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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
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The weather forecasters keep saying that tomorrow will be as hot as June '76. They keep saying this was 40 years ago.  Obviously, I know this to be true but...
If you were around, what were you doing?
If you weren't, did your parents tell you about our heatwave, drought summer?
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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago
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I remember the drought and my Dad having to queue to get water, but it was mostly just kid things like spending the entire summer on bike rides and dressing up as playing cards for the Village fete. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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mum and dad took us to stonehenge festival, i vividly remember playing in the sun with all the other kids ... i remember seeing some people playing music although i don't know who it was .... i remember riding on the back of a motorcycle over the field past the stone circle .... i remember loving every minute of it all and the feeling of being utterly free and not having any cares or worries |
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In basic training in the Army, it was feckin warm..
some prat of an NCO decided it was a good idea to limit us to 2 pints of water when we were out marching, 3 people collapsed and 1 was hospitalised..
ironically they stopped the training and sent us on heath fire fighting for a week.. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I was 18 and spent the whole of the summer with a guy who had a trade stand at Agricultural shows (wood crafts). A long hot summer travelling all over the country. A great 3 months then I went off to Uni. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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i an remember that summer! we had to share bathwater...not really a big deal with 3 kids...and i remember my mum being angry with my dad because he'd sneaked out in the night to water the garden! |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
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I was eleven and had mumps and chicken pox. We lived in the 18th floor of a council tower block and I would sit on the balcony and watch the heat haze across London.
When I started secondary school we were told we had to wear our new blazers on the first day. It was huge on me and wool and I was hotter than a hot thing in an hot oven.
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
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"I was 5 and fascinated about the concept of frying an egg on the pavement. "
We tried to do that on the bonnet of Dad's car. It didn't really fry but the residue took ages to come out.  |
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over a year ago
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We were on holiday at Highfields in Clacton. We have photos of us all with very red faces. It was one of my most memorable holidays. I remember my sister who was 14 at the time playing In Zaire on the jukebox in the diner, repeatedly. |
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"I was 5 and fascinated about the concept of frying an egg on the pavement.
We tried to do that on the bonnet of Dad's car. It didn't really fry but the residue took ages to come out. "
Oops. The grown ups convinced us but we never saw it. The wonder grew. |
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I was 14 and had a great time going to the beach nearly every day or taking a trip across the ferry to Southsea.
It was a tough time for adults because of the drought but that didn't bother me - I just loved being out with my mates in the sunshine. Good times!
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I was 11 and went to guide camp where the toilet from hell was a galvanised bucket which not surprisingly in that awful heat attracted huge numbers of flies. This revolting receptacle then had to be emptied into an even more hellish cesspit each day - this task fell upon the guides and I can remember all but crying and retching when it was my turn, and basically holding my breath for the duration as we were surrounded by flies. It felt medieval - not sure the concept of Health and Safety existed much. Furthermore we were out all day every day for a week without so much as a sniff of suncream - practically all of us burnt badly yet it seemed to be accepted back then, even in the middle of a heatwave.
Can remember the agony of going anywhere in the family car which had vinyl seats that burnt your bum and legs and where the only air conditioning available was opening the windows - which then blew in a blast of hot air akin to opening an oven door.
And Elton John and Kiki Dee's 'Don't Go Breaking My Heart' seemed to play incessently that summer ...
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By (user no longer on site)
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I wasn't born and my parents never mentioned it, oddly enough...
It's been hot, yeah, but it's nothing compared to summers in NY so I've been enjoying the weather.  |
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"I wasn't born and my parents never mentioned it, oddly enough...
It's been hot, yeah, but it's nothing compared to summers in NY so I've been enjoying the weather. "
Even farts smell sweeter in NY. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I wasn't born and my parents never mentioned it, oddly enough...
It's been hot, yeah, but it's nothing compared to summers in NY so I've been enjoying the weather.
Even farts smell sweeter in NY."
