Do you remember...?

[Patricia]

I thought I would start a thread about things we remember from when we were younger ..please feel free to join and say if you remember the things that others do or add in some of your own.

Do you remember taking empty soft drink bottles back to the shop for a refund and then using the money to buy lollies (that's candy for you Kiki ;) and sweets for any Brits :P) and still having change to take home?

I do :P

[redrobyn]

I remember milk and bread being delivered, the milk was delivered by horse and cart they only stopped when the horse got hit by a car one morning. I remember taking my dog for a walk at night on the beach near my house when I was a teenager and not being worried about being attacked, I remember when the neighbours had a party everyone was invited and the kids all played cricket or footy in the street and noone complained. There,s more but it would take all night.

[Cherie]

I remember all that and more. :D
I remember sitting with my ear to the Radio listening to my favourite serial. No TV back then.
An Ice Cream cone costing 5cents.
Making a Slingshot or Crossbow and trying to kill every bird that came near.:hehe:
Owning an Airways Bag.
When Cake shops were owned by Australians. LMAO LMAO

[Di Nana]

I remember most these things to, well not the horse and cart or no TV, and what the hell is an airwaybag''
but i still feel safe walking on the beach at night,
but I do remember lollies tasting like lollies and not soap as today,
we had TT2's and Moggy Men ice blocks, Gee Fizz and Aniseed Wheels that you bashed on the side of the house to break into edible pieces, I remember hot summer nights, when all the kids played outside till dark, and your boyfriend meeting your parents instead of tooting outside

[Rachel]

I remember collecting the softdrink bottles to go buy lollies.. 20c for a 1L bottle and a 20c bag of lollies had plenty of lollies in it!! I remember when the TV didn't run all through the night in the town I grew up in and would come to a close around midnight and end with the national anthem... Also the street lights would turn off around the same time as that or maybe a tad later..

[Barbara]

I remember when all the shops closed a lunchtime on Saturday and nothing was open on a Sunday - not even a supermarket. Some towns near here still do it but it used to happen everywhere - even in the city.

I remember the drink bottles too. Oh, and when you could go up to the local fish & chip shop and get minimum chips for 30 cents

[Heather]

Who is game enough to put their hands up for remembering "Jason and the Argonauts" or "Bellbird" and "Guess What".

[Lizzie]

I remember collecting the softdrink bottles to go buy lollies.. 20c for a 1L bottle and a 20c bag of lollies had plenty of lollies in it!! I remember when the TV didn't run all through the night in the town I grew up in and would come to a close around midnight and end with the national anthem... Also the street lights would turn off around the same time as that or maybe a tad later..

I remember that too! We'd fall asleep watching t.v. and be awakened by the anthem playing. Oh! And Saturday mornings were kids programming, but only on 3 channels. You'd get Tom&Jerry, The Three Stooges, and The Justice League. :)

I remember going outside to play as a kid and all the other neighborhood kids would be outside too. And all the moms helped watch the kids. I used to get it a lot by the neighborhood moms. Those were the days, huh?

[miss kiki]

i remember living in new york and having to just walk to the corner store for ice cream and those little poppers that you throw on the floor and they pop..not sure what they're called though! i remember waking up early every saturday so i can watch the kids morning cartoons..including tom and jerry! i remember my first time in disney, my first day of school..i remember playing with the kids on the block and not even having to have parents watch over us.

[MariaSunderland]

I remember having to walk about five minutes to get a load of fries for just a dollar, and paying under 3$ for a full meal for the whole family. The place has closed down since. :(

I remember picking candies that were a penny each and come out with hundreds of them too! It's not like that anymore. :( Or very rarely.

I remember watching my saturday morning cartoons (in french! haha) like the Jem and the Holograms, Ninja Turtles, Super Mario, My Little Pony, Strawberry Shortcake, etc, all that actually animated with hosts that would introduce the shows and do sketches in between, like Vazimolo and Bouldogue Bazar, until stations decided it wasn't good for kids and removed them. (I can just watch english channels but it's not the same :( )

I too remember when all shops were closed on sundays!

And I also remember how (at least in my town) whenever they announced the upcoming of a snowstorm, they closed all the schools in the areas. XD Now the kids have better find a way to get to school and not miss class, storm or no storm :P lol

[Manda]

Who remembers those cap things that came in a roll, they were red and had gun powder or something like that in them, we used to put loads of them together and drop rocks on them to see who could get the biggest bang, or we'd scrape a rock along the roll of them and see who'd make the most consecutive pops. Anyone remember them? i cant remember what they were called. Gee they were fun!

[Alexa]

I remember to having milk delivered home in the mornings in milk glass bottles and there would be this layer of cream on the top, it was devine.

I remember coming home from school and watching Skippy and Simon Townsends Wonder World and when it was hot being able to turn a sprinkler on and run through it.

[sandydee]

collecting aluminium cans for pocket money,Paddle Pop icecreams were like 30cents:yes:hot chips wrapped up in paper and you would get heaps for $1 and you would rip open the top and eat from there:yes:so yummy! playing outside with all the kids in your street.Loved to watch HR puff n stuff!The young talent time,Brady Bunch,Happy Days.

[ezmay]

My first Maccas Happy meal cost $2.95
Superted was my fave show as was Duck tales

[Barbara]

Plastics (you know, the plastic sole sandle with the laces - they were my favourite of ALL time - I used to wear them to school in grade 5 & 6) and Elastics - I used to love playing that :yes:

[Rachel]

Oh I loved elastics too.. "England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, inside, outside, puppy dogs tails" (That's what we used to sing when we played elastics) :hehe:
I loved jumping rope and playing marbles too!

