Old Boy
master brummie
Hi All.
On the Gosta Green Towards Duddeston thread at post 1779 is a lovely picture of Lawford Street Recreation Ground. (Perhaps it could be also put on this thread but I do not know how)
On the picture is a childrens slide quite high which I am sure the Health and Safety Gestapo will have banned by now. It made me think of other park equipment which we do not see now probably because of H&S rules. I remember the swing which consisted of a long plank with about 5 seats. Two boys or girls would stand on the plank at either end and push and pull as hard as they could causing the swing to raise higher and higher moving forwards and backwards as it did so. I have described it as best as I can
What else was in the parks that we never see now. I know that safety is important but in taking it as far as we do I think that we are depriving todays children of a lot of fun that we old uns enjoyed.
What does anyone else think?
Old Boy
On the Gosta Green Towards Duddeston thread at post 1779 is a lovely picture of Lawford Street Recreation Ground. (Perhaps it could be also put on this thread but I do not know how)
On the picture is a childrens slide quite high which I am sure the Health and Safety Gestapo will have banned by now. It made me think of other park equipment which we do not see now probably because of H&S rules. I remember the swing which consisted of a long plank with about 5 seats. Two boys or girls would stand on the plank at either end and push and pull as hard as they could causing the swing to raise higher and higher moving forwards and backwards as it did so. I have described it as best as I can
What else was in the parks that we never see now. I know that safety is important but in taking it as far as we do I think that we are depriving todays children of a lot of fun that we old uns enjoyed.
What does anyone else think?
Old Boy