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Nowadays the policeman would be cited for excesive violence, and the child's parents would bring a suit for police brutality....the times they are a'changin'..... |
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Brings a lump to your throat . . . I remember playing in fields oposite our house all day and every day during the summer holidays. My Mum never saw me - it worked for both of us  But you did just mess around, you didn't cause aggro to anyone else or hassle or intimidate or cause a problem. You just went out and PLAYED!! But you never damaged anything that didn't belong to you nor did you talk back to an adult and yes, we actually feared the police and our parents' authority  Hey ho. Those were the days. |
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We lived in the country, spent days out in the fields and swimming in the river, we were safe....I really feel sorry for the kids now, they have no freedom as such! |
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Today things are so organized: play dates, soccer camp, ballet lessons, etc. We used to just go out and play! Up in the woods making dams in the stream, catching minnows...no one in their right mind in today's world would let a ten year old girl go out to play in the woods or fields...sure, we didn't have electronic games or TV, but we had radio, and movies, and especially books...weekly trip to the library was a treat..and most of all, we had our imaginations!! Not all change is necessarily better ... |
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DM - I was exactly 9 or 10 when I was messing around in the fields with dens and secret passwords etc Moli, I have lived in or very close to London all my life and there was no more sense of danger there than in rural areas . . . it just didn't enter our minds. Of course we had be warned about the whole 'don't talk to strangers' bit, but we never had to call on it - ever. |
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Same here for me, Yola, in Washngton...where the Georgetown University Hospital complex is now was meadows then...used to go down and enjoy seeing the wildflowersgrowing and catch butterflies...and where the "Social Safeway" market is now was scrub woods...whoo-hoo, I'm on a nostalgic memory trip tonight...kids today do miss a lot...... |
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Keep going Eileen, we like hearing all about your trip down Memory Lane!  |
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Don't encourage me, Mags! Look what happened when you finally taught me how to post pics...unleashed the monster...  off to dinner now; hate the time difference; you all will be in bed when I come back on...and I still need to tell Moli about the weather in Houston ...!! Goodnight, sleep well! |
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