MEMORIES OF A BOY in SIXTIES SURREY
I'm talking about Hide and Seek in the park.
The corner shop.
The only Ice Cream was Chocolate or vanilla or strawberry or maybe Neapolitan or perhaps a 99 ?
Wait......
Watching Saturday morning cartoons....short commercials, The
Double Deckers,When around the corner seemed far away and going into town seeme
d like going somewhere.
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
I'm not finished just yet.....
Eating raw jelly. Orange squash ice pops. Jubblies.
Remember when...
There were two types of trainers - girls and boys, and Dunlop
Green Flash -
Didn't that feel good?
Just to go back and say, Yeah, I remember that!
Remember when....
Decisions were made by going " Ip Dip Dog Ship
." (yeah I know)
"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.
It was unbelievable that British Bulldog 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 pro