New Posts For Thread: things we did as kids in the 70shttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31912391/things-we-did-as-kids-in-the-70sknock down gingerclimbing walls and treesconkeringhopscotchriding chopper bikesbuying a 5p mix of sweets from the local corner shopNowadays it's 24/7 jobhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31912391/things-we-did-as-kids-in-the-70s?post_id=565609931#565609931Nowadays it's 24/7 jobTue, 06 Oct 2026 09:13:49 -0500Parenting in the 70s was completely easy - they just didn't bother to do it!https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31912391/things-we-did-as-kids-in-the-70s?post_id=565609929#565609929Parenting in the 70s was completely easy - they just didn't bother to do it!Tue, 06 Oct 2026 09:13:21 -0500kids these days never livedbedrooms playing games wrapped in cotton woolhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31912391/things-we-did-as-kids-in-the-70s?post_id=565609923#565609923kids these days never livedbedrooms playing games wrapped in cotton woolTue, 06 Oct 2026 09:04:58 -0500https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31912391/things-we-did-as-kids-in-the-70s?post_id=565609921#565609921Tue, 06 Oct 2026 09:03:33 -0500This topic reminds me of that song by Cher. Ironically that was also from the 70s..."Gypsies, tramps and thievesYou'll find 'em all on the Horse Racing Forum"https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31912391/things-we-did-as-kids-in-the-70s?post_id=565609895#565609895This topic reminds me of that song by Cher. Ironically that was also from the 70s..."Gypsies, tramps and thievesYou'll find 'em all on the Horse Racing Forum"Tue, 06 Oct 2026 08:39:47 -0500of course, in those days, not a parent in sight!https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31912391/things-we-did-as-kids-in-the-70s?post_id=565609749#565609749of course, in those days, not a parent in sight!Tue, 06 Oct 2026 07:09:39 -0500Remember blokes openly hanging around our playground area, and even actually offering sweets to kids! It wasn't just a myth!https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31912391/things-we-did-as-kids-in-the-70s?post_id=565609747#565609747Remember blokes openly hanging around our playground area, and even actually offering sweets to kids! It wasn't just a myth!Tue, 06 Oct 2026 07:08:27 -0500That’s good to hear about the young lads still playing and doing the tours 1st time ,the bottles we would nick and then take back were the things that squirted soda out they were the Crown Jewels of getting deposits backhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31912391/things-we-did-as-kids-in-the-70s?post_id=565609727#565609727That’s good to hear about the young lads still playing and doing the tours 1st time ,the bottles we would nick and then take back were the things that squirted soda out they were the Crown Jewels of getting deposits backTue, 06 Oct 2026 06:57:28 -0500jimnastThere’s a saying in horse racing that not everyone who goes racing is a thief or vagabond but all thieves and vagabonds go racing.I’m beginning to wonder if that saying could be used about this forum. We have a nerve to call jockeyshttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31912391/things-we-did-as-kids-in-the-70s?post_id=565609621#565609621jimnastThere’s a saying in horse racing that not everyone who goes racing is a thief or vagabond but all thieves and vagabonds go racing.I’m beginning to wonder if that saying could be used about this forum. We have a nerve to call jockeysTue, 06 Oct 2026 04:53:04 -0500was telling the mrs the other day another nice little earner when the pubs all had OFFIES on the side was to get round the back nick a crate of newcy brown and take it back to another offy down the rd, i think from memory you used to get 5 bob for thttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31912391/things-we-did-as-kids-in-the-70s?post_id=565609543#565609543was telling the mrs the other day another nice little earner when the pubs all had OFFIES on the side was to get round the back nick a crate of newcy brown and take it back to another offy down the rd, i think from memory you used to get 5 bob for tTue, 06 Oct 2026 03:41:23 -0500