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    31 Things Everyone Who Grew Up In Britain Will Understand

    We still need to talk about the price of Freddos. From #GrowingUpBritish.

    1. On the food:

    #GrowingUpBritish ...having Golden Time on a Friday afternoon✨ Oh and these :

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    buying these at a school disco and being absolutely off your face all night #GrowingUpBritish

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    #GrowingUpBritish standard primary school dinner 👌

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    #GrowingUpBritish experiencing inflation at a young age

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    #GrowingUpBritish Absolutely losing your mind when cake and custard for pudding was served for school dinner. "”

    6. On school:

    #GrowingUpBritish being chosen to give these bad boys out and giving the dirtiest one to the person you didn't like

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    #GrowingUpBritish when bulldog was banned at your school so you just changed the name

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    #growingupbritish when this came out in primary school you knew you was going to have a good pe lesson

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    Being super excited when you saw this in the gym #GrowingUpBritish

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    #growingupbritish not being able to go on the field at first and middle school unless it hadn't rained in 20 days and you had your trainers

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    #GrowingUpBritish When going to play sports in school meant you got to whip out these bad boys

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    #GrowingUpBritish no matter why you felt ill or what you hurt in school, a wet piece of blue tissue would fix it all

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    Singing songs in assembly with lyrics on a plastic sheet and this: #GrowingUpBritish

    14. On friends:

    #growingupbritish Not being able to say the word 'friends' without anyone making a reference to the inbetweeners

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    #GrowingUpBritish This screen was my life at 4pm after school

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    #GrowingUpBritish year 6: "haha you opened your crisp packet upside down, you've got a boyfriend"

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    18. On British life:

    #GrowingUpBritish living in a small town that no one knows of and having to say how far away it is from the nearest big city

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    #GrowingUpBritish shouting 'phone' when the house phone starts ringing and then just assuming someone else will answer it

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    #GrowingUpBritish spending £1 on 2ps at the amusements when you were young and feeling like a huge gambler.

    21. On entertainment:

    Being glad this wasn't your headteacher.... #GrowingUpBritish

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    #GrowingUpBritish learning to read with this squad

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    #growingupbritish always wanting the light to land on the arty section because that was most fun

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    waking up at 7am just to watch Arthur on cbbc #GrowingUpBritish

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    Thinking the kids that was on raven actually died while try to complete way of the warrior #GrowingUpBritish

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    #GrowingUpBritish being obsessed with every book Jacqueline Wilson ever wrote

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    Watching this film everyday after school with the hope you'd some how learn to find your own Robbie #GrowingUpBritish

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    when you asked your mum can you get an icecream from the icecream van and she said no get a choc ice from the freezer #GrowingUpBritish

    29. On growing up:

    #GrowingUpBritish having to go through this traumatic experience

    30. On British shops:

    the dfs sale that never ends #GrowingUpBritish

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    woolworths closing down was the only thing the country talked about for weeks #GrowingUpBritish