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Take a break from the grind and remember when................
Close your eyes and go back in time....
Before the Internet or the Amiga.
Before semi-automatics, joyriders and crack....
Before ICC, NIA, NEC...
Before the Mini, Anglia and Zepher
Way back........
I'm talking about Chips in newspaper.
The corner shop. Wimbushes, Wrenson's, George Mason's.
Hopscotch. Butterscotch. Gob stoppers.
Skipping. Handstands.
Football with an old can.
Beano, Beezer, Topper and Twinkle.
Hula Hoops, jumping the stream, building dams.
Riding through the ford
Crystal Set, wireless, 78rpm, 405 lines
Gaumont, West End, Futurist, Kingsway, Essoldo, Rock
Onion Fair, Bus fare. Camp Hill flyover.
Elmdon airport, Trams, Steam engines, Yam Yams.
Blue and Custard Corporation Buzz, Midland Red.
Petrol 5 bob a gallon to put a tiger in your tank,
Ration books. Gas lamps.
5Amp, 15Amp
I'm backing Britain.
Rag and boneman, Coleman, milkman, breadman,
Kali, Wacaden, Alpine Pop, Tizer, Vimto, Corona.
Beer at home means Davenports. 'Cheers'
Farthing, apeknee, penny, thrupence, tanner, tenbob note,
Bazooka Joe bubble gum. Hedges L260
Sparrows in the garden, Starlings in town.
Smell of HP Sauce and Cadbury's
Pencil Box
Dick and Dora
National Dried Milk, National savings
Moms Co-Op number, Lewis's, Barrow's, Beehive, Henrys, Greys
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
Wait...... Watching Saturday morning cartoons....ABC Minors.
When around the corner seemed far away and going into town seemed like
going somewhere.
Earwigs, nits, wasps and bee stings.
Cops and Robbers, Cowboys and Injuns,
Four Feather Falls, Twizzle. Supercar, Stingray
Climbing trees, conkers and scrumping
Building igloos out of snow banks.
Walking to school, no matter what the weather.
Jumping on the bed. Pillow fights.
Spinning around, 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.
Leather footballs with a bladder
Water balloons were the ultimate weapon
Football cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle.
New Hudson, Hercules, Currys, Halfords, Choppers and Grifters
I'm not finished just yet.....
Eating raw jelly. Orange squash ice pops, jubly's.
Remember when...
There were two types of trainers - girls and boys pumps,
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.
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 2/6d was decent pocket money
When you'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny.
When nearly everyone's mum was at home when the kids got there.
It was magic when dad would "remove" his thumb.
Happy valley, Tulip Festival, Silver Blades, and Top Rank,
Top Rank Suite, Mayfair, Locarno, La Dolce Vita, Rum Runner,
Cavendish,
Barbarrellas, Tower,
Decisions were made by going " Ip Dip Dog Ship ." (yeah I know)
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.
Teddy Boys, winkle pickers
Long hair, the mini skirt, hot pants and hipsters.
Flower power, Beatniks, Hippies. Mods and Rockers.
Beatles at the Odeon, Rockin Berries, Susan Maughan, The Move and
Applejacks
Janice "Oil give it foive"
Lunch Box, Noelle Gordon, Jerry Allen
Tingha and Tucker, Auntie Jean, Chipper,
Sandy, Meg, Jill, Carlos and Amy Turtle at the Crossroads.
Bernie the Bolt, Anne Aston
Bingley Hall. Boys and Girls Exhibition, dancing waters, Sammy the
Shunter.
Blues in division one.
Wide wheels, Colonel Bogey air horns.
Having a weapon in school, meant being caught with a catapult.
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
pass this on to anyone who may need a break from their "grown up"
life...
I DOUBLE-DARE YOU
Anon
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