do you remember..

How you used to feel when your ball went over the fence into next door's garden? You'd stand at the edge, nervous and looking around to make sure your neighbours couldn't see you, and you jump over the fence, run through the garden, leaping over flower beds and garden ornaments, trying not to disturb anything. Triumphantly you'd grab your ball and make your way out of there as fast as you could.

How you used to subscribe to the Sabrina the Teenage Witch magazine and every week you'd receive new plastic, toy makeup which had it's own special compartment in the purple glittery makeup case you got with issue #5?

How you used to dance around listening to The Spice Girls in your parents bedroom, all dressed up in your Mum's dresses and high heels, plastering your face with her makeup to make yourself feel grownup?

How you'd spend the whole of the summer holidays playing out in the streets with the other kids from your neighbourhood? You'd play street football and stub your toe on the ground all the time, and every five minutes there'd be someone shouting 'CAR!' and everyone would rush to the pavement and wait for the car to go past. You'd play houses and you'd collect plants from your garden to make 'dinner' with. You'd use a bit of rope to tie a skateboard to the back of a bike and be towed around the block, and in the evening you'd sit and eat your meal outside because you didn't want to miss out on the fun and games.

How gathering together in the living room with your family on a Friday night to watch Top of The Pops was a weekly thing? You'd know all the words to every song and keep your fingers crossed the whole way through, hoping your favourite band would be number one.

Or was this just me?