flynny Posted August 24, 2012 Report Share Posted August 24, 2012 (edited) WE WAS BRUNG UP PROPER !! "And we never had a whole Mars bar until 1993"!!! CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY WHO WERE BORN IN THE1940's, 50's, 60's, and 70’s.First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank Sherry while they carried us and lived in houses made of asbestos...They took aspirin, ate blue cheese, bread and dripping, raw egg products, loads of bacon and processed meat, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes or cervical cancer.Then after that trauma, our baby cots were covered with bright coloured lead-based paints. We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets or shoes, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking.As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags.We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.Take away food was limited to fish and chips, no pizza shops, McDonalds , KFC, Subway or Nandos.Even though all the shops closed at 6.00pm and didn't open on a Sunday, somehow we didn't starve to death!We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this.We could collect old drink bottles and cash them in at the corner store and buy Toffees, Gobstoppers and Bubble Gum.We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter,milk from the cow,and drank soft drinks with sugar in it, but we weren't overweight because...... WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!!We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O..K.We would spend hours building our go-carts out of old prams and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. We built tree houses and dens and played in river beds with matchbox cars.We did not have Playstations, Nintendo Wii , X-boxes, no video games at all, no 999 channels on SKY , no video/dvd films, or colour TV, no mobile phones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat rooms...........WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them! We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no Lawsuits from these accidents. Only girls had pierced ears! We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever. You could only buy Easter Eggs and Hot Cross Buns at Easter time..... We were given air guns and catapults for our 10th birthdays,( The start of greater things to come ) We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just yelled for them!Mum didn't have to go to work to help dad make ends meet because we didn't need to keep up with the Jones's! Not everyone made the rugby/football/cricket/netball team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!! Getting into the team was based on MERIT Our teachers used to hit us with canes and gym shoes and throw the blackboard rubber at us if they thought we weren't concentrating .We can string sentences together and spell and have proper conversations because of a good, solid three R's education. Our parents would tell us to ask a stranger to help us cross the road.The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law! Our parents didn't invent stupid names for their kids like 'Kiora' and 'Blade' and 'Ridge' and 'Vanilla' We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL ! IF you were born in these times CONGRATULATIONS! You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated our lives for our own good. And while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave their parents were.PS -The big type is because your eyes are not too good at your age anymore. Edited August 24, 2012 by flynny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimfireboy Posted August 24, 2012 Report Share Posted August 24, 2012 That's just spot on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trowel 7 Posted August 24, 2012 Report Share Posted August 24, 2012 WE WAS BRUNG UP PROPER !! "And we never had a whole Mars bar until 1993"!!! CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY WHO WERE BORN IN THE1940's, 50's, 60's, and 70’s.First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank Sherry while they carried us and lived in houses made of asbestos...They took aspirin, ate blue cheese, bread and dripping, raw egg products, loads of bacon and processed meat, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes or cervical cancer.Then after that trauma, our baby cots were covered with bright coloured lead-based paints. We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets or shoes, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking.As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags.We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.Take away food was limited to fish and chips, no pizza shops, McDonalds , KFC, Subway or Nandos.Even though all the shops closed at 6.00pm and didn't open on a Sunday, somehow we didn't starve to death!We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this.We could collect old drink bottles and cash them in at the corner store and buy Toffees, Gobstoppers and Bubble Gum.We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter,milk from the cow,and drank soft drinks with sugar in it, but we weren't overweight because...... WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!!We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O..K.We would spend hours building our go-carts out of old prams and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. We built tree houses and dens and played in river beds with matchbox cars.We did not have Playstations, Nintendo Wii , X-boxes, no video games at all, no 999 channels on SKY , no video/dvd films, or colour TV, no mobile phones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat rooms...........WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them! We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no Lawsuits from these accidents. Only girls had pierced ears! We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever. You could only buy Easter Eggs and Hot Cross Buns at Easter time..... We