| Child hood holidays. 19:47 - Feb 13 with 8476 views | qpr_1968 |
where did you go as a kid.
every year, 60,s and early 70;s valley farm, clacton caravan site, except for 1973.....
that was butlins in clacton.
1968 was leysdown on the isle of sheppey, then it sounded posh, but its essex....
worse beach ever, quick sand more like.
always 2 weeks of sunshine though.
first time abroad was portugal, but 33 and a couple of kids then...
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| Child hood holidays. on 09:30 - Feb 14 with 1678 views | denhamhoop2 |
Every year 2 weeks in Grange Ireland so my Mum could visit her family as a kid was excellent miles and miles of countryside and the beach was a 45 minute walk away,. Then back for tea and watch Sesame Street far simpler times | | | |
| Child hood holidays. on 09:38 - Feb 14 with 1670 views | wood_hoop |
Not have too many but one that does stand out was a trip to Oban in Scotland, in the mid 60's, parents and two siblings crammed in a Morris Minor for about 12 hours driving up from London, stayed in a caravan park, but highlight of the holiday for me was a trip to the Isle of Mull, local ferry but to me was like getting on the QE2.
Perranporth in Cornwall, and Aberystwyth were a couple of others , spent most summer holidays scrumping and dodging irate neighbors.
I think like many money was tight , my kids just don't understand , to them flying off to the far corners of this world is like getting on a bus, one place as a kid always wanted to go was a desert island with loads of palm trees, loved Robinson Crusoe tv series, have been to a few places around the globe now, so I can say my dreams as a kid have come true. |  | | |
| Child hood holidays. on 09:49 - Feb 14 with 1643 views | MrSheen |
| Child hood holidays. on 00:55 - Feb 14 by CiderwithRsie |
Isle of Man, every year on a farm outside Ballasalla (the steam train crossed the farm lane) and it was close enough to my aunts' home at Scarlett.
Common theme here is that most of us went to the same place year after year - does anyone still do that with their kids? The idea now seems to be that you go somewhere different each year, but as a kid I'd have been heartbroken if I didn't see the same places every summer. |
I think the main reason was cost, as travel was more expensive then, and there were six of us. My parents weren’t particularly intrepid either, but I can’t blame them for not wanting to take on the expense and complication of going abroad (language, money, food), with four warring kids. It’s supposed to be their holiday too. In any case, we all have skimmed milk complexions so one day of sunbathing by the Med would have put us in hospital.
Me and Mrs Sheen hardly ever went to the same place twice until we fell in love with Kerry. Our kids were already teenagers by the time we bought our place and really resented it, but my sister in law has brought her daughter out four times in a row since she was seven. She loves going to the beach and picking up the threads with friends she sees a week a year. |  | | |
| Child hood holidays. on 09:57 - Feb 14 with 1633 views | MrSheen |
| Child hood holidays. on 09:38 - Feb 14 by wood_hoop |
Not have too many but one that does stand out was a trip to Oban in Scotland, in the mid 60's, parents and two siblings crammed in a Morris Minor for about 12 hours driving up from London, stayed in a caravan park, but highlight of the holiday for me was a trip to the Isle of Mull, local ferry but to me was like getting on the QE2.
Perranporth in Cornwall, and Aberystwyth were a couple of others , spent most summer holidays scrumping and dodging irate neighbors.
I think like many money was tight , my kids just don't understand , to them flying off to the far corners of this world is like getting on a bus, one place as a kid always wanted to go was a desert island with loads of palm trees, loved Robinson Crusoe tv series, have been to a few places around the globe now, so I can say my dreams as a kid have come true. |
There used to be a section full of holiday ads in the centre of the TV and Radio Times this time of year. You could fill in a form for free brochures. My brother and me used to get the thickest ones possible (Clarksons?) and flick through imagining holidays we’d never have...two weeks in Stonebridge-on-Sea in Tunisia, leaving Teesside Airport at 3.20 am on a Thursday - £129, please.
