The BBC would probably use that photo to show that the roads have 'always' been full of traffic! They do like re-writing history.Unfortunately not Lyn, it would be somewhere in southern England with the U.S, army parked up waiting for D day.
I had previously posted the pic in the D Day thread
My memories of skipping include girls being given fancy wooden-handled, ball bearing mounted (why?) ropes soon discarded in favour of cheap plastic washing line 'because it was faster'.
As previously noted mass street play by children is a rarity, in part because children are held captive in the home and only let out with siblings rather than being free to wander 'all day'.