When I was a kid ….

[anotherbanana]

…. this place was virgin country full of wild animals and amazing fishing and where I got the spike off a ray’s tail in my foot on New Year’s Eve. Just look at it now, abomination!

https://gcaptain.com/port-of-richards-bay-partially-shut-over-environmental-concerns/

[Lehaut]

Gosh, thought I had an exciting childhood with a weeks summer holiday in our builders hut at Withernsea  - had to stay indoors on a Wednesday morning as that is when the council came in a lorry to empty the chemical toilets on the camp. 

Your childhood sounds much more interesting....