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How good was it back in the day making tree houses and dams and tree swings over the burn, jumping across the water without falling in and running through the fields.
Rhubarb and bags of sugar.
Playing tennis and rounders for hours during Wimbeldon.
Pevers and hopscotch .
Come on share you childhood summer holiday memories.
Just got me thinking that kids have been out of school now for a week and the streets are so quiet no doubt playing games consoles for hours which I guess is a sign of the times. |
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Gang fighting. Smashing Windows, out on your bike all day and night getting chased off the polis... aaahhhhh those were the days.. Lol did play the odd game of rounders tho.  |
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Used to leave the house first thing with your sandwiches n wouldn't return till it was dark, those were the days. We had moors behind our house n used to walk for hours probably doing things we shouldn't have been lol. Now they won't leave the house if there's the tiniest bit of rain
K x |
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"Used to leave the house first thing with your sandwiches n wouldn't return till it was dark, those were the days. We had moors behind our house n used to walk for hours probably doing things we shouldn't have been lol. Now they won't leave the house if there's the tiniest bit of rain
K x"
sandwiches and a bottle of water or juice if you were lucky out all day till dinner time in for ten mins to eat then out again until the street lights came on or a bit longer if you told your mum you hadnt niticed they came on lol  |
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"Used to leave the house first thing with your sandwiches n wouldn't return till it was dark, those were the days. We had moors behind our house n used to walk for hours probably doing things we shouldn't have been lol. Now they won't leave the house if there's the tiniest bit of rain
K xsandwiches and a bottle of water or juice if you were lucky out all day till dinner time in for ten mins to eat then out again until the street lights came on or a bit longer if you told your mum you hadnt niticed they came on lol "
You hated staying in the house... nowadays they don't want to leave it. We've got one who would stay in his pjs for the entire 6 weeks if we allowed him
K x |
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Yup out all day playing in the fresh air.
Defo agree with the rain comment, took the wee dude to balloch park in the drizzle the other day n there was not a soul around. Bonus as we had the whole playpark to ourself. Its sad that kids dont get to enjoy the outdoors so much now. X |
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"Yup out all day playing in the fresh air.
Defo agree with the rain comment, took the wee dude to balloch park in the drizzle the other day n there was not a soul around. Bonus as we had the whole playpark to ourself. Its sad that kids dont get to enjoy the outdoors so much now. X"
so true!
When was the last time you saw a little girl out with her doll & pram ? |
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Was never in. Lived on a farm and was always up n out first thing, in for lunch n tea and back out again.
That or cycling/ walking for miles.
My kids won't even walk to their pals these days!
Hardly see any kids out playing in the streets these days. Sad state of affairs.
Put an age restriction, like fags, on mobile phones. |
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"Yup out all day playing in the fresh air.
Defo agree with the rain comment, took the wee dude to balloch park in the drizzle the other day n there was not a soul around. Bonus as we had the whole playpark to ourself. Its sad that kids dont get to enjoy the outdoors so much now. Xso true!
When was the last time you saw a little girl out with her doll & pram ?"
You don't. Apart from my close friends who are mums n we all have the same logic that your skins waterproof n the fresh air will do you the world of good i dont think i really see many kids out with prama or bikes etc.
Ny wee dudes favourite park is finlayston and rain or shine we spend a whole day there with a picnic and we make mud pies and look for beasties etc and tbh i have as much fun as he does x |
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"Was never in. Lived on a farm and was always up n out first thing, in for lunch n tea and back out again.
That or cycling/ walking for miles.
My kids won't even walk to their pals these days!
Hardly see any kids out playing in the streets these days. Sad state of affairs.
Put an age restriction, like fags, on mobile phones. "
I dont think its just down to technology. I think parents are more scared in this day and age of children going missing not knowing whos living around you etc.
