A thread for all those things we used to do but kids don’t anymore, inspired by some comments on the joke threads.
None of those copy and paste I was a child of the19## and I survived type lists.
6 or 14 or 20 a side (but hardly ever 11), often uneven numbers, football matches sometimes with “rush goalie” that went on for hours invariably with a score of 27-19. At some point the kid who’s ball it was had to go home to a cry of “next goal wins” irrespective of the score.
Picking teams, really inclusive no kid missed out due to (in)ability, race, colour or creed. Even the thick kid with leg callipers and a finger up his nose picking bogies got a game. Although his selection was normally met with “ you can have the last two cause you’ve got Nobby”
Getting a wack from your mates mum for messing about then getting another one when you got home
Getting into arguments or fights with your mates, promising never to speak to them again.
Then knocking on their door later on to see if they are coming out to play, and they did.
Jumping (and falling in) ditches
The park keeper, “look out here comes parkie”
Metalwork and woodwork classes with knives and chisels. Making an ashtray and a fruit bowl, then combining the two skills to make a wooden handled trowel.
Earning your pocket money, milk rounds, paper rounds, car cleaning.
Saturday morning pictures. All of a sudden the cinema emptied out and 200 Lone Rangers or Zorros riding imaginary horses were let loose. B Films before the main film. Having enough money to either get the bus home or a bag of chips but not both.
Free bag of scratching with your chips. The bits of batter that fell of the fish when it was fried.
Sitting on the top deck of a bus pretending to drive it.