were given air guns and catapults for our 10th birthdays, We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just yelled for them!Mum didn't have to go to work to help dad make ends meet because we didn't need to keep up with the Jones's! Not everyone made the rugby/football/cricket/netball team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!! Getting into the team was based on MERIT Our teachers used to hit us with canes and gym shoes and throw the blackboard rubber at us if they thought we weren't concentrating .We can string sentences together and spell and have proper conversations because of a good, solid three R's education. Our parents would tell us to ask a stranger to help us cross the road.The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law! Our parents didn't invent stupid names for their kids like 'Kiora' and 'Blade' and 'Ridge' and 'Vanilla' We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL ! IF you were born in these times CONGRATULATIONS! You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated our lives for our own good. And while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave their parents were.PS -The big type is because your eyes are not too good at your age anymore. x2 :good: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted August 24, 2012 Report Share Posted August 24, 2012 x3, except had to wait for rationing to finish before trying serious quantities of some of the food items. Thanks for a cracking post, had a good laugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Geordie Posted August 24, 2012 Report Share Posted August 24, 2012 The three R's Reading Writing and Arithmatic! I see only One starting in R Some Schooling :lol: We spent time swimming in local rivers as kids and building camp fires etc. We used to go into the Dene and shoot tin cans with my Diana air rifle. 5p fares for the Bus. No trainers then just real leather shoes. We were one of 5 families on our estate to own a car. There were 90 families. We used to take other kids to the beach with us in out Austin GT1300 My first car was a Datsun A100 We grew up knowing when we left School we had the choice of a YTS scheme. Not just finished and dropped as they are now. We didn't own a TV until I was about 9, instead we sat round the Radio and spent the evening talking as a Family. Ah yes the joys of Redifusion! Box on, volume up, turn the switch on the wall to find radio one for the charts count down. We played on Building sites pretending to be the Sweeny and the Professionals etc. All home cooked food. No microwave meals or Mcdonalds etc. We all chipped in with the housework. I miss it really. The carefree attitude we all had :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reece Posted August 24, 2012 Report Share Posted August 24, 2012 WE WAS BRUNG UP PROPER !! "And we never had a whole Mars bar until 1993"!!! CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY WHO WERE BORN IN THE1940's, 50's, 60's, and 70’s.First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank Sherry while they carried us and lived in houses made of asbestos...They took aspirin, ate blue cheese, bread and dripping, raw egg products, loads of bacon and processed meat, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes or cervical cancer.Then after that trauma, our baby cots were covered with bright coloured lead-based paints. We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets or shoes, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking.As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags.We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.Take away food was limited to fish and chips, no pizza shops, McDonalds , KFC, Subway or Nandos.Even though all the shops closed at 6.00pm and didn't open on a Sunday, somehow we didn't starve to death!We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this.We could collect old drink bottles and cash them in at the corner store and buy Toffees, Gobstoppers and Bubble Gum.We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter,milk from the cow,and drank soft drinks with sugar in it, but we weren't overweight because...... WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!!We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O..K.We would spend hours building our go-carts out of old prams and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. We built tree houses and dens and played in river beds with matchbox cars.We did not have Playstations, Nintendo Wii , X-boxes, no video games at all, no 999 channels on SKY , no video/dvd films, or colour TV, no mobile phones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat rooms...........WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them! We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no Lawsuits from these accidents. Only girls had pierced ears! We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever. You could only buy Easter Eggs and Hot Cross Buns at Easter time..... We were given air guns and catapults for our 10th birthdays, We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just yelled for them!Mum didn't have to go to work to help dad make ends meet because we didn't need to keep up with the Jones's! Not everyone made the rugby/football/cricket/netball team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!! Getting into the team was based on MERIT Our teachers used to hit us with canes and gym shoes and throw the blackboard rubber at us if they thought we weren't concentrating .We can string sentences together and spell and have proper conversations because of a good, solid three R's education. Our parents would tell us to ask a stranger to help us cross the road.The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law! Our parents didn't invent stupid names for their kids like 'Kiora' and 'Blade' and 'Ridge' and 'Vanilla' We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL ! IF you were born in these times CONGRATULATIONS! You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated