10 Things I Miss About My Childhood

The smell was unique, it hung around the house for many days leading up to this exciting and magical time. Each day would would be filled with more anticipation than the previous day until we were almost bursting. It was Christmas in our house. The smell? I couldn't say what made Christmas smell so different, but it did. There were seven of us, not including mum & dad. Two boys and five girls. We had all sent our letters off to Father Christmas. We wrote them out, folded them up and sent them up the chimney. The sparks that flew up the chimney when the fire was disturbed were the fairies that ... more

I was a bit bored tonight; I had read all the reviews; and I could not seem to get the inspiration to write about a product. But I felt the need to write, so upon looking through the member pick's I found this. Now! I thought how interesting so in no particular order here are my 10 things I miss about my childhood. 1) My Family: When I grew up we had quite a full family; there always seemed to be someone around to stay. Now I find myself at the grand old age of 33 with only two members of family left (from when I was born). And one of those I have not spoken too since 1994. I think the time it ... more

Well. Where do i start. I miss everything about my childhood and it is really depressing thinking about it. It only seems like yesterday i was falling out of trees,getting clipped around the ear for scuffing the knee out of my new trousers or playing hide and seek with my mates using the entire town as the area to hide in!!! 1. Winters. I really do miss having real winters. I can remember the winter of '76 when we had so much snowfall you could walk in the snow and be at the same height as the tops of the hedges. You really knew where you were with the seasons when i was a kid. 2. A Simple ... more

I'll just get straight on with the 10 things I miss about my childhood: 1) My Grandad, he died when I was 7 but he only lived around the corner from me when he retired, so I saw him every day and can remember him as if it was yesterday. I once fell off a friend's bike when she was giving ma a "saddle ride", she turned around a corner which felt like 70 miles an hour to me only being six at the time - and fell off the bike just as a bus was coming towards us the other way, I hit my head on the road and was knocked out (I was told later, my friend had left me in the road and was rescued by an ... more

I might end up waxing slightly lyrical here, but I’ve been trying to think of something I wanted to write about, I’ve started writing things that could go under at least two other Cafe topics and then lost the impetus to keep going and it just so happened that I spotted this category and it brought back a few memories. So this is my tribute to growing up - I know we get a lot of privileges like learning to drive and earning money as we grow up, but I think we lose a few things along the way, too, and I reckon a little bit of reminiscing never hurt anyone. A Little Money Goes A Long Way The ... more