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I was always waiting to be allowed outside to play Hopscotch. It was permanently drawn on the path outside our terraced house. Hours and hours of simple fun in the fresh air. I loved it.

climbing trees and scaring my parents in the process.

riding my granddads pig, I dont know if the pig appreciated it though

Playing outdoor with my siblings. Hide and seek, climbing trees.

Skipping and top and whip, used to chalk patterns on the top of the top to see colours as it spun around.

We went to our local park on sunny days to play cricket or rounders. We made up our own rules and it was such fun!

I used to love playing Pooh sticks with my friends by the river - we would spend hours having fun!

it must be playing games in that beautiful forest on holidays camp for children. no parents for 3 weeks.a great sense of freedom and fun.

If I wasn't bouncing about the neighborhood terrorising everyone on my bright orange spacehopper , like some manic cowgirl, then I could be out for hours & hours pavement hopping on my beloved pogo-stick, trying to beat any previous continuous record. Ah - such simple pleasures!

My favourite was going with my friends and my dog on our bikes and riding up to our local 3 reservoir when we would all go swimming including my dog Diggee. Great times!!

Fishing with my Dad

Going on a bike ride, sitting on a small seat on my dad's bike, and having a picnic in the countryside. So many wild flowers back then...

we used to have such fun. catching tadpoles by a stream and then having picnic ,

I spent most of my time as a child on my garden swing, I used to swing standing up, sitting down, but always singing at the top of my voice, heaven knows what the neighbours thought ?

fruit picking, blackberries, elderberries, and strawberries , then taking them minus a few to nannas where she made them into delicious jams and crumbles.

We kept poultry and I loved collecting the chicken and duck eggs that had been laid. It never failed to excite me.
I usually had a boiled egg with buttered soldiers to dip as my reward! Yummy!

Building dens

Helping my Dad garden in his allotment.

Making daisy chains

Throwing two tennis balls on a wall with chants

Running around with my friends pretending to be Charlie’s Angels!

Loved playing with my dog in the bluebell wood beside my home.

I used to love searching for minibeasts- there were a lot where we lived. I used to notice where they liked to hide and what they ate etc, and made homes for them in old tea chests .

Going to "the berries" in the summer holidays with my siblings. Long days spent outside picking raspberries and strawberries. Much eating of berries, much fun had having berry fights and playing hide-and-seek between the rows of raspberry bushes. The best part was being paid some paltry amount of money at the end of the day for our efforts. We felt rich ?

Playing in the woods, building dens, fishing for tiddlers, eating fish paste sandwiches washed down with home made lemonade then walking 3miles home , wonderful memories of a great childhood.