United Kingdom - Children\'s Outdoor Games in the 1960s

Walking on any street in the UK today, people notice something is missing.sixties.Even in elementary school, when people see the school playground, boys play football, some girls may be halfBut they spend most of their time chatting and comparing their designer clothes and shoes.No wonder children\'s health experts, parents and teachers are concerned about childhood obesity.In the 1950s s and 60 s, whether it was playing on the street outside or on the school playground, the children never stood still.It is sad that people can no longer hear children singing nursery rhymes with traditional outdoor games.Hysteria is associated with the danger of strangers and it is very unsafe for children to play on the street.Although it was easy to look at the past with rose-colored glasses, in fact, the children were safe.Neighbors know the local children, and their safety has attracted a lot of attention.Any stranger on the street will immediately bring one or more neighbors to ask if they can help.The French say it takes a village to raise a child, and in the 1960s, the British lifestyle is that adage neighbors take care of each other, including taking care of local children.Outdoor games, whether on the street, on the school playground, or in the local park, have different seasons, children play certain games according to age or gender, but some games areOutdoor games are different from their rhymes.Outdoor games are passed verbally from older children to younger children, and it is evident from the rhymes accompanying the game that their origins may have been in history.These games may also reflect problems with adults, not with children.For example, this is a singing game played by children from toddlers to eight in 1960.The game most likely originated in Germany, and its first documentary appeared in the 19 th century.This game is about asking for love, marriage, forming a family and building a family.Century, nothing but a children\'s song.It may be much older than the record of its first appearance and may be traced back to the Tudor era.Night activities.These are children\'s games played on infant\'s school playground;After the children go to primary school, they play different games.Primary schools in the UK are for children under 7A primary school playground in 11,1960 is very different from the infants school playground, and boys and girls tend to play in all boys or all girls groups.Boys and girls playing in off-campus streets or parks also tend to play many games in same-sex groups.Their games are also different.Girls activities for a whole year are either skipped individually or in groups.The two girls will turn the rope, not a shop to buy a rope skipping with a funky wooden handle, but a more likely washing rope because the ropes are cheaper and longer.Then everyone is singing many songs that skip the rhyme.g.Teddy bear, teddy bear, that\'s all!Teddy bear, teddy bear. okay.night!The girl who skips will act while everyone is chanting.Girls don\'t mind the weather.Please jump in.October, November, December!This rope skipping competition requires a long rope because all girls will eventually jump rope except for two rope skipping athletes.Rope skipping in France is another popular game for girls.The device of the game is a elastic band about two or 6 feet long, knotted at both ends.Two girls, in the first example, step on the ring at the ankle.The captain then uses elasticity in various ways to perform certain jumps and jumps.When she is done, the elasticity is lifted to the knees, thighs, and waist until she makes a mistake and when she replaces oneIn Kent on 1960, skipping rope in French was a summer activity.Girls play jumping house games a lot, but sometimes boys join in.Someone will draw a chalk jump House grid on a sidewalk or asphalt game surface.This will not damage anything as it will disappear in the next shower.Although some girls participated, it was mainly the activities of boys.This is, of course, an autumn boy activity.Horse chestnuts will be pierced and a knotted rope will pass through them.Some boys will do some amazing things about \"conkers\", soak them in vinegar and other substances, bake them and so on, trying to make their \"conkers\" compareFootball is usually an activity for boys, although a rare girl does not attend until about 10 years old.Two sweaters and a ball on the ground of the goalpost are the required equipment, and any ground forms a stadium, whether it is a school playground, a playground, a playground or a street.Playing football on the school playground led to the scraping of school shoes, which brought great pain and pain to parents.Two or three balls are a girl\'s activity, and on any convenient wall you may see as many girls as you can play juggling on the wall, chanting all sorts of rhymes.Another way of juggling a ball is to face a partner, juggling three or four balls between the two of you.In Kent, when he was in his sixties, outdoor games and activities were the hallmark of the year.They also mark the gentle rhythm of childhood as the children grow from farm games in his study to games for older children.The children rarely quiet down and play on long summer nights until the parents call and play on school holidays until the sun sets.Singing and singing are rarely heard today.There is no cheerful voice on the street today.The children did not have a long time to grow up yesterday, nor did they learn a long apprenticeship of how to share, take turns, win, lose, take care of each other and discover possible dangers.Today\'s parents put their children under their noses until they have to let them out and then wonder why they don\'t know how to deal with this sudden freedom.