We lived in a
street of semi detached houses in a deprived part of South
Bristol . We used to play outside in the fields a lot which were at
the end of our street – and I remember that we used to go tadpoling in the
streams. We used to have a small tent that we played in as well. I also
remember doing a lot of construction – digging out the garden and making oil
rigs and playing doctors and nurses in our playroom with my brothers.
We used to
play in the streets a lot. One of our favourite games being knockout ginger –
knocking on doors and running away! There was hardly anything in the media in
those days so our parents gave us a lot more freedom. I used to play with kids
my own age – boys and girls and with the older kids a lot as my 2 brothers are
older than me. Adults didn’t play a part in our play – we often just went off
without them. We used to take jam sandwiches and walk to Dundry from our house
for the whole day, and then walk home when we fancied.
My bothers
used to have train sets which they set up in the living room – this meant the
whole family enjoyed it – play wasn’t constricted to our rooms. And TV didn’t
feature very much in those days – it only went on in time for blue peter and
andy pandy.
Tell us here
at BAND what you remember doing…we’d love to hear from you!
ellie@bandltd.org.uk
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