The things from your childhood you want to regain, but can't find anywhere? I'm not talking about intangibles like regaining the innocence of childhood, or whatever.
In my life, I've found many other things I missed from my childhood and youth, either in digital form (scanned PDFs of magazines, or songs or movies or TV shows from my childhood). Some books and records I've bought in second-hand shops. But three things I can't get hold of:
1. A 1960s kids' comedy in two parts called in Germany "Klick, Klack & Co", which apparently is a French TV two-parter. I saw it on TV in 1971 and again in 1973, and remember well that its storyline was about a school class that managed to stop time, with all kind of chaos ensuing. I loved it, and would love to see it again. But I can't even find any info about it on the Internet. I only recently discovered its name by scouring old TV schedules.
2. A short book by German author Erich Kastner called "Zwei Schueler sind verschwunden". Possibly the first book I read twice. It's about two boys who run away to Garmisch-Patenkirchen for the 1936 Olympics and make friends with a British ice-hockey player. Like all Kastner books, it's delightful. But it's nowhere on sale, neither as an eBook nor as hard copy. Next visit to Germany, I'll have to visit second-hand bookstores.
3. This one might still exist: an ice-lolly from Denmark with a licorice flavour (with a lemon-tasting part, as well). I think it was called "Karate". I used to eat in on holidays in Denmark in the 1970s. I still found it in 1999, but on my subsequent two visits to Denmark, I couldn't find it. To this day, I remember its flavours vividly.
In my life, I've found many other things I missed from my childhood and youth, either in digital form (scanned PDFs of magazines, or songs or movies or TV shows from my childhood). Some books and records I've bought in second-hand shops. But three things I can't get hold of:
1. A 1960s kids' comedy in two parts called in Germany "Klick, Klack & Co", which apparently is a French TV two-parter. I saw it on TV in 1971 and again in 1973, and remember well that its storyline was about a school class that managed to stop time, with all kind of chaos ensuing. I loved it, and would love to see it again. But I can't even find any info about it on the Internet. I only recently discovered its name by scouring old TV schedules.
2. A short book by German author Erich Kastner called "Zwei Schueler sind verschwunden". Possibly the first book I read twice. It's about two boys who run away to Garmisch-Patenkirchen for the 1936 Olympics and make friends with a British ice-hockey player. Like all Kastner books, it's delightful. But it's nowhere on sale, neither as an eBook nor as hard copy. Next visit to Germany, I'll have to visit second-hand bookstores.
3. This one might still exist: an ice-lolly from Denmark with a licorice flavour (with a lemon-tasting part, as well). I think it was called "Karate". I used to eat in on holidays in Denmark in the 1970s. I still found it in 1999, but on my subsequent two visits to Denmark, I couldn't find it. To this day, I remember its flavours vividly.
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