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One of the joys of going to primary school in a tiny village with a load of farmers kids was that I was compelled to watch this three years on the trot. It unfortunately didn't stop one of my friends falling down the gap in huge stack of hay bales whilst we were playing and having to be rescued by his dad basically dismantling the entire stack with his tractor before he died of asphyxiation.
My gf used to give me a bit of grief about my ability to catastrophise in pretty much any situation until I got her to watch this and explained it was a key part of my childhood. I seem to remember 'The spirit of dark and lonely water' and another where a kid electrocutes himself rescuing his football also gave me actual nightmares. To be honest I'm amazed I ever leave the fucking house even now!
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another where a kid electrocutes himself rescuing his football
Robbie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sU-QmI78uQM
.Robbie still keeps his [football] boots.
Nobody knows why.
Not even Robbie.
After all, they'll never be any use to him.
Chances are, he'll spend the rest of his life...
...in his wheelchair.I watched this and Apaches at school, and fairly sure it was infants, i.e. 7 or younger.
I believe it's genuinely affected my anxiety levels long term, as per @alfreddo.
chez_jay
DARK
This came out in 1977
I was 7 in 1977
They played this at my rural primary school in 1977
I didn't sleep much in 1977...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0GyRz_lOQA