Saturday, 16 October 2010

Back in those days

Grange Hill, Thundercats, City of Gold, Why Don't You Turn Off the TV and Do Something Else Instead, Tea Bag, Grotbags, SuperNan, Fun House, Greenclaws, Art Attack, Wizadora. Drop Dead Fred, Narnia, Back to the Future, Dirty Dancing, Annie, Oliver, Bugsy Malone, Neverending Story, Wizard of Oz. Make your own adventure books, Sweet Valley High, Point Horror, Famous Five, The Magic Faraway Tree. 10p Beanos. Thunderbird Island on Blue Peter, that was wicked. Camping in France- disney bouncy balls from the supermarche with that certain smell and strips of sweets and hollywood gum. Nail Transfers, Stick On Earrings, Tinkerbell Makeup. Playing my skaelectrix in the dark, watching the sparks vrrrooom. My pink bike with florescent wheel gurads and a bell that sang a tune. Meeting up down the park and knock down ginger. Football stickers, Pogs, Slinkies down the stairs, Sisters on sleeping bags down the stairs, Sleepovers, Atmosfear- "Yes Gatekeeper". My Atari ST and joystick- Zool! Nintendo, tetris and Mario. VIDEOS. Tapes and recording the top ten from off the radio, pause, record, pause, record. BAnds you slap on your wrist and that thing that jumps, cats cradle, french elastic. Guess Who, Connect 4 and Othello too. Handstands with your dress tucked in to your knickers, rolling down your little white socks so theres a tyre round the ankle. Getting your feet measured at Clarks on that cool machine. Grandmas footsteps. Friendship bracelets and those weird braid things in your hair. Scrunchies. Making scrunchies. Popping the cling film from your sandwiches, swapsies at lunch and scrambles for the unwanted treat. Salt n Shake crisps, Dib Dabs, Lemon Polos that never returned, Liqourice gum, Wham bars, Vimto bars, Pick n Mix from Woolworths and that massive slab of Dairy Milk they did too- Those gobstoppers that turned your tongue bright blue. Yop! Skips, frazzles, Scampi Fries, penny sweets get your fill, Sherbert Pips, Hubba Bubba. Start-Right cereal, free gifts in your Ricicles. 30p bus fare. Our Price. Mccluskys, No 4 where i got my first snog, fake IDs. chumbawumba, right Said Fred, Gansgters Paradise, Men in Black. Michael Jackson dance routines- Moonwalker, Thriller- Oh what a dream! Oh what a scream!

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