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Originally Posted by davemac
Thanks,.......I think you are probably of an era, as I am, when the play equipment was a real health and safety nightmare, the slides were of a height that if you fell off the top a broken bone was guaranteed, the umbrellas that could easily give you a bang under the chin, and a rocking horse that if you put a hand underneath would amputate a limb, and the swings on a concrete base that every dare devil tried to get to the "bumps". Modern equipment is wobbly stuff on big springs, with bouncy rubber bases, but do the kids get the same enjoyment ?
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The Umbrella .... a real mean machine
.... I remember it well ... down in the bottom corner closest to Bayley St. And only a wimp would use the steps to get to the top of the slide. [Deleted] health and safety; let kids have fun and get some exercise .... talking of health and safety (a wander
) I betcha bonfire night isn't what it used to be.
