There are only 6 days till Independence Day here in Barbados, November 30th. On the radio, the T.V, in the newspapers and on FB, everyone is feeling it this year and I just LOVE IT!!
Normally, every year I'm the only one who gets super excited when Independence rolls around. When people play Christmas music during November it irks me to no end but this year, however, I'm more mellow. I'm still really excited, but everyone is talking about the things of days gone by...
The things we used to wear...new patent leather shoes to church and the sun so hot your toes boiling inside them...
The things we used to eat..."Dead Man Flesh"(not what you think! lol) and monkey tamarind...
The things we used to play...running 'bout outside for the entire day and playing Chinese Skip...
And as this is mostly a hair blog, the hairstyles we used to rock...
What do you remember from your childhood days? You don't have to be Barbadian to reminisce. Drop a comment below to share your memories. I know you guys are the strong, silent types but you can tune in too, :-).
...i've none of those memories neither have i heard about such things...mine are of cricketand road tennis(when i actually checked for it) in the gap and having to move everytime a car came.Sundays were my favourite, all seemed purer: the air, the atmospere,light,sounds,my senses seemed perked. i r'mber getting up early for church with the fam,1hr sunday school 2 1/2hrs service, chilling with my friends after then journeying homewards for lunch...a huge"sundaylunch" and a tall glass of fresh lemonade(+2nd & 3rd shares included.Those were the days i actually was full.afterwards realaxing to a 'sunday matinee" show on our black 'n white. immediately after sleep...i emphasize immediately: if u were watch tv on the floor-u sleep there,in the chair/sofa-u slept there...fortunate ones made it to a bed cuz the left during the matinee show.outside was nice n quite n u cud actually hear birds.lol. later was time to watch 'time to sing'.
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