Things you did as kids that they don't do now!

[SouthCoastOwl]

Bringing bangers and flick knives back from Dieppe on school trips.

I brought loads of bangers back, never had the balls to bring a knife.

 

[fat old seagull]

7.30 Monday evening, BBC Light programme.

JOURNEY into SPACE

 

[Mellotron]

Being mostly concerned with NETTLES and QUICKSAND

Organising meet ups before mobile phones were available, and if you were late everyone just went without you.

 

[pasty]

To my shame, shop lifting from Woolies

 

[Danny-Boy]

I once threw bangers out of a car going through Ostend... "why don't these chip-eaters celebrate Guy Fawkes, aaaahh.."

 

[Danny-Boy]

I hope you raked the sand afterwards! That would have left someone with a terrible lie.

Could have resulted in a plugged ball or two..

 

[Silverhatch]

Could have resulted in a plugged ball or two..

I took care not to ground my club

 

[Nibble]

Most kids still do a lot of this stuff. I think it is a lot to do with where you live. For example in Brighton you don't see that many 8-16 yr olds playing out except on Saturday's on the high street because their parents all moved out to the suburbs or Shoreham or wherever when they bought houses. Take a look along the beach next day you are there on a normal day, very few groups that age group at all.

Where I live, in the leafy suburbs on the edge of the Thames, all day long I see groups of 8-16 yr olds going down to the tyre swing on the river, kicking footballs around, playing cricket with sticks, frisbee in the park, rooting around by the rivers and fields and on days like this if I'm on the towpath I am passed by groups of kids on bikes all the time with backpacks and cheap fishing nets out for the day.

It's a city Vs suburbs/countryside thang baby.

 

[Return of the Rev]

most kids still do a lot of this stuff. I think it is a lot to do with where you live. For example in brighton you don't see that many 8-16 yr olds playing out except on saturday's on the high street because their parents all moved out to the suburbs or shoreham or wherever when they bought houses. Take a look along the beach next day you are there on a normal day, very few groups that age group at all.

Where i live, in the leafy suburbs, all day long i see groups of 8-16 yr olds going down to the tyre swing on the river, kicking footballs around, playing cricket with sticks, frisbee in the park, rooting around by the rivers and fields.

It's a city vs suburbs thang baby.

not so many derelict buildings these days,every square inch gets a new build on it now!

 

[Nibble]

not so many derelict buildings these days,every square inch gets a new build on it now!

Well, there is some truth in that but again round my way there are loads of old abandoned boat houses and cricket pavillions I see kids playing in. I sound like I spend a lot of time following kids around. Because I do.

 

[Greyrun]

Going off in the morning to Stanmer park or Hollingbury golf course with the kids next door and not coming back till teatime all at the age of five.

 

[bobby baxter]

SCRUMPING

EXPLORING DERELICT HOUSES/SCHOOLS

BUILDING FIRES IN THE WOODS

WALKING BLOOMING MILES/HITCH HIKING

MAKING BOWS AND ARROWS

IDENTIFYING ENEMY PLANES (JUST FOR BG)

ANY OTHERS?[/QUOTE

If there was an A certificate film showing, we would stand outside the cinema and ask adults "Can you get me in please?" Innocent times

 

[Seagull kimchi]

Building camps - bloody big camps in the woods and playing war.

 

[greyseagull]

Playing manhunt
Using walkie talkies
Masturbating seven times a day

 

[Hillian1]

And slamming train doors, immensely satisfying, even in the mobile-phone age..
..

Opening the train door long before the train had come to a halt and seeing if you could jump onto the platform without killing yourself.

 

[jabba]

Finding empty bottles to take back to the shop to get the deposit.

 

[Hillian1]

Bringing bangers and flick knives back from Dieppe on school trips.

I brought loads of bangers back, never had the balls to bring a knife.

This.

Although I did bring a Flick Comb back one year, it got taken away by the scrawny little shit French Teacher who hated me with a passion though.

 

[Hillian1]

Being hauled of the street by almost any neighbour and seconded into random garden jobs.

 

[SouthCoastOwl]

Building camps - bloody big camps in the woods and playing war.

Yeah, stick fights and camp building in Northlands Wood. Kids can't do that anymore because Northlands Wood isn't a wood anymore.

 

[SouthCoastOwl]

This.

Although I did bring a Flick Comb back one year, it got taken away by the scrawny little shit French Teacher who hated me with a passion though.

I had a mate who brought a flick comb back and then attempted to replace the comb part with one of his mum's kitchen knives. Epic fail on two counts: as a weapon it was about as effective as a stick of celery and when his mum discovered what had become of her best kitchen knife he was grounded big time.