True. |
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15 years old.
Got sunstroke.
Burned my feet on the sand.
The roads all melted.
Broken down cars everywhere with steam coming out, ours included.
I don't like the sun as I burn, peel then burn again  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"And Elton John and Kiki Dee's 'Don't Go Breaking My Heart' seemed to play incessently that summer ...
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i remember that song ... i was on dads shoulders at hyde park watching kiki dee singing it to a small carboard cut out of elton john on the stage ... i remember giggling all the way through the song because it seemed so odd |
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By *igeiaWoman
over a year ago
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I was born at the end of that summer. So no, I don't remember it. My mum has often pointed out just how hard it was being heavily pregnant that summer but I did considerately come out a few weeks earlier than I was meant to, so despite me ending up being the youngest in my year at every school I went to she appreciates my thoughtfulness. |
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I was 7...summer was spent in Bournemouth and all I can remember is listening to lots of Abba and Cliff as the lady of the house we were staying at had piles of cassettes which I listened to while bored of the adults talking  |
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"I wasn't born and my parents never mentioned it, oddly enough...
It's been hot, yeah, but it's nothing compared to summers in NY so I've been enjoying the weather. "
I was never keen on NY summers though |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
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"I was born at the end of that summer. So no, I don't remember it. My mum has often pointed out just how hard it was being heavily pregnant that summer but I did considerately come out a few weeks earlier than I was meant to, so despite me ending up being the youngest in my year at every school I went to she appreciates my thoughtfulness. "
How thoughtful of you, even then. |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
"I wasn't born and my parents never mentioned it, oddly enough...
It's been hot, yeah, but it's nothing compared to summers in NY so I've been enjoying the weather. "
The only tubing we could do was underground.  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"The weather forecasters keep saying that tomorrow will be as hot as June '76. They keep saying this was 40 years ago. Obviously, I know this to be true but...
If you were around, what were you doing?
If you weren't, did your parents tell you about our heatwave, drought summer?
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I was wearing that wonderfully androgynous hippy style where it was hard to tell the girls from the boys ....
I loved 76 for the music the fashion and the period of carefree discovery it provided me...... For a kid my age to learn how to drink, smoke and discover what my willy was for, was simply a summer long blast I'll never forget...  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"The weather forecasters keep saying that tomorrow will be as hot as June '76. They keep saying this was 40 years ago. Obviously, I know this to be true but...
If you were around, what were you doing?
If you weren't, did your parents tell you about our heatwave, drought summer?
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I was almost 4 and making the most of it, or hiding from it.
I make it 41 years ago, maybe I missed too much school in '76. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I remember the standpipes for the water. I was 11 and just waiting to start secondary school. I also remember wearing a giant sombrero, no idea where it came from. But lots of lazy days x |
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"I remember laying on the sofa listening to Love at the Greek - a live album by Neil Diamond and thinking that it was a hot summer night was a great line for the time. "
I still have that album. I rememver i was 5 at the time keeping out of the sun to avoid being cooked alive |
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Sitting in the pub every evening supping a pint for 16p.......riding my motorbike down to Littlehamption with my mates at the weekend, laughing at all the peeps stuck in their tin boxes with vinyl seats and overheating engines.... |
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"The weather forecasters keep saying that tomorrow will be as hot as June '76. They keep saying this was 40 years ago. Obviously, I know this to be true but...
If you were around, what were you doing?
If you weren't, did your parents tell you about our heatwave, drought summer?
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I was getting sunstroke
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By (user no longer on site)
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"The weather forecasters keep saying that tomorrow will be as hot as June '76. They keep saying this was 40 years ago. Obviously, I know this to be true but...
If you were around, what were you doing?
If you weren't, did your parents tell you about our heatwave, drought summer?
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Stuck in traffic around kings Lynn heading to great Yarmouth on a family holiday. Pontins Caister |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"The weather forecasters keep saying that tomorrow will be as hot as June '76. They keep saying this was 40 years ago. Obviously, I know this to be true but...
