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Being a horse or riding a horse. My friends and I arrived at school on imaginary horses, tied them to the fence and rode round the field at play times and lunch times. Miranda on TV galloping brought back so many memories!

On a rainy day I used to like making scrapbooks with pictures out of magazines, making up a dream home.
On sunny days it used to be on the beach, making sandcastles decorated with shells, pebbles and seaweed.

We loved nothing more than trying to find the biggest conker man has seen.

football in the park till it got relay dark

Making "tents" out of an old wooden clothes horse and sheets with my sister and having picnics in the garden.

I used to love helping my grandad on his allotment such lovely memories.

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Playing 2 ball against a wall. Picking blackberries would also rate high on my list.

Picking and collecting Blackberries with my grandma

Finding snails in the hedge!

I used to love roller skating

I used to love playing with my wooden spinning top and battling with marbles.

I used to love playing schools with my sisters.

Two balls with my friend. We used to spend hours playing this against the back door after school. It drove my mother mad with the constant thud of the balls.

Riding my Bicycle, it was very easy in my young days as there was very little traffic on the local roads.

Making dens in our local forest, I must have been about 10 years old!

apple tree climbing and hopscotch

the whole gang playing on the bomb patches (big and small) till it got too late to see

I was born in the 50s raised in the Manchester. In the 60s after the 'slum clearance' we moved into a new council house, which was surrounded by building sites which for a 8yr old tomboy was bliss. Builders sand mixed in cement mixers,scaling scaffolding were a daily adventure. Exploring derelict buildings, making dens on waist land were the best times, safe? certainly not, many accidents did happen. Not the most appropriate of play, but I would not change it for anything.

I used to love playing hide, bull dog, red letter, and seek with all the other children who lived in the cul de sac.

Going for long walks in Stafford with my mum, brother & nan. Happy times, happy memories.......

Playing 'two balls' up the wall. 'Jacks' on the pavement, making tunnels out of the bales of hay in the field opposite our house. Playing 'Please Farmer Brown may we cross your stream of coloured water?' The child playing Farmer Brown would shout out a colour and if you were wearing that colour you could stroll across the 'stream' (usually a road or lane) if not you got chased and possibly caught!

My favourite activity was riding my bike with my friends. We used to pretend they were horses?

Visiting different parks, practising gymnastics and ballet in the garden, badminton and rounders