I must admit, i remember all of that stuff....and your right, kids of today are light weights, compared to what we were like then!....I mean, when i used to go out with a pocket full of change, it was heavy,, every bloody coin we had was ten times bigger than it is now..I come from a time when, if you had a ten bob note, you were the mutts nuts. A bottle of Corona, some fruit salads and blackjacks, a bag of Smiths crisps and you still had enough change to last the week( and don't forget the refund on your empty Corona bottle)
The world seemed to be a safer place then and people generally trusted each other a lot more. your pusbike was the most important thing, and you would ride it miles without even thinking about it.
And if it ever got as far as getting in trouble with the police, you were genuinley **** scared, of them and what your parents may do to you....when i got sent to my room and grounded, it was like a prison cell with nothing to do, unlike my kids, whose rooms resemble Dixons!...stereos, t.v's,dvd,s etc etc..where's the punishment?
As for mobiles, well we used to have to go to the nearest phone box to make a call, that is, if it hadn't been vandalised by one of your mates the week before, who had probably been trying to get some cash for the local fairground that had been pitched up in some field nearby.....the H.S.E would have a field day checking one of those places out..
Has anyone else noticed how ill all the kids look these days, compared to the rosey faced examples of how us oldens looked back then..not enough outdoor activity and too much hi tec mate!
Mind you i bet our parents thought we probably had it easy too..