Top 50 things adults miss from their childhood revealed

Do you agree?

Author: Emma DoddsPublished 29th Mar 2018
Last updated 30th Mar 2018

A study has found the things that British adults miss most about their childhoods.

Isn't it so annoying that you spend your whole childhood wishing you were older, only to wish the exact opposite as soon as you get there?

Of course, being an adult isn't a TOTAL let down, but there are certain things that we all miss about our younger days.

A study, undertaken on behalf of Hollywood Bowl, found that a whopping 67% of adults in the UK wish they could go back to being a child, and four in 10 admit their childhood was the best time of their lives.

And these are the top 50 things we miss most about our childhoods...

1) School holidays
2) Hot summers
3) Playing outside with friends until the streetlights came on
4) Not having to work
5) Spending time with your parents

6) Family holidays
7) Going on the swings
8) Having someone else cook your meals
9) Penny sweets
10) Weekends with no errands or chores to do

11) Having someone else wash your clothes
12) Celebrating your birthday as child
13) Having a friend around to play/for tea
14) Other people's birthday parties
15) Getting money from the tooth fairy

16) Pocket money
17) Enid Blyton books
18) Sleepovers
19) Having milk delivered to your door
20) Lego

21) Writing a Christmas/ birthday list from a toy catalogue
22) Playing football in the park for hours
23) Break time
24) Water fights
25) Making daisy chains

26) Playing Tag
27) Collecting stickers
28) Party bags
29) Playing Bulldog
30) Playing arcade games

31) Playing Stick in the Mud
32) Roald Dahl books
33) Meccano
34) Sega Mega Drive
35) Nickelodeon

36) Sabrina the Teenage Witch
37) SMTV Live
38) Space hoppers
39) Live and Kicking
40) Going bowling

41) Inflatables in the swimming pool
42) Eating Coco Pops and Golden Nuggets for breakfast instead of muesli or porridge
43) Slush puppies
44) Gladiators
45) Ball pools

46) Nintendo 64
47) Soft play
48) CITV
49) Knight Rider
50) Macaroni cheese

Do you agree with the top 50?

This article originally appeared on Closer Online by Emma Dodds.