HOW TRUE IS THIS

[ch pied]

while cleaning out the archive's on my system , i found this post from 2003 on another forum  , all credit go's to roly / roland

 

HOW TRUE IS THIS!!!!

According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who were kids in the 50's, 60's, and 70's probably shouldn't have survived, Why?Because our baby cots were covered with brightly coloured lead-based paint which was promptly chewed and licked.

We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, or latches on doors or cabinets and it was fine to play with pans.

When we rode our bikes, we wore no helmets, just flip flops and fluorescent clackers' on our wheels. ..if afforded. As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags. Riding in the passenger seat was a treat. We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle - funny tasted the same.

We ate dripping sandwiches, bread and butter pudding and drank fizzy pop with sugar in it, but we were never overweight because we were always outside playing. We shared one drink with four friends, from one bottle or can and no one actually died from this.

We would spend hours building go-carts out of scraps and then went top speed down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes.

After running into stinging nettles a few times, we learned to solve the problem. We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back before it got dark. No one was able to reach us all day and no one minded.

We did not have Playstations or X-Boxes, no video games at all. No 99 channels on TV, no videotape movies, no surround sound, no mobile phones, no personal computers, no Internet chat rooms. We had friends - we went outside and found them.

We played elastics and street rounders, and sometimes that ball really hurt.

We fell out of trees, got cut and broke bones and teeth, and there were no lawsuits. They were accidents. We learnt not to do the same thing

again. We had fights, punched each other hard and got black and blue - we earned to get over it.

We walked to friend's homes. We made up games with sticks and tennis balls and ate live stuff, and although we were told it would happen, we did not have very many eyes out, nor did the live stuff live inside us forever. We rode bikes in packs of 7 and wore our coats by only the hood. Our actions were our own. Consequences were expected. The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke a law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law. Imagine that!

This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers and problem solvers and inventors, ever. The past 50 years have been an explosion

of innovation and new ideas. We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all. And you're

one of them. Congratulations!

Pass this on to others who have had the luck to grow up as real kids, before lawyers and government regulated our lives, for our own good.

If you aren't old enough, thought you might like to read about us. And that is just the starters....

[gangster]

;D ;D ;D ;D quite a refreshing read and 100% true.......oh i long for those days again..

[gangster]

That brings back to some memories ;D

 

what the bike shed... :P :P :P ;D ;D ;D ;D

[edwards]

and thats something i dont think anyone could knock or argue with jesus im itching and thinking to but actually cant  :-/ ;D ;D ;D ;D

[BLACK W F]

very very true  they where great days

[Guest G.Drysdale + son]

Used to pick carrots wipe the dirt on our jumper and eat them,swim in the resoviour (rissy) no problem.Bring back the 70's

[Chris Little]

Great thread and very true

[Blueberry Max]

I think I just squeezed into that group being born in 1979.

 

The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke a law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law. Imagine that!

 

The metal buckle on my old mans belt meant breaking the law was few and far between.

[jimmy white]

while cleaning out the archive's on my system , i found this post from 2003 on another forum  , all credit go's to roly / roland

 

HOW TRUE IS THIS!!!!

According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who were kids in the 50's, 60's, and 70's probably shouldn't have survived, Why?Because our baby cots were covered with brightly coloured lead-based paint which was promptly chewed and licked.

We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, or latches on doors or cabinets and it was fine to play with pans.

When we rode our bikes, we wore no helmets, just flip flops and fluorescent clackers' on our wheels. ..if afforded. As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags. Riding in the passenger seat was a treat. We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle - funny tasted the same.

We ate dripping sandwiches, bread and butter pudding and drank fizzy pop with sugar in it, but we were never overweight because we were always outside playing. We shared one drink with four friends, from one bottle or can and no one actually died from this.

We would spend hours building go-carts out of scraps and then went top speed down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes.

After running into stinging nettles a few times, we learned to solve the problem. We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back before it got dark. No one was able to reach us all day and no one minded.

We did not have Playstations or X-Boxes, no video games at all. No 99 channels on TV, no videotape movies, no surround sound, no mobile phones, no personal computers, no Internet chat rooms. We had friends - we went outside and found them.

We played elastics and street rounders, and sometimes that ball really hurt.

We fell out of trees, got cut and broke bones and teeth, and there were no lawsuits. They were accidents. We learnt not to do the same thing

again. We had fights, punched each other hard and got black and blue - we earned to get over it.

We walked to friend's homes. We made up games with sticks and tennis balls and ate live stuff, and although we were told it would happen, we did not have very many eyes out, nor did the live stuff live inside us forever. We rode bikes in packs of 7 and wore our coats by only the hood. Our actions were our own. Consequences were expected. The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke a law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law. Imagine that!

This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers and problem solvers and inventors, ever. The past 50 years have been an explosion

of innovation and new ideas. We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all. And you're

one of them. Congratulations!

Pass this on to others who have had the luck to grow up as real kids, before lawyers and government regulated our lives, for our own good.

If you aren't old enough, thought you might like to read about us. And that is just the starters....

