Popular Post Xela Posted February 2, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 2, 2020 With @maqroll's childhood stories, I always think of this for some reason 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 22 minutes ago, Xela said: With @maqroll's childhood stories, I always think of this for some reason Yep, same here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 5 hours ago, Rugeley Villa said: @maqroll we’ve all done things we regret. End of an era tomorrow. My grandad moves out of his home of 50+ years. The home will be put up for sale to help fund his care. Had some great memories there and it’s mad how much the street has changed in terms of people moving out/in. I guess that’s life though. Spent my childhood and a few years of my adult life there. I will admit it’s not been the same place since my gran died 9-10 year ago, but it holds some very found memories. Another chapter closed. Sad times. Can I have his albums? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 9 hours ago, Rugeley Villa said: End of an era tomorrow. My grandad moves out of his home of 50+ years. The home will be put up for sale to help fund his care. Had some great memories there and it’s mad how much the street has changed in terms of people moving out/in. I guess that’s life though. Spent my childhood and a few years of my adult life there. I will admit it’s not been the same place since my gran died 9-10 year ago, but it holds some very found memories. Another chapter closed. Sad isn't it, the house that your grandparents no doubt worked hard for has to be sold to fund end of life care. Better off not owning a property and letting the state pick up the bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 (edited) 25 minutes ago, Xela said: Sad isn't it, the house that your grandparents no doubt worked hard for has to be sold to fund end of life care. Better off not owning a property and letting the state pick up the bill. Yep, they paid the mortgage off years ago. Mortgages didn’t take a lifetime to pay off back then. House worth around £150k and he’s got a fair bit in the bank too. If he lives long enough they will have the lot. It’s shit but nowt can be done. Edited February 2, 2020 by Rugeley Villa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted February 3, 2020 Author Share Posted February 3, 2020 (edited) When I was a little kid I went to the North End in Boston for a day with my aunt and mother and sister. At one point we were sitting in a park there killing time. There were these bums there in the park. One of them had a golf club, a driver. He'd sneak up on pigeons and swat them to death. It was disturbing so we left the park. Edited February 3, 2020 by maqroll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 2 hours ago, maqroll said: When I was a little kid I went to the North End in Boston for a day with my aunt and mother and sister. At one point we were sitting in a park there killing time. There were these bums there in the park. One of them had a golf club, a driver. He'd sneak up on pigeons and swat them to death. It was disturbing so we left the park. U OK hun? What with the crab incidents you're sounding a little morbid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 I can’t wait for the next animal mutilation story . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 When I was 9 me and the boys smashed my dogs head in with a brick . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 4 hours ago, Rugeley Villa said: When I was 9 me and the boys smashed my dogs head in with a brick . 'Kinell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 2 minutes ago, AVFC_Hitz said: 'Kinell satire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Just now, lapal_fan said: satire Yeah...my friend typed that...while I was...knitting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted February 4, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted February 4, 2020 I often wonder if the scare stories that we were told at school were real or apocryphal. There was one about the swing bridge off Lifford Lane where apparently some kids were playing with it and a girl got stuck in it and crushed a bit. We were told shed never be able to have children. There was another one about a boy who died after messing about on the back of a milk float. I'm guessing the teachers wouldn't make these things up just to scare us but even at the age of 5 or 6, it was very effective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 21 hours ago, choffer said: I often wonder if the scare stories that we were told at school were real or apocryphal. There was one about the swing bridge off Lifford Lane where apparently some kids were playing with it and a girl got stuck in it and crushed a bit. We were told shed never be able to have children. There was another one about a boy who died after messing about on the back of a milk float. I'm guessing the teachers wouldn't make these things up just to scare us but even at the age of 5 or 6, it was very effective. My kids teachers have been telling them about burglars (probably though stories) and now my kid is really paranoid about us getting robbed. It's annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 There was always one house wasn’t there that all the kids were scared of. All kinds of tales growing up whether it be scary or not. The only thing I got told by my elders was to not take any sweets off old men. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam-AVFC Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 21 hours ago, choffer said: There was one about the swing bridge off Lifford Lane where apparently some kids were playing with it and a girl got stuck in it and crushed a bit. We were told shed never be able to have children. Girl I went to school with had two wombs. I always though the second must be a bit redundant but you’d be laughing if one got crushed in a swing bridge and still had a spare knocking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 (edited) As children we used to know an old man that would write us letters, but he didn't know how to write so just made patterns on the page that looked like hand-writing. Edited March 2, 2020 by useless 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 I remember, quite vividly, the period in my life where I used to watch football. I’d spend all week talking about formations, who should play in midfield and why my team concedes so many goals. I’d look towards each game with hopeful anticipation, praying for three points, to then only the receive harsh disappointment of another defeat. There was a player named Wesley, he was something of an enigma. He rarely scored, or ran around, or pressed, or passed, or had a shot on target. But he often fell over. We loved him as one of our own... aye, those were the days... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 Remember back around the new year when we thought the big thing this year would be the war between the US and Iran breaking out? Good times as it turns out. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 Ahhh remember the millennium bug and the shortage of furbies? Halcyon days Seriously though, to be 18 again in the mid 90's. Full of hope and expectation. Now i'm waiting for the zombie apocalypse while rationing toilet paper As Blur stated, modern life is rubbish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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