Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
You remember the days when kids were capable of walking to school.
The realisation you're getting old
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DCBassman
Guru
- Location
- The lumpy far South West
You remember the days when you walked to school during the winter of 62/3, didn't miss a day, and there was snow in dark corners of the playground well into April...
Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
Can you remember that particular winter? I lived through it in our Esso Blue paraffin, coal fire heated, single glazed windows house, but being only 2 years old at the time I don't have any memories of it.
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DCBassman
Guru
- Location
- The lumpy far South West
Yes, very cold indeed! Esso Blue very much to the fore.
Threevok
Growing old disgracefully
- Location
- South Wales
When you swipe left on your phone and that clicking effect you feel isn't the phone.
Did I already say that ?
That's another two - memory loss and repeating yourself
Did I already say that ?
That's another two - memory loss and repeating yourself
Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
We'd get ours from an ironmonger's on the high street. In very cold weather there'd be a queue outside his shop waiting to buy paraffin. Are there any traditional ironmongers left I wonder? 🤔
DCBassman
Guru
- Location
- The lumpy far South West
Not seen one in decades...
Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
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Deleted member 1258
Guest
Yes I remember that, making slides in the playground and seeing how far you could slide, great fun. Going sledging, walking up a local lane to the hills behind the town and realizing there were cars underneath you.
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Deleted member 1258
Guest
I remember that winter, I was about 11 and in my last year at primary school, I failed my 11 plus.
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
I was 7 and 'helped' my father dig his Austin 1800 out of the snow at the rear of our house.
Mrs SD was born during that winter in the front room of an old, cold house - allthough I wouldn't meet her until almost exactly 25 years later, which is just as well as I'm not keen on babies...
Dag Hammar
Senior Member
- Location
- Essex
An Austin 1800, the BMC model that was launched in September 1964 ?
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
Ah... thanks for that. That's me getting old!
Just checked with my brother and it was an Austin A40 - the 1800 arrived a year or so later .
Us kids thought we were dead posh when it turned up. 😁
The A40 stirs up memories of picnicking by the old A2 roadside on the way to a rare treat visiting Broadstairs.
Beebo
Firm and Fruity
- Location
- Hexleybeef
Some just told me that we are 22% of the way through the 21st century. It still feels new to me.
Made me feel very old.
Made me feel very old.
gavroche
Getting old but not past it
- Location
- North Wales
You had to wear your best clothes as a kid when going on annual holiday with your parents.