our lives for our own good. And while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave their parents were.PS -The big type is because your eyes are not too good at your age anymore. I wasn't born then, but I agree completely. There is one thing that can be blamed for stopping all of that - the PC brigade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted August 24, 2012 Report Share Posted August 24, 2012 I agree that there was rather more freedom for kids in the 50's and 60's, but:- "mothers who smoked " - she has probably now croaked from lung cancer "loads of bacon and processed meat" - or from a heart attack or bowel cancer or, because she wasn't tested, diabetes, cervical or breast cancer "As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts" - and of course the passenger deathrate per accident was considerably higher then. Not everything was rosy in them days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted August 24, 2012 Report Share Posted August 24, 2012 I agree that there was rather more freedom for kids in the 50's and 60's, but:- "mothers who smoked " - she has probably now croaked from lung cancer "loads of bacon and processed meat" - or from a heart attack or bowel cancer or, because she wasn't tested, diabetes, cervical or breast cancer "As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts" - and of course the passenger deathrate per accident was considerably higher then. Not everything was rosy in them days Quite. But overall I like the above post and have received it more or less in the same format over the years from these emails you get going around that people forward you. The irony is of course that nowadays it's safer than ever to do some of this stuff, but people tend not to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikky Posted August 24, 2012 Report Share Posted August 24, 2012 did you live next door to us...all sounds familiar...when the ice cream van came round..my dad used to say...do you know why that ice cream van is playing that music....no dad..its telling all us parents that it has run out of ice cream,so go out the back and play ( so we wouldnt see the kids cueing up at the van ) mikky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flynny Posted August 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2012 (edited) I agree that there was rather more freedom for kids in the 50's and 60's, but:- "mothers who smoked " - she has probably now croaked from lung cancer "loads of bacon and processed meat" - or from a heart attack or bowel cancer or, because she wasn't tested, diabetes, cervical or breast cancer "As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts" - and of course the passenger deathrate per accident was considerably higher then. Not everything was rosy in them days OK OK i think we all know that thankyou proffesor PC ha ha, (edited cause I left caps lock on sorry guys didn't mean to shout ha ha) Edited August 24, 2012 by flynny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchieboy Posted August 24, 2012 Report Share Posted August 24, 2012 WE WAS BRUNG UP PROPER !! "And we never had a whole Mars bar until 1993"!!! CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY WHO WERE BORN IN THE1940's, 50's, 60's, and 70’s.First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank Sherry while they carried us and lived in houses made of asbestos...They took aspirin, ate blue cheese, bread and dripping, raw egg products, loads of bacon and processed meat, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes or cervical cancer.Then after that trauma, our baby cots were covered with bright coloured lead-based paints. We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets or shoes, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking.As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags.We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.Take away food was limited to fish and chips, no pizza shops, McDonalds , KFC, Subway or Nandos.Even though all the shops closed at 6.00pm and didn't open on a Sunday, somehow we didn't starve to death!We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this.We could collect old drink bottles and cash them in at the corner store and buy Toffees, Gobstoppers and Bubble Gum.We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter,milk from the cow,and drank soft drinks with sugar in it, but we weren't overweight because...... WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!!We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O..K.We would spend hours building our go-carts out of old prams and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. We built tree houses and dens and played in river beds with matchbox cars.We did not have Playstations, Nintendo Wii , X-boxes, no video games at all, no 999 channels on SKY , no video/dvd films, or colour TV, no mobile phones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat rooms...........WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them! We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no Lawsuits from these accidents. Only girls had pierced ears! We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever. You could only buy Easter Eggs and Hot Cross Buns at Easter time..... We were given air guns and catapults for our 10th birthdays, We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just yelled for them!Mum didn't have to go to work to help dad make ends meet because we didn't need to keep up with the Jones's! Not everyone made the rugby/football/cricket/netball team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!! Getting into the team was based on MERIT Our teachers used to hit us with canes and gym shoes and throw the blackboard rubber at us if they thought we weren't concentrating .We can string sentences together and spell and have proper conversations because of a good, solid three R's education. Our parents would tell us to ask a stranger to help us cross the road.The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law! Our parents didn't invent stupid names for their kids like 'Kiora' and 'Blade' and 'Ridge' and 'Vanilla' We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL ! IF you were born in these times CONGRATULATIONS! You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated our lives for our own good. And while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave their parents were.PS -The big type is because your eyes are not too good at your age anymore. Thanks for the memories mate! It is all so so true! :good: You could add that in those days Pansies were just flowers that grew in your gardens and not the band of poofters that mascarade as comediens on our "modern day"TV! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
