When I were a lad

Watching this video made me reminisce about all the things that were popular when I was a wee kid. When I was a kid, I played with

He Man
Star Wars
Spirographs

On TV I watched

The A-Team
Streethawk
Knight Rider
Penelope Pitstop
The Littlest Hobo
The Degrassi Street Kids
The Red-Hand Gang
Chips
*Mr Rogers' Neighbourhood
*The Friendly Giant
Mr Dressup
The Smurfs
The Moomins
Rub-a-Dub-Dub
Grange Hill
Sesame Street
*The Electric Company
*Gilligan's Island

*US and Canada, for those confused Brits reading!

Films I watched were

Return of the Jedi
ET: The Extra-Terrestrial
Superman II
Popeye
The Black Stallion

Books I read were

Richard Scarry's Busy, Busy World
Oh, What a Busy Day!
Orlando and His Little-While Friends
Janet and John

I went to the shop and bought a penny mix when sweets were only a hapenny. I strutted round the playground with my arms over my mates' shoulders shouting, "Who wants to play..." until we had enough people for a really good beat-em-up game of Superman or Robin Hood or whatever that particular day's favoured superhero was.

While in some ways it's scary, in other ways I quite enjoy getting at the age where childhood feels like a long time ago. Of course, there are 40-somethings reading this who are astounded at (and really quite jealous of) how young I am!

Comments

[Sola]

My middle son just loved Richard Scarry's Busy, Busy World when he was three and four - the artwork is fantastic and tells the story all by itself for the pre-reader.

You were fortunate to have had such an entertaining childhood Dave :-)

[Mickey Glitter]

Oh, thanks for reminding me about Richard Scarry! My sister and I loved his books and now that there's a new baby in the family, I think I know what I'll get Bean when she gets old enough. =)

[kamasutra hindi]

I miss my childhood days! I really do! I miss goofing around and messing around. I miss having fun all day and not having any responsibilities at all. I miss eating whatever I want and not getting fat at all. But most importantly, I miss being taken care of by mom and dad!