1. Sucessfully tagging people in Tip The Can
2. Not getting picked to be ‘it’ in Tip The Can
3. When Mam said yes to Billy roll
4. Not falling for this
5. Getting into a 12 cert film when you were only 11
6. Finally being let go Down The Town with your friends, unsupervised
7. Winning a medal at the school sports day and basking in the glory of it
8. Having your first kiss and knowing you didn’t have to worry about being asked “Are you a fridget?” any more
9. When you got a day off school because of an election/teachers’ strike
10. Getting a ‘shiny’ football sticker or Pokémon card
11. Using a skipping rope without making a fool of yourself
12. Graduating from pencils to pens
13. Being told you had an ‘above average’ reading level for your age
14. When you and your friend successfully coordinated your trips to pare your pencils over the bin, and got away with having a little chat
15. Receiving a rake of Christmas cards and feeling dead popular
16. When your parents caved and bought you one of these things
17. Getting your braces off
18. Acquiring a full set of fancy colouring pencils and letting everyone have a gawk
19. When you were old enough to be left in the house by yourselves when your parents went out
20. Rolling up to school on no uniform day wearing your Nope/Quiksilver hoodie
21. And going to call your teacher ‘mam’, but catching yourself just in time
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