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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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50socks Sat 30-Nov-19 16:29:31

Rock pool fishing, luckily my grandson is now old enough to share this passion with, endless hours of fun

Suedenim Sat 30-Nov-19 16:26:08

Our small group of girls used to have ‘mud slosher’ fights against a group of boys - throwing ruddy reeds from the nearby stream at each other. I had to give my Mum very creative reasons for coming home so muddy - but at least we usually won!

rags Sat 30-Nov-19 15:33:36

Making Airfix models with my dad, and painting them using the tiny pots of Humbrol paints.

avril10 Sat 30-Nov-19 15:29:24

I have no idea what the game was called but we had a pair of tights, the legs inside each other, a tennis ball in the toes then standing against a wall, swinging said ball in a rhythm either side of our arms and legs and head.
we were easily pleased!

cmht14 Sat 30-Nov-19 15:12:31

My sister and I used to hijack a couple of brooms and go galloping around the garden astride them. They were our horses and we were top show jumpers.

sarahmb1 Sat 30-Nov-19 12:49:45

Playing cards with my nan on a Saturday whilst watching the horse racing

karenharrison Sat 30-Nov-19 12:08:36

Elastics at school - great game with the girls.

GedAsp Sat 30-Nov-19 04:24:05

Loopin' Louis. Best game ever. Years later, my friends found the game on Ebay and bought it for me for my 30th birthday. Fair to say it was the best birthday party ever ?

sheila67 Fri 29-Nov-19 22:28:58

Hopscotch and skipping - used to play daily in the back yard

akira Fri 29-Nov-19 21:21:55

Roller Skating at my local park, spent many happy hours there.

fourormore Fri 29-Nov-19 20:58:40

Not MY childhood I know, but my eldest granddaughter loved her 'Puppet Theatre' and giving us all delightful shows.
Imagine our surprise when her 'little girl puppet' happily announced to the audience "Mummy's having a baby!"
Yes - her baby brother was born eight months later!
The puppet shows continued but never has there been one like that one! grin

GandGp Fri 29-Nov-19 19:12:52

I loved just being outside. But especially liked roller skating, skipping and playing jacks. Of course hopscotch my sisters and I chalked on the garden path, which the baker who delivered our bread had a go at occasionally

Ewunia Fri 29-Nov-19 17:22:26

Skipping with friends on a long rope.

Livvy72 Fri 29-Nov-19 16:36:56

Summer days spent playing with friends. Building dens and playing a this massive rope swing.

gran1 Fri 29-Nov-19 13:58:32

Chalking hopscotch on the pavement outside our house

Tracey64 Fri 29-Nov-19 13:29:06

Favourite game was a board game called Othello. Especially when you got good enough to beat adults.

Cherylc1968 Fri 29-Nov-19 12:18:05

My favourite childhood memory is playing cribbage for hours and hours every weekend with my grandad he would keep me up till all hours we would even play for money and even though I was just a child if I won grandad would pay up every time. I truly miss those weekends.

helsbells Fri 29-Nov-19 12:04:47

Marbles! Does anyone still play it? A hollow in the grass verge or tarmac was the target and we played for various amounts. A Sixer was high stakes. There was all kinds of strange rules we conjured up as we went along and things got very competitive. I got badly sunburnt once I was so engrossed!

Mishab Fri 29-Nov-19 11:12:35

I enjoyed a variety of games and activities but a fond memory is playing a knife game during which you took turns to throw a pocket-knife into the ground to the left or right of your opponent's foot, who'd have to move their foot to that position. Loser was the one whose feet were so far apart they lost their balance. I cannot remember what we called it but have heard it called Split or Split the Kipper.

Flowerofthewest Fri 29-Nov-19 11:08:37

Dad drawing Micky Mouse on shed door...making mud pies to sling at it.
Having caterpillar races round the bottom of an upturned bucket.
Similar...using mums mixing bowl and racing snails and pill bugs.
Hopscotch
Loved Jacks
My favourite game when aged 4 was hiding behind our hedge as school children walked by then chasing them with my plastic spade.
Sitting on kerb collecting car number.

MiniDriver56 Fri 29-Nov-19 10:16:35

We were a board game family, which both my children are now. We loved Monopoly but my Dad was not a good loser! ?

pchaywain Fri 29-Nov-19 09:36:02

Fondly remember building go karts or soap box carts as they where known out of old bits of wood and old pram wheels,with a piece of rope to stear it with,crashed these many a time but still survived.

Millmolls Fri 29-Nov-19 06:29:27

Baking with my mum

Yolostela Fri 29-Nov-19 05:38:14

I loved sitting in trees watching people go by, who didn't know that we where there. Sitting in the dried out ditches in summer.

Dawn07 Fri 29-Nov-19 01:08:57

I loved my bicycle and enjoyed playing with my friends on the building sites across the road from our homes. Luckily health and safety regulations weren't so strict then, so we had lots of fun climbing in the partly built properties and playing hide and seek. Those were the days!

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