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I loved going to visit my grandparents as a child, in London ! We would go and see the sights and it was so exciting to a girl who lived in a country village !

Going to the cinema on Saturday mornings and buying ice cream and sweets to enjoy whilst watching the amazing films and Pathe News!

Pretending I was playing at Wimbledom....knocking an old tennis ball against the house wall ( then being told to pipe down by my dad)

Climbing trees! Always trying to get higher than my sister before our mum stopped us!

Going for a picnic with homemade bread rolls filled with peanut butter

Must have been making dens with old boxes and anything more we could find in the garden

Searching for washed up treasure on the beach then pretending that it led to an adventure.

We lived near the beach and enjoyed the seemingly endless summer days we spent there but my favourite days were the wet and windy ones when we still went to the beach. We would dig a big hole, surround it by deckchairs turned on their sides, 2 across the top for a roof and we would sit huddled up inside our make shift den watching the wild and windy sea while we at our jam sandwiches and took turns sipping from a large bottle of orange squash!

simple pleasures :-).

i LOVED SKIPPING AND GOING ON THE CLIMBING FRAME.

Making dens out of blankets, pegs, rope in my Grandma's garden with my brother and our friends Jojo and Catherine and having Shepherd's Pie and runner beans for lunch in our tent

Was very into Newts and Rabbits! Used to collect the newts from a nearby park and made them great little homes in biscuit tins! Poor things. Loved rabbits too and we had some at the bottom of the garden. Could never understand why they regularly disappeared until I was much older and my grandmother let slip we were having rabbit for Sunday Lunch! Could never look the rabbits in the eyes again!

Playing in fields near our house, used to pile up hay climb trees and jump into hay, also hide a seek there was a favourite , happy times.

I loved to make sandcastles on the beach!

Playing three balls against the wall. Could do it for hours.

I loved going out on my bike. We all used to meet up together and go on short and long bike rides.

Riding my little pink bike with lovely fat tyres for hours and hours!!

I used to love having picnics with a friend in those halcyon days when it was safe for children to be out by themselves and the sun was always shining. My mother would give us hard boiled eggs and jam sandwiches, and we thought we had a banquet.

Making mud pies with cutlery I'd smuggled out of the kitchen to use as tools.
Building dens and creating the 'spy eye' club with my friends.
Constructing ( on reflection lethal) ramps to ride over on our bikes, usually with an old plank and bricks.
Being outside all day until dark.

Making mud pies and laying them out to dry if we had visitors.

I used to love meeting all our friends and neighbours over the local park to play rounders, used to be such fun ... although one time I did break my nose!!

Making a den in the field opposite our street, riding Mum's bike around the village and exploring the local woods and fields. Children don't have that freedom these days.

Building obstacle course in the garden.

I remember my childhood was just like this

we used to play street game, the whole lot of us would have water fights in summer, and whats the time mr wolf in the winter to keep warm

Elastics in a playing field or school playground, could play for hours with friends and even at home, hooking the elastic to a chair each end!!