Apaches
Slightly off topic:

I lived out in rural Lincolnshire* - did all the usual dangerous stuff in farms, forests, fields; forts made of still sloshing weedkiller drums, old fridges, stacks of rocks "borrowed" from dry stone walls. Then I watched "Apaches" at school - the public safety program:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0GyRz_lOQA

scared me shitless. The image of the kid drowning in a slurry pit has stayed with me my entire life. It didn't stop me being stupid with matches in fields of wheat, but I never EVER played cowboys & indians again.

*As opposed to urban Lincolnshire...umm...

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( gp_guineapig, Thu 24 May 2012, 17:30, 11 replies)

yup
...We had to watch that at school,being in a rurally area.

Scared the absolute crap out of me, and yeah..slurry pits.

Though I did wonder even at the time - why didn't they all just go home?
(inflateable, Thu 24 May 2012, 18:36, closed)

Hmmm
I live in Lincolnshire too. Supply your own punchline to the following:

The difference between urban Lincolnshire and rural Lincolnshire is...........
( The Lone Groover has mal des nuts., Thu 24 May 2012, 20:37, closed)

More smackheads in the towns?
(see Scunthorpe, Immingham, Grimsby etc.)
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Thu 24 May 2012, 21:27, closed)

The difference between rural Lincolnshire and urban Lincolnshire is
the cabbages are in the ground, not on the neck






I swapped the question around a bit
( ferret -> twitter.com/syfyautocorrect <-, Fri 25 May 2012, 1:46, closed)

was a student in Lincoln for 4 years
the Uni had just opened, I loved that town. Went back 10 years later, hated it. The new Uni has ruined the town, it's catered for the students by filling up with crappy theme pubs.
( ferret -> twitter.com/syfyautocorrect <-, Fri 25 May 2012, 7:45, closed)

There's something to do in the country?
Did this one many many moons ago:


( gp_guineapig, Fri 25 May 2012, 3:19, closed)

rural Essex here.
four-year-olds weeping in the assembly hall every fucking year and oh god slurry pits :(
( janet aylia y'all motherfuckers need jesus, Fri 25 May 2012, 22:39, closed)

Rural Essex?
Not... Stebbing?*



*Other small weird Essex villages are available
(Professor Kenny Martin Hmm? What?, Mon 28 May 2012, 15:20, closed)

wickham bishops. you stebbing pikey.

( janet aylia y'all motherfuckers need jesus, Tue 29 May 2012, 6:07, closed)

Wickham Bishops, really?!
I'm getting married there next year
(Professor Kenny Martin Hmm? What?, Tue 29 May 2012, 12:49, closed)

Oh boy...
This sounds vaguely familiar, although I must have watched it with my hands over my eyes for most of the duration. I'll have to watch it on YouTube when I get home.

I remember another one about not playing on building sites - a trench collapsed and this kid got buried alive and all you could see was his hand poking out.

This stuff really used to freak me out - damn, if that was produced in 1977 and assuming we were shown it in 78 or so, I couldn't have been more than six years old.

There was another one whereby a kid was sitting in the back seat of a car, playing one of those awful plastic recorders and the adult driving turned around to whack the kid, and pranged the car. The final shot was the kiddie sitting bolt upright, with the recorder well and truly staved into his head with blood everywhere.

Wasn't anyone thinking of the children? No wonder I'm on Prozac. Jesus.
(Bob the Builder killed Captain Alex, Wed 30 May 2012, 21:08, closed)