Re: Do You Ever Miss ‘How it Used To Be’?
I sometimes get nostalgic for:-
Just being young, with no worries of what lay ahead.
Listening to vinyl records on my Dansette Record Player in my own little bedroom.
The regular family sit-down Sunday Roast followed by a Pudding.
The seasons being what they should be, Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter.
The first day of School Summer Holidays, 6 whole weeks off!
Annual coach trips to Rhyl, Southport or New Brighton, The Fairground being the first stop.
Being able to browse through the Littlewoods and Freeman Catalogues to order clothes and shoes,
The Friday or Saturday evening trip to the Chinese or Indian Restaurants with my friends after a great night out.
Getting my weekly wages in cash in a small brown envelope, complete with wage slip.
Being able to walk for miles, and actually Run! (forgotten what that feels like).
Steam Trains - where we had fun standing on the bridge as the smoke enveloped us as it passed underneath, or travelling on the local steam train and listening to the clippity clop sound as the train picked up speed and we sat back and relaxed on lovely soft seats in proper train compartments with little curtains on the windows.
Disco’s. (still love my Motown sounds)
My Farah Fawcett Hair Style. Had it to perfection, including the colour.
The taste of the cream in my little bottle of school milk.
Emptying the little blue bag of salt onto my Smiths Crisps and giving the bag a shake.
And finally, that goodnight kiss from Mum when she popped into the bedroom at night to check I was tucked up nicely.
Lovely nostalgic memories