Youri McAnespie Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 (edited) Knowing who Musical Youth are. Recalling walking around the playground arms over shoulders shouting 'anybody playing, all join up for Miami Vice/The A-Team/Fall Guy etc.' Playing football with a tenniser. Napster. Watching absolute shite when there was four channels and discussing it at school the next day, with the odd gem - "Did you see that Singing Detective last night with the nurse?" Edited January 14, 2022 by Youri McAnespie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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stevieb Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 Finding porn mags in the woods. Or just porn mags Or just playing in the woods Or just playing out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youri McAnespie Posted January 14, 2022 Author Share Posted January 14, 2022 Making dens. Playing football until it was too dark. Watching The Cosby Show and thinking Bill Cosby was the best dad ever. Walking to the nearest baths for a swim, the nearest being Farnworth - 2 miles away. Aged 10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted January 14, 2022 Site Supporter Share Posted January 14, 2022 7 minutes ago, Youri McAnespie said: Knowing who Musical Youth are. Recalling walking around the playground arms over shoulders shouting 'anybody playing, all join up for Miami Vice/The A-Team/Fall Guy etc.' Playing football with a tenniser. Napster. Watching absolute shite when there was four channels and discussing it at school the next day, with the odd gem - "Did you see that Singing Detective last night with the nurse?" Did that game of <insert game> which was the end result of the arms-over-shoulders walk around the school playground ever actually go ahead or was the walk just done in the hope of enough joining in to eventually play… then the end-of-playtime bell went. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevieb Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 6 minutes ago, Youri McAnespie said: Watching The Cosby Show and thinking Bill Cosby was the best dad ever. 🤣 Wanting to go on jim'll fix it. Dodged a bullet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little whitt Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 3 minutes ago, stevieb said: 🤣 Wanting to go on jim'll fix it. Dodged a bullet! Stevieb almost got a Jimmy Fingered Me Badge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevieb Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 5 minutes ago, little whitt said: Stevieb almost got a Jimmy Fingered Me Badge He made my dream come true by letting me milk a cow whilst I was blindfolded Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youri McAnespie Posted January 14, 2022 Author Share Posted January 14, 2022 5 minutes ago, MickyD said: Did that game of <insert game> which was the end result of the arms-over-shoulders walk around the school playground ever actually go ahead or was the walk just done in the hope of enough joining in to eventually play… then the end-of-playtime bell went. The Fall Guy didn't have much take up so never really got going, nobody wanted to be the bird mistaken for Heather Locklear. Miami Vice and A-Team got off the ground though, the two asian kids had to be the drug dealers and some lad with frizzy ginger hair was Tubbs, some lad in the above year was Castillo, and then seven Sonny Crocketts all talking over each other. The A-Team was just fifteen kids trying to be B.A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Cheese Posted January 14, 2022 Site Supporter Share Posted January 14, 2022 (edited) Putting a cassette tape into a computer and waiting 10 minutes for the shittest game ever to load, just for it to crash before you even get to level 2. Edited January 14, 2022 by Cheese Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leigh white Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 Chucking bricks down disused mine shafts and hearing the clanging for ages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youri McAnespie Posted January 14, 2022 Author Share Posted January 14, 2022 Getting a double deck ghetto blaster to pirate games, and occasionally, batteries permitting, taking it out to do woeful attempts at breakdancing for about four minutes until the batteries went. Conkering - my old man used to say "they're not even ready yet" - I'd reply "we don't do it for the conkers, we do it for the sport". Treeswings. Sourcing rope for treeswings. Going nightfishing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youri McAnespie Posted January 14, 2022 Author Share Posted January 14, 2022 9 minutes ago, Cheese said: Putting a cassette tape into a computer and waiting 10 minutes for the shittest game ever to load, just for it to crash before you even get to level 2. That's Arkanoid - I'm sure of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rudy Posted January 14, 2022 Members Share Posted January 14, 2022 Taking a battered wet casey to the chops or thigh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted January 14, 2022 Site Supporter Share Posted January 14, 2022 Damming up the culvert which ran under New Heyes Way in Bradshaw until the park on the upstream section flooded. Eventually the weight of water would destroy the dam so many tons of water cascaded down the brook. Tying the swings to the side and using the frame as our head-tennis net. We’d play that all day in summer holidays. Two different versions of ‘knifey’; one played on a rope-swing where first swing was to collect the previously stuck knife the second to stick it back in. The object of the game was to stick it far enough up the ‘back-swing’ that nobody else can reach it. The second version was standing face to face with your opponent and throwing the knife between your opponent’s feet. If the knife sticks in blade first your opponent moves one foot to the knife, takes it out and takes his turn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royal white Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 51 minutes ago, Youri McAnespie said: Making dens. Playing football until it was too dark. Watching The Cosby Show and thinking Bill Cosby was the best dad ever. Walking to the nearest baths for a swim, the nearest being Farnworth - 2 miles away. Aged 10. My eldest (9) is still doing the first 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leigh white Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 Fingering girls with hairy clouts in air raid shelters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youri McAnespie Posted January 14, 2022 Author Share Posted January 14, 2022 Just now, royal white said: My eldest (9) is still doing the first 2 But making dens about two miles away? And playing football with grown men? Fair play though RW - you're keeping up our traditions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royal white Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 3 minutes ago, Youri McAnespie said: But making dens about two miles away? And playing football with grown men? Fair play though RW - you're keeping up our traditions. 5 miles away in deepest Salford with his wanderers top on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youri McAnespie Posted January 14, 2022 Author Share Posted January 14, 2022 7 minutes ago, MickyD said: Damming up the culvert which ran under New Heyes Way in Bradshaw until the park on the upstream section flooded. Eventually the weight of water would destroy the dam so many tons of water cascaded down the brook. Tying the swings to the side and using the frame as our head-tennis net. We’d play that all day in summer holidays. Two different versions of ‘knifey’; one played on a rope-swing where first swing was to collect the previously stuck knife the second to stick it back in. The object of the game was to stick it far enough up the ‘back-swing’ that nobody else can reach it. The second version was standing face to face with your opponent and throwing the knife between your opponent’s feet. If the knife sticks in blade first your opponent moves one foot to the knife, takes it out and takes his turn. 'Boarding' on a treeswing, all jumping on one by one on the initial knifey player's swing until the branch seat, rope or supporting branch snapped. Damming streams was a futile endeavor. Catwalking or hedge diving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Zico Posted January 14, 2022 Moderators Share Posted January 14, 2022 Unkempt hairy fannies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youri McAnespie Posted January 14, 2022 Author Share Posted January 14, 2022 2 minutes ago, royal white said: 5 miles away in deepest Salford with his wanderers top on! Nice. You can be proud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rudy Posted January 14, 2022 Members Share Posted January 14, 2022 8 minutes ago, leigh white said: Fingering girls with hairy clouts in air raid shelters. How old are you!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 Told my lad to put channel 3 on for the footy other week. He had no idea what it meant. It was the first time I've actually realised that no longet exists. Telly is just one big app store now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little whitt Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 36 minutes ago, leigh white said: Chucking TORYS down disused mine shafts and hearing the clanging for ages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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