And playing marbles in the gutter.

Scabs on your knees where you'd fallen over on the road.

Carts made from pram wheels, a plank, and a pair of little wheels at the front. You were a king if you had a set of good pram wheels.

Pea shooters and dried peas.

Being scared of the police cos they'd clip your ear, or worse, tell your Dad and then he'd do the same.

Not being afraid of the police if you wanted help.

Your Mum and Dad packing a picnic when you went on a drive fromGrimsby to Leicester, cos it was going to take all day. (O.K), so maybe that hasn't changed much!)


Bananas being delivered to the greengrocers in big coffin-shaped wooden boxes.

Butter arriving from Denmark in wooden tubs and sold loose at the corner shop.

The list goes on............