What do you miss from your childhood?

Nebulous2

Despite 4 minute warnings, and nuclear dread hanging over us, we were a generation that really believed we could do anything. 

I'd like to be that confident and knowledgeable again! 

We were also immortal or thought we were- given the risks we took and survived. I was telling one of my children recently about experimenting with making petrol bombs. She didn't quite know whether to believe me or not. 

Okay there was a falseness to all of that, far too many of my peers didn't survive the risks, especially from driving too fast, and we didn't know nearly as much as we thought we did, but it all felt good at the time..... 

GillyLucy

Tinned Sweetheart dessert.
Was stocked in the shop on a caravan site in Wales - just whisked content of can with milk.
Gorgeous 

Albermarle

MarzipanCrumble said:

What used to be better:
No social media with all its negativity. 
Being able to walk the streets aged 7 ish, on own and go on bus toprimary school (1950s, middle class area).  My grandmother's cheese and water biscuits Saturday snack with crudities (a stay up treat).   
A very small dry sherry at aged 7 -10 when neighbour got invited in for pre Sunday lunch drinks - so grown up! (can't remember if he stayed for lunch or not). 
The roaring open fire in the lounge.

What can't get any more:
Some of the above.
I don't miss much - I am happy with change but I use change to suit me.  So I won't use social media unless I have a proven need.  Then delete.  
Not sweets.
Maybe the family Sunday lunch I had when a child.  But I didn't do that with my children, so maybe not enough.  
Awful wine.
 

I used to also catch the bus on my own to school aged 8 upwards ( working class area) and had to cross a busy A road to do it.
However I suspect it is no more dangerous nowadays for kids to be out and about on their own, that it was then. Everybody is just more risk aware nowadays.
. Then many were not wearing seatbelts, drink driving, smoking heavily etc
The Moors Murderers were kidnapping children around the area I lived, so we should not look back with too much rose tinted spectacles.

trevjl

Miss ? Television, well decent television. Saturday nights whole family round the 24" in the corner, Morecambe and Wise, Generation Game, Two Ronnies, Benny Hill. Not to mention Saturday morning Swap Shop and the Banana Splits, Sing along !!  One banana, two banana, three banana, four....................

Now the only time I turn it on is for Cricket, Racing and the odd football match, if it wasn't for the wife, i wouldn't have a TV

Savvy_Sue

strawb_shortcake said:

A family Sunday lunch was a proper event, German wine was the norm, wine glasses were swapped for tokens from the petrol station. 

We still have some petrol glasses.

Green Shield stamps, anyone?

Floss

Albermarle said:

I used to also catch the bus on my own to school aged 8 upwards (working class area) and had to cross a busy A road to do it.
However I suspect it is no more dangerous nowadays for kids to be out and about on their own, that it was then. Everybody is just more risk aware nowadays.
. Then many were not wearing seatbelts, drink driving, smoking heavily etc

Population was a lot lower in the mid-60s, there were much fewer cars on the road, and it was expected that people walked everywhere.

Floss

Spangles, Opal Mints, Sunday icecream in a bowl from the van.
Street bonfire nights at the end of our road & dads with fireworks in tins.
Sledging down the school field & snowdrifts taller than 5-yo me (we lived in the Pennines).
2p bus fares anywhere in GM.
Spotting new registration cars on our August holiday to visit grandparents in the North East, sharing a bedroom with 2 brothers & giggling all night.

Katiehound

Savvy_Sue said:

Green Shield stamps, anyone?

I have a copper bottomed s/s Prestige milk pan bought with Green Shield stamps!

Organgrinder

I agree with so many of these!

I could add....

Vesta meals (I know I know!)
The Corona Pop Van
Golden Wonder Crisps 
The top 40

Etc etc!

Abbafan1972

There are lots of things I miss from my childhood, but just to choose a couple:-

Being able to play out and not worry about anyone lurking about. My daughters are older now, but they never played out unless in the back garden, or at a friends house, where I knew they were safe. 

Christmas is the other. It used to be such a magical time and now has turned into a big commercial competition and starts earlier every year that passes. 

Christmas dinner no longer interests me and now I look forward to the whole thing being over with.