I am a child of the modern age & up untill I was 12 or so we never had television, or any sort of dedicated games machine to keep us occupied (thanks dad)
I did have lots of fun in sand, earth, playing football, watching the farmwork happen around me & from an early age developed an extreme interest in music. It was all about getting outside for me & I hated it when it rained. Once a week the whole family would go shopping & we would visit relatives & in that visit we would watch cartoons, I considered this a treat. There was another relative who had a games console so once a week we would play a game or six.
It's only when I got to school for P6&7 (as I was home taught) that I realised what I didn't have. Never having had these things, it didn't bother me but all my mates had these things, it took a long time to realise that I had so much more in life not having the world of TV rammed down my throat, & my head filled full of flickering mind numbing images from games machines. I had a real upbringing that wasn't dominated by the comings & goings of Neighbours or Home & Away
I like hearing stories of old & was only today looking down Davidson's Lane thinking SLEDGE & imagining my father & various cronies commiting deadly acts on these hills trying their best not get run over by whatever vehicle might have been passing
The stories I like to hear from my father's generation are dissapearing due to all the aforementioned must haves of modern life & it's sad. Some of the best laughs I've had are about old Thurso & Wick being told by the people of the time
One of the most memorable things for me as a child was my father taking me round the caves on the Thurso sea front, the salvation army cave in particular. It is something that will always be with me & something that always be on Thurso's sea front
What a great post & it is so true. The modern take just doesn't fill you with a warm glow like the old. "I remember me & ma mates all went cyber sledging"...........................NAH
Yours truly
an old feeling youngster
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