Yup - This is what I did about 80 years ago (Page 3): I did about the same, but a shorter 70 years ago.

PhotogHobbyist Loc: Bradford, PA

markngolf wrote:

How about you in your "yut"

Mark

I did about the same, but a shorter 70 years ago.

Burtzy Loc: Bronx N.Y. & Simi Valley, CA

markngolf wrote:

We did not own BB guns, but we did have the beach,... (show quote)

We tended to do the same thing in the Bronx. But we lived up the hill from Yankee Stadium so a lot of games from the bleachers were also in my childhood.

theaverlo Loc: Iowa

Those were the good old days! I was born in 1947. I remember playing outside all day, getting sunburned (what the heck was sunscreen... never heard of it back then), then staying out after dark playing hide and seek or any games we could make up with the neighbor kids, not having to worry about some nutjob walking off with one of your friends.

flyboy61 Loc: The Great American Desert

markngolf wrote:

How about you in your "yut"

Mark

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

theaverlo wrote:

Those were the good old days! I was born in 1947. I remember playing outside all day, getting sunburned (what the heck was sunscreen... never heard of it back then), then staying out after dark playing hide and seek or any games we could make up with the neighbor kids, not having to worry about some nutjob walking off with one of your friends.

I got sunburned, too. Now I go to the dermatologist every six months and get something cut off or frozen off. Ah, childhood!

theaverlo Loc: Iowa

jerryc41 wrote:

I got sunburned, too. Now I go to the dermatologist every six months and get something cut off or frozen off. Ah, childhood!

Yep... I hear you!

Sirsnapalot Loc: Hammond, Louisiana

markngolf wrote:

We did not own BB guns, but we did have the beach,... (show quote)

No BB gun? Back in the early 50’s it was a right of passage where I was from…

lindmike

Hi, Mark,
I too lived like that when growing up.

The question is, what happened and why?

dustie Loc: Nose to the grindstone

ClarkJohnson wrote:

Doesn’t everybody look back on the innocence of childhood as a special tome of their lives, and mourn its (inevitable) loss?

Not everyone.

There are still people alive who know that listening to, believing, and acting on reports from children who had been abused wasn't very widespread in their youth.....
....and those who actually did listen to and believe those reports from a child, seldom.....very, very, very, very, very, very, very seldom ever did anything to help the child.

pj81156 Loc: St. Petersburg, FL

I too grew up in the same wonderful environment, and I fully expect that our great grandchildren, when they are our age will be posting their “good old days” remembrances. I’ll bet if we could find it, our great grandparents also had similar thoughts. But, yeah, those days of our youth really were wonderful.

Fredrick Loc: Former NYC, now San Francisco Bay Area

markngolf wrote:

We did not own BB guns, but we did have the beach,... (show quote)

You just described my childhood, and it was wonderful! Thanks for reminding me.

PhotoMono123 Loc: Houston, Texas

Sometimes I chuckle at all the "misty, watercolored memories" of the good old days. Days when we were still segregated. Days when women couldn't work because if they were married. Days when a heat attack meant a funeral. Days with no A/C for those hot, summer days. Days with only one car at the house. Days when...

Fredrick Loc: Former NYC, now San Francisco Bay Area

PhotoMono123 wrote:

Sometimes I chuckle at all the "misty, watercolored memories" of the good old days. Days when we were still segregated. Days when women couldn't work because if they were married. Days when a heat attack meant a funeral. Days with no A/C for those hot, summer days. Days with only one car at the house. Days when...

Sounds like days when your glass was “half empty.”

Bultaco Loc: Aiken, SC

70 years ago on the ranch, bailed hay most of the summer. Feed the cattle, horses the rest of the year. During slack time grabbed a 22, 06, shotgun or fishing pole depending on what time of year it was.

Finn Man Loc: wisconsin

It was a different world back in the old days. Kids have to learn to grow up fast. That is for a whole different topic...K.A.N.