As you mentioned, watching some of the movies I watched as a kid can bring me back to that time.
As well as reading some books, which were compulsory in primary and secondary school, and which I only liked in later years.

A couple of months ago, I watched "The Goonies(1985)" one of my favorite movies I watched as a kid.
That movie reminds me of one summer, when we sneaked into the movie theater and watched this movie several times.