What do you miss from your childhood?

SEPT 23 1989 · 26-11-2009 01:33PM

FA Cup Final days on the BBC the build up from 12 to kick off

stovelid · 26-11-2009 01:37PM

The suspension of consequence.

Pace2008 · 26-11-2009 01:38PM

I miss the lack of pressure to be 'successful' in society's eyes.

AnonoBoy · 26-11-2009 02:18PM

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

what, when I'm an OAP?

When you hit your 30's mate. Believe me.

aphex™ · 26-11-2009 02:19PM

Trello bars.

Used to love the things.

actuallylike · 26-11-2009 02:22PM

Not having the internet.

cherryghost · 26-11-2009 02:24PM

foxyboxer wrote: »

Playing "World Cup"

Group of lads with a designated keeper.
If you score, you go to the next round.
Last man in each round not to score is knocked out (not literally:pac:)

The first round was always great. A big massive free for all. Arms and legs flying everywhwere.
The weaker players would always grab a poxy goal but in the end the best player would win.

Happy days.

ah man. memories.

Keogg · 26-11-2009 02:34PM

Pokemon, Pokemon Cards/ all pokemon related things:D I was a pokemon nutter

The Ice Cream Man!!!!
When my friends dad gave three of us a fiver to get stuff from the IceCream man and we bought ice cream, two coolpops, mars bar and a can of coke each, those were the days:pac:

Daragh86 · 26-11-2009 02:40PM

I remember playing IRA, not sure if I miss it though. It was like manhunt but everyone on one team got a letter each that made up a word and when someone from the other team caught you they'd beat you up until you gave them the letter and once they got everyone's letter and made up the word then they won.

On a nicer note I miss playing water pistols in the field with the long grass and make swings from the big tree...they were the days....

Darksaga87 · 26-11-2009 02:47PM

Daragh86 wrote: »

I remember playing IRA, not sure if I miss it though. It was like manhunt but everyone on one team got a letter each that made up a word and when someone from the other team caught you they'd beat you up until you gave them the letter and once they got everyone's letter and made up the word then they won.

On a nicer note I miss playing water pistols in the field with the long grass and make swings from the big tree...they were the days....

Jesus man!:eek:

NothingMan · 26-11-2009 02:50PM

Keogg wrote: »

Pokemon, Pokemon Cards/ all pokemon related things:D I was a pokemon nutter

The Ice Cream Man!!!!
When my friends dad gave three of us a fiver to get stuff from the IceCream man and we bought ice cream, two coolpops, mars bar and a can of coke each, those were the days:pac:

Pokemon? Sounds like you still have a bit of your childhood left to enjoy!
When I was a kid we could have gotten all those goodies for a pound!

And i'm not that old, only 24.

az2wp0sye65487 · 26-11-2009 03:02PM

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Sally O'Brien and the way she might look at me.

Is that a quote from a Beamish Ad or something??...

jokettle wrote: »

Power cuts. They were strangely comforting when I was younger, we'd all be huddled in the sitting room over the two or three candles we could find It was never scary, Mammy and Daddy would keep us safe! :rolleyes:

Perfect opportunity for a game of 'I Spy with my little eye'

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

Being able to fall asleep easily

Yeah, I can only do that now after a few beers.

foxyboxer wrote: »

Playing "World Cup"

Group of lads with a designated keeper.
If you score, you go to the next round.
Last man in each round not to score is knocked out (not literally:pac:)

The first round was always great. A big massive free for all. Arms and legs flying everywhwere.
The weaker players would always grab a poxy goal but in the end the best player would win.

Happy days.

Playing world cup with an empty coke can cos none of us could find a ball!

shqipshume wrote: »

Community spirit in Ireland

I remember we had a Street Party in 1988 (Dublin's Millennium) when I was 4. All the neighbours ran bunting across the road from house to house; everyone baked cakes, made treats etc etc & all the neighbours brought their kitchen furniture out on to the street. Good Times.

Daragh86 wrote: »

I remember playing IRA, not sure if I miss it though. It was like manhunt but everyone on one team got a letter each that made up a word and when someone from the other team caught you they'd beat you up until you gave them the letter and once they got everyone's letter and made up the word then they won.

On a nicer note I miss playing water pistols in the field with the long grass and make swings from the big tree...they were the days....

We used to just call that game 'Catch & Bash'

miss_feminem · 26-11-2009 03:04PM

I think as a child, the days seemed to last longer. I find I have very little time to do anything after work. It's make and eat dinner. Have a couple of hours to do anything. Then bed and back to work.

Plus, I liked all the games we played as kids - like hopscotch and bulldogs charge, etc

I don't like these adult responsibilites :P

DazMarz · 26-11-2009 04:49PM

foxyboxer wrote: »

Playing "World Cup"

Group of lads with a designated keeper.
If you score, you go to the next round.
Last man in each round not to score is knocked out (not literally:pac:)

The first round was always great. A big massive free for all. Arms and legs flying everywhwere.
The weaker players would always grab a poxy goal but in the end the best player would win.

Happy days.

