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@Snuffy1957 Thank you.
ninalanyon · 61-69, T
A bit like Tom Sawyer's. I spent a tremendous amount of time tramping the fields, building dams in streams, getting wet and muddy. Catching tadpoles and newts, the occasional slow worm, building shelters out of fallen branches. Riding improvised vehicles down hills with no brakes or steering.
And answering my mother's questions about what I did all day with "Nothing much.".
And answering my mother's questions about what I did all day with "Nothing much.".
SpudMuffin · 61-69, M
@ninalanyon mine was the same - I think we were very lucky!
ninalanyon · 61-69, T
@SpudMuffin Oh yes, absolutely. Lucky to grow up where and when we did with the parents and friends we had and with the schools we attended. At least that's how I remember my childhood, especially primary school (up to age eleven).
Of course it wasn't all summer holidays, but sometimes we had snow in the winter with snowball fights. And, also of course, school was not always fun but I attended a pretty progressive primary school (but it was not atypical for the town at the time) with lots of craft and art lessons, hands on science lessons, folk dancing, etc., in addition to boring subjects like French and sports that I didn't like.
And in the evenings we had Blue Peter on the television, and of course the very first Dr Who.
Of course it wasn't all summer holidays, but sometimes we had snow in the winter with snowball fights. And, also of course, school was not always fun but I attended a pretty progressive primary school (but it was not atypical for the town at the time) with lots of craft and art lessons, hands on science lessons, folk dancing, etc., in addition to boring subjects like French and sports that I didn't like.
And in the evenings we had Blue Peter on the television, and of course the very first Dr Who.
SpudMuffin · 61-69, M
@ninalanyon our primary school was CofE, but apart from that you and I seem to have had almost identical childhoods.
Blue Peter is a very fond memory for me, as is Doctor Who, though I was just a little bit too young to remember the first Doctor, but I do remember Patrick Troughton very well. Happy Days!
Blue Peter is a very fond memory for me, as is Doctor Who, though I was just a little bit too young to remember the first Doctor, but I do remember Patrick Troughton very well. Happy Days!
SammyJo · 51-55, F
Not your normal kind of childhood, I think. Just had a mum, no dad. Few friends really. I loved music, films and books...they were my main friends.
Mum worked in the evenings, so from quite a young age I had to make my own way home....make something to eat...do my homework etc.
Made me very self-sufficient. I have a hard time, as an adult, letting others do things for me.
But, I enjoyed the time I had with mum...we had some good, and fun, times together.
SJD x
Mum worked in the evenings, so from quite a young age I had to make my own way home....make something to eat...do my homework etc.
Made me very self-sufficient. I have a hard time, as an adult, letting others do things for me.
But, I enjoyed the time I had with mum...we had some good, and fun, times together.
SJD x
FlutteringWordsX · 41-45, F
akindheart · 61-69, F
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thepreposterouspanda · 36-40, M
Kind of traumatic. I got beaten a lot with a lot of various things because mom and dad were going to a very, 'spare the rod, spoil the child' kind of church. One time they used a ping pong paddle.
Then they decided to uproot my three siblings and I so they could chase religion around the world for seven years or so before moving five miles down the road from the house I grew up in.
Then they decided to uproot my three siblings and I so they could chase religion around the world for seven years or so before moving five miles down the road from the house I grew up in.
Bignakedguy · 31-35, M
SwampFlower · 31-35, F
Jeephikelove · 51-55, F
darkmere1983 · 46-50, M
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CountScrofula · 41-45, M
Cassieeeee · 31-35, F
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Orca4950 · 70-79, M
lived on a lake for 1st ten years, with woods and friends. float Planes and the odd helicopter coming and going. Canadian army did a parachute drop on Sunday in February as a training exercise. we discovered things they left behind, which became toys as we wandered in the bush chasing each other around.
Raelove3094 · 26-30, F
My childhood was HARD. I was very sick as a child. In and out of hospitals constantly, having surgeries. Had a physically and verbally abusive father. Parents were constantly fighting. My mom and my aunt tried their best to make it easy for me going through all of my medical BS. It was just hard :(
PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M
Lots of moving around and starting over and lots of hospital stays. And no it is not quite as bad as that looks all together.
Northerner · 70-79, M
Having to go to school ruined my childhood. I hated it until I left school.
Jaego · 100+
Fantastic. So good in fact that adulthood feels somewhat post apocalyptic.
Sidewinder · 36-40, M
On the whole, my childhood was pretty good.
being · 36-40, F
It was alright and how about yours ?
FreestyleArt · 31-35, M
Very Alone only me and my thoughts.
TurtlePink · 22-25, F
It was good and bad
eyeno · M
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bijouxbroussard · F
Good parents, but we lived during some interesting times.
Donotfolowme · 51-55, F
Nothing exciting
swirlie · 31-35, F
Very short until I got taller.
swirlie · 31-35, F
I'll let you know when it's over.
Not sitting on our asses glued to a phone.
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