Things we did as kids - and lived!

Great big slides - the bigger the better!

Home made swings.

Merry go rounds - made to go fast until you fell off.

Jumping off swings - to see how far you could go.

Playing "Cowboys and Indians" with cap pistols.

Wearing Indian head-dress - as a game.

Home made billy-carts - riding down the street on the road.

"Shanghais" - shooting at milk bottles.

Air rifles.

In the front seat with mum - no seat belts.

Double dinking from school - no helmets. 

Parents didn't pick us up from school, we got our own way home.

We raced down the footpath - no helmets.

We rolled down hills, without caring what was hidden in the grass.

We ate what was on our plate - or we went without.

Swinging on the clothes line - when mum wasn't watching.

Piling onto the swing - as many as would fit and you hung on tight so you didn't fall off.

We played in the street. You kept an eye out for cars - when one came you just moved over.