Re: FN-FORUM: OT-Regulated kids

date posted 11th January 2005 20:59

You had BBC1! We didn't have a TV until I was 13! I had to go to my Gran's
to watch anything and she was a Crossroads fan *shudder*.

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Crockford" [EMAIL REMOVED]
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Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 2:47 PM
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: OT-Regulated kids


>
> At 14:35 on Tuesday, 11 Jan 2005, Lindsey Hill wrote:
>
> >
> > Born Before 1985?
> >
> > Remember these days?????
>
> ah, the good old days.
>
> when we had responsible parents and bobbies on the beat.
>
> when you were cheeky you got a clip round the ear.
>
> when you got caught riding your bike on the pavement by a bobby he gave
> you a telling off and when you told your mum she gave you a clip round the
> ear for good measure.
>
> when the man in the park waved his tadger at you you laughed and made
> faces at him, then threw sticks at him till he went away. then you told
> the park-keeper and he called a bobby.
>
> when sherbet fountains were huge and made you sneeze, and wagon wheels
> were really like wheels - too big to hold in one hand.
>
> and entertainment meant listening to Radio Caroline on your transistor
> radio and going round your mates house to watch ITV because you only had
> BBC1
>
> and a set of pram wheels and a few bits of wood meant you could risk life
> and limb building and riding a deathtrap with no brakes down hills into
> stinging nettles (and no, dock leaves don't help that much)
>
> and if you were late getting home you just set your watch back an hour,
> got a clip round the ear and spent the night in your bedroom reading
> comics by torchlight.
>
> ah.....
>
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