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[Misc] Things you did as kid that don’t seem popular any more







stewart12

stewart12

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Jan 16, 2019
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definitely one thing was making plans- usually would involve ringing up friends on their home phone and then just hoping that they'd turn up
 




fly high

fly high

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Aug 25, 2011
1,312
in a house
raymondo said:
Making ice slides on the pavement on a hill (West Blatchington estate), in front of the old people's houses. (I'm really sorry 😬).
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Made our ice slides on the sloping playground at school, a bit less cruel.
 


happypig

happypig

Staring at the rude boys
May 23, 2009
7,974
Eastbourne
"Penny for the guy"
Getting (breaking) in to abandoned houses which were, WITHOUT FAIL, called the Haunted House.
Playing on building sites
Getting told off by the Parkie for some misdemeanour (usually calling the aforementioned Parkie "wanker")
 




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timbha

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Jul 5, 2003
9,908
Sussex
Being cuffed on the side of your head by a copper/teacher

Playing “splits” (with a pen knife)

Using a neighbour’s phone (we didn’t have one)

Sending postcards and buying gifts from holiday

Getting a verruca (from school swimming pool)

Finding out the football scores from the NoTW on a Sunday morning
 




The Clamp

The Clamp

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Jan 11, 2016
24,541
West is BEST
happypig said:
"Penny for the guy"
Getting (breaking) in to abandoned houses which were, WITHOUT FAIL, called the Haunted House.
Playing on building sites
Getting told off by the Parkie for some misdemeanour (usually calling the aforementioned Parkie "wanker")
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Youths still break into abandoned buildings and get onto roofs etc .

It’s quite a problem .
 














GT49er

GT49er

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Feb 1, 2009
46,757
Gloucester
Farthings (but not able to spend them because the corner shop wouldn't take them).
Post Office savings stamps (and Post Office savings book for that matter!)
Encyclopaedias.
The Beano, Dandy, Topper, Eagle, Lion, Tiger..................
 








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raymondo

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Apr 26, 2017
5,651
Wiltshire
The Clamp said:
Having to watch whatever depressing crap your parents were watching on telly.

Shops being closed on Sunday and on Wednesday afternoons. A good thing that should be brought back.

Going and picking up the take-away rather than commanding an asian teenager on an unlicensed moped to bring it to your door.

Comic subscriptions

Only having McDonalds on birthdays rather than every day after school.

Bullying that didn’t leave kids a mental wreck for the rest of their lives.
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"Comic subscriptions"... Soccer Star 😀
 




HankSkorpio

HankSkorpio

Member
Jan 2, 2011
80
Eastbourne
Hot Rice (Ball game).
Finding golf balls in the bushes of the nearby golfcourse.
Playing out on the Downs all day with mates.
Catching the bus to the seaside (Hove) to swim in the sea with mates.
Playing in the new houses they were building over the road.
 




The Clamp

The Clamp

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Jan 11, 2016
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West is BEST
Pubs being places for adults only. Dark, foreboding, smoke filled rooms that daylight barely reached and there wasn’t colouring book and crayons within a hundred miles.
 




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