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Lego? I had meccano in my dayWait till you have kids! I've got a couple of big boxes of Lego to play with
Me too, but, I also have some from the 1940's that was originally my uncle's. Sadly its a bit battered and rusty from use.Lego? I had meccano in my day
So, we can tell your age by what you played with (and how you played) as a child!
I remember the whole family gathering for tea on a Sunday and then we all played cards. For money! Even us kids! What fun!
In the local orchards, cooking apples on the end of a sharp whippy stick and then lob them at each other....
You got hit by one and you new it.
In the local orchards, cooking apples on the end of a sharp whippy stick and then lob them at each other....
You got hit by one and you new it.
That explains alot then
did you get hit quite a few times
Kids today have no funIn the local orchards, cooking apples on the end of a sharp whippy stick and then lob them at each other....
You got hit by one and you new it.
We used to build massive castles with straw bales after harvesting. That was until the farmer appeared with his shotgun. Imagine the outrage nowadays.
Played was football until it was too dark to see anything at all. Then, we played some more.
We used spokes chopped out of old bike wheels and crab apples!In the local orchards, cooking apples on the end of a sharp whippy stick and then lob them at each other....
You got hit by one and you new it.
Tony.
Kids today have no fun
Yep, I am talking 1969 when I was seven. Do the math chaps....
Played outside all day, came home covered in mud and never got ill, never killed anyone, well, with the exception of throwing spears at each other when one went through a lads welly boot and his foot.
Could have been worse.....
Sounds similar to my childhood HT, throughout the summer We would be out from first light until dark, mainly birds egging, I would walk miles and miles and be climbing trees all day long, Life seemed much simpler then and a lot safer.Yep, I am talking 1969 when I was seven. Do the math chaps....
Played outside all day, came home covered in mud and never got ill, never killed anyone, well, with the exception of throwing spears at each other when one went through a lads welly boot and his foot.
Could have been worse.....
Wow, that's a blast from the past, used to do that and then blow the eggs out to make your collection.
Probably get arrested now for doing that.
I also used to blow them and had a large collection, only used to take one egg out of a nest though, it is illegal now and I think it was back then.
Probably was and I only took one also, those were the rules, so to speak, but as a kid, I could tell you from which bird the egg came from just by looking at it.....how many kids could/would know that these days?
Oh yeah, and sitting up in trees on a private stretch of river catching the 'private' Trout.....
I could still tell you most British birds eggs now just by looking, I love springtime as I take my daughter nesting, we go looking but thats all, I do still climb but nothing to high, I can't resist climbing to see what is in a holes in trees, we found, kestrels, Tawny Owl, barn owl this year.
That's my girl!! Joan says I never left my childhood and my response is when it becomes law that we must grow up maybe then I will being the law abiding citizen I am! I hope you stay young forever Stacey!! JIMWho said you have to ever grow up
I made one of Jack's eel traps and caught f-all.
But it was still fun to do. Jon Miller the scientist guy was very good too.
Tony.
But it was still fun to do. Jon Miller the scientist guy was very good too.Tony.
They where the days, I remember Jack Hargreaves, but David Attenborough was my hero and still is, an ex girlfriend was a nanny for Richard Attenboroughs son in London, she used to meet a lot of stars and David was a regular visitor, she got me a signed Birthday card, It still has great value to me today.