Every car we ever had in the 70s used to break down. My Dad was confident he could fix anything, but even he couldn’t do anything when the Austin Princess caught fire on a Tipperary mountain in the middle of the night. | | | |
| Child hood holidays. on 10:09 - Feb 14 with 1614 views | BlackCrowe |
The holiday repetition is what's really built the childhood memories for all of us on here i reckon.
My kids have been all over the place including some exotic locations (courtesy of air miles) but they barely remember the experience, whereas the 3 or 4 consecutive years in Cornwall are crystal clear and have much fonder memories for them than US, India, etc |  |
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| Child hood holidays. (n/t) on 10:26 - Feb 14 with 1603 views | hantssi |
| Child hood holidays. (n/t) on 00:14 - Feb 14 by CliveWilsonSaid |
Switzerland.
In primary school, the year i was supposed to go on to the Isle of White there were teacher strikes. So we didn’t go.
However a year or so later as a 10yo i had the best trip imaginable to Alps. The slopes above Grindelwald.
I’ll never forget it. The journey there by sleeper train - Bunk beads. The Jungfrau. Interlaken. The Eiger i could cry. |
Totally agree CWS, went to Interlaken for our honeymoon, the area is just too beautiful to put in words.
Tried to go back for our 30th but the BA computer crash put paid to that! [Post edited 14 Feb 2021 11:43]
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| Child hood holidays. on 10:34 - Feb 14 with 1592 views | hantssi |
| Child hood holidays. on 10:09 - Feb 14 by BlackCrowe |
The holiday repetition is what's really built the childhood memories for all of us on here i reckon.
My kids have been all over the place including some exotic locations (courtesy of air miles) but they barely remember the experience, whereas the 3 or 4 consecutive years in Cornwall are crystal clear and have much fonder memories for them than US, India, etc |
My kids (23 and 28 now) are exactly the same, they reminisce about basic holidays in the UK but gloss over Florida etc!
We had a chalet in Snowdonia last year with them and they just can’t stop talking about it! | | | |
| Child hood holidays. on 10:54 - Feb 14 with 1579 views | stowmarketrange |
| Child hood holidays. on 10:09 - Feb 14 by BlackCrowe |
The holiday repetition is what's really built the childhood memories for all of us on here i reckon.
My kids have been all over the place including some exotic locations (courtesy of air miles) but they barely remember the experience, whereas the 3 or 4 consecutive years in Cornwall are crystal clear and have much fonder memories for them than US, India, etc |
I think all my kids asked about our holidays was about the WiFi.
We’ve taken them to Dorset,Cornwall,Wales,Spain,France,Portugal and Florida,so we tended to go somewhere different each year.The youngest is 19 next month,so it looks like it will be just me and the Mrs from now on.Or maybe the grandchildren too. |  | | |
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| Child hood holidays. on 11:12 - Feb 14 with 1564 views | Superhoop83 |
Swanage from the late 70s to late 80s.
Always in late August and I can still remember our opening day results for each season. |  |
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| Child hood holidays. on 11:15 - Feb 15 with 1399 views | Paddyhoops |
Never had a holiday as kid in Ireland. There was 6 of us
So as things were particularly tough in the seventies,
the odd day trip to salthill in Galway was as good as it got.
We lived in a tiny town in co Roscommon but were blessed to have an open air pool which kept us busy in the summer and the glorious summer of 76 came to Ireland as well contrary to popular opinion.
Despite being a tiny county we punched well above our weight at Gaa level which meant frequent trips to croke Park in that far off Dublin. We we're the Gaa equivalent of QPR.
The old man who was a carpenter would bring the beat up old transit van on the 120 mile journey to Dublin complete with his mates and my brother.
Frequent stops in the pub on route were the norm and by the time the return trip was completed , everyone including the old man would barely know their own names. Glorious days.
We still go back to Ireland for short holidays and my teenage daughter loves it.
I discovered the Greek Islands in my early twenties though and miss our annual holidays there.
