Michelle (Young
in the mid 70’s and early 80’s)
We lived in
cul de sac and lived in a terraced house. We used to play outside in the street a lot we
had a grass verge that we used to play on, and also a back lane which we used
to play in and ride our bikes up and down.
We played with all the kids in the street as there were several families
with children of similar ages. I had an
older brother and he would be out playing as well although we never played
together.
The type of
play was very varied, we had bikes and scooters
and roller skates that we all used to share if one of you had a scooter then
you would swop with someone who had a bike. We also used to play ‘what’s the time Mr
Wolf’, have little table top sales, make perfume out of rose petals and make up
dances and plays. I remember that we
used to go out to play in the morning in the school holidays and then not come back until
lunchtime, and then play in the afternoon and come back for tea, sometimes I
would be so engrossed in what I was doing I wouldn't want to come in.
I don’t
remember my parents being involved in my play and we never went out on trips to
the zoo etc. all of our play was based at locally.
Tell us here at BAND what you remember doing…we’d love to hear from you!
