Things that 'take you back' to your childhood summers ...

[MissWinnie]

I saw this written about elsewhere, so thought I'd ask the question here.

So, what things 'take you back' to your childhood summers. Can be anything at all - sights, sounds, taste, smell, physical items ...

For me, the smell of Ambre Solaire, sandy sandwiches, and 99 Flake ice creams.

Any more?

[NuclearDevice]

I usually find an old police box that I have in my back garden, that I like to call The Tardis, does the trick :P :P


Agree with all three of your choices though I haven't eater a SANDwich in years. Holidaying anywhere beach related in the UK takes me right back to stuff like endless cricket on the beach, windbreaks, sandcastles, the penny falls arcades, crazy golf, burying someone in sand, and finding shelter against the persistent rain.

Happy days. :D

[yubbywelch]

card games

canasta, 500, rummy

[ozfan]

The smell of the ocean,rain on a parched land,freshly mown grass,Flies,aeroguard,bait,
cricket,warm balmy nights,mr whippy ice cream van,drive in movies,thunderstorms at the end of a stinking hot day.

[stateside]

Certain songs like any Joe Walsh song from the album Just Seriously Folks. My Mom driving me from Wales at the end of the hols with the top down on the car the music cutting out under each bridge even on the tape deck.

Other certain songs will transport me back to Port Eynon on the Gower Coast.

Bacon sandwiches will put me on the road to Wales. We always started out early and stopped halfway there to eat bacon or sausage sarnies with that flask coffee that is better than anything Starbucks could ever dream up.

I think I only had one holiday that wasn't in Wales

[yubbywelch]

watching kids play cricket.

plenty of day to night matches when I was growing up in the summer.

[ozfan]

Nice.

Staring into rock pools,climbing a tree too high,tying my fishing rod to the bike, sand pits and tonka toys,hide and seek,swimming pools and wrinkle fingers,sunburn and tans,coconut oil, terry toweling hats with beer bellies.

[MissWinnie]

Mmmm quite a few so far that take me back too ...

Also made me think of scent of ripe tomatoes in greenhouse, picking and eating peas straight out of pods, rockpool limpets, slippery seaweed and grazed knees, sand stuck to sun cream, bicycle puncture repairs, listening to sound of 'the sea' in empty shells ...

Statesey. Lovely place to holiday. Rhosilli and Three Cliffs Bay around the corner are my favourite Welsh beaches ...

[Arran007]

Fishing on the River Severn at Stourport, then jumping off the bridge by the fair into the river with my mates !

[xchurchVilla]

Certain songs like any Joe Walsh song from the album Just Seriously Folks. My Mom driving me from Wales at the end of the hols with the top down on the car the music cutting out under each bridge even on the tape deck.

Other certain songs will transport me back to Port Eynon on the Gower Coast.

Bacon sandwiches will put me on the road to Wales. We always started out early and stopped halfway there to eat bacon or sausage sarnies with that flask coffee that is better than anything Starbucks could ever dream up.

I think I only had one holiday that wasn't in Wales



Statesy, Thats mad! I had several very, very happy hols down in Port Eynon circa 76 when I was 12. Fantastic memories! Can't remember the but it was a static caravan site.

Remember the local pub was the ship but was too young to get in there, and not really interested, though I do remember drinking a few Double Diamonds, Long Lifes and Breakers (yuck!) fro

[yubbywelch]

As a ****ager shooting stars and camping

[stateside]

Certain songs like any Joe Walsh song from the album Just Seriously Folks. My Mom driving me from Wales at the end of the hols with the top down on the car the music cutting out under each bridge even on the tape deck.

Other certain songs will transport me back to Port Eynon on the Gower Coast.

Bacon sandwiches will put me on the road to Wales. We always started out early and stopped halfway there to eat bacon or sausage sarnies with that flask coffee that is better than anything Starbucks could ever dream up.

I think I only had one holiday that wasn't in Wales



Statesy, Thats mad! I had several very, very happy hols down in Port Eynon circa 76 when I was 12. Fantastic memories! Can't remember the but it was a static caravan site.

Remember the local pub was the ship but was too young to get in there, and not really interested, though I do remember drinking a few Do

[xchurchVilla]

Certain songs like any Joe Walsh song from the album Just Seriously Folks. My Mom driving me from Wales at the end of the hols with the top down on the car the music cutting out under each bridge even on the tape deck.

Other certain songs will transport me back to Port Eynon on the Gower Coast.

Bacon sandwiches will put me on the road to Wales. We always started out early and stopped halfway there to eat bacon or sausage sarnies with that flask coffee that is better than anything Starbucks could ever dream up.

I think I only had one holiday that wasn't in Wales



Statesy, Thats mad! I had several very, very happy hols down in Port Eynon circa 76 when I was 12. Fantastic memories! Can't remember the but it was a static caravan site.

Remember the local pub was the ship but was too young to get in there, and not really int

[WOODLANDSWOLF]

The smell of freshly cut grass, don't know why!

[stateside]

Certain songs like any Joe Walsh song from the album Just Seriously Folks. My Mom driving me from Wales at the end of the hols with the top down on the car the music cutting out under each bridge even on the tape deck.

Other certain songs will transport me back to Port Eynon on the Gower Coast.

Bacon sandwiches will put me on the road to Wales. We always started out early and stopped halfway there to eat bacon or sausage sarnies with that flask coffee that is better than anything Starbucks could ever dream up.

I think I only had one holiday that wasn't in Wales



Statesy, Thats mad! I had several very, very happy hols down in Port Eynon circa 76 when I was 12. Fantastic memories! Can't remember the but it was a static caravan site.

Remember the local pub was the ship but

[Exiledvillan]

Dad disappearing every day between noon and 2pm (day time licencing hours back then).

If the seagulls wernt stealing your grub they were sh1tting on ya.

Rainy days.

Laughing at the adults tip-toeing and swearing (I am now that soldier) into the freezing sea whilst we all thought it was lovely and warm.

Pebble beaches (Beer, Devon) so no beach footy, swingball or cricket but great for improving your throw. Also the adults couldn't catch you when said throw went astray as adults never wore beach shoes in them days XD .

[xchurchVilla]

Statesy,

Have tried several times to ping you via complaints but my message doesn't seem to be going through.

Will try again - forgive me if you suddenly receive loads of msgs from me! XD

[xchurchVilla]

Statesy, the message I keep getting is, "Could not connect to database"

Let me know if you receive or not. All the best XCV

[NuclearDevice]

The optimism that meant you thought that next season was going to be the one that would mean the FA Cup / League title would be coming back to Villa Park.

Had to wait a few years, but we got there in the end. My 1980 summer dream came true :) :) :)

The heady days of Youth.

Now all we have to look forward to is another season of relegation troubles :blue: :blue: Summers for my lad just aren't the same as the ones I enjoyed. I had Graydon, Little, Gray and Cowans to dream about, he has Hutton, Bennett Sylla and Luna ;) ;) :P :P

[stateside]

Churchy. No wonder nobody has had a complaint forever.

I will put my email address up for a little while.

[xchurchVilla]

Statesy,

Hoorah! You've got mail!

Churchy

[dazzyo-villa]

Camping always takes me back.. we love to camp and we're off to Gloustershire next weekend, My mum and Dad loved camping and we'd be off all the time..

:)

[bongosdad]

My cousin has a caravan in the same caravan park as Statside and Churchy. It's only 20 minutes from my house.

[dazzyo-villa]

Watching my lad play football..