Lestat Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 Well we're 2 days from Christmas 2010, Wow! Christmas 2010!.. It makes me feel so old typing that date. I was a child of the 80's and back then anything to do with the year 2000 or ahead was pure futuristic sci-fi fantasy. They were the good old days (for me) when we used to look forward to this time of year with great excitement for lots of reasons and not (as it seems nowadays) for the technical gadget-obsessed kids wanting X-boxes, Wii's, DVD's, CD's, Ipods, Ipads & mobile phones. It was time for school holidays, being with family and close friends, playing in the snow etc.. I like to call them 'real Christmasses' back in the 80's when we only had 3 TV channels and dad used to buy TV Times or Radio Times and we would all gather round and hi-light what we were planning on watching over christmas. The BBC1 3 O'Clock movie was the main family get-together after dinner and films such as 'Indiana jones' or 'ET' would be talked about for days after and at school! It used to always snow as well, and no ordinary snowfall but abit like this year - feet of the stuff, I remember opening the front door on Christmas day and a wall of snow at least 3 foot deep standing there One of the other main things I remember, and it's abit weird but me and my friends used to always have 'The christmas daykick-about' where we would all meet up just before tea-time and have a game of football on the field and they would all compare presents or footy tops etc.. aaaah good old days.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blade73 Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 Well we're 2 days from Christmas 2010, Wow! Christmas 2010!.. It makes me feel so old typing that date. I was a child of the 80's and back then anything to do with the year 2000 or ahead was pure futuristic sci-fi fantasy. They were the good old days (for me) when we used to look forward to this time of year with great excitement for lots of reasons and not (as it seems nowadays) for the technical gadget-obsessed kids wanting X-boxes, Wii's, DVD's, CD's, Ipods, Ipads & mobile phones. It was time for school holidays, being with family and close friends, playing in the snow etc.. I like to call them 'real Christmasses' back in the 80's when we only had 3 TV channels and dad used to buy TV Times or Radio Times and we would all gather round and hi-light what we were planning on watching over christmas. The BBC1 3 O'Clock movie was the main family get-together after dinner and films such as 'Indiana jones' or 'ET' would be talked about for days after and at school! It used to always snow as well, and no ordinary snowfall but abit like this year - feet of the stuff, I remember opening the front door on Christmas day and a wall of snow at least 3 foot deep standing there One of the other main things I remember, and it's abit weird but me and my friends used to always have 'The christmas daykick-about' where we would all meet up just before tea-time and have a game of football on the field and they would all compare presents or footy tops etc.. aaaah good old days.... Hardly ever snowed from what I remember and it sounds like we're same ageish born 73. But the TV I agree with you, just looked at the tv listing for this year and it blows! Getting an Acorn Electron was a good Xmas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lestat Posted December 23, 2010 Author Share Posted December 23, 2010 Hardly ever snowed from what I remember and it sounds like we're same ageish born 73. But the TV I agree with you, just looked at the tv listing for this year and it blows! Getting an Acorn Electron was a good Xmas! Think it was 83' or 84' possibly mate, I remember it snowed very heavy!... Yep, both around the same age fella. Acorn electron, commodore 64' then moving up to an Amiga 500 & 1200 lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decaff Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 The Amiga 1200 was an awesome machine, real cutting edge stuff! Have to say i was a commodore dude though! Remember waking up one year at 12:30am must have been about 7 or 8 and going waking my parents up asking "if he'd been" they promptly told me no so i went to bed and put my tv on to "wait for him to come" I was quickly told to turn it off though... Remember though that a good christmas was getting an rc car or something...not like now were kids expect ipads, imacs and anything else that costs a months salary! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blade73 Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 Think it was 83' or 84' possibly mate, I remember it snowed very heavy!... Yep, both around the same age fella. Acorn electron, commodore 64' then moving up to an Amiga 500 & 1200 lol! Got the Electron cos the teachers at juniors said be the best one to get as they were similar to the BBC comps (if you remember them!). From the Electron nah I went down the other route from Commodare, got the Spectrum128k+2! Thing I do remember is you could get frost on the inside of the windows and sledging in Firth Park with a tea tray or polythene wrapper from a carpet or summat. No fear then hurtling down a hill on a bit of plastic, these days a bit of snow and I'm walking like a 80 year old! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blade73 Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 The Amiga 1200 was an awesome machine, real cutting edge stuff! Have to say i was a commodore dude though! Remember waking up one year at 12:30am must have been about 7 or 8 and going waking my parents up asking "if he'd been" they promptly told me no so i went to bed and put my tv on to "wait for him to come" I was quickly told to turn it off though... Remember though that a good christmas was getting an rc car or something...not like now were kids expect ipads, imacs and anything else that costs a months salary! & I bet it was a black & white portable TV too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lestat Posted December 23, 2010 Author Share Posted December 23, 2010 The Amiga 1200 was an awesome machine, real cutting edge stuff! Have to say i was a commodore dude though! Remember waking up one year at 12:30am must have been about 7 or 8 and going waking my parents up asking "if he'd been" they promptly told me no so i went to bed and put my tv on to "wait for him to come" I was quickly told to turn it off though... Remember though that a good christmas was getting an rc car or something...not like now were kids expect ipads, imacs and anything else that costs a months salary! Thats why I said they were 'real'... as it's all commercialised spend, spend, spend nowadays.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decaff Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 I only ever used to ask my parents for 3 things for christmas and one was always a colouring book. So just for nostalgia my mother still buys me one, which comes out whenever it rains, needless to say its always full by the end of January! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lestat Posted December 23, 2010 Author Share Posted December 23, 2010 Got the Electron cos the teachers at juniors said be the best one to get as they were similar to the BBC comps (if you remember them!). From the Electron nah I went down the other route from Commodare, got the Spectrum128k+2! Thing I do remember is you could get frost on the inside of the windows and sledging in Firth Park with a tea tray or polythene wrapper from a carpet or summat. No fear then hurtling down a hill on a bit of plastic, these days a bit of snow and I'm walking like a 80 year old! Hurtling down a hill on a black bin-bag! lol!... they even let us do that at school one year, can you imagine the H&S with that nowadays I also remember the old Firth Park Library and that bit near the old church - think it used to be a pond, got basketball nets in it now, in the winter too, great to go exploring in... abit dangerous to go walking through there now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lestat Posted December 23, 2010 Author Share Posted December 23, 2010 I only ever used to ask my parents for 3 things for christmas and one was always a colouring book. So just for nostalgia my mother still buys me one, which comes out whenever it rains, needless to say its always full by the end of January! :hihi: love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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