for those born in 40's 50's 60's 70's

[Baz.]

is this true or wot

 

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE

 

 

1940's, 50's, 60's and 70's!!

 

First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us.

 

They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a tin, nuts, eggs and didn't get tested for diabetes and we didn’t suffer allergies.

 

 

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, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking.

 

 

As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts, car seats or air bags.

 

Riding in the back of a van ‘loose’ or on the parcel shelf, was always great fun.

 

 

We drank water from the garden hosepipe and NOT from a bottle.

 

We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this.

 

We ate cakes, white bread and real butter and drank pop 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 OK.

 

 

We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.

 

 

We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 99 channels on cable, no video tape movies, no surround sound, no cell phones, no text messaging, 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.

 

We played with worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.

 

 

 

Made up games with sticks and tennis balls and although we were told it would happen, we did not poke out any eyes.

 

 

We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just yelled for them!

 

Local teams had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!

 

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

 

 

This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, 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 are one of them!

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it?!

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[Mrs O/H/C]

THE GOOD OLD TIMES ... AAHHHH HAPPY DAYS

[lotusless]

very true these days you cant do anything like we

used to, they were the good old days for sure.

the kids today just vegitate infront of the ps2!

[davreeve]

All true You dont see kids in the park these day on the swings jumping off at full height to see if they can clear the broken bottles underneath and miss the dog poo at the same time( i have the scars to prove i did,nt make it) Its all padded play areas now with anything deemed remotely dangerous instantly removed

[Copey]

thats how i grew up and i wasnt born in those times

[Baz.]

when i read that i thought it was my childhood storey

[northern monkey]

its all true i tell my kids about the good old days and they think im off my head cave man like

[Mr Sam]

i guess some of it was true, never had a colour tv in the house till i was about 8

[lainey]

So true, how times have changed

[bigglesmk2]

I was born in 82 and that sounded like my life story,fond memories of being thrown around in the back of a tranny van with all my brothers and sisters (7 of us ) along with the dog and a load of sacks of spuds (my dads a fruit 'n' veg man).I lived at the bottom of a hill and had many go kart rides down it not once getting ran over and woods at the back of the house to build dens and really crap tree houses in

Because my estate was quite run down we got alot of cars dumped in the street and not once was i told off for playing in them or for taking the speakers out of the doors for in my room

[Mr.Sumo]

How true is all that !

 

My Frankie should have been born then , he"d got a Playstation , DVD player an more toys than you can throw a stick at , but whats his favourite thing.........rididng his bike an doing car stuff with his Dad

[MK2Ed]

All true You dont see kids in the park these day on the swings jumping off at full height to see if they can clear the broken bottles underneath and miss the dog poo at the same time( i have the scars to prove i did,nt make it)

 

[Smudger105e]

I was born in 82 and that sounded like my life story,fond memories of being thrown around in the back of a tranny van with all my brothers and sisters (7 of us ) along with the dog and a load of sacks of spuds (my dads a fruit 'n' veg man).I lived at the bottom of a hill and had many go kart rides down it not once getting ran over and woods at the back of the house to build dens and really crap tree houses in

Because my estate was quite run down we got alot of cars dumped in the street and not once was i told off for playing in them or for taking the speakers out of the doors for in my room

 

I remember taking Burns and some of his mates to play in a football match in the back of the work's Astra van, I hit a speed hump quite fast, and when the van landed I braked hard. Problem was the lads were still in mid air and didn't stop when the van did

[deltamal]

Tats just how it was! especialy the go-cart's with no brake's! also experiment's with 2d banger's....

[MexDan]

To be fair.. I was born in '87 and being a kid of the 90's we did alot of that stuff...

 

It's only in recent years has it become proper and almost freakily over legislated and boring...

[oldbus]

Couldn´t have written it better myself.

 

It´s all true even the bit about the go karts, with a hammer, a pair of pliers, a few bent nails and a plank of wood we could get any old pram to go down the hill - who needs brakes anyway.

 

We i go back home to Preston to visit i can´t belive how bad our old estate looks, i get the impression everyone is stuck in front of the telly and can´t be bothered to get out and tidy the place up a bit.

 

Where we used to play football the grass never had to be mowed as it never had a chance to grow as we were out there nearly every day...if you look at it nowadays it´s all overgrown and full of rubbish that´s been dumped....

[marky4]

the good old days

[SmokeEm]

I was born in 1970 and remember being the 'Daddy' of the council estate in Fleet coz I had a phone in my bedroom in 78! - I wasn't of course allowed to use it but it rang occasionally making me look the puppy's gonads!

[Stu_B]

I'm a child of the 80's & all thats relevant to us I think... unless you had ridiculously over protective parents!!

Admittedly I did have a C64 & a megadrive II but most of my childhood was spent cycling miles to my mates houses, riding ratty old motorbikes on country lanes, building jumps for my bmx....