I'm 37 This year and I too can remember all ou'd mentioned. What a great childhood.
When I was 12, some friends and I went fishing in Farmoor Reservior and enroute we saw a cherry tree with lots of cherries outside a house, as it was a hot day we decided it was cool to break off some branches with us.
To cut a long story short, we were chased by the owner in his car, marched back to the house made to swiped up the leaves and branches in the front garden. The bloe was really nice tho,he explained (told) us why we shouldn't steal from others and he gave us some cherries afterward. We learnt a lesson and we know to respect others and their properties.
If it happened today, the owner would have been arrested and charged with kidnapping......