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My favourite activity was walking over the downs with my mom and younger brother learning about the fauna, foliage, insects and animals that we saw on our travels.

Ohh there were so many!
Kerby... I taught my kids that one
Hopscotch or elastics
What's the time Mr Wolf
British Bulldogs... but the school banned that one

Discovering a little wartime grannie, who made toffee apples and orderly kids could queue in her lovely warm kitchen, to select the one you wanted, for only a couple of coppers.

climbing trees and playing chase

Making dens in the woods; French skipping and playing DONKEY against a two-storey wall with a superball.

playing 'famous five' or 'secret seven' adventures with my Enid Blyton book mad friends. We were addicted to reading those books and would swap our treasures.

Playing 3 balls against a brick wall

Playing with my friends, "Grandmothers footsteps.".Does anyone remember it ? one person would stand with their back to the group she was grandmother and would walk slowly forward.The group would walk slowly behind "grandmother" Then suddenly Grandmother would turn around the group had to stand still like statues if anyone moved they were "out" Simple times,, street games such as hop scotch , hello Mr alligator ?

My favourite activity was building mazes out of straw bales, following the annual harvest!
The local farmer liked us playing this game, as it meant he didn't have to do the hard work of gathering all the bales together - our mazes accomplished the job for him, and when the holidays were over, he simply made a haystack from the bales!
Those summers always seemed to be sunny, and we would play all day in the fields (having taken sarnies wrapped in grease-proof paper for lunch) only returning home when our tummies rumbled for tea

Skipping

Football, cricket, tennis in the garden all summer!

Going to the Allotment,with Dad,

I loved playing with flower fairies and building them little dens.

holidays to cornwall and eating ffudge

I used to really love skipping, wish I still had the energy!

Going out in the morning and staying out till bedtime playing on my bike with my friends

I used to love going out in my rollerboots, I would skate anywhere!

Running around outside , climbing trees, riding my bike

My Favourite Was Going To Look For Tadpoles in Our Local Pond and also Looking For Baby Frogs In the Old Leave Mounds , Once My Mother & Father Even Let me Catch Some Tadpoles And Take Them Home & Keep Them In a fish bowl of Pond water until they Got their Back Legs , Then I had to Take Them Back and Release Them In the Pond Again . A Memory That I Often think Back toandTell myChildren about .

Building dens and treehouses!

Skipping

Playing rounders in the local fields .

Playing rounders on the big green at the back of our house. All the local children used to join in.

Cycling miles with friends on the quiet roads.

Cycling with pals and making dens in the woods.