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Children's Games Of The Past

Do you remember the games of the past? If you do? Why don't you write and tell us about them. Send your stories to the: webmaster@manmates.co.uk   and I will include them on this page. If you have a photo I shall include that also if you wish Today children have computers, video recorders, Televisions and Hi Fi's and most of these they have in their own bedrooms. Years ago in 40's, 50, and 60's children played in the streets and made do with what they had. Everyone was in the same boat of course.

Children playing in a terraced street could have been anywhere in the Northwest of England. Do you remember the three wheeled bikes?

The Photo on the left shows children playing on a "Bogie" or "Guidie," depending on what part of the country you lived. This was just a plank of wood with pram wheels fitted. Also you had a washing line attached to control the front wheels to be able to guide it in the direction you wanted to go.

The photo on the right shows marbles. This was another great street game. There was lots of variations as to how you would play. Perhaps throwing them in the circle as shown or you could use holes dug in the ground to try and roll them into. Can you remember your variation? Let us know..!! Write to the webmaster@manmates.co.uk

Although most of the games were played in the streets, as there was not much else to do. (There was no televisions in those days. Well, not for most of us anyway, not until later). But this was the start of the television age. The Televisions in those days were nothing like todays models. As you can see from the one on the left, the cases were made from wood. They were also very heavy having a chassis made from metal with valves instead transistors or like todays microprocessors. Also, you were lucky to get a decent picture (black and white of course) quite often you had walk round with the indoor aerial to try and find a good position, invariably this usually was in the middle of the room with your hand up in the air. Everyone would say, "just stay there." If you got this right you quite often had to put up with the picture rolling. The TVs had horizontal and vertical hold controls to adjust. If you wanted to change channel there was not remote control. Just a big clucking mechanical switch. Oh, and there was only two channels ITV and BBC

Also, See The Memory Lane Page

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Ann's Memories

What a fantastic site. It has brought back lots of memories. I remember throwing the rope over the lamp-post and twisting it round tight whilst sitting on it and then turning the other way and it uncurled. Great, until the rope snapped and I broke my ankle! All the kids in our street (Woodland St. Hr Broughton) and surrounding streets used to play together - skipping, marbles (allies), hide and seek, what time is it Mr Wolf?, whip and top and many more. A lot better than TV or computer games. I also remember taking the accumulator (glass blocks) back to the shop for recharging so we could listen to the radio and my first record player had needles that you fastened in and, if I remember rightly, didn't last too long. We moved to Fallowfield, Manchester in about 1958 and I was married at Holy Trinity (Platt) church in 1963 and our reception was held at the
Princess Hotel, Princess parkway. It's lovely to hear so many stories of the past and I am going to jot
down mine when I remember them and pass them on. I now live in Perth, Western Australia but would love to hear from old friends from the area. I went to Broughton Modern School for Girls and left there in 1957

Ann Reed 27/06/04

Many thanks Anne, we would all love to hear more, the webmaster

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