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Playing in our local park. Reading in the garden on a summers day.

My favourite activity was running around in the fields behind my house with my friends. We loved playing in the stream and playing chase over the pipe. It was a very large area of farmland so there were horses to stroke and tons of wildlife to see. It was idyllic and every day there was so much laughter. My friends and I were very fortunate to live there!

Riding my bike all over our town with my sisters and friends. We would be in the park for lunch time for our sandwiches and a drink, play in the park and then home for tea. I really missed summer holidays when I started working.

Going to the beach with family, have a picnic there, play games and have a great time!

My favourite was climbing trees. Mum always dressed my sister and I in pretty dresses and we were always getting in trouble for tearing them. Really encourage the granchildren to climb. I',m allowed too!!!

Skipping - in a group or on my own! Wish could do it for more than 30 seconds now!

I loved climbing trees and picking fruit for making jam with my Dad.

Playing hopscotch with my friends, either in the school playground or on the pavement (which probably wouldn't be allowed now)!

We all played cricket are rounds as long as someone had a ball and bat and we would have played for hours

Playing hopscotch in the Street with friends and neighbours everyone joined in even parents

Gardening with my Grandad

Playing cricket with my best friend.

I was always digging in the garden when I was very young and apparently I buried one of my parents silver spoons, it was never found.

Cycling through the woods with my friends, climbing trees and eating my Jam sandwich lunch and going home tired dirty and happy (and mum knowing I would be home for dinner safe and sound when I got hungry). Bliss!!

Cockling.

Playing on my scooter. My gran & grampy had a really long path in their garden and I had hours of fun going up & down it.

rockpooling by St Mary's lighthouse on bright sunny days

Camping out ( it was safer in them days )

Playing outside near the house with lot of trees around. Pretend to build our house, tying sheet like tent from tree to tree. And play lot of game..football, volleyball, marbles, rubber bands.

Looking in rockpools and discovering a whole new world within them

Used to play at doctors and nurses with friends.
Qualified as a nurse

hopskotch and ball against wall games

building dens

Making a den at the allotments and fishing for sticklebacks at the stream there with my brother.

So many, it's hard to chose! Staying with my Gran in the summer with my cousins, whose house was right on the beach. running down the prom and jumping onto the sands below. There was always a little pool when the tide went out that we used like our own little swimming pool. Happy days.