Things you used to do in the summer holidays as a kid

[Joe24]

Nurse - the screens!!!!

you bhuttu old fart

 

[Joe24]

and i-man bet no many of the i bhuttu people know what im sayin'

 

[Fnaar]

and i-man bet no many of the i bhuttu people know what im sayin'

Look out fi dem look out fi dem cau dem a look out fi yuh
If dem hold yuh off guard, weh dem would a do oonu hear dat
Look out fi dem look out fi dem cau dem a look out fi yuh
If dem hold yuh off guard, weh dem would a do

 

[Joe24]

Look out fi dem look out fi dem cau dem a look out fi yuh
If dem hold yuh off guard, weh dem would a do oonu hear dat
Look out fi dem look out fi dem cau dem a look out fi yuh
If dem hold yuh off guard, weh dem would a do

this i-dren know whats im talkin' about

 

[Fnaar]

this i-dren know whats im talkin' about

irie

 

[Joe24]

irie

your now gaan fe bed de jah of de house

 

[gary r]

and best of all,Trying to pull a cute female foreign exchange student!!!

 

[Fnaar]

Building camps in the woods and having fires
Scrumping for apples
Getting Linda A****** to show us her wotsits
Riding past the gypsy camp and getting stones catapaulted at us
Spending whole days on your bike
Running through cornfields
Building bike jumps
Sitting on the wall wondering what to do next
Going home for tea then going out again
Having water fights with my adult next door neighbour, who was a good laugh!
etc etc

 

[Sh4rkyBloke]

1. Building dens
2. Climbing trees
3. Playing Army / Hide & Seek in the fields over the back of our Estate (and a bit on the Farmer's land... looking out for him and his shotgun (apparently!))
4. Playing on building sites
5. Climbing down into an open manhole alongside the A38 and being able to go through the large water pipes right to the other side of the double dual-carriageway in the pitch black tunnels
6. Pulling wheelies along the roads around our estate or having bike races round the block
7. Making picnics and disappearing for the entire day with mates... as long as we were back for tea or bedtime
8. A bit of knock-and-run
9. Huge games of footie on the fields about a mile away on a neighbouring estate
10. Skateboarding down steep hills in the road (very quiet road though, only led to a Reservoir and some back country lanes)
11. Making fires and toasting bread on them - yummy!

...aaaah, great days.

 

[tdr1nka]

Hour upon hour of uninterrupted daydreaming.
Riding my bike.

 

[ChrisKH]

and best of all,Trying to pull a cute female foreign exchange student!!!

No, best of all would be actually pulling said cute female foreign exchange student.

 

[ianrauk]

We used to place 1p coin on top of a 2p coin on the rail and when the train had passed over it.. a nice melded combination.. very naughty though

Mostly we'd head for the railway lines and play there. Magic it was.

 

[ColinJ]

Playing 'bicycle tig' with my mates in a network of entries (alleyways) in Coventry.

Rules: One rider nominated to be 'It'. It closes his eyes and counts to 100 while other mates ride off. It then rides about until he spots one of the other riders and begins a death match pursuit, eventually cornering him and touching him. The other rider then becomes It. All riders must stick to the entries. Riding out onto pavements or roads not allowed.

One time, a group of us played a trick on It. Star Trek had just started on UK TV and we were hooked on it. We'd forgotten it was on that evening, but then someone remembered while It was counting. We cleared off round to my house to watch the programme and left It riding around the entries for an hour by himself. He was majorly peeved afterwards, especially at having missed Star Trek! Boys, eh?

That game would be impossible now because in most of the entries security gates have been erected to keep prowlers out.

 

[gbb]

We used to place 1p coin on top of a 2p coin on the rail and when the train had passed over it.. a nice melded combination.. very naughty though

Yup, we used to stick old pennies on the line and wait for a train to come. If you could find the penny, it'd usually be about twice as big as it should be.

Sit on swings...swing as high as you dare, then jump off at the highest point and fly through the air. See who could get the furthest. Ridiculous really...how in gods name no-one broke their legs i never know.

Play with sheith(sp ) knives. Everyone had them. Play that game where you stand spread legged, and your opponent would throw the knife into the ground between your feet, One foot then had to be placed where the knife landed. The gap got smaller and smaller....and more dangerous, although we didnt think of it as dangerous.

Sit by the River Trent fishing. Occasionally, you'd get a dead cow or usually a rabbit pass by....target practice

Oh yes....and stamp collecting Bit of a dead pastime now...

 

[got-to-get-fit]

making fairy washing up bottles into super soakers and trailing puddles into my mams kitchen to get more water.

Washing my dads car for 50p ....the robbing bar steward

finding lemonade bottles and taking them back to the shop for the 5p refund