21-10-2014 1:51 PM - edited 21-10-2014 1:53 PM
just found this video from my home town....... conkers are now banned in our schools.... do you remember putting them in the airying cupboard/hotpress to dry out.
bit before my time 1954
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=726833380741256&set=vb.270098499748082&type=2&theater
21-10-2014 1:57 PM
Hello
So sweet !!
Must be a nice journey for you down memory lanes !!
I was not born as of yet
Thank you for the link !!
21-10-2014 2:01 PM
I'm almost 53 - we used to do allsorts of stuff that would almost certainly be banned now
and we survived to tell the tale!
21-10-2014 2:05 PM
gorillawolves our kids dont even know about conkers, hop scotch, playing ball up the wall, swinging from the lamp-posts and my favourite swinging from trees over ditches on an old tyre.
21-10-2014 2:46 PM
21-10-2014 2:59 PM
I'm 55, I was always up a tree, a proper tom boy.
Marbles, conkers, french skipping and biking down steep hills.......lovely xxx
21-10-2014 3:04 PM
I am 65 and remember playing conkers, marbles, skipping, hula hoops
I bet they are not allowed to even run around in the playground
Do they still play rounders, netball etc and do PE
21-10-2014 3:04 PM
21-10-2014 3:06 PM
I was a tom boy as well.
Made a cart from planks and old wheels.
Couldnt be bothered with dolls, preferred my brothers train set.
21-10-2014 3:21 PM
I'm 56 and I remember conkers and marbles. Girls and boys all played together and we'd get up to all sorts of mischief. I also remember playing hopscotch. When Steph was about 9, we taught her and her friends how to play hopscotch. They thought it was great. All we got was 'did you really play that when you were young?' I think a lot of the fun has gone now which is sad.
21-10-2014 3:58 PM
I do agree, children have far too much choice where toys and dare I say it, computers and technology is concerned. Although they have there place in society I think they are used far too much, children are pampered to far too much....even spoilt.
We made our own fun and games, we were more resourceful and..we were much healthier too. xx
21-10-2014 5:28 PM
21-10-2014 6:18 PM
I only ever had toys for my birthday and Christmas. I don't feel like I missed out on anything. When I was young, there was only my dad's wage coming in and my mum made nearly all of my clothes. I don't feel that I missed out on anything and I had good upbringing.
21-10-2014 6:19 PM
It depends. It's like wall walking. People don't. Daughter was disgusted to see me teaching Sproglet to walk along the wall outside the Civic. Mainly because I was up there too. LOL I mean why did they put a wide flat topped 6" high wall around the grass areas if we are not meant to walk on it. I did notice that all the other children(and parents) in sight were walking nicely along the pavement - sorry, BORING!.
Then there were the conkers - think we lost most of them on the bus, they are probably rolling round under the seats still.
Sproglet is getting a good education on Fridays LOL.
Reprobate, aren't I.
21-10-2014 6:38 PM
@**forum-decorum** wrote:I do agree, children have far too much choice where toys and dare I say it, computers and technology is concerned. Although they have there place in society I think they are used far too much, children are pampered to far too much....even spoilt.
We made our own fun and games, we were more resourceful and..we were much healthier too. xx
And most importantly, we were HAPPY! I never remember saying I was bored. (I'm 59 by the way)
21-10-2014 6:41 PM
21-10-2014 8:23 PM
21-10-2014 8:29 PM
Too true. Elf and Safety would definitely have a hissy fit wouldn't they?
21-10-2014 8:50 PM
agree with everything that's been said i'm 56 do you notice we're all similar ages
21-10-2014 9:02 PM