Magical images of childhood

That lovely image of the cheeky Gorbals boys! Not seen that one for years.

I think the boy on the bike in Provence with a baguette equates to the image of the boy with loaves pushing the bike up Strawberry Hill in Shaftesbury. Both iconic.

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My own childhood.

The third one is a picture of the tenement, I was brought up in, similar to the Gorbal's ones.
Gas lighting in the close, outside toilet and the lady downstairs still cooked on a coal fired, black range.

the first grumpy one made me smile.

My Dad had a streak of fun, as I have a few where he takes pix of Mum trying to coax us into smiling for the camera when we definitely weren't! then the flow up pic where we were suitably smiling clutching younger sibs, wriggly babies.

But of course you cant make a baby smilie quite the same way.."say cheese" dense work...

At first glance I thought the toddler on the demolition site was in a war zone, but it was Manchester 1968!

MarydollI had a swimsuit like that !

Marydoll, oh those elasticated cossies, lol!

Hellogirl1

Marydoll, oh those elasticated cossies, lol!

Not as bad as the knitted ones!!

I had a knitted one when I was about 7. Good job I was too young to get embarrassed when it got wet and "drooped"!

Fabulous images. I especially love the b/w ones!

To be honest not sure latch key kids and total freedom was that much fun
I was one of those kids with enormous freedom and although sounds fabulous it was not best parenting

My brother and I,must’ve been about 1957 on the beach in woolacombe..

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Riverwalk

At first glance I thought the toddler on the demolition site was in a war zone, but it was Manchester 1968!

Riverwalk I can remember there still being bomb sites in Portsmouth when I was going to school in 1969, especially in the dockyard area.

nonna6

To be honest not sure latch key kids and total freedom was that much fun
I was one of those kids with enormous freedom and although sounds fabulous it was not best parenting

I felt the same nonna6 about total freedom. If I'd have been less sensitive as a child I would have embraced it but not so.