But after puberty stuff goes minus 4 IMHO ...
at what age....
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2Loose
Guru
- Location
- Loughborough, Leicestershire.
7
7
9
1970
7
9
1970
martint235
Dog on a bike
- Location
- Welling
asterix
Comrade Member
- Location
- Limoges or York
6,6,6 or thereabouts. In fact I often went to school accompanied by an armed guard in the back of a LandRover.
In the evenings we used to go and watch the fights between local youths and the army children. Soon the fashion was to have catapults and the first time I remember buying anything alone in a shop was to acquire catapult elastic. Not something my parents would have allowed.. We were just copying the older kids and didn't get involved in the fights ourselves. However, one day I was attacked by a Greek kid with a large stone totally unexpected as I had thought of him as a friend and not long after we moved away from Nicosia into rural Cyprus. Although my father was not actually in the army he did have a sidearm. By the time I was 7 things were hotting up and when I was 8 Cyprus became independent and we moved to Surrey.
I guess my DoB can be estimated from that.
In the evenings we used to go and watch the fights between local youths and the army children. Soon the fashion was to have catapults and the first time I remember buying anything alone in a shop was to acquire catapult elastic. Not something my parents would have allowed.. We were just copying the older kids and didn't get involved in the fights ourselves. However, one day I was attacked by a Greek kid with a large stone totally unexpected as I had thought of him as a friend and not long after we moved away from Nicosia into rural Cyprus. Although my father was not actually in the army he did have a sidearm. By the time I was 7 things were hotting up and when I was 8 Cyprus became independent and we moved to Surrey.
I guess my DoB can be estimated from that.
Dayvo
just passin' through
- Location
- 59° 50′ 5.55″ N, 10° 47′ 41.89″ E
4 - the school was a couple of hundred yards up the road.
6 - the shops were also only a couple of hundred yards away, in the other direction.
Had (still have) a bossy older sister who RULED the roost when our parents were away, and she never let me near our younger brother, as he was ALSO in her care.
1960
6 - the shops were also only a couple of hundred yards away, in the other direction.
Had (still have) a bossy older sister who RULED the roost when our parents were away, and she never let me near our younger brother, as he was ALSO in her care.
1960
GM
Legendary Member
- Location
- North of the river
6
6
8
1949 and again in 1973
6
8
1949 and again in 1973
MrJamie
Oaf on a Bike
6 - I used to walk to school with another young kid in a quiet place in scotland, but got driven in MK until 11.
10 - There wasnt a shop anywhere near until then, but id cycle to my friends house a few streets away from about 6.
10 - Just a guess, might have been younger.
1980
At 11 i went to stay with my dad for a couple of weeks when he was working in Shetland and walked about a mile to the leisure centre and there were no staff about, left some money on the front desk, got changed and went swimming in the pool, at some point a member of staff came in said hi and left again.
10 - There wasnt a shop anywhere near until then, but id cycle to my friends house a few streets away from about 6.
10 - Just a guess, might have been younger.
1980
At 11 i went to stay with my dad for a couple of weeks when he was working in Shetland and walked about a mile to the leisure centre and there were no staff about, left some money on the front desk, got changed and went swimming in the pool, at some point a member of staff came in said hi and left again.
6
Probably 10? But that was mainly because the nearest garage shop (I'm not counting the mobile shop which turned up once a week) was two miles away and the nearest village-with-multiple-shops was over 5 miles.
Can't remember when we were first left alone...
16th March 1966
Probably 10? But that was mainly because the nearest garage shop (I'm not counting the mobile shop which turned up once a week) was two miles away and the nearest village-with-multiple-shops was over 5 miles.
Can't remember when we were first left alone...
16th March 1966
MacB
Lover of things that come in 3's
- Location
- Farnborough, Hampshire
now that is a point well made
Shops: 5'ish (Item cost 1 and half pennies and I had 2d, amazed when I got half a penny back, I suddenly understood the concept of change!)
School: 7 - It was a 20 min bus ride with a change.
Home Alone: 8 in change of younger Bro. (At boarding school from 8 years and few days old)
Born: 1959
School: 7 - It was a 20 min bus ride with a change.
Home Alone: 8 in change of younger Bro. (At boarding school from 8 years and few days old)
Born: 1959
betty swollocks
large member
6, 5, 8, 1955.
My mum asked me to go round to the corner shop and buy a cauli - the biggest they had.
So I did. I chose the biggest one they had (and it was enormous) and thinking (and I do distinctly remember thinking this) that it'll be a huge joke, staggered back home with it - small boy weighed down by huge veg. People were pointing, people in houses were laughing and pointing and when I got home, my mum fell about.
Probably cost about tuppence.
My mum asked me to go round to the corner shop and buy a cauli - the biggest they had.
So I did. I chose the biggest one they had (and it was enormous) and thinking (and I do distinctly remember thinking this) that it'll be a huge joke, staggered back home with it - small boy weighed down by huge veg. People were pointing, people in houses were laughing and pointing and when I got home, my mum fell about.
Probably cost about tuppence.
Nearly there
Veteran
- Location
- Cumbria
did you go to school on your own? 5
did you go to the shops on your own? 5
were you first left alone (or in charge of younger sibs) in the house? 12
and...I know this is intrusive, but, if you wouldn't mind, would you tell us when you were born? 1973
did you go to the shops on your own? 5
were you first left alone (or in charge of younger sibs) in the house? 12
and...I know this is intrusive, but, if you wouldn't mind, would you tell us when you were born? 1973
smokeysmoo
Legendary Member
- Location
- Bolton, not very far from Nob End
+ a huge 1
Me Miss S
- 5 Not a cat in hells chance until at least secondary school. Then it'll depend which school she gets into.
- 6 ish She has no need to do so and subsequently won't be doing.
- n/a as youngest n/a as only child in the house.
- 1973 2004
Mad Doug Biker
Banned from every bar in the Galaxy
- Location
- Craggy Island
Never, Mummy keeps me on the reigns at all times. I'm 30.
GrumpyGregry
Here for rides.
5, 5, too young to remember, 1960.
