My
Facebook friends and I got all nostalgic recently.
It
started when I said on my Facebook that I was burning a coconut melt
and the scent took me straight back to being a teenager, coating
myself in coconut oil to tan. Well, it was the 80s. Would never dream
of doing that now - now it's all about the slip, slop, slap.
So,
with my friends, we started reminiscing.
If
you were around in Australia in the 70s and 80s, you are bound to
remember many of the things I mention below.
Thanks
to everyone that helped me with the list.
Sunnyboy
ice blocks
Humphrey
B. Bear
Rollerskating
(my bestie and I would skate around thinking we were just like Olivia
in Xanadu)
Penfriends
Firecracker
night
Hypercolour
t-shirts
E.T.
Collecting
erasers
Page
3 girls in the newspaper
The
soft drink man making deliveries on Saturday mornings
Dunlop
volleys
BMX
bikes
Getting
home before the street lights went off
Coke
yo-yos
Dressing
like Madonna
Romper
Room (waiting for Miss Helena to say your name, like she could really
see you)
Commodore
64
Blue
Light Discos
Little
plastic toys in the bottom of cereal packets
Hot
chips wrapped in newspaper
Knock
and run
Cigarette
lollies
Clapping
games
Young
Talent Time
Bull
rush
Choo
Choo bars that made your teeth green
Hearing
the paper boy's whistle
Winding
down the car window
Playing
records
Sounds with Donnie Sutherland on Saturday mornings
Getting
stuck in a phone box not remembering which way the door opens
Slamming
the phone down when you hung the phone up
Playing
Space invaders at the local milk bar or corner shop
Cabbage
Patch Kids
Recording
on a blank cassette tape your favourite songs, from the radio
Fat
Cat
Atari
Elastics
Handball
Catch
and kiss
Chiko
rolls
Trying
to do the Double Dutch
Breakdancing
1c
lollies
Double
decker buses
Finger
buns
Using
encyclopaedias to do assignments
Can
you think of any other things that take you back to your childhood?
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