Things I Miss

Things I miss
Rickets, impetigo, that purple stuff kids had painted on their lips, winkle-pickers, Les Dawson, getting lemonade from an earthenware jar, snow, naivety and uncomplicated nature of the 60s and 70s, my Ford Anglia, worms, Benny Hill, verrucae, Friday nights out, writing letters by hand, bread pobbies, Holidays of Obligation, seeing my toes, reaching my toes, prams, factory chimneys, going on a first date, guinea pigs, corner shops, cottage pie my mum used to make, street parties, sulphur ointment, mental institutions, bicycles with a basket on the front, iced up windows in winter, fish on Fridays,  roaring coal fire, John Wayne films, cricketers without headgear, kids walking to school, neighbours calling to borrow a cupful of sugar.
We now have :

HIV, AIDS, RSI, ADHD, OCD, PTSD, MRSA and COPD not to mention OMG and FFS,  autism, lupus, dementia, metatarsal injuries, rehab, computers, text messaging, cholesterol, antibiotics, unsafe streets, lack of compassion and consideration, single parent families, muggings, suicide, ebola, self-harming, abortion, divorce, carpal tunnel syndrome, hypermarkets, mad cow disease, MRI scans, deep vein thrombosis, bipolar disorder, terrorism, genetically modified food and animals,4x4s.

There's so much more to live for now as long as you don't catch anything.