What things did you love as a kid

[mottleemob]

Mine was being able to go out in the morning as long as I was home by dark and not have a worry in the world
cheers Phil

[Dot]

Phil, that was also mine. Arrrh the memories x

[T1 Terry]

Yeah, same here, even better as I got older, till their mum and dad came knocking at the door and the please explains started.... then I decided that being a kid was over.... and it was time to get my own place Unfortunately I was only 15 at the time and didn't get a job that paid well enough till I was 17, so the explanations were fairly well rehearsed by then, just needed to remember to change the names where applicable.

[BruceS]

A kid? How old is a kid?
I used to love raiding the ginger and the packets of peel... (orange & lemon) out of the pantry!
Brother used to go for desert spoons full of straight Ovaltine!
Sister ?? She just used to dob on us!!

[GregnDee]

Used to go scrumping....mum asked us to! And picking blackberries and elderberries in September..in England! And mum would send us off in the holidays and we just came back when we were hungry! Used to play tag, swing upside down on the swings, whizz around the roundabout, try to loop the loop over the top of the swings, yep, freedom!

Cheers
Dee

[T1 Terry]

Used to go scrumping....mum asked us to! And picking blackberries and elderberries in September..in England! And mum would send us off in the holidays and we just came back when we were hungry! Used to play tag, swing upside down on the swings, whizz around the roundabout, try to loop the loop over the top of the swings, yep, freedom!

Cheers
Dee

I remember those games as well, well upside down on the parallel bar.... I didn't ever meet your parents at one of the please explain evenings did I

[Newcastle George]

When cutting down trees in preparation for bonfire night, one would climb the tree so that he could ride it down to the ground as it fell or, when hunting possums one would climb the tree and force the possum along a branch until it jumped toward the ground. the other kids would try to catch it in their school jumper without being too badly scratched.

[supersparky]

I have some wonderful memories of the things that we did when we were kids. Most of them you aren't allowed to do for either safety reasons or you just can't trust a lot of people any more. Cracker night, that was always good. Getting up early and riding your bike for miles with your mates and having a bit of fun. Jumping out of the cypress trees and skidding down the branches was always fun. Don't remember anyone ever getting hurt doing that our circle of friends. Growing up was fun when I was a kid. Only ever inside if was raining or you were looking for a feed.

[bob r]

Getting up at 4.30 to feed my horse, give him about two hours to eat then saddle up and of till dark riding with mates.

Bob

[Busman]

Going surfing with best mate as the sun was coming up, north beach of Brunswick Heads, perfect right in winter, in the tube every ride, one day didn't get out of the water till 1 pm
Really pissed when some others found it and there was 4 of us in the water at once
Those were the days............