[SpireiteFitzy]

Kids TV has certainly changed. I'm 25 and I used to love the stuff we had growing up. Now a lot of kids TV seems to involve an overbearing host who speaks in a badly mocked kids voice or a cheap knock off of previously good shows.

[spireitetoo]

When the tv weather man had to stick clouds/sun/rain on the uk map....

[trickytrevsfanclub]

Goku said:

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yeah, i did that. rest sounds crap. 3 TV channels, having to walk to the telly to change channels. horrific.

The best bit about only 3 channels meant you didn't become a slave to the TV. There's a lot of dross on the telly nowadays but theres also a lot of "must see tv" and I know I become a bit of a slave to not missing my shows. This in turn limits my other activities that I used to do much more of. I'm not complaining don't get me wrong I love modern tech and how it's transformed our lives but sometimes just wish my kids could experience the simple life that I grew up in. Ah well back to the box sets, XBox, IPhone, Ipad, unlimited music streaming, car that doesn't need 3 hours to start in cold weather, online shopping, YouTube, efficient central heating, huge variety of food in the shops and everything else that makes modern life so comfortable

[fishini]

Watch with mother
Puppets that had strings
Fireball XL5
when you weren't Palmed off to some childminder because your mum was always there for you
When mum cooked
When life wasn't based on greed
Milk at school
11 plus
When you sat down as a family to eat
Basically when life was so simpler and laid back

[Goku]

nostalgia. it's not what it used to be

[Wooden Spoon]

People mistake things for things they miss.

No one misses cold houses, sharing bath water and coal fires. No one misses not eating meat everyday, and having porridge for breakfast and jam sandwiches for lunch, or having to share your brothers bike.

They miss being young.

It just happens that this is what they had when they were young.

[whittman]

To add to fishinis milk at school

Stored in crates outside in the school yard in quart bottles

Frozen in the winter and curdled in the summer

[Steak pie please]

cars with chokes

playing out until gone dark without parents worrying about paedos (turns out they were EVERYWHERE, I must have been an ugly kid)

jumping your Evil Knievel toy down the stairs when your parents were out

walking past trebor just to smell the air

Watching Heidi and Why Don't You every day of the 6 weeks holidays

Having to actually go to your mates houses to see if they were coming out

If you missed watching a tv show you had missed it for ever, unless it repeated

[frearsghost]

fishini, on 07 February 2015 - 06:18 PM, said:

Watch with mother
Puppets that had strings
Fireball XL5
when you weren't Palmed off to some childminder because your mum was always there for you
When mum cooked
When life wasn't based on greed
Milk at school
11 plus
When you sat down as a family to eat
Basically when life was so simpler and laid back

Last time I took a walk around Bolsover all the tracks and pathways we used as kids had grown over. The track on top of the Hornscroft bank and on the Back Hills have gone because kids don't play like we used to.

Delighted to read though, that they are going to restore the steps from 'Surprise View' down to New Station Rd that were destroyed by the landslide. Never though I'd make that walk again. Hope it's done by next August.

[calvin plummers socks]

When today's kids reach their 30's to their kids:-

"You've never had it so good-when I was your age all we had was 300 channels, an X Box, PS4, Wi, DS, smart phones, free internet....."

[hilly81]

Giving someone three rings to let them know you are home.

[isleaiw]

frearsghost, on 10 February 2015 - 12:15 PM, said:

Delighted to read though, that they are going to restore the steps from 'Surprise View' down to New Station Rd that were destroyed by the landslide. Never though I'd make that walk again. Hope it's done by next August.

I remember the steps well - daily jaunt to and from the bus stop at town end on way to Shirebrook school. The most memorable time though was later in life - Dec 1990 when we were living off horse head lane, mum came to stay due to lack of power on the valley estate, neighbours rang to say her alarm was going off so I walked / slid / fell all the way down - including all the way down the steps on my backside, feeling and every one!!

hilly81, on 11 February 2015 - 11:51 AM, said:

Giving someone three rings to let them know you are home.

Being organised and arranging time and place to meet before you set off - and being on time because you couldn't ring to tell people you would be late!

[firedodger]

Screamadelica, on 06 February 2015 - 11:06 PM, said:

I'm not old by any means (26) but when I'm watching kids programmes with my daughter I make a point of watching fireman Sam with her, how times have changed from the original version.

Do they still eat kebabs and watch porn on nights?

[Geordieblue]

You know you are getting even older when the things you remember that are long gone were when you were an adult.
Changing points on a car after buying them from the rows and rows of points in Halfords.
Triumph Dolomite Sprint - 25 thou. Happy days

[isleaiw]

Geordieblue, on 18 February 2015 - 05:18 AM, said:

You know you are getting even older when the things you remember that are long gone were when you were an adult.
Changing points on a car after buying them from the rows and rows of points in Halfords.
Triumph Dolomite Sprint - 25 thou. Happy days

Smart car, I would have loved one of those, but it was original cavalier and sporty novas for me due to 5 years of further education and no money....

You know you are getting old when one of the (fit youngish female) lawyers you work with describes her near neighbour as "getting old and frail - probably about 55"

Heartbreakig!!!

[spireitetoo]

Coloured cars.....every other car seems to be a variation of silver.....once upon a time red was most common

[Halcyon]

Entering Portsmouth. "Welcome to the City of Portsmouth. Home to the Royal Navy." The Harbour, including the upper reaches, full of HM Ships. Blue naval uniforms in large numbers all over the city and across the Harbour in Gosport.
Entering Southampton. "Welcome to Southampton. Gateway to the Empire." The Docks full of liners, most of them registered in GB, with British owners and manned by British crews. Different coloured funnels plain to see from the city centre. Squadrons of cream and black taxis bustling around when a big liner was docking or embarking.
Attending a school in Fareham where the union flag flew at the entrance and where Trafalgar Day and Empire Day were celebrated in a fest of red, white and blue.

[The Earl of Chesterfield]

Brick toilet at the bottom of the garden.

No central heating.

A zinc bath in front of an open coal fire - and having to keep away from the fire side 'cos it got so hot.

But...

..Bodens chippy.

[clarevoyant.]

When david f'in elleray overtook sid f'in buller in your all time sporting hate list

[whittman]

clarevoyant., on 22 February 2015 - 04:57 PM, said:

When david f'in elleray overtook sid f'in buller in your all time sporting hate list

Understood clarevoyant. I missed the Sid Buller incident by about 10 minutes in the Queens Park