Some day...... | | | |
| Child hood holidays. on 11:18 - Feb 15 with 1393 views | MrSheen |
| Child hood holidays. on 11:15 - Feb 15 by Paddyhoops |
Never had a holiday as kid in Ireland. There was 6 of us
So as things were particularly tough in the seventies,
the odd day trip to salthill in Galway was as good as it got.
We lived in a tiny town in co Roscommon but were blessed to have an open air pool which kept us busy in the summer and the glorious summer of 76 came to Ireland as well contrary to popular opinion.
Despite being a tiny county we punched well above our weight at Gaa level which meant frequent trips to croke Park in that far off Dublin. We we're the Gaa equivalent of QPR.
The old man who was a carpenter would bring the beat up old transit van on the 120 mile journey to Dublin complete with his mates and my brother.
Frequent stops in the pub on route were the norm and by the time the return trip was completed , everyone including the old man would barely know their own names. Glorious days.
We still go back to Ireland for short holidays and my teenage daughter loves it.
I discovered the Greek Islands in my early twenties though and miss our annual holidays there.
Some day...... |
Why QPR then, Paddy? | | | |
| Child hood holidays. on 12:11 - Feb 15 with 1358 views | onlyrinmoray |
My wife and I didn’t go abroad till our 25th anniversary It was too expensive to take 3 kids Went to family in England or Scottish places Been abroad a lot since the kids grew up Italy a lot really like lake Garda Slovenia is really worth a visit as well |  | | |
| Child hood holidays. on 12:11 - Feb 15 with 1358 views | karl |
Quite a similar theme to many in that we always went 'home' for summer holidays.
Many lighthouse families were from the Scottish Islands and did the same going home to their family home, for us was Orkney and staying with grandparents on their farm where I was born and subsequently bought a plot and built my first house I owned.
We usually came for whole school holidays and was a real wrench to leave at the end but what it did do was give us proper roots since we moved around different lighthouses, although I did live in the Isle of Man for nearly 20 years it wasn't home and when I decided to go back to Orkney it was probably those holidays that made me think it was the right decision, on reflection it definitely was.
For our kids they'll never get the same but we did rent a cottage in Ayrshire a few times, set in a small wood it was possibly their favourite time, we were close to Glasgow and, relatively, Edinburgh too so plenty town activities too.
Tbh a trip to Inverness is a holiday of sorts for us, have to naje the most of getting off the island! |  | | |
| Child hood holidays. on 12:12 - Feb 15 with 1353 views | Paddyhoops |
| Child hood holidays. on 11:18 - Feb 15 by MrSheen |
Why QPR then, Paddy? |
My eldest brother got into Qpr in the early seventies. Stanley Bowles being the main reason and the blue and white hoops of course.
He was always a maverick and liked
something different.
Seemed natural to follow on.
We were both along with our sister London born.
I was born in Chiswick maternity hospital in the mid sixties so its in the blood.
We moved, like a lot of Irish back home in the late sixties.
Jack lynch the taoiseach at that time promising crocks of gold.
Crocks of shit more like!!
Anyway became an economic migrant in the 80s . Back again.
Never regretted it!! | | | |
| Child hood holidays. on 12:31 - Feb 15 with 1326 views | flynnbo |
The late '60s and '70s saw us spend our summer holidays at Praa Sands in Cornwall in a static caravan for many years. There was one trip to Seahouses, a trip to Scotland (hot summer of '76 which I didn't want to go on due to having gone the first two days of the Oval test against the Windies), and once to Rathdrum, Wicklow. The Cornwall trips always seemed to take ages and we had stopovers en route. First trip abroad was a school trip to Malta in the school minibus in 1975. Great memories! |  | | |
| Child hood holidays. on 13:40 - Feb 15 with 1272 views | Juzzie |
Throughout all the 70's and early 80's it was always camping for a few weeks in July/August on a farm inbetween Scarborough and Whitby.
