This page is dedicated to the people I call 'Hippie-kids',
those born in the late sixties and early seventies to less
than conventional parents.
I, of course, am one of those people.
As an adult, I now appreciate most of the idiosyncrasies
of my upbringing, but when you're a kid you just want to
be like everyone else.
This page is a list of the little things which made us Hippie
Kids different from 'normal' kids. I would love for this
list to grow, so get
in touch if you can think of any more I should add.
Thanks to Jamie, Liam, Nicky, Jim, Kesewa, Tabitha, Jessie,
Linda, Lucy, Delia, Danielle, Rose, Beth, Lowri and Simon who have contributed so far.
| What
normal folks had |
What
us Hippie Kids had |
| Sliced
white bread |
Unsliced
brown bread (home made) |
| Sliced
white bread |
Zucchini
Bread |
| Chocolate |
Carob
bars |
| Bovril |
Miso
soup |
| Fitted
Nylon Carpets |
Sanded
floorboards and coconut-hair matting |
| A
Ford Escort |
A
VW
Camper |
| Butter |
Sour
butter (home made) |
| Sandwiches
wrapped in cling-film |
Sandwiches
wrapped in newspaper |
| Coffee |
Barleycup |
| White
sugar on our corn flakes |
Raisins
on our cornflakes |
| Cornflakes |
Porridge |
| Sponge
Cakes |
Date
slice |
| A
mum who wore make-up |
A
mum
who didn't know how to wear make-up |
| A
mum who wore pink fluffy slippers |
A
mum
who wore slippers socks |
| A
mum who wore a bra |
Double
droop |
| A
dad |
An
artist |
| Those
plastic Thermos flasks with cartoon characters on them |
A
washed-out-and-recycled Sunquick
bottle |
| Delia
Smith's Cookery Book |
Zen
and the art of Macrobiotic Cooking |
| White
Rice |
Brown
Rice |
| Television |
Radio
4 |
| Fabric
conditioner |
Crispy
Clothes |
| Drawing
pads |
Rejected
notes from the Soil
Association |
| A
microwave cooker |
A
Rayburn |
| Mum
& dad |
Karen
& Cliff |
| Kia-ora
or Ribena |
Watered
down fresh orange juice |
| A
milkman |
Goats |
| Butlins |
Camping |
| Spaghetti
Hoops |
Heavy Brown Wholemeal
Spaghetti |
| Pizza |
Quiche |
| Baked
Beans |
Lentil Burgers |
| Plastic
Apron to wear when fingerpainting/grooming rabbit |
Dads Shirt back
to Front. |
| Playdoh |
Homemade Dough
coloured weakly with pale unappealing organic food colouring |
| Barbie
Dolls |
Galt
Educational Toys |
| Ski
Yogurts from the Fridge |
Lukewarm Natural
Yougurt Cultivated in the Airing Cupboard |
| Penguin
Biscuits |
Quakers Oat Crunchy
Bars |
| Tammy
Girl pencil skirts |
Clothkits Smocks
(Clothes made in kit form by mum from horrid mail order
hippie clothing company) |
| The
Scouts |
The
Woodcraft Folk |
| Crisps
on the way home after school |
An apple |
| Lemsip |
A
pot of boiling oranges & lemons with cinnamon & cloves
throughout the winter months |
| Scarves |
Shawls
and ponchos |
| Orange
Juice |
Carrot
Juice |
| A
Kit-Kat for a playtime snack |
Quarter
of a cucumber |
|
A drinks cabinet to raid |
A
stash of Afghani hash to raid |
| Sainsburys,
Spa or Gateway |
The
wholefood collective run by our parents |
| Council
flats |
Communes |
| Wedge-soled
shoes from Freeman Hardy Willis |
Kickers™ |
| White
knee socks with hole-patterns in |
Purple
woolly tights from Pollyanna catalogue |
| Club
Sport track suits |
Non-label
clothes from BHS |
| Nike,
Adidas or Diadora trainers |
Dunlop
or C&A 'bastard' trainers |
|
Birthday party at McDonalds |
Birthday
party at the adventure playground |
| Contemporary
cars |
Ancient
Minis, Morris Minors and mash-up 2CVs with blankets
in the back |
| Peanut
butter |
Tahini |
| Crisps |
Nuts and raisins |
| Sweets |
Dates |
| 'Ask
your mother' |
Open discussions
with male parent figures about periods and other embarrassing
things |
| Frozen
burgers and oven chips |
Homemade dahl
and wholemeal chappatis |
| Playing
out after school |
Modern
dance 4 kidz at the oval house |
Empire Stores catalogue
|
Clothkits |
| Ready
made clothes from shops |
Pinafores
made from William Morris cushion covers |
| Mr.
Kiplings |
Home-made
wholewheat biscuits |
| Sports
bags |
Carrier
bags |
| Parents
who named them Sharon |
Parents
who named us Tabitha |
| Salted
peanuts |
Alfalfa
sprouts |
| Big
shiny foil-wrapped easter eggs |
Home
made cardboard eggs with fluffy chicks / Smarties egg
cups |
| breadcrumb
coated food in the shape of farmyard animals |
Butter
beans |
| Ra-ra
skirts |
Dungadresses |
| School
jumpers made with synthetic fibres |
Hand
spun, dyed and knitted woolen jumpers |
| School
uniforms |
Individuality |
| Central
heating |
Colds |
| Hair
cuts |
Shame |
| Brown
rice (yes this is in the correct column) |
Wild rice (told you) |
| Branded
lunch boxes |
Keema
naan |
| Nike |
Dunlop
Green Flash |
| Jelly
with tinned fruit and tinned cream |
Tapioca |
| Glace cherries |
Sesame
Snaps
|
| Record
players, TV, trips to the cinema |
Dad playing Woodie Guthrie songs on the guitar and, if
you're good, some Donovan |
| Popcorn,
sweets and cola at the movies |
Carrot sticks, nuts and raisins |
| Hired
cowboy/indian/fairy/princess fancy dress outfits |
Ghost outfit (sheet), cat outfit (black trousers and
top with stuffed leg of tights for a tail), hippy
outfit (mum and dad's clothes) |
| Beefburgers |
Billyburgers, made from our goat |
| Christmas |
A non-religious winter celebration |
| Fine
china crockery |
Wooden plates |
| Normal rucksack from a shop |
Rucksasck sewn by mother using half a dozen different floral prints
|
| Chocolate birthday cake |
Birthday carrot cake (made with honey and wholemeal flour) |
| Mothers who brought shop-bought fairy cakes when it was their turn to provide snacks at pre-school |
Mother who brought homemade wholemeal pretzels in the shape of everyones initials |
|
Sausages
|
Sosmix
|
|
Lockets
|
Ricola Cough Sweets
|
|
Club Bars at breaktime
|
Panda liquorice bar
|
|
Choc ices
|
Soya ice cream (or sometimes frozen goats milk with cocoa powder sprinkled on top)
|
|
Chewing gum
|
Beeswax
|
|
Sweets
|
Liquorice wood sticks
|
|
Pain killers
|
Lavendar or Tiger balm
|
|
Flushing toilet
|
Sawdust Elsan
|
|
Hairdye
|
Henna
|
|
Sooty & Sweep puppets
|
Puppets with handmade heads so heavy they perpetually drooped forwards
|
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China bowls
|
Homemade wooden bowls
|
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Wooly pullovers
|
Alpaca ponchos
|
|
Beechams powder for colds
|
Garlic pearls
|
|
Sandals
|
Birkenstocks
|
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Mince meat
|
TVP (Quorn came later)
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