jimbo 0 Report post Posted March 30, 2014 Jim Byrne: The forgotten life – Childhood: http://www.glasgowwestend.co.uk/jim-byrne-the-forgotten-life-childhood/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pat 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2014 Jim Byrne: The forgotten life – Childhood: http://www.glasgowwestend.co.uk/jim-byrne-the-forgotten-life-childhood/ I think children used to have much more freedom. Your story brings back all that out playing. We could have been gone all day and nobody batted an eye. I also think that Scotland's football has gone downhill since all the kicking the ball in the streets outside your house stopped. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harper 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2014 Beautiful story, Jimbo. I was really interested in the characteristics of the asthmatic personality.... I was a very sickly child and share many of those traits.... We definitely had a lot more freedom and were lucky to survive the risks we took; jumping over spiked pailings, dreepin' and jumping the anderson shelters, walking the ice at Bingham's Pond and belting over GT Western Road to the Botanics at the age of 5... with no heed to traffic lights. My London wean was never out my sight until he was at least 10.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimbo 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2014 Thanks Harper. The past is a different country; as they say. Jimbo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Veronica 0 Report post Posted April 1, 2014 Poor wee sowel Jimbo. But these days you'd be sat in the corner with your inhaler. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rory 0 Report post Posted April 4, 2014 You wonder what memories the children these days will have. Playing on computers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimbo 0 Report post Posted April 7, 2014 The forgotten life: Part 2: Working, not working, half working: http://www.glasgowwestend.co.uk/the-forgotten-life-part-2-working-not-working-half-working/ In this part I do start playing with computers. :-) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rory 0 Report post Posted April 8, 2014 You've got a very good memory. Or did you make some of this up? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimbo 0 Report post Posted April 12, 2014 You've got a very good memory. Or did you make some of this up? No it all happened as described. Nothing made up. Jimbo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harper 0 Report post Posted April 13, 2014 Big cheer for ANYONE that can understand computer programming.... The Programmer's Cheer:) Shift to the left, shift to the right! Pop up, push down Byte, byte byte! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites