My late dad's sock on the end of the bed on Christmas Eve when I was little                                                                                                                                                                             

  Trails riding in the summer holidays day after day after day.
                                                                                                                                                                             

hhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmm Sally james the corze of a thoughsand crispy bed sheats across the land !!!!! lol                                                                                                                                                                              

    Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwww - Wheely !!!!  U downsized to a t-towel now tho eh ???? lol     I loved scaring girls with worms !!    An climbing trees an making proper mud pies wi hawthorne berries mixed in for colour an texture - a sign I was gonna be creative I guess !!!                                                                                                                                                                                  

The Alpine pop man.                                                                                                                                                                              

You lazy man bluesbiker whats wrong with "Popping"down the shop for you pop.                                                                                                                                                                             

6 kids             =        a lotta pop.                                                                                                                                                                              

I miss absolutely nothing at all....                                                                                                                                                                             

bluesbiker you dark horse.... you have six kids                                                                                                                                                                             

Being totally oblivious to the world around me                                                                                                                                                                               

How about this: Just for a minute, forget everything stressful and read this...... Close your eyes and go back in time... Before the Internet... Before semi-automatics, joyriders and crack.... Before SEGA or Super Nintendo... Way back........ I'm talking about Hide and Seek in the park. The corner shop. Hopscotch. Butterscotch. Skipping. Handstands. Football with an old can. Fingerbob. Beano, Dandy, Buster, Twinkle and Dennis the Menace. Roly Poly. Hula Hoops, jumping the stream, building dams. The smell of the sun and fresh cut grass. Bazooka Joe bubble gum. 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 screwball. Wait...... Watching Saturday morning cartoons, short commercials or the flicks. Children's Film Foundation, The Double Deckers, Red Hand Gang, Tomorrow People, Banana splits, Tiswas or Swapshop?, and 'Why Don't You'? - or staying up for Doctor Who. When around the corner seemed far away and going into town seemed like going somewhere. Earwigs, wasps, stinging nettles and bee stings. Sticky fingers. Playing Marbles. Ball bearings. Big 'uns and Little 'uns. Cops and Robbers, Cowboys and Indians, and Zorro. Climbing trees. Making igloos out of snow banks. Walking to school, no matter what the weather. Running till you were out of breath, laughing so hard that your stomach hurt. Jumping on the bed. Pillow fights. Spinning around on roundabouts, getting dizzy and falling down was cause for giggles. Making Dens. Climbing Trees.Being tired from playing....remember that? The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team. Water balloons were the ultimate weapon. Football cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle. Choppers and Grifters. Eating raw jelly. Orange squash ice pops. Vimto and Jubbly lollies Remember when... There were two types of trainers - girls and boys, and Dunlop Green Flash. The only time you wore them at School was for P.E. And they were called gym shoes or if you are older - plimsoles 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 25p was decent pocket money Curly Whirlys. Space Dust. Toffo's. Spangles. Mojo's.Wham Bars. Bubble Gum in little sacks. Top Trumps. When you'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny. When any parent could discipline any kid, or feed him or use him to carry groceries and nobody, not even the kid, thought a thing of it. When being sent to the head's office was nothing compared to the fate that awaited a misbehaving pupil at home. Basically, we were in fear for our lives but it wasn't because of drive-by shootings, drugs, gangs etc. Remember when.... Decisions were made by going 'Ip, Dip, Dog Shit' Race issue' meant arguing about who ran the fastest. 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. You still remember your first kissPostman knockHide and seekSpanglesGobstoppersOpal fruitsSherbet fountainsFirst pair of long pantsBecoming a prefectPaper roundsBatman and robin, U.F.O.Watching star trek with your dadAll the films were in black and white even though you just got a coloured tellyThe moon landingMidnight massThere was a Father ChristmasStaying up to bring in New Year and dad had to go out and come back with a piece coal at midnightThinking you wouldn’t make your kids wash-upLearning all about pounds shillings and pence’s, then they changed itholidays in a caravangoing to see grandma, cos she always had sweetsIt was unbelievable that 'British Bulldog 123' wasn't an Olympic event. Having a weapon in school, meant being caught with a catapult. Nobody was prettier than Mum. 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. Older siblings were the worst tormentors, but also the fiercest protectors. If you can remember most or all of these, then you have LIVED.                                                                                                                                                                             

  Crikey!! after all that activity no wonder I'm worn out                                                                                                                                                                                  

*sigh*   Thanks for that, Geedubu!   *powers up the Time Machine*                                                                                                                                                                             

Thanks Geed ... LOT of good memories there   ***TeeCee... can I join you?***                                                                                                                                                                             

You can, shell... but it will be a bit of a squeeze..... I got the OTHER kind of TARDIS, the one where it is smaller on the inside than it looks!   (It was cheaper on tax cos of the lower emissions...)                                                                                                                                                                              

TC are you really 'Doc' in disguise ?                                                                                                                                                                             

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   he's flatlined!                                                                                                                                                                              

eekkk what will he look like when he regenerates??                                                                                                                                                                             

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