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NatashaGransnet (GNHQ) Mon 11-Nov-19 14:43:08

To celebrate the release of The Double Dangerous Book for Boys by Conn Iggulden, we've teamed up with HarperCollins to offer one lucky gransnetter the chance to win a Roberts Revival radio worth £159.99 and a copy of the book.

More details on the prize can be found HERE and T&Cs HERE. We will pick a winner after 11am on 11th December.

To enter simply tell us... What childhood game, project or activity do you look back on most fondly?

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McGilchrist41 Sun 17-Nov-19 17:42:09

Loved to play Jacks. My Dad made them for us at the Foundry so most of my friends had a set and carried them about and were able to play anytime.

elizzie54 Sun 17-Nov-19 17:32:41

Playing on the rocky shoreline of the Firth of Forth.

Saetana Sun 17-Nov-19 17:07:18

Playing Ludo - we had so many hours of fun with this simple game. My husband and I even started playing again as adults with our friends - its good fun after a couple of drinks grin

drjanderson Sun 17-Nov-19 16:57:49

playing tag with my family ---not a big garden but big enough when you're very small

No1nana Sun 17-Nov-19 16:30:37

Skimming stones across rivers when on holiday with my parents

jeanniev1 Sun 17-Nov-19 16:30:32

I used to love stamp collecting, getting mum and dads friends to save them for me from all over the world. This got me into learning about the different countries and gave me the thirst for travel which now I am retired I am doing as often as possible.

sassielassie Sun 17-Nov-19 15:50:07

Hop Scotch, we would have hours of fun playing that

albertina Sun 17-Nov-19 15:34:17

Climbing trees, definitely ! I have the scars to show for it, but loved every minute.

Mouseybabe Sun 17-Nov-19 14:55:16

I have fond memories of playing card and board games on rainy Sunday afternoons

Adotty1 Sun 17-Nov-19 14:51:05

Roller skating. Going full pelt down the hill and stopping by swinging round the lamp-post at the bottom.

tylerandjack Sun 17-Nov-19 12:32:35

Spending ages making up crazy scenes with Fuzzy Felt.

honeymoon Sun 17-Nov-19 11:52:05

Walking through all our local parks with my year 1 friends trying to find evidence that Autumn has arrived. We filled our bags with loads of conkers, dried leaves and cones!

Valeriejane Sun 17-Nov-19 10:42:48

I used to love playing in the fields and fishing for tiddlers in the dyke, my friend s and I would build dens, we would try and bake potatoes on a small bonfire, they would end up black and still solid of course. When it was bailing time new dens were constructed and we ended up with very sore land scratched limbs. Happy times.

dahlia08 Sun 17-Nov-19 10:19:07

Knots and crosses, hang man

Sharonbu Sun 17-Nov-19 10:11:30

Guessing where the other cars on a journey were from based on their number plates! With my grandpa

jube123 Sun 17-Nov-19 09:36:35

We loved playing Twister so much fun with bums in the air Xx

pineapple1 Sun 17-Nov-19 08:05:20

Tree climbing - no health and safety issues in the 1970’s, we would have dare competitions to see who could go highest. It was the best of times.

Classic Sun 17-Nov-19 05:52:52

Making dens was my favourite pastime, be it under the table with a couple of sheets in winter or out in the garden or local woods in summer. Had to have something to sit on and tea towel for table cloth, bowl and beaker, dollies and a good book to curl up and read in my little 'home' if I could take a jam sandwich and beaker of squash (Tupperware )with me, even better.

angie95 Sat 16-Nov-19 22:33:04

Playing Two ball in the wall, spinning and throwing the ball under your leg, as you say the rhyme e.g. Cups and saucers set for tea, how many were there 123 and turning as you there the ball against the wall, catching it as you turned happy hours..

kathcake Sat 16-Nov-19 22:18:09

climbing up trees and riding my bike

MALBEE Sat 16-Nov-19 22:05:28

Its got to be Drafts , so simple yet so competitive.

WendySmith3 Sat 16-Nov-19 21:51:49

As a child I lived in a small village and local children of mixed ages played together. I have many fond memories of building go karts from old prom wheels and bits of wood and racing them along the street

LJN1000 Sat 16-Nov-19 21:27:27

Skipping at school with a long rope and everyone jumping in and out -enjoyed it so much.

Gersa2 Sat 16-Nov-19 21:15:25

Playing outdoors! Going to visit the 'den' we had built as children. Having little adventures and thinking we were the Famous 5 :-)

JosieS Sat 16-Nov-19 20:04:25

Playing hopscotch in the road

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