When We Were Kids
Probably most of us look back on our childhood days with fond memories. All school holidays seemed to be days full of sunshine. Did it ever rain during the summer holidays? No doubt it did, but you can’t ever remember it did. when we were kids everything seemed rosy.
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You can just hear today’s youngsters say, “Not this again”. Well, like it or not, when we were kids in days not so long ago, all we did was play outside. What time were we allowed to play out until? Considering none of us really had a watch we still all knew what time to go home. And when exactly when was that? Quite simply, when the street lights came on.
Modern technology is great in many respects but on the flipside isn’t it a shame that we seem to have lost a whole generation to it. The youth of today (to coin a well used cliche) seem to be forever twiddling their thumbs and being fixated on the latest gadget. Whether that be the latest iPhone, or tablet, or whatever else youngsters twiddle their thumbs at.
When I was a lad (another well used phrase) we made our own entertainment. It seemed to be as simple as “Grab a football and have fun”. Nothing else seemed to matter. As well as playing football for hours on end, we also played “Kerby”, “Binny” and Head Tennis. In short, your imaginations ran wild when you had a football with you.
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