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Playing 'Buttoney' when each person threw a set number of buttons at a chalked square against a wall and the first person to flick all their buttons into the square won all the buttons. That - and marbles - were the only games I could ever do well and I loved it . So much pleasure, too, from the wide variety of beautiful buttons I looked looking at. Happy days playing in the street!
It has to be playing at horses and ranches on the school field. I rode an imaginary horse most of the time and so did my friends. We spent playtimes riding the boundaries of our ranch checking the fences and the livestock, occasionally we dismounted tied our horses to a tree and had a picnic . When the whistle blew we tied our horses to the fence and went in to lessons, collecting the horses at home time. Those horses were real to us.
Guessing it sounds quite boring but I absolutely loved reading as a child. I have such fond vivid memories of disappearing into the works of Enid Blyton ?
Hide and seek! All the kids on my street, aged 5 to 19, used to have giant games of hide and seek. It was so much fun, especially for me as the youngest.
I enjoyed playing Monopoly every Sunday with a cousin. I used to cycle to my grans house, meet my cousin, and spend happy hours playing it. Great way of getting away from pesky younger sisters and being allowed some me time. I remember it vividly.
Playing with those flat cardboard dolls with the paper clothes with little tabs on that I had to cut out so very carefully .Or swapping scraps with my pals .
I remember fondly my time as a Brownie and then Guides. I especially loved the camping trips and even the endless potato peeling and fire making. Great memories