[Patricia]

Ok Heather...I give up..yes I remember Bellbird...my grandparents watched it every night :)

[Heather]

I'm talking about Radio shows...but then I do have a few years on you....made you look didn't I :hehe:

[Barbara]

Oh wow Rachel - you are good - I wouldn't have a clue what songs we sang :hehe:

[Patricia]

Heather but Bellbird was on telly wasn't it or am I going mad?

[Heather]

Heather but Bellbird was on telly wasn't it or am I going mad?

No your not mad....it was on Channel 2 just before the news in the late 60's.
It was my mistake....it was "Blue Hills" I was referring to.

[Manda]

we used to sing "england, ilreland scotland wales inside outside inside tails"

[mummy1987]

i used to sing that to manda with the piece of string thing around 2 peoples legs and we would jump in and out it and as u got it the string moved higher and higher up the persons legs so in the end u had to climb over it lol!

[jenr]

We used to watch Bellbird and when Charlie Cousins fell off the water tower Dad said "Right thats it we are not watching that show anymore!" and I dont think we did!:hehe:
No remote control in those days Dad chose the programsLMAO

[Stormy]

I remember to having milk delivered home in the mornings in milk glass bottles and there would be this layer of cream on the top, it was devine.


I remember fighting with my sister who got to have the first bit of milk from the glass bottles on top of our Weetbix!! We both always wanted to have that first creamy bit because it was so great on weetbix with raw sugar. :D

I remember walking home from school, cutting through the bush at the back of the school to the creek that ran through it and trying to catch tadpoles with my school socks. Oh and sharing a toilet with about ten green tree frogs. :hehe:

[dragonfly97]

i remember swinging from grapevines and running up and down our holler which is a big mountain and playing with our pigs when we lived in Kentucky. it was wonderful now we live in Indiana so different.

[kgg]

I remember collecting drink cans and trading them in for money which I would then use to buy a new music cassette.

[annefcrs]

I remember post war food rationing in London. and the panic when my mother misplaced the ration books.
I certainly remember Jason and the Argonauts and Blue Hills as well as Yes What and Address Unknown

[mrsgrumblebum]

I remember alot of things that have already been said.
What about having a baked dinner on a sunday, watching disneyland on a sunday night, little house on the prarie and playing outside late in the afternoon and had to be home before the street lights came on, water fights in the summer time with all the kids in the neighbourhood.
Ahh the memories
this is a great thread

[coolbabefromoz]

The Goodies on a Saturday night and Countdown on Sunday (after the Sunday Roast that is!)

[kimba]

Cricket with all the kids in the street, handball on the road, baked dinner Sundays, slip'n'slides with all the kids on our front lawn, Mr Whippy vans(mum bought ice-cream for everyone), water fights, brandings:)

[Taylahgirl]

As well as bread and milk being delivered we also had fruit delivered. We also had a toilet out the back and men used to come and empty it. Now that was bad.

[mummy1987]

i remember the sunday roasts, little house on the prairie and mr whippy vans too hehe we still have a mr whippy who comes round every now and then!

[ezmay]

I remember playing in the park with my best friend. We would hang old sheets in the trees to make hammoks and at lunch one of us would go home get food and we would hoist it up the tree in a bucket with rope. We did this all day and our parents didnt worry as long as we were home for dinner.

[Heather]

I had forgotten The Wonderful World of Disney, Mrs Grumblebum, What were all the lands that were visited....Adventureland, Storyland ????

[miss kiki]

i remember reading R.L. Stine's Goosebumps books. i always got freaked out reading them!

[mummy1987]

i used to watch disney and read goosebumps too hehe!!! gee the memories of all these things!

[Barbara]

Disney and Goosebumps are still around and still very popular :yes:

I remember my old Adidas Romes - they were the best. And does anyone remember kayak shoes and penguin pants LMAO Everyone wore them :roll:

And there were no black shoes when I went to school - We all had desert boots :hehe:

[Rachel]

I remember my adidas romes.. I think I was about 11 and I loved those shoes :yes:

[Kekka]

I remember the night soil man when I was a wee lass. What a crappy job! :D

[keithallensmommy]

I remember having to push the buttons on the tv to change the channel since there was no remote. I remember staying out with my friends all day riding our bikes all over town as long as we were home by dark. And staying up til 4 a.m. playing Super Mario Brothers or Atari with my parents. Ok now I feel old! :)

[goddess]

I remember being allowed to walk to the milk bar by myself. I had to go through the Botanical Gardens to get there. Nowadays I wouldn't let my son walk by himself through Gardens with lots of hiding places for the pedo's. (!!!)

I remember having to push the buttons on the tv to change the channel since there was no remote.

lol, where I grew up there were only two channels - one was "Dad's news time" and the other was the ABC ;-)


OT

Joni I'm due in March also! I told a friend I was having a Piscean, and she said, "what kind of operation is that?"

[margiepants]

I remember being able to go to the shops and by a huge bag of lollies for 50c
I also remember when petrol was round the 70 to 80c mark.

[mummy1987]

i still have to push the buttons on my tv lol coz the remote doesnt work and its my parents old tv.

i remember playin alex the kid and stuff on my sega master system!