Scenes We Remember From Our Childhood

horseless carriage said:
The obsession that all catholic teachers, priests, nuns and brothers had, was sex. It was described as: "Sins of the flesh," with a strong emphasis on the word flesh. You couldn't argue that priests, bishops, even popes all married in the first twelve hundred years of the faith.

When the current Pope Francis was ordained, he said that Martin Luther was right, the church must constantly reform. Saying that at my school in the 1950's would have got you expelled.
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Now there's some food for thought.

Going to the confessional (does Scientology ring a bell?) I was most uncomfortable admitting to having had "impure thoughts". All the while Catholic priests were bunging little boys and getting a few of the most devout young ladies in the town pregnant.
 

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Every schoolboy had a bicycle, many of us would commute to school on a bike.
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But you could also use that bike to go to some river, stream or even a canal and if you lived near the sea, a pier, to spend the day fishing.

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The UK was late in scrapping it's steam trains, that resulted in our male baby boomers becoming trainspotters.
 
horseless carriage said:
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Every schoolboy had a bicycle, many of us would commute to school on a bike.
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But you could also use that bike to go to some river, stream or even a canal and if you lived near the sea, a pier, to spend the day fishing.

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The UK was late in scrapping it's steam trains, that resulted in our male baby boomers becoming trainspotters.
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An idyllic time but for steam trains. I travelled overland "on my own steam" (as it used to be called) cadging lifts whenever possible - from Sweden to Cape Town - and I took up residence in Rhodesia just prior to the Honourable Mr. Ian Douglass Smith's handing over the government to "black rule". To think that Mugabe was the best choice at the time! He was too. Anyway, all through Zambia, Botswana, Rhodesia and the RSA there were steam engines still shuttling rolling stock onto the proper line in various rail yards. A sight to behold.

Ps. Have you heard any news from our Marg?
 

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When Marilyn stood on that grate in the film, "The Seven Year Itch," It gave ideas to owners of funfairs. (carnivals)
My grandmother had a fish & chip shop in the coastal town of Ramsgate, I would spend my long school holidays there.
Along the seafront was a permanent funfair known as Merry England. One of the most popular attractions was: "The House of Fun,"

Common features of The House of fun are dark corridors, light-up skulls, gravity-powered tipping floors, and, inspired by The Seven Year Itch, airjets at the exit. Some had motorised devices like moving floors and stairways or down scaled revolving barrels. But it was that airjet that drew the crowds. The one at Merry England was never in the same place. There was a long grate, replicating the one in the movie, the airjet could come out of anyone of a number of outlets.
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Seeing this and seeing something that I know will get me scolded by the priest at my next confession, I threw caution to the wind and stood at the bottom of the thrill ride called The Big Dipper. I shall definitely be going to hell in a hand cart, but it sure beat train spotting.
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horseless carriage said:
... My grandmother had a fish & chip shop in the coastal town of Ramsgate, I would spend my long school holidays there.
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You must have had a ripping good childhood! I'll bet you were bursting at the seams with all of that vinegar. LOL.

horseless carriage said:
..... One of the most popular attractions was: "The House of Fun,"

Common features of The House of fun are dark corridors, light-up skulls, gravity-powered tipping floors, and, inspired by The Seven Year Itch, airjets at the exit. Some had motorised devices like moving floors and stairways or down scaled revolving barrels. But it was that airjet that drew the crowds. The one at Merry England was never in the same place. There was a long grate, replicating the one in the movie, the airjet could come out of anyone of a number of outlets.

Seeing this and seeing something that I know will get me scolded by the priest at my next confession, I threw caution to the wind and stood at the bottom of the thrill ride called The Big Dipper. I shall definitely be going to hell in a hand cart, but it sure beat train spotting.
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I was in the US as a child and I knew all of these. Also was the centrifugal thingy that would spin, plastering you against the cylindrical wall and once you were firmly stuck there the floor would slowly drop out from under your feet.

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Verisure said:
You must have had a ripping good childhood! I'll bet you were bursting at the seams with all of that vinegar. LOL.
Maybe I will sharesome of those shildhood anecdotes.



I was in the US as a child and I knew all of these. Also was the centrifugal thingy that would spin, plastering you against the cylindrical wall and once you were firmly stuck there the floor would slowly drop out from under your feet.

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Look at that photo, on the extreme left there's someone upside down.
 
Irwin said:
No, I wasn't alone, but I used to get cramps in my legs from having to be in such a contorted position, which put a damper on the mood. :ROFLMAO:
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I have a follow-up question to that but this is a family-oriented forum so I'll let it go. 😇
 
One of the things I will always remember is going out on the hill in back of my house, about 6 PM, and see this white dot in the sky- Sputnik. It was 1957 and it was the first thing in space. Our cars had fins, we had "modern" furniture,, we were living in the Space Age. Here I was, a ten year old kid, and I could see it for myself. The little white dot was the future, and I could see it from my back yard. Cool.
 

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