four-wheel-drive Posted August 24, 2012 Report Share Posted August 24, 2012 (edited) When I left school at 15 in those days you went to the labour exchange ( Jobcentre ) they asked you what qualifications you had and what type of work you wanted to do then they looked in the little card file and gave you three jobs to choose from when you decided they phoned up and made an appointment for you do go and see them most of the time you got the job and that was it if you did not get it they sent you on to the next one Just like for those who can remember Charley Drake and Mr Poo. Just found this. Edited August 24, 2012 by four-wheel-drive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flynny Posted August 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2012 Thanks for the memories mate! It is all so so true! :good: You could add that in those days Pansies were just flowers that grew in your gardens and not the band of poofters that mascarade as comediens on our "modern day"TV! :lol: Nice one pete I, m crying/laughing at my PC as I write this, I get your drift mate ha ha lmao atb Flynny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robkat Posted August 24, 2012 Report Share Posted August 24, 2012 You forgot, buying a Shotgun License at the post office and cartridges from the local hardware shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSPUK Posted August 24, 2012 Report Share Posted August 24, 2012 At the end of that clip is one with Fiona Bruce - all my illusions have been shattered. - She pass's wind !!!!!!!!!!!! Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yates Posted August 24, 2012 Report Share Posted August 24, 2012 Thanks for the memories mate! It is all so so true! :good: You could add that in those days Pansies were just flowers that grew in your gardens and not the band of poofters that mascarade as comediens on our "modern day"TV! :lol: Whats a poofter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted August 24, 2012 Report Share Posted August 24, 2012 We didn't have a bathroom 'til I was 10;toilet was outside next to the coal shed.Bathnights was in a zinc bath in front of the fire,shared with the little lass from next door(same age as me),and if anyone wanted to make a phone call they would have to use the public phone on the corner below the railway bridge!Do I miss those days?Do I ****! Good post though flynny,enjoyed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksdad Posted August 24, 2012 Report Share Posted August 24, 2012 A case of the Rose Tinted Specs there my mate! Mostly true though, I agree, we would really go out in the morning with air rifles, then return at tea time starving hungry, but never a thought of child molesters or pedos: we would have most likely chinned them anyway! But, it wasn't all nice and simple, I've got a badly scarred left leg after a toy steam engine blew up, my mate has only got one eye, another kid at school lost a kidney after a fight, then theres all the bruises and plaster casts we used to show off! But, would I go back to those days.....TOO RIGHT I WOULD! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gemini52 Posted August 24, 2012 Report Share Posted August 24, 2012 Nice one and we didnt have council tax aswell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoggy Posted August 24, 2012 Report Share Posted August 24, 2012 Yup..................Glad I was born in the 60`s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleeh Posted August 24, 2012 Report Share Posted August 24, 2012 Right. Can anyone tell me how this is such a great achievement, seeing how you guys raised/part of the current generation that's so readily (and you all agree with this) ******* everything up for the rest of us? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guest1957 Posted August 24, 2012 Report Share Posted August 24, 2012 Rose tinted glasses I imagine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muggins. Posted August 24, 2012 Report Share Posted August 24, 2012 I agree that there was rather more freedom for kids in the 50's and 60's, but:- "mothers who smoked " - she has probably now croaked from lung cancer "loads of bacon and processed meat" - or from a heart attack or bowel cancer or, because she wasn't tested, diabetes, cervical or breast cancer "As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts" - and of course the passenger deathrate per accident was considerably higher then. Not everything was rosy in them days You rode a motorbike with no helmet. "and of course the passenger deathrate per accident was considerably higher then". I don`t recall it was as there were less vehicles and less speed machines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleeh Posted August 24, 2012 Report Share Posted August 24, 2012 You rode a motorbike with no helmet. "and of course the passenger deathrate per accident was considerably higher then". I don`t recall it was as there were less vehicles and less speed machines. More drunk drivers, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigs Posted August 24, 2012 Report Share Posted August 24, 2012 we also had discipline and manners Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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