If you were around, what were you doing?
If you weren't, did your parents tell you about our heatwave, drought summer?
I was getting sunstroke
Me too
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By (user no longer on site)
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"The weather forecasters keep saying that tomorrow will be as hot as June '76. They keep saying this was 40 years ago. Obviously, I know this to be true but...
If you were around, what were you doing?
If you weren't, did your parents tell you about our heatwave, drought summer?
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I was according to family photos.. in a paddling pool and splashing in a rock pool in Jersey |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Battling Ladybirds while on holiday in the Isle of Wight  "
i remember the ladybirds - up near school we couldnt hardly walk one part of the path for crushing them as there were literally thousands of them - |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Playing cricket all day on the local sports field. Going to skegvegas with my cousin for two weeks and trying to learn How To chat up girls...a skill I haven't mastered! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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It was scorching, and the office I was in was stifling and airless - I remember several of us ending up working topless and not caring...
The earth was scorched and barren, and the heat was killing so many older people.
The roads were melting, and car engines were cooking...
It was hot!!!
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
"The weather forecasters keep saying that tomorrow will be as hot as June '76. They keep saying this was 40 years ago. Obviously, I know this to be true but...
If you were around, what were you doing?
If you weren't, did your parents tell you about our heatwave, drought summer?
I was almost 4 and making the most of it, or hiding from it.
I make it 41 years ago, maybe I missed too much school in '76."
It was but the weather forecasters keep saying 40 years ago.
According to my TwitTwat feed we're 0.1 degree off the magic 34 at the official measuring site but expected to make it.
I have a friend visiting from Australia laughing her head off that we're calling this the hottest June day. |
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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago
Putting the 'cum' in Eboracum |
"The weather forecasters keep saying that tomorrow will be as hot as June '76. They keep saying this was 40 years ago. Obviously, I know this to be true but...
If you were around, what were you doing?
If you weren't, did your parents tell you about our heatwave, drought summer?
I was almost 4 and making the most of it, or hiding from it.
I make it 41 years ago, maybe I missed too much school in '76.
It was but the weather forecasters keep saying 40 years ago.
According to my TwitTwat feed we're 0.1 degree off the magic 34 at the official measuring site but expected to make it.
I have a friend visiting from Australia laughing her head off that we're calling this the hottest June day."
My Mum still talks about a Christmas in an apartment without air conditioning in Perth. I think it was a touch warm. |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
"The weather forecasters keep saying that tomorrow will be as hot as June '76. They keep saying this was 40 years ago. Obviously, I know this to be true but...
If you were around, what were you doing?
If you weren't, did your parents tell you about our heatwave, drought summer?
I was almost 4 and making the most of it, or hiding from it.
I make it 41 years ago, maybe I missed too much school in '76.
It was but the weather forecasters keep saying 40 years ago.
According to my TwitTwat feed we're 0.1 degree off the magic 34 at the official measuring site but expected to make it.
I have a friend visiting from Australia laughing her head off that we're calling this the hottest June day.
My Mum still talks about a Christmas in an apartment without air conditioning in Perth. I think it was a touch warm."
I can feel myself melting at the thought.
The first time I went to Canada it was the middle of summer and 30 degrees at 11pm. I spent a lot of time in malls.
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By (user no longer on site)
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"mum and dad took us to stonehenge festival, i vividly remember playing in the sun with all the other kids ... i remember seeing some people playing music although i don't know who it was .... i remember riding on the back of a motorcycle over the field past the stone circle .... i remember loving every minute of it all and the feeling of being utterly free and not having any cares or worries"
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Spifffing stuff Sebastian, was there ice scweam as well |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"The weather forecasters keep saying that tomorrow will be as hot as June '76. They keep saying this was 40 years ago. Obviously, I know this to be true but...
