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Growing up in the 80s was the best.
- Thread starter leighton
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squirtyflower
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we played footie in the back entry between the houses on one side and the otherblack mamba said:squirtyflower said:me too mateblack mamba said:I grew up durin' the swingin' sixties in a land full of hippies , flower power , Trolley buses , outside toilets , and pre-decimal currency ...... it was wonderful to see the rag bone man pass through the street , closely followed by the coal man ...... those were the days when nobody could afford a phone , few could afford a car , mobiles and computers were nowhere to be seen , and we were all forced to talk to each other!
black and white telly, no phone
motd on for fifty mins with just two games
walk two miles to school
the best music ever in the late 60s into the 70s whilst the 80s were crap for music
hehe ......
when i think back the highlight of my day after school was rollin' pitch around any lollysticks i could find in the street , and constructin' a makeshift 'bogie cart' from planks of wood and old bike wheels that lasted me for about ten minutes before i crashed it into the nearest lamp-post!
What a pityful childhood .. no wonder i've turned out the way i have !
it was pretty good, a reasonably sized patch of waste land where we played football in the winter and cricket in the summer
everywhere shut at 6, tv off at 11
fuck all to do on a sunday
tony coleman
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squirtyflower said:we played footie in the back entry between the houses on one side and the otherblack mamba said:squirtyflower said:me too mate
black and white telly, no phone
motd on for fifty mins with just two games
walk two miles to school
the best music ever in the late 60s into the 70s whilst the 80s were crap for music
hehe ......
when i think back the highlight of my day after school was rollin' pitch around any lollysticks i could find in the street , and constructin' a makeshift 'bogie cart' from planks of wood and old bike wheels that lasted me for about ten minutes before i crashed it into the nearest lamp-post!
What a pityful childhood .. no wonder i've turned out the way i have !
it was pretty good, a reasonably sized patch of waste land where we played football in the winter and cricket in the summer
everywhere shut at 6, tv off at 11
fuck all to do on a sunday
...And hand me down underwear, green flash pumps..with holes in the bottom..
nits.. runny noses..fly always undone...coughing your guts up after having a sly drag on yer dads parkdrive fags....oh and that big girl just down the road who would give you a quick flash every now and then !!
glen quagmire
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Shit! Can anyone remember the T.V ads about surviving a nuclear attack?
I remember my older brother bringing this: http://www.atomica.co.uk/main.htm in from school.
I remember my older brother bringing this: http://www.atomica.co.uk/main.htm in from school.
Born in 77 also!
Playing football all six week holidays, with a little hide n seek, kick-can and ralivoe to boot!
Jublees, barrs irn bru in a glass bottle (with 8p refund on it!) and 10p mix-ups!
Thats life, heart to heart and tales of the unexpected on a sunday....also remember V being a massive tv programme back in them days!!
Loved it, go back to them days anytime!
Playing football all six week holidays, with a little hide n seek, kick-can and ralivoe to boot!
Jublees, barrs irn bru in a glass bottle (with 8p refund on it!) and 10p mix-ups!
Thats life, heart to heart and tales of the unexpected on a sunday....also remember V being a massive tv programme back in them days!!
Loved it, go back to them days anytime!
ali benarbia's studs
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no it wasn t ...it was totally sheeeeeeeeeeee ite
Lucky13
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Left school in '81 , spent most of the 80's watching bands then '88/'89 Rave started. Happy days.
mancitymick
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Pigeonho said:Seconded.
Born in 77, so all my years as a kid were in the 80's.
I remember going out at 9 in the morning in the summer hols, fucking about on the canal and brook, back for tea then Wembley Singles in the street. Hot sunny days, Jublees, Mr Freeze ice pops, skateboards, BMX's and only the Atari to keep me from wanting to not do any of that. These days there are too many things to keep a child indoors. Summer time in the 80's was the bollocks.
Think of Stand By Me, that was me and my mates.
All this. Went back to the Coppice in sale the other week where i grew up as a kid and played football with a casey bought from the garage. Now a effin housing estate. Mum used to have to drag us in in the Evening as all we wanted to do is be outside. Now Mums are having to kick there kids out of the house to play. Luxury was getting a B&W Portable TV in our bedroom with a coat hanger aerial and who can forget the Raleigh Burner