Yep! That was brilliant! I was ALWAYS the goalie (because I was a **** outfield player and because I was the school goalie anyway!) and nearly always got kicked in the head while on the ground with the ball.

Also, water fights (during the times when we had summers) in the neighbourhood. I always started them, drenching kids who'd race home to fetch their own water pistols and it'd last for hours. This was grand until I went and bought a Super Soaker 500 and a HUGE water gun that had tanks that you strapped to your back like a flame-thrower. I then proceeded to launch a reign of water-terror over the other kids. I was like the Terminator going around the neighbourhood!

Happy days!

Blazer · 26-11-2009 04:54PM

Breastfeeding 4-5 times a day

ejmaztec · 26-11-2009 05:14PM

Berkut wrote: »

Breastfeeding 4-5 times a day

Moobs?:eek:

cherryghost · 26-11-2009 05:27PM

Daragh86 wrote: »

I remember playing IRA, not sure if I miss it though. It was like manhunt but everyone on one team got a letter each that made up a word and when someone from the other team caught you they'd beat you up until you gave them the letter and once they got everyone's letter and made up the word then they won.

On a nicer note I miss playing water pistols in the field with the long grass and make swings from the big tree...they were the days....

yeah we played that too. instead of beating someone up though, we'd throw them into some bushes instead a few times until they gave the letter

xcarriex · 26-11-2009 05:31PM

Fancy Paper...... i dunno why but you used to get that great smelling paper and swap sheets of it....

Shacklebolt · 26-11-2009 05:31PM

foxyboxer wrote: »

Playing "World Cup"

Group of lads with a designated keeper.
If you score, you go to the next round.
Last man in each round not to score is knocked out (not literally:pac:)

The first round was always great. A big massive free for all. Arms and legs flying everywhwere.
The weaker players would always grab a poxy goal but in the end the best player would win.

Happy days.

Was my school the only one where this game was called 'Copies'?

pyramuid man · 26-11-2009 05:33PM

Touchdown bars for 10p

Elba101 · 26-11-2009 05:35PM

xcarriex wrote: »

Fancy Paper...... i dunno why but you used to get that great smelling paper and swap sheets of it....

I still have some of mine!

WoollyRedHat · 26-11-2009 06:38PM

No homework on Fridays!

extra-ordinary_ · 26-11-2009 06:41PM

Summer holidays when I had no real concept of time. Two three months seemed more like six.

_Whimsical_ · 26-11-2009 06:41PM

The excited expectation that every Christmas present you got from friends and relations might be absolutely mind glowingly amazing.As long as it was wrapped the possibilities of what it might be were endless.

Quackles · 26-11-2009 06:44PM

Being handed a pound or finding one on the street and feeling like I was a millionaire

rainbowdrop · 26-11-2009 06:59PM

Being able to get hyper on a couple of bags of Rainbowdrops and a can of coke*

20p for sweets after Mass on a Sunday

Conker- Picking

Being sent to the shop for a loaf of bread, and being allowed to keep the change

Bike Rides

Knight Rider, The A-Team, Grange Hill, Pat Sharpe's Fun House, Chucklevision,
Byker Byker Byker Grove..... yeah!!! haha haha haha!!

The YAG House (our local Youth Club..... They had a trampoline we were allowed to go on, when NO-ONE had a trampoline at home)

Jesus, I'm getting misty eyed here

*Yes, my username is my favourite sweet as a child

Adyx · 26-11-2009 07:02PM

I remember when pound coins came in. I was the first in my class to get one. I miss building forts from scrap wood, being excited to play any video game (MW2 = meh) and real snow.

Edit: The good news is there's a shop near me that still sells Frosties, wham bars etc.:)

Reganio 2 · 26-11-2009 07:15PM

Daragh86 wrote: »

I remember playing IRA, not sure if I miss it though. It was like manhunt but everyone on one team got a letter each that made up a word and when someone from the other team caught you they'd beat you up until you gave them the letter and once they got everyone's letter and made up the word then they won.

Pssh that was "Bash the Letter" you mad yoke. "Break the chain" was sweet as well. Split up into 2 teams, all stand facing each other hold hands with the person beside you and someone from the other team runs and trys to break through, then it was our teams go etc.

actuallylike · 26-11-2009 07:20PM

"Right lads, feet in...ibble obble chocolate bobble ibble obble out"

opinion guy · 26-11-2009 07:28PM

funk-you wrote: »

Not much about my childhood but it was much easier to get head off random girls when I was a teenager.

-Funk

We had very different teenage years my friend!

shqipshume wrote: »

Community spirit in Ireland

George Hook was just preaching about that. I call bollocks to that thou. Would this cimmunity spirited Ireland be the one that allowed priests abuse little boys or girls, or would it be the one that imprisoned unmarried mothers and shipped their kids off to Australia never to be heard of again?

Biggins wrote: »

The innocence that everything and everyone was good.

Yeah I was going to say innocence too. But then I realised innocence is just a delusion. But I woulnd't be nearly so hopeful as you - I'd be happy to think that anyone was good.

What do you miss from your childhood?

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