Safe Cross Ode ; Why the Cheesy Theme Tune of Many a Childhood Is Still Just As Relevant Today
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FOR anyone over 30, the jingle that listed the six simple steps of the Safe Cross Code is the song that refuses to go away. If you utter the first line in public Remember, One! Look for a safe place... you will set off someone in the room; indeed, at boisterous parties it is not unknown for the entire gathering to join in.
Of all the toxically memorable songs ever recorded, only the theme from the Disneyland ride, Its A Small World, is harder to get out of your head once you start singing it. The result leaves the Safe Cross Code up there with Prousts madeleine and Anton Egos ratatouille, powerfully and instantly bringing memories of childhood flooding back to tangible, vivid life.See the full content of this document
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Safe Cross Ode ; Why the Cheesy Theme Tune of Many a Childhood Is Still Just As Relevant Today
Yet the potent nostalgia of the song belies its effectiveness. There was not a child in Ireland in the Seventies who did not know how to cross a road safely, and now a new generation will learn it to help combat our appalling road-deaths record.
The fifth- an...See the full content of this document