It Was So Much Better Being a Kid Back Then

[Weatherman2020]

Children bouncing on worn out mattresses. England, 1980s.

Lawn darts, 1960’s.

Atomic lab kits, 1960’s. Complete with uranium ore.

Barbie Rollerblades that would shoot out sparks to ignite things.

 

[toobfreak]

It Was So Much Better Being a Kid Back Then​

We rode our bikes miles from home in traffic to spend 35¢, went off in the woods playing for hours. Took off in the dark to cemeteries during Halloween, set off M-80s with our hands, threw apples at houses, squirted cars with garden hoses, went to rock concerts at the age of 15, played with Gilbert chemistry sets full of glass, asbestos and minerals, melted lead to make our own statues, took everything apart to see how it worked, figured everything out in our heads because there were no computers, learned to drive because there were no electronic cars, built our own radios out of spare parts from Radio Shack, and took our rifles to school to show them off. We made America great.

 

[fncceo]

And our playground equipment was made entirely out of rusted scrap metal and broken glass.

 

[toobfreak]

And our playground equipment was made entirely out of rusted scrap metal and broken glass.

This was one of my most favorite memorable toys as a little kid. Parts lit up and rotated.

 

[Weatherman2020]

And our playground equipment was made entirely out of rusted scrap metal and broken glass.

It was where I lived.

 

[Rawley]

Children bouncing on worn out mattresses. England, 1980s.
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Lawn darts, 1960’s.
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Atomic lab kits, 1960’s. Complete with uranium ore.
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Barbie Rollerblades that would shoot out sparks to ignite things.
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I loved Jarts!

 

[whitehall]

Not much fun to live in a neighborhood that threw worn out mattresses in a vacant lot.

 

[fncceo]

It was where I lived.
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Made from the remains of the Jap fighters out dads shot down.