Not saying its an excuse but it woukd definitely be in the back of my mind when my wee boy is old enough to go out and play with his friends unsupervised x |
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By *oney4uCouple
over a year ago
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"Used to leave the house first thing with your sandwiches n wouldn't return till it was dark, those were the days. We had moors behind our house n used to walk for hours probably doing things we shouldn't have been lol. Now they won't leave the house if there's the tiniest bit of rain
K xsandwiches and a bottle of water or juice if you were lucky out all day till dinner time in for ten mins to eat then out again until the street lights came on or a bit longer if you told your mum you hadnt niticed they came on lol
You hated staying in the house... nowadays they don't want to leave it. We've got one who would stay in his pjs for the entire 6 weeks if we allowed him
K x"
I've got one who'd never go out and another that's never in! He and his pals are always away out in their bikes. |
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"Used to leave the house first thing with your sandwiches n wouldn't return till it was dark, those were the days. We had moors behind our house n used to walk for hours probably doing things we shouldn't have been lol. Now they won't leave the house if there's the tiniest bit of rain
K xsandwiches and a bottle of water or juice if you were lucky out all day till dinner time in for ten mins to eat then out again until the street lights came on or a bit longer if you told your mum you hadnt niticed they came on lol
You hated staying in the house... nowadays they don't want to leave it. We've got one who would stay in his pjs for the entire 6 weeks if we allowed him
K x
I've got one who'd never go out and another that's never in! He and his pals are always away out in their bikes. "
This is what we have! But tbh like pinup said because of the way the world is we're quite happy for him to stay at home. The older one is always out on his skateboard, he's a bit more streetwise
K x |
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My school holidays were spent working in my dad's cafe for a pittance! It put me off waitressing for life I might add!
Interesting to read of everyone's different experiences though |
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"I loved getting to stay out late cause your mum and dad were out talking to the neighbors or catching your bees and wasps in your jam or beetroot jars "
oh we done that too or caterpillers in matchboxs lol |
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"Was never in. Lived on a farm and was always up n out first thing, in for lunch n tea and back out again.
That or cycling/ walking for miles.
My kids won't even walk to their pals these days!
Hardly see any kids out playing in the streets these days. Sad state of affairs.
Put an age restriction, like fags, on mobile phones.
I dont think its just down to technology. I think parents are more scared in this day and age of children going missing not knowing whos living around you etc.
Not saying its an excuse but it woukd definitely be in the back of my mind when my wee boy is old enough to go out and play with his friends unsupervised x"
I used to play on building sites and in factory grounds when I was wee. It was exciting. There was no health and safety restrictions, big fences, cctv cameras or threat of prosecution.
My kid climbs the fence of our locked at night, local park to play in it. The police get called.
Children don't have as much freedom now. Locally there is nowhere for them to go. I'd love my kids to have a childhood like the one I had. |
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Out all day running wild and also burn jumping building dens climbing trees hospital visits broken bones falling from said trees
All in all a great time |
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"I loved getting to stay out late cause your mum and dad were out talking to the neighbors or catching your bees and wasps in your jam or beetroot jars oh we done that too or caterpillers in matchboxs lol "
We done that as well, but also collected them on a couple of big docky leaves |
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"Was never in. Lived on a farm and was always up n out first thing, in for lunch n tea and back out again.
That or cycling/ walking for miles.
My kids won't even walk to their pals these days!
Hardly see any kids out playing in the streets these days. Sad state of affairs.
Put an age restriction, like fags, on mobile phones.
I dont think its just down to technology. I think parents are more scared in this day and age of children going missing not knowing whos living around you etc.
Not saying its an excuse but it woukd definitely be in the back of my mind when my wee boy is old enough to go out and play with his friends unsupervised x"
Yes that's true also, though I think it's as much blown out of proportion by the press/ social media as anything. Dangers have always been there, I don't think they're any more or less in this day and age. |
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I used to play on building sites and in factory grounds when I was wee. It was exciting. There was no health and safety restrictions, big fences, cctv cameras or threat of prosecution.
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Lol totally. Used to be loads of disused mine buildings between my village and the neighbouring one. Used to cycle about on the bings (one is still burning yet) and climb all over the buildings - when they weren't being used by the glue sniffers! |
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By *yldstyleWoman
over a year ago
A world of my own |
I've been at work all week but my boys have been out and about all week with their big brother. Lots of different places and they have loved the bonding time. Not all kids are glued to screens, though I think they will be glad of a duvet day next week! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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We used to jump of the cliffs. Or the harbour wall everyday. Tombstoning they call it now. 59p for a glass bottle of irn bru then to. Some of the best days of my life. |
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By *hav02Man
over a year ago
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"Playing out in the streets? Isn't that for "special women"?
Summer holidays are for snapchats, sleeping, creating noise in shopping malls, and playing on xbox/ps until the eyes bleed 
Do you know my son? "
Instead of playing footie outdoors, we play online  |
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