Kids nowadays seem to loose ou on life!

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
10/10/2009 11:03

When I was a kid in the good weather the whole street would be out playing fottball, cricket, tennis etc even our mums and dads joined in. Is'nt it a shame that you never see that nowadays.

What are your childhood memories?

smithy


Joined: 17/07/2008
Posts: 5301

Message Posted:
10/10/2009 11:13

Chris, you are so right, you would always see me doing handstands up the wall, (showing my knickers as usual ) and all the kids would be playing one game or another, but I think the world has changed, today is not safe for the little ones to be playing outside on their own,

We didn't have the toys which the children have now, but by god we knew how to enjoy ourselves all the same, my father made us all scooters with ball bearings in noisy but great fun. Those were the days

Sheila

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
10/10/2009 11:20

RE msg 1, nurse: (...) When I was a kid in the good weather the whole street would be out playing fottball, cricket, tennis etc even our mums and dads joined in. (...)

=> I remember it from Amsterdam, between 1945-1955. But you fail to mention that our parents then started to buy cars, fill the streets with them - and would slab you if you even came near their car or the neighbour's, forget playing with a ball...

Suffolk



Joined: 31/08/2008
Posts: 222

Message Posted:
10/10/2009 11:21

Mine was being given half a crown to spend the day with my brother at our local outdoor swimming pool during the summer holidays. The fact that I couldn't swim but I had an inflatable rubber ring didn't seem to worry my parents. I was told to keep in the shallow end and make sure my toes could touch the floor!



Steve and his pals would slide down a snowy hill with an upturned car bonnet at high speed tumbling off when they reached the bottom



As children we were able to explore and know our limitations on how fast you could ride a bike before you fell of or how far up a tree you could climb before a branch might snap!



If you went home early during the school holidays your Mum would ask why.



Regards Irene and Steve

bridie


Joined: 18/09/2008
Posts: 308

Message Posted:
10/10/2009 11:32

Playing hopscotch, marbles, jacks, whip and top, cat's cradle, knitting, sewing, and later making my own school dresses for summer.

bridie


Joined: 18/09/2008
Posts: 308

Message Posted:
10/10/2009 11:33

Oh, and my first Timex watch at 17 years old!!!!

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
10/10/2009 11:38

Bridie

I actually still wear my Timex watch every day and it is now 36 years old. But my first one was a Cinderella watch which came in a glass (plastic) slipper.

Woodspeckie


Joined: 25/01/2009
Posts: 2263

Message Posted:
10/10/2009 11:43

Going for a walk with a pack of jam butties and a bottle of water.

Jumping over the brooks and falling in and going to my Aunties to get dry before going home, she had a big open fire in a black grate and a rope across the mantlepiece to dry clothes on.

The smell of washing day only on a Monday, the tub, dolly and the mangle.

Riding on a bike through the lines of washing strung across the back of the terraced houses and being chased.

Playing hop scotch, top and Whip and piggy on the main road, you could play there for hours.

Our grandchildren to play out but not sure they have as much fun as we did.

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
10/10/2009 11:44

RE msg 7, nurse: (...) I actually still wear my Timex watch every day and it is now 36 years old. (...)

=> Chris, does George actually know your watch hasn't worked for the past 25 years or so..? I'll tell him this afternoon to buy you a nice new Girne Rolex (guaranteed 36 minutes). OK, my pleasure...

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
10/10/2009 11:46

Why it is wrong what we, grandparents and our children, are doing for the grandchildren: buy them a present in a box and when they've unwrapped it - they start playing with the box...

Woodspeckie


Joined: 25/01/2009
Posts: 2263

Message Posted:
10/10/2009 11:51

Msg. 10. Answer:Take the gift out of the box before wrapping and giving it to them.

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
10/10/2009 11:53

RE msg 11, Woodspeckie: My grandchildren - smart as their granddad - would ask for the box and tell me I was ripped off again in TRNC...

Woodspeckie


Joined: 25/01/2009
Posts: 2263

Message Posted:
10/10/2009 12:33

One Christmas my 5 year old grandson asked me if Father Christmas lived in China, I asked why he said "because all the boxes say made in China".