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Memory lane is a wonderful place to be caramello and I visit it often too. Not sure if that has anything to do with my age, but sometimes have to bring myself back to the present ..... just in case I forget what it is. LOL

Yes when I look at how children are today and how we spent our childhood there aren't many comparisons really, because we had the freedom. We still see it today in the country of course but still there are some restrictions on the children of today, regardless of where they live, that we never had.

Here is a photo of swimming at the beach in the 1960's and if you look hard enough I am certain that you will see yourself and friends there caramello. LOL

Yes ossie I can see myself lol I am the one with the bathers that covered myself so well, not showing too much for me! But you are right, what I said in my little memory was mainly that we felt safe in what we did that day and it was quite a walk home mind you! BUT it was not so safe when we all got home ( and I was bought up by my grandmother) who did not see the funny side of it! But looking back she was my age when this happened and I think she acted better that I probably would today if it was my children who did this as times have changed so much, more fear!

Now I look at it my response is probably not what you were after, sorry ossie went a bit off track! Oh no! lol

Memories are what this discussion is all about, and that means the good and the bad caramello. We were safe in those days but you are right in that it isn't the same for children today. I am only thankful that we lived in the country when our son was growing up and he too was able to enjoy this freedom - he also has the scars to prove it too. LOL

You are more than welcome to change the heading rolcam and I have no problems at all with it. I do not think that I can really imagine what it would have been like not to have any food during the years of the war. My mother-in-law also lived through the war in Europe and often used to talk about the deprivations they suffered during those years.

One good thing to note though is that they did try to give you some semblence of normality in that you were able to continue with your education, even if it was in a rock shelter.

Here is a photo of a group of children in Malta in the 1930's, which I decided was preferable to one from those awful years in the early 1940's.

I am wondering if you are flattered that respondant # 10 (jasmin) stole your response to this discussion.

Rolcam.....I am not far behind you. And I remember WWII very well. We of course didn't have it as bad as you but were were on alert 24/7. Maine was in a stratigic place being the closest state to Europe. U2's were signed off the coast. I remember my grandparents going out several nights a week to watch the skeis for enemy planes. Both of them could recognize them in a wink. They were always testing each other during the day with the silouettes of all the planes. We also had regular air raid warnings. My father was not accepted into the Army because he had an important job at the shipyard but he was an airraid warden at night going out to check and make sure no lights could be seen in our neighborhood. We had plenty of food but some things like meat was rationed and we only got it a few times a month. Fortunately my aunt and uncle hauled lobsters, and did some shrimp fishing so those were never lacking. I never ate so much tripe in my life and it's one of the things on my what not to eat list to this day.

Okay gifana the lobsters and shimp are fine even today but TRIPE is absolutely disgusting. Just the sight of it, without the smell, made me actually sick when I was a child so no way has it even been in my home. As a child it must have been both interesting (for a child that is) and also extremely worrying living where you did during WWII. That is something that I do not even want to think about and really cannot imagine how awful it must have been for everyone.

As a kid I didn't worry....we still had fun collecting papers, and tinfold for the war cause.

I have heard that lots of children collected things for the war effort. It made them feel involved, gave them something to do and perhaps that made it a time when they didn't have any worries.

Yes, there were some cairly basic baby car seats back in those days, or at least by 1975 because we received one when our son was born that year. However they weren't compulsory at that time and were also expensive, so many people just never used them. LOL.

It is good to know that you enjoyed this article and I do hope that it bought back some good memories for you, even though a little later on. :)

Here is a photo of a baby car seat in 1972 and you will note where it is positioned, which is a very definate "no no" in today's world.

Can you tell us a little bit more about your childhood? I see from your profile you live in the Philippines, so were you born there?Here is a photo of the Philippines in the 1970's which is when you would have been enjoying your childhood. :)

This photo is of Subic Bay in the Philippines and taken in the 1970's, when there was a large American and Australian presence there due to the Vietnam conflict. The Americans had a large military base at Subic Bay.

Born the same year as my son, and yes he is still listening to music from the 1980's as well. I cannot remember if he used to watch MTV but I have heard of it here in Australia. He used to watch the music show CountDown with Molly Meldrum and RAGE, both of which are Australian music shows.

It is good that you have great memories of your childhood and yes it does seem that parents did make the time to be with their children then. Of course often there was no TV or other things to distract parents plus most adults looked out for children, their own as well as others.

What wonderful memories you have, and how exciting it must have been for you to go crayfishing with your father during that time. Certainly parents had rules and they did discipline us, but we are also a product of that upbringing and many carried it with us into adulthood.

Not wanting to upset you but here is a photo of some people crayfishing in New Zealand in the late 1960's, and may it bring back only wonderful memories for you.

You have not told us anything much at all, except that your parents would not jeopardize the life of you children. Please respond more appropriately.

To that fantastic list add making daisy chains, playing hopscotch on the footpath, rounders, and skipping ropes. Yes I think in many ways that we had a great childhood and certainly much more relaxed than children of today. Thanks so much for bringing back even more memories on childhood times. :)

To bring back the memory of listening to the radio, here is a photo of a 6-transistor radio from the 1950's. :)

Yeah, nice to see that radio. I use to have a small 78rpm phonogragh that came with a set of organge colored Mickey Mouse records. It might still be in my parents basement somewhere...

It is probable that your parents still have things from your childhood, because parents do tend to keep all sorts of things. LOL

Here is a generic cover for Mickey Mouse records, but you can imagine it is orange, just as it was when you were enjoying your childhood.

How dare you steal from someone else's response.

That's it ossie, off the Christmas card list for this one for this year, don't you think? lol

I agree with ossi How dare you you 21 year old punk. I just checked your profile.

Agree with both of you caramello and deebomb. I was thinking of writing some other words in the comments, but then remembered that I am supposed to be a lady. However I did report this person to myLot. LOL

i though those with less than 500 can not copy and paste? mylot, hello!

I think that some of these people must have some sort of program which allows them to override myLot, because I have had lots of cut and paste responses to several of my discussions. All of these people have had a rating of less than 500.

It does seem such a long time ago and many children from those ages were thin, but besides being active all the time there was also not a lot of fast food around. Junk food was considered getting such rich dessert once a week, generally on a Sunday for lunch. LOL

It is good to know that you enjoyed this discussion, which appears to have bought forward some wonderful memories for people. :)

This photo is of a group of children in the 1970's.