I WAS THINKING OF CHILDHOOD DAYS AND REMEMBERING HOW THINGS USED TO BE.
WHEN SCHOOL WAS OUT AND WE HAD SUCH FUN ALL MY COUSINS AND ME.
I HAD TWO COUSINS WHO LIVED AWAY AND FOR THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS.
MY MOTHER USED TO TAKE ME OVER FOR ALL THE HOLIDAY TO STAY.
THIS GRAPHIC ABOVE REMINDED ME OF THE TIMES I USED TO GO.
TO THE STREAM AT MY COUSINS HOME IN SOUTH YORKSHIRE WHERE IT USED TO FLOW.
WE WOULD GO DOWN THERE EACH MORNING AND PLAY TO OUR HEARTS CONTENT.
WALKING ON THE STEPPING STONES MANY HAPPY HOURS WE HAVE SPENT.
THE GRAPHIC ABOVE ALSO REMINDS ME OF WHEN THE SUN WAS RED HOT.
MY AUNT WOULD PUT A SCALF LIKE THESE ON OUR HEADS TO PROTECT OUR TOP KNOT.
THE STREAM IT WASN'T DIRTY IT WAS CRYSTAL BRIGHT AND CLEAR.
WE PLAYED IN THIS WATER FOR HOURS ON END AND NEVER DID WE FEAR.
ANYTHING DREADFUL WOULD HAPPEN LIKE TODAY OH NO !! WE WERE FINE.
SPLASHING AND JUMPING OVER THE STREAM HAVING A REALY GOOD TIME.
WE WOULD TAKE A BUNCH OF OLD NEWSPAPERS ROLLED UP AND TIED WITH STRING.
A PAIR OF OLD SCISSORS MY AUNT IN CHARGE SHE ALWAYS USED TO BRING.
WE WOULD MAKE LITTLE BOATS FROM THE NEWSPAPER AND SAIL THEM DOWN THE STREAM.
IMAGINING WE WERE IN THEM SAILING AWAY LIKE IN A DREAM.
ALMOST ALL OF OUR TOYS IN THESE DAYS WERE HAND MADE AND THEY WERE FREE.
FATHER TAUGHT US HOW TO MAKE LOTS OUT OF OLD NEWSPAPERS YOU SEE.
TIMES WERE HARD BUT HAPPY TIMES WE WERE GRATEFUL AND SO CONTENT.
WITH THESE SIMPLE LITTLE THINGS IN OUR LIVES AND NOTHING OUR PARENTS SPENT.
UP ON THE BANK OF THE STREAM WE WOULD RUN AND FLY OUR KITES WAY UP HIGH.
JUST THE SAME AS THE BOAT YOU SEE HERE YOU CAN MAKE ANYTHING IF YOU TRY.
DO YOU REMEMBER THESE FORTUNE TELLERS ALL DIFFERANT WE USED TO MAKE LOTS.
ENTERING LITTLE SAYINGS INSIDE THEM "DO YOU LOVE ME OR DO YOU NOT". HE-HE.
RED BLUE GREEN OR YELLOW WE USED TO ASK OUR FRIENDS.
THE FUN WE HAS DOWN AT THAT STREAM IN THEM DAYS MY MEMORIES NEVER END.
YOU WORKED IT BACK AND FORTH WITH YOUR HANDS ASKING A NUMBER NEXT.
THEN COUNTED THAT NUMBER OUT WITH THE MOVEMENT MUCH BETTER FUN THAN TEXT.
WHEN AT LAST YOU HAD COUNTED THE NUMBER YOU OPENED THE FOLDS UP TO SEE.
WHAT LITTLE MESSAGE WAS HIDDEN INSIDE THAT YOU HAD WROTE IN THERE HE-HE.
I USED TO MAKE WITH THESE PAPER TOYS WHEN MY GRANDCHILDREN THEY WERE YOUNG.
AND ALSO HOURS ON END I HAVE MADE THEM WITH DAUGHTER AND MY THREE SONS.
BUT NOWADAYS IT IS DIFFERANT EVERYTHING COSTS SO MUCH .
IT'S A SHAME KIDS DON'T HAVE FUN FOR FREE LIKE WE DID HERE AS SUCH..
ANOTHER THING DAD HE TAUGHT US WAS HOW TO MAKE OTHER THINGS TOO.
FROM OLD CIGARETTE PACKETS WHICH WERE EMPTY HERE ARE ONE OR TWO.
A MAN SAT ON A BENCH WITH HIS DOG AND TANKS FOR LITTLE BOYS.
THE BOYS THEY USED TO LOVE THESE THINGS SOME WERE THERE FAVOURITE TOYS.
WE USED TO MAKE A BIG BOWL OF PASTE FROM FLOWER AND WATER FOR GLUE.
THEN CUT UP LOTS OF NEWSPAPERS TILL WE HAD A PILE OR TWO ..
STICK THEM ALL ON PLATES AND BUILD UP UNTIL THE LAYERS WERE THICK.
LEAVE THEM TO DRY OVERNIGHT AND KEEP LAYERING UNTIL IT DID THE TRICK.
WHEN IT WAS SOLID WE PEELED IT OFF AND A NEW PAPER PLATE YOU HAD.
THE LAST LAYER WAS A CLEAN SHEET OF PAPER TO COVER THE PRINT WHICH LOOKED BAD.
GET OUT THE PAINTS AND DECORATE THEM ALL COLOURS BRIGHT AND GAY.
WE USED THEM THEN FOR OUR SANDWICHES DOWN AT THE STREAM THROUGH THE DAY.
SIX WEEKS HOLIDAYS WE HAD AT THIS TIME AND NEVER A MOMENT BORED.
BUT PLAYING DOWN AT THE STREAM IN THEM DAYS TEN OUT OF TEN IT SCORED.
ALL THESE WONDERFUL MEMORIES BROUGHT TO MIND FROM THIS GRAPHIC ABOVE.
AND ALL THE WONDERFUL TIMES WE HAD OUR DAYS WERE JUST FILLED WITH LOVE.
PADDLING SPLASHING MAKING TOYS FLYING KITES HIGH LIKE WE DID.
I AM PLEASED I WAS BORN AT THIS TIME IN LIFE AND HAVE HAPPY THOUGHTS AS A KID.
GOING TO AUNTIES IN THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS ABOUT TEN YEARS OLD AT THAT TIME..
I HOPE YOUV'E ENJOYED MY PAPER PLAY AT THE STREAM HERE IN " MY SIMPLE RHYME"
THANKYOU TO MISSIE FOR THIS WONDERFUL GRAPHIC.
