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Roller skating , playing with 2 balls up against the wall or being in the park.

going fishing

Being a fruit tester on the farm my grandad managed. He would point at a tree or plant and I would test the fruit. I really believed I was actually testing every one I ate.

I was a real tomboy and my favourite thing was climbing trees which unfortunately resulted in a number of broken bones!

Swimming with my brother and friends in the sea and building dens out of deckchairs when it rained.

Playing on the climbing frame in the Garden

My sister and I used to love rock-pooling and beach-combing on holiday. Or if we were going for a woodland trek we'd collect acorns, conkers, pine cones.

I was a tomboy as a child. My favourite outdoor time was spent making a 'steering cart' with my 'boy' friends and racing it down a very steep hill! It was made of old pram wheels and a bit of wood for the seat/steering column. A piece of strong string/rope, skipping rope was good, was used as the steering control. We had no brakes, only our feet. It was wonderful! The freedom was great.

Playing curby and adding news twists to the rules like 'it bounces you head it and catch it is worth 10 points'

Riding our bikes for miles and miles around the country lanes without fear ...

My sisters and i would make homes for the fairys that lived in the woods was like a full town we would go back everyday to check what they had be up too great memories.

playing in my tree house which was a couple of planks that my dad nailed in our apple tree , some days it was a castle some days a ship

Swimming and rock pooling with my Dad and sister on our local beach.

PUTTING STRING AROUND A BOTTLE THEN BREAD INSIDE AND PUT IT IN A STREAM TO CATCH MINNOWS, IF YOU PULLED IT OUT QUICK THEY HAD NO TIME TO GET OUT OF THE BOTTLE NECK. MANY HOURS WERE HAPPILY SPENT DOING THIS. ALSO DAMMING A STREAM AND MAKING DENS, PRESSING WILD FLOWERS AND MY I-SPY BIRD BOOK.

I used to love playing hide and seek

I loved picking fruit from my grandparents' garden!

Running around a big green park with my friends and family, then enjoying a delicious pic-nic on the grass whilst listing to the birds singing and the sound of laughter in the air.

I have many golden memories of my childhood. In those days money was tight so I had to amuse myself and be creative.

Playing outdoors was a massive adventure. I used to love going on picnics and took as many teddies as I could carry for a Teddy Bears Picnic. I dressed the teddies up with daisy chains that I made. I picked bundles of wild flowers which I took home and pressed and glued them on to cards which I presented proudly to my family.

I spent special times drawing pictures of flowers and looking for four leaf clovers hoping that my luck would change so I could live the life of a Princess then I could buy my parents diamonds and jewels.

With excitement I packed up a simple picnic of jam butties and a bottle of water, a rug and as many teddies as I could carry. I never ventured far from home but my imagination took me to Teddy Bear land and the Teddies were my furry family.

If I am lucky enough to win a Joules picnic basket I could relive my childhood all over again and take my 4 year old grandaughter on Teddy Bears picnics and make some more golden memories to last a lifetime.

Playing at shops and making mud pies. In the back court or someone else's back court ( communal space ) .
We used stones for shopping and wrapped them in newspaper. Mum would give us a milk bottle (glass) filled with water and a sandwich and we'd stay out all day. Those were the days. No health and safety!

Collecting pine cones with a cart in the woods with my grandmother. Later to be used as kindling in our holiday house.

I used to have a wigwam in the garden and would spend ages in there with my friends pretending to be a native Americans. I had a headdress with feathers in it too.

As a child I loved nothing more than bug hunting in long grass.

My Dad was an expert tree house builder! Starting with easy safe ones when we were very little and progressing to a superb one with a roof when we were older! I loved playing in my den!

Roller skating

I used to love making perfume in the old watering can - pulling the petals off mum's roses and peonies,adding in water and lavender and anything else that smelt suitably nice. Then once it had fermented over a few days, I'd go around the garden sprinkling it everywhere.