It wasn't an official campsite. The first visit (in 1970 I think, I was 3) it was getting late after a long drive from London in the (already old) Ford 100E van so my mum just randomly pulled off the main road between the the two towns and kept on going until she found somewhere likely a few miles later.
My dad knocked on the farm house door and asked if we could pitch up in a field.
They were really accommodating and welcoming so much so that when a neighboring house in the area got burgled a couple of days later and we were the prime suspects (being from London of course) they jumped to our defense and the plod went away.
A friendship was struck up there and then and we went back every year for the next 10 years or so.
Even when we stopped going my Mum kept in touch with them but sadly they have long since passed and their children have gone their own ways too.
happy memories, really happy memories of all the times we were there and trips inti Scarborough, Whitby, Robin Hoods Bay, Boggle Hole, the Moors and so on. |  | | |
| Child hood holidays. on 14:09 - Feb 15 with 1221 views | BrianMcCarthy |
Same as most on here, our family didn’t really do holidays. We all helped out in the family hotel so that took priority. First real holiday was Rangers pre-season trip to Sweden in 1990 when I was 20 with a few LFW posters among others. |  |
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| Child hood holidays. on 14:27 - Feb 15 with 1205 views | R_from_afar |
Great thread.
Most of my childhood holidays were spent at Swanage in Dorset. We went for something like seven years in a row and used to synchronise our holidays with some other families because we all got on so well. Beach cricket, pitch and putt, shopping for books about cricket and Subbuteo cricket teams and accessories. I was cricket mad.
I was trying to learn to be a spin bowler but although my dad and grandad had been decent club cricketers, dad was a wicketkeeper/batsman and grandad was an opening batsman so they couldn't teach me much when it came to bowling. I only found out recently that the "off break" that my grandad showed me how to bowl was actually a carrom ball. Not that I could bowl it that well back then! I once landed one full pitch on a passerby's balding pate, much to my embarrassment.
My French relatives used to participate in our big beach cricket matches. I remember when my French uncle first had a bowl. He came roaring up to the crease like Merv Hughes, then just chucked it. He couldn't catch very well and there was one time when he was sent to field at square leg, which was a little into the sea. Several of the adults, probably including my dad, kept deliberately skying catches in his direction, just to see him floundering around in the shallows. He got his revenge a few years later, when he drove some of us to Les Arcs in the French Alps, tearing round mountain hairpins in his Alfa Sud. His little son was literally shouting: "Daddy, daddy, slow down, I don't want to die".
Last September, with the restrictions affecting where we could go on holiday, Mrs R from Afar and I went on holiday to the place she used to go for her summer holidays when she was young, Sandhead in Dumfries and Galloway. We stayed in the pub her dad used to take the family to for a treat back in the day and also went to some of the neighbouring ports and beaches. The area is spectacular, with loads of historic and archaeological sites to visit, plus there is a dark sky park there (near New Galloway). On a clear night, it is incredible, the constellations you can clearly make out when stargazing in built-up areas are almost impossible to find because there are so many normally invisible stars hemming them in from all sides. |  |
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| Child hood holidays. on 14:59 - Feb 15 with 1165 views | stowmarketrange |
| Child hood holidays. on 14:27 - Feb 15 by R_from_afar |
Great thread.
Most of my childhood holidays were spent at Swanage in Dorset. We went for something like seven years in a row and used to synchronise our holidays with some other families because we all got on so well. Beach cricket, pitch and putt, shopping for books about cricket and Subbuteo cricket teams and accessories. I was cricket mad.
I was trying to learn to be a spin bowler but although my dad and grandad had been decent club cricketers, dad was a wicketkeeper/batsman and grandad was an opening batsman so they couldn't teach me much when it came to bowling. I only found out recently that the "off break" that my grandad showed me how to bowl was actually a carrom ball. Not that I could bowl it that well back then! I once landed one full pitch on a passerby's balding pate, much to my embarrassment.
