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Where I live there is absolutely nothing for the younger generation apart from going to the offy and getting a few bottles of cider then heading over to the park.
Whats to do where you live? Do you have places to go? So what do you get up to when youre out and like if theres a few of you walking down the street say 9:00 pm ish how do adults perceive you?
Curiosity thats my middle name
Whats to do where you live? Do you have places to go? So what do you get up to when youre out and like if theres a few of you walking down the street say 9:00 pm ish how do adults perceive you?
Curiosity thats my middle name
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Now though, cos we look old enough to get into pubs, that's where we tend to go. I've no doubt we'll be back in the park this summer, but not as often, i don't think.
When I was younger we used to hang about in our homes and in our street, but there are lots of little neighbourhood parks. We also spent a lot of our time at the cinema or playing rounders or football in the fields round about.
Otherwise, in the suburbs of Totton/Southampton (where I also live)...hmm...I don't think people think much about me.
But I've shaved my head, so that = instant dodgyness.
I think that's why they're not too strict on underage drinking around here, as kids tend to be safer in the pubs and as long as they don't cause any trouble it's not really a problem.
Between the ages of about 14 - 16 we used to just sit around in the village greens or whatever (ha I sound like such a country bumpkin!) and generally drink a bit, smoke weed, start little fires and stuff..nothing really troublesome..
Then this youth worker came along and used to take us on trips and stuff each week, like to the beach or something. It was good because he was totally laid-back and we could still do whatever we wanted.. I know they're still trying to implement these youth worker programmes into areas around here, but I'm not sure if it took off that well...I know there's not one here anymore.
When I got to about 15 we just went to the pub every weekend, only a quiet local in my road, but it kept us occupied. I still go there now though although the most excitement you ever get in there is old men talking about farming and cars.
to me it looks as though things are seriously more challenging for you lot than it was for mine. i can't remember any kind of booze becoming an issue until you knew the pubs down the side of the river, where even the cops don't like going, would let you believe that they believed you were 18. around about 14. did it do me any harm .......................................................................................
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Thats why we all get into cars and go into the centre of Bristol and wreak havoc there
When I was a kid I lived in the middle of nowhere so we just rode our choppers up and down the road looking soooo cool it was unbelievably :cool: (actually I had a Raleigh striker until i snapped the handlebars doing jumps in the road )
As to drinking - well with the nearest pub being a mile away that meant raiding the drinks cupboard and sitting in the corner of a field. bor-ring.
I think kids should ask for places to go, better facilities, free skate parks, (nicer bus stops?).
I don't have a problems with what groups of youths look/sound like - a bit more respect wouldn't go amiss sometimes - I don't really expect to step off into the road just to get past. Boy does that sound really old?
Hanging around in the park was a laugh, I still do it now in the summer. It may sound fraggly, but last summer me and my mate spent lots of nights in the park with alcohol we bought from the off licence, it beats paying pub prices.
I never got up to that much mischief though :angel:
From an adults point of view i do feel intimidated when I am met by a large group of teenagers, they 99.9% of the time are fine but I do feel at some risk when walking down the shops at night when they all come my way, unless of course I know them then I just tell them to naff off home or I will grass em up to their parents
the skatepark is also in the middle of one of those estates where you wouldnt walk through it without an armed escort :rolleyes:
all i really do is go to my friends house and get stoned. quiet and out the way, at least we dont hang about on the parks