17/02/2024
I grew up on a Council Estate ๐ (loved every minute and proud of it!) ๐
During a time when everyone treated each other like Family ๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ฆ
We went outside to play on streets, built dens and made tree swings ๐ณ,
We got dirty, bathed ๐๐ป on a Sunday we didn't eat fast food๐๐....
We ate council food, beans on toast, jam buttys, lemon curd, proper home made food ๐ and chips cooked in a proper chip pan.
We got ice cream๐ฆ , but if not it was a choc ice from freezer.
I played rounders, garden hopping ๐ณ, Kerby ๐ , Hide and Seek๐, british bulldog and knock a door run ๐๐
There was no bottled water ๐ฆ we drank water from the tap (bathroom tap at night)๐ฐ council pop ๐คฃ
We shared the same bottle of pop... After we would wipe it with our mucky sleeves!
We only had kids tv after school ๐บthat had no remote control, we rode our bikes ๐ฒ for hours ๐ฐ
There was no such thing as a mobile ๐ฑ or any other electronic device ๐ต.
We wern't AFRAID OF ANYTHING.
If someone had a fight, that's exactly what it was... a fist fight ๐๐ป.
Kids didn't have guns๐ซ or knives๐ช.
The street lights๐กwere our curfew or until our mum shouted us.
School was mandatory โ๏ธ๐.
We watched our mouths around our elders๐ด๐ผ๐ต๐ผ because we knew we'd get a clip around the ear.
Sayings like "What's for dinner?" your guaranteed reply was s**t with sugar on (cherry on top if ur lucky) "where's mum?" โฆ Run off with the milk man would be the answer.
Put this on ya wall if you're proud ๐๐ that you came from a close knit community ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ซ and you will never forget where you came from! ๐๐๐โ๏ธ