If you were around, what were you doing?
If you weren't, did your parents tell you about our heatwave, drought summer?
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I remember the water lorries. |
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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago
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"The first time I went to Canada it was the middle of summer and 30 degrees at 11pm. I spent a lot of time in malls."
It was a heat wave in Toronto when we went, and New York last week was seriously hot. I mean, its hot here, but it could be worse. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"In these parts theres usually plenty of water lying around, but in that summer of 76 the locals drank Coniston down to 1 foot deep."
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makes you realise how much water we waste - i remember the bath water being used to water the veggies and plants- my dad was a keen gardener |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I was running around in shorts getting up to all sorts of mischief and trying to snog the girls playing kiss chase as a nipper.
Not much has changed in 40 years .. |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
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"Some of us back then also tried to help out by drinking only Water Substitute. In that heat this was usually Lager."
If only it didn't take double the quantity of water to make it. The positive is that it was hopefully made when water was plentiful so it preserved liquid that would have evaporated in the heat. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I was living in South Africa. This heat is nothing "
 I've got an Aussie colleague who laughs when he sees 'what a scorcher!' headlines when we hit 30 degrees .. that's a mild Spring day where he's from! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Some of us back then also tried to help out by drinking only Water Substitute. In that heat this was usually Lager.
If only it didn't take double the quantity of water to make it. The positive is that it was hopefully made when water was plentiful so it preserved liquid that would have evaporated in the heat. "
Eggsacterly! It had probably already been made(at least before any UK heatwave induced shortage of water occured), and may well have been made in some cold sounding foreign land where they had plenty of the water anyway. I bet if it hadnt been for dedicated folk like us you wouldnt have a lake district now cos there wouldnt be any lakes. Just be the "big empty holes district" |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Crying, drinking breast milk, shitting in my nappy, same as this year really!
When I tell people over a certain age that I was born in '76, they always say "FUCK, YOU ARE GETTING OLD MAN!" |
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By *reygorCouple
over a year ago
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"being told by the government to take showers and baths together to save water.made a baby boom in 1977.
No accompanying safe showering message. "
too many put condoms on there heads to keep hair dry .forgot about their willies ha |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I was living in South Africa. This heat is nothing
I've got an Aussie colleague who laughs when he sees 'what a scorcher!' headlines when we hit 30 degrees .. that's a mild Spring day where he's from! "
. That in itself makes me laugh.
Have you been to Perth?
There's nobody out after 10am, its completely deserted and walking down the high street is like skin cancer clinic, bank, shop, skin cancer clinic, shop.. And then find me the building that doesn't have air conditioning!!.
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By (user no longer on site)
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Playing on the beach or on a boat, or jumping in streams with red wellies on. Some serious flares and a dodgy haircut are on display in photographs in the parents house. Good memories. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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As a kid growing up in Belfast I remember a lot of people running around trying to kill each other.working up to 77 when we had to get food hand outs because dad mum couldn't go to work because everyone was having fun blocking up the roads lol. Funny thing when I think back on it was the toy guns we had They were so real looking.And we ran about playing with them. |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
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"As a kid growing up in Belfast I remember a lot of people running around trying to kill each other.working up to 77 when we had to get food hand outs because dad mum couldn't go to work because everyone was having fun blocking up the roads lol. Funny thing when I think back on it was the toy guns we had They were so real looking.And we ran about playing with them."
A former lover describes '76 as the year he knew he had to leave Belfast for good... |
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By *ild_oatsMan
over a year ago
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Was 8 at the time ... Remember camping out in my parents back garden with my siblings and seeing what we though was a UFO in the sky...
Which turned out to be a weather balloon
Happy and simple childhood times...
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By (user no longer on site)
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Was getting my first regular sex with a girlfriend, parents went to France with younger brother. Girlfriend wearing espadrilles, wrap around skirt and halter top and nothing else. Just remember all the places and positions we tried.... |
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