blackberrying so mum could make pots and pots of jam.
Going mushrooming over the fields.
We often came back with a carrier bag size amount.
Picking wild flowers to adorn the kitchen window sill.
Going to saturday morning pictures every week., and if it was your birthday you could take a friend free that week.
Im only 26 but having 'two homes' one we were allowed 2 hours of tv a night and god forbid we turned it on without asking! At mums we had unlimted ability to roam as she knew where we would be, in the cemetary making dens or climbing trees. We camped in our grandparents garden and walked for hours on the beach and hills, and god do i miss it! Give me exmoor on my doorstep any day!
I was a child in the 50s and look back with such fondness to those days. It has been great reading all these posts I agree with all of them and has brought back such happy memories ............. but of course no computers in the 50s which brings me such a lot of pleasure these days especially on Answerbank! It was "Enid Blyton" books which took up all my time back then - and thumbs down to political correctness, we loved Big Ears and Mr Plod!
For Eddie:
I attended a state grammar school, which modelled itself upon public schools.
Even talking about football was frowned upon. (Our local professional team, Ipswich, had won the Football League Championship only a few years earlier but, in 7 years at the school, I never heard any teacher or pupil mention Ipswich Town FC even once, and I knew of nobody who had ever attended any of their games - to do so would have been regarded with considerable contempt). Soccer, so we were told, was "only for common people" (as was Rugby League). "Young gentlemen play Rugby Union, boys. Remember that always, boys. Rugger is the name of the game and never forget it!".
I attended a state grammar school, which modelled itself upon public schools.
Even talking about football was frowned upon. (Our local professional team, Ipswich, had won the Football League Championship only a few years earlier but, in 7 years at the school, I never heard any teacher or pupil mention Ipswich Town FC even once, and I knew of nobody who had ever attended any of their games - to do so would have been regarded with considerable contempt). Soccer, so we were told, was "only for common people" (as was Rugby League). "Young gentlemen play Rugby Union, boys. Remember that always, boys. Rugger is the name of the game and never forget it!".
The crisps with the blue twist of salt were much more fun in those days. You never knew whether you would get one bag, several, or none at all. And they weren't the squares they have now.
As has already been said, we had a childhood and didn't try to act like adults at too young an age. Parents were stricter and behaviour was better because of it. We knew we were at school to learn, even if it wasn't all fun and games - children's minds can absorb information much better than adults' and we were expected to. There were two television channels (then BBC2 came along as well!) and families who had a television had usually just the one. There were no mobile phones or computers so we had to rely on landlines or letters - which gave a certain freedom as you could actually be out of contact with poeople, including parents, for hours at a time. I think I'm glad I grew up then and not now.
As has already been said, we had a childhood and didn't try to act like adults at too young an age. Parents were stricter and behaviour was better because of it. We knew we were at school to learn, even if it wasn't all fun and games - children's minds can absorb information much better than adults' and we were expected to. There were two television channels (then BBC2 came along as well!) and families who had a television had usually just the one. There were no mobile phones or computers so we had to rely on landlines or letters - which gave a certain freedom as you could actually be out of contact with poeople, including parents, for hours at a time. I think I'm glad I grew up then and not now.
The grammar school we attended still had paying pupils who had set the tone of the place and we 11 plus guinea pigs were left in no doubt that we were a rabble. By the time I left, the ethos was changing apace. Being politically active I was once summoned to the head's office and accused of accepting "Moscow Gold". Chance would have been a fine thing!
60's - no PC (except the one in uniform), respect for others and the general use of common sense in most things sufficed. Fun involved using your own imagination and if you misbehaved your parents sided with the teachers.
Today I'd hate to be without central heating! Coal fires were great, but you got scorch marks on your legs and your bum froze!
Today I'd hate to be without central heating! Coal fires were great, but you got scorch marks on your legs and your bum froze!
