‘What’s a silly UK thing you believed when you were a kid?’ – 21 peculiarly British childhood thoughts
13.
‘That school was open as no warning was given about closure during bad weather the radio. I hiked four miles to school in a fucking blizzard because my mum only listened to Radio 4.’
–nobustomystop
14.
‘When I went on my first school trip, I thought I’d be going on a ‘coach’ like Cinderella’s carriage.’
–oohliviaa
15.
‘That bin men only worked one day a week, I thought bin day was the same for everyone.’
–Due-Two-6592
16.
‘That Yorkies weren’t for girls.’
–Legitimate_War_397
17.
‘Before I was old enough to understand sarcasm, I asked my mum what was in carrot cake, because I couldn’t believe something as tasty as that could have carrot in it. She said, bluntly and with no obvious intonation: ‘Bananas’.
‘Boys, at 17 years of age I proudly told by sixth form tutor group this interesting fact and was unrelentingly ridiculed for the rest of my time there.’
–FluffyCloud5
18.
‘That Llantwit Major was John Major‘s brother. Thanks mum.’
–TranslatorCritical11
19.
‘I thought Number 7 (Boots) products were two up from Number 5 (Chanel). Next up, Number 8 products.’
–EitherChannel4874
20.
‘That (as a small child) I had to be extra well behaved when we were driving through Buckinghamshire, because the Queen lives at Buckingham Palace.’
–abfgern_
21.
‘Tate & Lyle Golden Syrup was made from lions, because of the picture on the tin, and the colour. Another one of my dad’s’
–Bride-of-wire
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