I was thinking about this earlier. We were the latch key generation on the estate where i grew up. The same as the dogs. we lived outside other than bedtime or meal time. i would think most of that generation of kids were the same, Yes we all did some daft to downright dangerous things. Me possibly being one of the worst But we also seamed to have responsibility at the same time, I can remember whilst at junior school, Me and my sister who was a year older would walk home, Any weather, Let ourselves into the house. Light the pot bellied boiler in the kitchen by means of the gas poker behind t