I thought of asking the question, but couldn't find a way to get comparable answers. And, yes, since we're of an age, the boy on the Claud Butler with baggy shorts doing the same trip was yours truly - but there were lots of cyclists doing the same thing on a summers day, the cars were narrower, the traffic slower, the lemonade fizzier and the summers were better........
at what age....
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Mad Doug Biker
Banned from every bar in the Galaxy
- Location
- Craggy Island
I used to go walkabout all the time, admittedly not in West London mind, but I would go up to the (often busy) A82 to watch the buses circa 1984.
Also, when I worked with Special needs kids, there was one boy who, to put it politely was little more than a 9 year old toddler, escaped from his house and walked along the side of a busy road, crossing it at one point, for probably the best part of a mile just to get to McDonalds!
Quite how nothing happened to him I'll never know!
Melonfish
Evil Genius in training.
- Location
- Warrington, UK
6, 6, 10 and 79.
CharlieB
Junior Walker and the Allstars
- Location
- Therivermeadowatthepileofstones
4, 7, never got left on my own, as I grew up in a pub*, and 1957.
*It's not what you think, my parents ran a pub.
*It's not what you think, my parents ran a pub.
Flying_Monkey
Recyclist
- Location
- Odawa
Born in 1972. I really can't remember specific ages, but I probably went to school on my own from when I went to school which was at aged 6 (went to school first in Norway hence later than some). But then I was sent to boarding school from the age of 8 which meant both much more independence from my parents but much less freedom in general.
Andrew_P
In between here and there
Wow remembered I went to Croydon to Brighton aged around 14 (caught the train back) No spare tubes or anything, just a repair kit. 3 Punctures and one we were invited in to someones barn and made a cup of tea. Once repaired we bolted as we were a bit worried!
4,4 in a Scottish village, 7 and 8 when I moved to London - partly because I had a little brother who started school by then and the road to school was really nasty until the pavement got widened. By the age of 9 me and my little gang would probably wander 3-4 miles from home in directions where bigger kids would not beat us up and were enjoying a life of minor vandalism especially as there were a lot of bomb sites around.
OTOH we were invited by a middle aged man to view a frog when about 8 or so. He then whipped out his todger. A bit creepy but it gave us a war story for the playground.
Cant remember about being left alone as oldest kid. I had a late surprise sister when I was nearly 9 which probably raised the age I was left alone. 1953
OTOH we were invited by a middle aged man to view a frog when about 8 or so. He then whipped out his todger. A bit creepy but it gave us a war story for the playground.
Cant remember about being left alone as oldest kid. I had a late surprise sister when I was nearly 9 which probably raised the age I was left alone. 1953
Mad Doug Biker
Banned from every bar in the Galaxy
- Location
- Craggy Island
What he showed us had a vague resemblance - I suppose. tbh I remember the incident but I can't really visualise it now so I could not tell you JUST how alike a frog it was.
growingvegetables
Guru
- Location
- Leeds
6 (but my first school was 10 miles away, and dad taught there so he drove me 
), 5, 6/7?, and 1954
), 5, 6/7?, and 1954
