Staying up late.

[nuttytigger]

When I was wee, about 7/8 my bedtime was 8pm school nights but 9pm fri/sat. I remember that because Londons burning would start at 9pm and my watched it on a Sunday night.

However by 10/11 I didn't have a bedtime as long as I was in my room by 10pm on a school night.

[Richard1978]

Re: Staying up late.

I remember being allowed to stay up a bit later on Saturday nights, & sometimes in the holidays if we had visitors.

When I was allowed to stay up to midnight on new year's eve it felt like a big deal.

[Sly]

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There were several times I was allowed to stay up late.

Fridays and Saturdays I was allowed to stay up later than usual.

If there was a specific program on that came on I was occasionally allowed to stay up and watch it. I was to go to bed as soon as the credits had started though.

School holidays I was allowed to stay up.

While on holidays away from home I was allowed to stay up a lot later than usual, even against the usual threshold.

When we had guests over I was allowed to stay up longer than usual. Sometimes we'd go visiting other family members and I'd be up after my usual bedtime.

The biggest ones were calender specific special events. We'd have family over for a small party at which they would leave after 12 midnight, but as a family we'd stay up way into the small hours. I remember one Christmas we actually stayed up until 5am. I don't know how I managed it. In fact, the weeks between Christmas and New Years always had us up into the small hours dependant on who got what time off.

I am more of a night owl person myself, I think I operate a lot better either in the early morning or late at night. Afternoons just sap me.

[HG]

I can't remember Pig and Whistle at Filey, when I went it was the Beachcomber Bar, so it must have been Pig and Whistle earlier.

Just had a quick search and yes all Bultins camps had Pig and Whistle Bars. Some post cards say Ye Olde Pig and Whistle.

Cant find a Post Card for Filey but plenty of mention of it

Yeah I've seen it mentioned too, just I didn't remember it, so it must have been before my time

[CitizenKeyne]

Re: Staying up late.

Bognor

[CitizenKeyne]

Re: Staying up late.

Clacton Pig & Whistle

[Heather74]

Just had a quick search and yes all Bultins camps had Pig and Whistle Bars. Some post cards say Ye Olde Pig and Whistle.

Cant find a Post Card for Filey but plenty of mention of it

[CitizenKeyne]

Re: Staying up late.

Did Butins have a Pig & Whistle at all their sites, I remember the Minehead having a pub of that name in 1985.

Pig & Whislte Bar in full flow at Butlins Minehead ... I imagine this was the 70's by the clothes !

[darren]

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i was allowed top stay up to ten on the weekends.

i watched thats life every sunday it was on from nine till ten.

noprmally half nine during the rest of the week as i had secondary school to go to.

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I used to stay with my Nan at weekends. She'd let me stay up to watch horror films with her. If one came on after I'd gone to bed she'd come and get me up

[darren]

I used to go dancing in Bournmouth when I was about four.Then they stopped allowing kids in wherever it was and I couldn't go anymore.There is a picture somewhere of me dancing with a complete stranger wearing a yellow dress.In the 70's your parents didn't mind you dancing with strange old men!


tulip

hi tulip did you ever get into dancing again say ballet or tap dancing.

hi tulip did you ever get into dancing again say ballet or tap dancing.

sad they stopped allowing kids in.
can you remember why this was T.??

[Jacqueline]

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We were only allowed to stay up late on the one week we were away on holiday. We used to go by coach from the Midlands to Cornwall and used to travel overnight - it took all night and we were guaranteed to arrive tired and crabby at about 6am. I still have photos of my brother and I (in matching quilted anoraks, green one year, blue another) and mum and dad walking along the front carrying our suitcases. I think staying up late on holiday meant we didn't go to bed until after 10pm!

On the rare occasions mum was out and dad was in charge at home, my brother and I used to ask for hot orange squash as our bedtime drink. This was served in mugs and we used to spin out drinking it so we could watch the end of Alias Smith & Jones and sometimes even some of Call My Bluff. Mugs were good because he couldn't see how much you did or didn't have left to drink.

Happy days!

[old git]

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Was never allowed to stay up late.But would spend most weekends sleeping over at a friends house.He had a teenage brother,and always had friends over.So us being about ten used to love it.Made us feel so grown up hanging around the older boys.If we were lucky we even got a go on his CB radio.

[Richard1978]

Re: Staying up late.

Did Butins have a Pig & Whistle at all their sites, I remember the Minehead having a pub of that name in 1985.

[tulip]

Re: Staying up late.

I used to go dancing in Bournmouth when I was about four.Then they stopped allowing kids in wherever it was and I couldn't go anymore.There is a picture somewhere of me dancing with a complete stranger wearing a yellow dress.In the 70's your parents didn't mind you dancing with strange old men!


tulip