 

;D ;D good old roly ,, so true ;D

[kev01293]

brilliant post cheq pied  i was born 1961 and well remember having a dripping sarnie and then going out all day with my mates and doing stuff like going downhill at full pelt without brakes,climbing onto derelict building roofs to catch pigeons,annoying the local parkeeper,etc and we didnt go home till our dads came looking for us when it was dark:) ;D brilliant memories but nowadays kids are too busy sitting on their ars- playing on the pc  i got taken home more than once by the local copper for getting into mischief and paid the price but i wouldnt have changed it for the world they really were the good old days  and as for my mums bread pudding mmmm i can still remember it now   we were certainly bred tougher in days gone by     does anybody remember the bakers vans and rag and bone man that used to drive up your street?      kev

[Guest]

Beem me up Scotty and take me back to the 70's pleaseeeeeeee

We never dared to answer our parents back, we never came home drunk as we shared a bottle of cider between about six of us and the only weed we knew about were dandilions lololol

[frank-123]

your all to old  ;D

[harky]

YES THAT WERE THE DAYS OF THE WHITE DOG SHE ITE    :)

[Guest]

I was born in 1961 too Kev

I certainly do remember the rag and bone man, sometime you'd get a balloon from him but if you were really lucky you'd get a goldfish much to the annoyance of your parents as they then had to go out and buy a bowl for it lol

The chippy van was the best, i've never tasted chips as nice since.

[Guest slugmonkey]

hell theyd lock you up as a parent and throw away the key if you as a parent allowed your kids to do the stuff our parents considered " normal " back then I moved out on my own at 15 and was a lot better off for it I have friends that have 20 year old kids at home still

 

 

what happened

[fred x]

Yes ch pied--I was born in 1935--read that article years ago. Now I wonder where I went wrong. I did all those things but must have missed all the "GOOD" stuff.

 

I was born in 1937, our house got hit in the east london bombing,  our playground was bombed out house's, food was on rations, i was bathed in a copper in the outhouse, with red lifeboy soap.  Was it the good old days, Yes for me, But a nightmare for my darling old Mum.

 

 

[Guest]

does anybody remember the bakers vans and rag and bone man that used to drive up your street?      kev

 

Yes I remember all those things with affection, and wouldn't change any of it. Things were tough in those days, but we learned to survive and make ends meet. We had respect for ourselves and more importantly had respect for others. Our parents had no cotton wool in those days in which to rap us up in if things got tough. Very few kids were picked on as we all learned very quickly to give as good as we got. Any 'differences' were sorted there and then, using our fists, and not weapons like today's cowards. We learned the hard way, and vary rarely made the same mistake twice.. ...... If those days were hard, then bring them back, it would soon sort today's pampered, spoilt little brats out.

[Guest]

What about the way we used to train our pigeons in those days!! No jumping in the car to go training, in those days it was the basket balanced on the crossbar and handlebars of the bike (which more often than not was made up from bits from other old bikes) and cycling 10 miles, letting the birds go and the cycling home again. Never were we back before the birds. If we needed to train further than 10 miles, it was taking them on our bikes to the nearest railway station and putting them on the train and then having to cycle back again in the afternoon to collect the basket. Oh happy days, I loved every minute of it. It's very true......... THINGS AIN'T WHAT THEY USED TO BE....... Sadly

[korhil2]

what a brilliant thread!!!! the current generation dont know what they missed!  such a shame the pc people have ruined it all?

[Guest lvlasked]

im not old enuff but my dad said dogs didnt need to be on leads as his use to walk around on its own and everyone new him and his dog always followed him lol but the UK getting to clean in my eyes child carnt play in dirt no more coz some mums and dads think they gunno catch somthink sad reali when my kids born if he wants to eat worms and play in dirt il let them lol its a bit dirty but nothin a wash carnt sort out lol

[thunderboult]

brilliant thread, reminds me of the things we used to get up to and i'm only 38. what i also remember is if you got caught doing anything naughty and the cops came, they would give you a slap around the earole then take you home and your old man would give you one as well. one of my favourite games as a kid we use to call hedging, it was like a human version of the grand national. in those days most dividing boundaries between gardens were privet hedges(upto about 4/5ft high) there would be about 20 of us at the start of the street, it would normally end with one of the parents from one of the houses coming out and chasing us, which could make you run faster. ps i never had dripping sarnies though, but i do remember a time when we was fishing in the local pond(which doubled as an ice ring in winter) and caught rudd, cooked on a fire and eaten between 2 slices of bread(bait) with no butter.    

[Guest numpty01]

tripe trottes pilchards sardeens were you eat the head as well going to the butchers to get bones for the dog but makeing stew instead rabbiting and if you cought one you were faveroit of week with the family woodbines youcould buy two at time kick in tht but from local copper sent you home the good days and im only 29

[pompey linda]

This brings back memories, I was born in 61 and can remember dripping sandwichs, and sledging down portsdown hill on sheets of cardboard it was great fun, we would go of for the day with a carrier bag full with our packed lunch, come bonfire night we would build our own bonfires, and bake our own potatoes in the bottom, those were the days, i think todays children are so restricted, I for one would not let my children go off on their own, their just not safe anymore, which is a real shame.

[alec guinness]

A great thread lads a change from talking pigeons Used to fight over the outsider of bread now the kids dont want them wont even eat the crusts

 

times must have been hard in clarkston!!!!!!!!!!!! ;D ;D

[Guest numpty01]

 

times must have been hard in clarkston!!!!!!!!!!!! ;D ;D

yep hard everywere but we got on with it working 77days week on farm till night for 6quid a week walking 4miles to work till i built a pushbike out bits ?god i wish i had those years back :B :B :B :B