šŸšø Things you miss from your childhood

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Iā€™m think more 1st to 3rd yearā€¦ more innocent times, less digital penetration ā€¦

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Airfix models. Saving pocket money to buy the kit, then another 2 or 3 weeks saving to buy the paints.
Lancaster, & Mitchell Bombers were my favourites, Spitfire was the most disappointing.
Once tried a sailing ship utter fail

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My folks being younger than I am now.

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And hanging the completed planes from the ceiling with cotton and a thumb tack and imagining dog fights while lying in bed before lights out.

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Skydivers

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This was it.

How fucking proud was I that we were the only family I knew to have one of theseā€¦

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Football posters Blu Tackā€™d on the bedroom walls.

Still do today, actually, much to the chagrin of Mrs Bletch.

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My Mumā€™s Irish stew.

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right, need sleepā€¦ so on that noteā€¦ being able to sleep uninterrupted for 10 hours, not having to get up to piss,and then stress about work and what your have to do for next 3 hours of disruptive sleepā€¦ I need to retireā€¦

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Beech Nut chewing gum.

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My next door neighbours 2 daughters (older than me) sunbathing on their back lawn and needing me to add the sun lotion. They may have also have forgot to shut their bedroom curtains on occasions.

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God yeah, hadnā€™t thought about that in years. A teenage staple - along with a quarter of cola cubes.

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Coca-cola footballs, perfect for playground footy.
10p mix ups, 20p mix ups if I ever found any money.
Saturday morning cartoons.
6 weeks of summer holidays.

I donā€™t miss being a human remote control for the telly.

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Not being stressed or having to worry about stuff.

Seems that all started and ramped up after starting big school.

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Except 1976

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I still do when I turn up at home :slight_smile:

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They were my brothers :slight_smile:

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Battle of the Planets
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Coca-cola Yo-yoā€™s
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Royal Showbags that actually had cool toys/snacks etc in

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The pages were often difficult to prise apart

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Growing up without the ā€œsex sellsā€ mentality being 100% present all the time, or at least not knowing it was. Until you found the mag stash

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