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I loved playing in the fields out the back of our house with all of the other kids from our road. We made dens from the straw after harvesting. We were lucky because the farmer didn't mind us being there where as nowadays the children probably wouldn't be allowed. It was great until you got in the bath in the evening and then realised how many scratches you'd got from the straw. Wow, did it sting!

I loved tree climbing

Building dens, playing bull dog and just getting filthy! No phones no social media, in when the street lights came on, the best years for me!

Impromptu blackberry picking with my pals. Coming home covered in red stains with a bag of berries and my Mum hugging me because she used to do it when she was a little girl too.

I remember during the long summer holidays my gran would give me and my sister a jam jar full of water and a paintbrush each and send us out into the garden. We would spend hours painting the fence, the walls, the paving slabs. So simple yet my strongest childhood memory

I loved riding around on my bike with my friends

A picnic in the park and taking a variety of games; catch, frisbee, football. (weather provided of course )

I used to love days out at The National Trust parks as well!

? crabbing my children love to feed the crabs bacon then wind them up with the crab net, great memories

Going on cycle rides with my Mum and Brother and seeing all the Wild Daffodils and Primroses in the woods

We liked making dens in the woods or fields with sticks/bark/leaves & straw / hay bales (they were a lot smaller in our day!)

Building a den with friends. We had so much freedom then and were always playing outside. Only came home when it got dark or for food.

Hopscotch was a great game to play out in the streets I also loved horse riding when i was a bit older!

Going to the allotment with my dad and searching for old bits of broken pottery

Playing in the field near our house. Out all day with our friends, climbing trees, finding wildlife, making dens, and running through fields full of buttercups nearly up to our waists, and we always went home with a bunch for mum and grandma. Unfortunately our wonderful playground, surrounded by huge beech trees, is now a housing estate, and the trees are long gone!

Building camps in the woods

Playing in the street with friends after tea. We'd play on our bikes, hopscotch, french skipping & my favourite 'What's The Time Mr Wolf'? When the street lights outside my house went out, that was time to go in, or I was in trouble!

We used to go playing in/falling in the village beck

Swimming! I was lucky enough to grow up in Zimbabwe where it is pretty standard to have an outdoor swimming pool in your garden (much bigger plots of land!!). I was in the pool from the minute I woke up until I had to go in in the evening!

Cardboard sliding down the steep hills
In the summer

Going off on my bike with a “picnic” in the basket to the beach, all day on my own - times have definitely changed!

Making bows and arrows!

Climbing trees

I loved playing croquet!

Uncle taking us Walking in Bothal woods, learning every wild flower, tree, Bird and creature we came across. Love Nature, Birdwatching and Wildlife to this day

I used to love playing badminton in the garden with my brother and dad!