A Lie it's not, I Slept on the Rooftop of a High Rise Building!

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The late 60s early 70s were the eras of the Hippies and Flower Children; slogans like Flower Power and Peace and Love were synonymous with freedom and kindness. The Woodstock music festival was held on a dairy farm outside New York and everyone wanted to be there!
We had to be satisfied with going to the movies to see the documentary movie; dressed up in tie-dye outfits, flowers in our hair, clothing embroidered with flowers, and jackets with leather fringes.

I was an avid reader; reading well into the night so needed glasses in high school and of course, they had to be round John Lennon glasses!

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The slogan Flower Power of course was symbolic of passive resistance and peace, showing opposition to the Vietnam War.
The reason I'm reminding you of this is to set the scene of how the youth rebelled against the establishment back then.
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Photo by Ferran Feixas on Unsplash

My friends were all adventurous, but I always was the scaredy-cat.

The craziest of all my friends came up with the bright idea that we should have a sleepover on the beach and it would be a great adventure! Yep, back then it was still relatively safe, BUT...

There were about six of us; we all fibbed and told our Moms that we were sleeping over at our best friend's house after a night out at the club, or rather the movies as our Moms all believed ;)

We single gals had a great night out, none of us dating anyone at that stage, so we were free to ogle those blond surfers...but none of us struck it lucky, it was like we were invisible!

Anyway...we knew exactly where our safe sheltered spot would be on the beach, so walked there and settled for the night...or so we thought!

Trying to sleep on beach sand was not as cozy as our warm beds back at home, nor an adventure anymore, and everyone started complaining.
It was too late as there were no buses, nor could we call anyones's brother to fetch us, as there were no cell phones back then nor public telephone booths nearby, so we just had to try to get to sleep!

A long while later, we heard voices approaching and taking fright all jumped up and ran as fast as we could across the road to the safety of a block of flats!

Back then, there were no locked doors nor security guards at the entrances to those buildings. Thank goodness for that as we could take the lift up to the top floor; I think it was at least 20 floors high. The door to the roof was unlocked, and we settled down for the night!

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Not the same building as back then, but we had a similar wall 'protecting' us from the elements.
No one could sleep however as it became colder and colder with the wind howling up there.

As soon as the sun rose the next morning, we gathered ourselves to sneak out of the building before the building supervisor came on duty.

I got the fright of my life as my John Lennon glasses were nowhere to be found on that rooftop and I started panicking; how was I going to explain this to Mom!

We went back to our beach hideout at the break of dawn, with everyone looking for my glasses, it was like looking for a needle in a haystack! We had to be careful in case someone steps on it, if it was still there, but the beach was still deserted, so it had to be somewhere!

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Similar beach taken more recently with two retired friends
Miracles do happen and my best friend found it so I was saved from having to tell Mom yet another fib!

So...this all really happened even though it sounds like a lie...

I did sleep on the roof of a 20 storey building, lost and found my glasses on the beach sand and I survived to tell the story some five decades later!

It's the truth, and the whole truth your honour!

This has been my ineligible entry for this week's Silver Bloggers' #bow, and I must add it was not easy to think of something for this topic, Tell us something about yourself that sounds like a lie, but it's actually the truth, hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed reminiscing about those crazy days.

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My gran was at Woodstock and my grandpa did Vietnam in 2 trips. Strange how life throws these situations up. Apparently Hendrix was magic and super glue will save your life. Who knew.

They argued until he died about who made the right choice. Now she still thinks he messed up but misses him too much to say so.

Me, well love and peace.👍

Sorry I didn't stop by more often, things are hectic

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What an amazing story @rubido! I can just imagine the sparks flying with two on extreme opposites but fully understand your gran missing him!
I must apologize too for not visiting Hive too often of late, it's also been crazy so we took ourselves away from the city up to the mountains for a short breakaway!
Me, I'm still for love and peace, if only the world can think the same!
Thank you for the visit.

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I got too much violence in me to be 100 percent on board. She still missed him, 45 years of marriage and he died of a random heart attack.

She's hanging out until we're all old enough to be honest, she lives in his memory. When we can all handle life she will say enough is enough. I salute her

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I had a similar experience in the late '80s. I still feel cold when I remember.