My French relatives used to participate in our big beach cricket matches. I remember when my French uncle first had a bowl. He came roaring up to the crease like Merv Hughes, then just chucked it. He couldn't catch very well and there was one time when he was sent to field at square leg, which was a little into the sea. Several of the adults, probably including my dad, kept deliberately skying catches in his direction, just to see him floundering around in the shallows. He got his revenge a few years later, when he drove some of us to Les Arcs in the French Alps, tearing round mountain hairpins in his Alfa Sud. His little son was literally shouting: "Daddy, daddy, slow down, I don't want to die".
Last September, with the restrictions affecting where we could go on holiday, Mrs R from Afar and I went on holiday to the place she used to go for her summer holidays when she was young, Sandhead in Dumfries and Galloway. We stayed in the pub her dad used to take the family to for a treat back in the day and also went to some of the neighbouring ports and beaches. The area is spectacular, with loads of historic and archaeological sites to visit, plus there is a dark sky park there (near New Galloway). On a clear night, it is incredible, the constellations you can clearly make out when stargazing in built-up areas are almost impossible to find because there are so many normally invisible stars hemming them in from all sides. |
That subbuteo cricket was rubbish I thought.The only flat place we could find to play it was across the banisters at the top of our stairs.I used to deliberately hit the ball down the stairs so that my brother had to walk down the stairs to collect the ball every time,Assuming he could find it.
The rugby was even worse though. | | | |
| Child hood holidays. on 15:17 - Feb 15 with 1132 views | dutch |
when my dad was alive it was always a week in the gits, Margit and Ramsgit. He died when i was six and we were skint so it was a week with my nan on the White City, mainly spent coaxing my Grandad out of the Smuts. Later on we went posh with a week in Pontins Minehead, where my mum embarrassed me by entering the singing contest and coming last.
I've barely stopped travelling since, until this year of course. | | | |
| Child hood holidays. on 15:46 - Feb 15 with 1086 views | flynnbo |
| Child hood holidays. on 14:59 - Feb 15 by stowmarketrange |
That subbuteo cricket was rubbish I thought.The only flat place we could find to play it was across the banisters at the top of our stairs.I used to deliberately hit the ball down the stairs so that my brother had to walk down the stairs to collect the ball every time,Assuming he could find it.
The rugby was even worse though. |
I've sold several sets of the Subbuteo (QPR link too) cricket and rugby games as they're worth a fair bit these days. My best Subbuteo buy was a hockey set which was very rare. | | | |
| Child hood holidays. on 16:03 - Feb 15 with 1063 views | MrSheen |
| Child hood holidays. on 15:46 - Feb 15 by flynnbo |
I've sold several sets of the Subbuteo (QPR link too) cricket and rugby games as they're worth a fair bit these days. My best Subbuteo buy was a hockey set which was very rare. |
Did you have these? Looks a like a spoof, but apparently not. That Ninian Park experience...
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| Child hood holidays. on 16:04 - Feb 15 with 1061 views | stowmarketrange |
| Child hood holidays. on 15:46 - Feb 15 by flynnbo |
I've sold several sets of the Subbuteo (QPR link too) cricket and rugby games as they're worth a fair bit these days. My best Subbuteo buy was a hockey set which was very rare. |
It just goes to show that there are lots of us old blokes with too much spare time and money to burn.
I preferred playing the bobby Charlton Casio soccer game in the early 70’s.At least until I lost the ball and had to play with a marble instead. | | | |
| Child hood holidays. on 16:35 - Feb 15 with 1044 views | qpr_1968 |
| Child hood holidays. on 16:04 - Feb 15 by stowmarketrange |
It just goes to show that there are lots of us old blokes with too much spare time and money to burn.
I preferred playing the bobby Charlton Casio soccer game in the early 70’s.At least until I lost the ball and had to play with a marble instead. |
the bobby charlton casio was great.
there used to be a pro shot golf type of game in the early 70's as well, loved that, had the bunkers, the lot. | |
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