Stuff i remember as a kid

Playing ghost in the graveyard with the neighborhood kids
dial phones
lemonade or Kool-Aid stands
collecting 45s
going to the beach every weekend to tan
yo-yos
pageboy haircuts

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RodneyTrotter1 · 100+, M

Marbles, conkers, collecting football stickers to fill an album/swapping 'doubles' in the playground for ones that we needed, Chopper bikes, the first skateboard craze, buying a can of shandy and thinking we were grown up, ditto sweet cigarettes, long summer holidays when we'd disappear all day and our parents knew we'd be safe, swimming in the river.
Much better than sitting on our backsides staring at phones.

LILY61

@RodneyTrotter1 what are conkers? shandy? i definitely agree with that last part....remember when the phone would ring and everyone would run for it?

RodneyTrotter1 · 100+, M

@LILY61 Conkers are Horse Chestnuts, we made a hole in them and hung them from a shoe lace or piece of string, then found an opponent and we had to smash their conker by taking aim and swinging ours towards theirs, took it in turns until one broke, the one whose conker broke was the loser. It was great fun!
Shandy is a small amount of beer in a glass of lemonade, it was sold in cans.

LILY61

@RodneyTrotter1 never heard of it but i am sure it sounds fun