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Haha so you know exactly how it's no adventure, just a very cold experience 😅

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Aw this is so cute. What a funny memory. Love that picture of you with the John Lennon glasses!!! I bet you didn't sneak out for sleepovers again...

I can't tell my sneaking out teenager stories here. They are a bit more naughty...

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All the more reason to tell us one of your stories @riverflows!
I had great fun remembering this incident and of course beach sleepovers never happened again😅

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They are a bit more naughty...

Hahahah I knew it!!

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That night of adventure nobody slept and typical of young people who lose their most precious things, in your case you were lucky.

What great memories, thank you for sharing this photo, you were and still are very beautiful. I look forward to joining the community and participating with some memories.

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I was very lucky indeed as those glasses could have been covered with sand and never found!
We look forward to your participation @soyunasantacruz, I'm glad you enjoyed this true story, thank you for the kind words🤗

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Oh, I love this story @lizelle - especially since it's a true life tale! The things we got up to in our younger days, eh? Love the photo of slightly younger you as well as the more recent beach photo. Thanks for sharing the lovely & lively memories. 😊

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LOL, and it's all your fault @traciyork! I was truly stumped, have had many experiences that people would think I've made up but weren't suitable for this challenge, and then I remembered this incident so thank you for bringing back these crazy memories, our Silver Witch I'm so glad you enjoyed the story 🤗

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Those were the days my friend thought they would never end @lizelle Lol! Love this post brings back so many beautiful memories. Good clean fun . Thanks for sharing.

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Oh I loved that song my friend! I'm sure you have an unbelievable but true story about yourself to share for this week's #bow.
Thank you for visiting, don't think I ever shared this story with you, our Silver Mamma Chef😅

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Haha cool story Lizelle

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Oh we got up to mischief but came out unscathed😄

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Sounds familiar - not sure about the unscathed part for myself.

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I love this story! What a great photo of the younger you! Not shocked, I'm seriously impressed!!

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I'm sooo glad you enjoyed it Fiona, I was truly stumped then remembered this. @traciyork really got the brain cells working again, I thoroughly enjoyed reminiscing about those days!

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Oh I remember those days of flower power and Woodstock. My older brother was there. I wasn't allowed to go, too young my parents told me. But what great stories my brother shared with me. It had rained that weekend and created a mudding mess he told me and he and his friends got into the fray of the "mud slide". He said they stripped off their clothes, flew down a muddy knoll where people were just piling up on each other, what a blast. Just great fun and peaceful, no riots or shootings, just love and peace.

Oh the good old days.
Great story @lizelle. Thank goodness you found your glasses and your cover wasn't blown.😁

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How lucky your brother was, it must have been a blast being there! I love the bit about them having fun in the mud 'slide'!
The music was great, I would have loved being there😉 Pity you were still too young!
Oh boy, I would have been in trouble if I'd lost those glasses!
Nice seeing you @farm-mom 🤗

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The crazy things we did back then! It's a miracle we all survived. That night does not sound like very much fun, but I'm glad you found your glasses, which were really groovy glasses.

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Very true, we were lucky to come out undcathed! Fun it certainly was not in the end, even though it sounded like a great adventure beforehand. Groovy glasses it was and was a word used often back then not so 😄

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Some memories when we were younger are so cool to remember. Sometimes I miss that of being intrepid and risky in the face of life without thinking about the consequences. You were very lucky to find your Lennon-style eyeglasses and not get in trouble.

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I really enjoyed writing this as it brought back memories of other crazy things we did back in the day!
Oh boy, did I get a fright when I couldn't find my glasses, thank goodness my friend saved me, or else...

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youth is one of the best times of our lives, how nice it is to remember everything we did and how nice it is to be able to tell it without regrets. For me they were healthy times, we had a lot of fun. You made me remember a few little adventures, hehehehe.

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It was nice clean fun, we were still full of dreams and still so innocent, a great time! This challenge brought back many other memories 😄

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Oh my goodness! What a rebel! It was such a lovely story, I am sure you felt so cold on that rooftop 😁

I can imagine young @lizelle eaten by remorse, coming back home like nothing happened hahah.

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