3 things you miss and don't miss from childhood?

Miss
My Mum's steamed puddings
The freedom I had to be out all day with friends
Visits to the library, highlight of my week
Don't miss
Enforced religious observance
Cold bathroom
Having to wear very old fashioned clothes

Miss

All my friends from our road and our adventures
Mum's cuddles
Being care free

Don't miss

Freezing bathroom
Izal toilet paper
Chilblains

Miss

Family Christmassses
No responsibilities
Lying in bed between mum and dad - so safe
Laughing til I cried

Don’t miss

Staying at grandmas dark cold house
Being alone in the house while everyone was at work
Sand in my sandwiches on the beach

Miss

Playing in the fields and woods, being in touch with nature.
My mother’s cooking.
Being really confident.

Don’t miss

Having to do maths.
Lacrosse and all school games.
Those ghastly blue Aertex shirts we had to wear for games and gym.

(I find it much easier to think of things I miss than things I don’t.)

Miss
Penny Dainties that filled your mouth so much you couldn't speak.
Getting pocket money.
Sitting in my grandmas kitchen as she cooked sausages

Don't miss
Chaffed calves from wellies.
Grandma's knitted loopy, weird green winter bonnets.
3 hours homework every evening.

Miss

toasting bread over a coal fire
the annual town carnival
carol singing with friends

don't miss

cruel teachers
the long walk to the shops with my mum
having to wear jumble sales clothes

Miss: Living close to cousins and grandparents
Picking gooseberries and raspberries from the garden.
Feeling safe when out exploring with friends.
Don’t miss:
Cleaning out and laying the fire. It’s why I’d never go ‘Ooh’ about a log burner.
Cold house-although getting dressed under the bedclothes was a real skill.
School Dinners!

Mamardoit

Miss
The school summer holidays which seemed to last or ever.
Grandma and Grandad.
Lots of little shops.

Don't Miss
The outside toilets. We didn't have one inside.
Getting smacked at school. Not because you were naughty but just for making a mistake.
Chilblains.

You just wrote my list!
Also red and sore legs from the cold as only had socks and no tights.

I miss:- my happy days at a village primary school
the slower pace of life
family times

I don’t miss:- hand me down clothes
keeping anything new “for best”!
chapped legs

Miss
The school summer holidays which seemed to last or ever.
Grandma and Grandad.
Lots of little shops.

Don't Miss
The outside toilets. We didn't have one inside.
Getting smacked at school. Not because you were naughty but just for making a mistake.
Chilblains.

Miss
Mum
Dad
Primary School - I loved it

Don’t miss
Cold house in winter
Knowing we were hard up
Going on busses

Miss
Trams
Feeling safe
Making toast at an open fire

Don't miss
Being bullied
A whole class being expected to progress at the same rate
School milk

I miss
My mum's pea soup and dumplings
Playing out all day without a care in the world
My grandma's house

I don't miss
A cold house in winter
The tin bath
The outside toilet

Miss
Black treacle sandwiches
Hot water bottles
An open fire
Apple blossom floating on the puddle in the back yard

Don't miss
People telling me what to do.
School days
My liberty bodice.