sumi
Rest in Peace 1980-2020
I was reading some threads on another forum I visit and talking with a friend this morning about her internet going down yesterday and thinking back on my childhood. Before technology took over...
Watching kids' programmes on our black and white TV. It had bunny ears. We had a "fancy" model, a combination TV and radio in one…
I also listened to stories and sometimes music on records. Tapes came a bit later. Recording music and songs we loved off the radio.
Reading books, lots and lots of books. If I wanted to know something, I had to go to the library and find a book about it.
Going to school barefoot until I was 12. Except in winter when we had to wear shoes (school uniform rules)
Playing outside in the evenings, trying to catch bats.
When I was VERY young, one night, lying in bed in a spare bedroom in my grandparents' old farm house. My brother in another bed. My grandfather walked in, holding something that TALKED… with a HUMAN voice!!!!
Yep, a radio… The broadcaster at the time having no idea how completely fascinated and at the same time freaked out we were, hearing him speak through that mysterious object. I can't remember why my grandfather did that, but I'll probably never forget it.
I resisted the internet and technology as long as I could, I guess I wanted to hang onto that simpler way of life for as long as possible. I'm still the strange person in the waiting room looking at life instead of my "smart phone" which I refuse to use for internet..
What are you all's favourite childhood memories?
Watching kids' programmes on our black and white TV. It had bunny ears. We had a "fancy" model, a combination TV and radio in one…
I also listened to stories and sometimes music on records. Tapes came a bit later. Recording music and songs we loved off the radio.
Reading books, lots and lots of books. If I wanted to know something, I had to go to the library and find a book about it.
Going to school barefoot until I was 12. Except in winter when we had to wear shoes (school uniform rules)
Playing outside in the evenings, trying to catch bats.
When I was VERY young, one night, lying in bed in a spare bedroom in my grandparents' old farm house. My brother in another bed. My grandfather walked in, holding something that TALKED… with a HUMAN voice!!!!
I resisted the internet and technology as long as I could, I guess I wanted to hang onto that simpler way of life for as long as possible. I'm still the strange person in the waiting room looking at life instead of my "smart phone" which I refuse to use for internet..
What are you all's favourite childhood memories?