Having a toddler who’s now old enough to really enjoy summer – and all the associated paddling pool paraphernalia – is bringing back so many memories about my own childhood, growing up in the 1980s and 1990s. Wasn’t the summer brilliant when we were younger? The six week holiday was second only to Christmas…
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Everything I Learned From Judy Blume Books
Read moreEverything I Learned About Life, Love And Sex From Judy Blume Books Did you Read Judy Blume Books? Who read Judy Blume books when they were growing up? More to the point, who didn’t read them? Never found on any official school reading list, her books – from Starring Sally J Freedman and Superfudge, through…
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10 signs Sundays have dramatically changed since our childhoods
Read moreThis weekend I read the news that the Radio 1 Top 40 music chart show could be due to change from a Sunday to Friday. ‘What?!’ I thought, and then I thought again. When when was the last time I actually listened? Ten years ago? Twenty? I realised it’s less about the music, and more…
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The lost relics of an end-of-the-century childhood
Read moreIt occurred to me this week, as I watched my toddler watch a video on-demand on a iPad when the programme she really wanted to see wasn’t on one of the huge selection of dedicated kid’s TV channels available, that there’s so much about her childhood that is different. Specifically, so much that’s different from…
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CITV’s ‘Old Skool’ Weekend TV nostalgia-fest
Read moreLike so many people of a *cough* certain age, I’m absolutely loving the complete nostalgia-fest that is the CITV ‘Old Skool’ Weekend, two days of 80’s, 90’s and 00’s kids TV programmes shown to celebrate the 30-year anniversary of the children’s channel. There’s a veritable treasure trove of retro programming – everything from Fraggle Rock to Finders…
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