Vintage playground equipment - images

I don't know, Fur ... I must have had some loose wiring somewhere, because I could manage to injure myself in a room full of down pillows. :(
 

fureverywhere said:
Like I've said before. Our backyard led out onto a huge construction site. That was where we played for several years. The oldest maybe ten, but little brothers and sisters would be forced on us and come some days. Really except for a scraped knee here or a bruised elbow there weren't any out of the ordinary injuries. There would always be daredevils especially bike riding...But I feel many kids can be logical to a degree with safety. If you throw a rock at somebody you're going to be grounded. If you fall off that dirt mound it's going to hurt so step carefully. If your little sister is with you, keep her away from the rebar that's sticking up. We got filthy in the mud but nobody really got hurt. Maybe we were just lucky.
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We also had a little common sense, and responsibility, too -- like looking out for your little sister.
 
I LOVED the swings. Matter of fact, until recently I'd go down to the school ground on a summer evening and swing and swing and swing. I got some funny looks, but oh well . . . About a year or so ago, they put up a locked chain link fence around the school ground. Makes me mad -- especially since my property taxes (paid with much anguish) pay for the schools here.

I liked the monkey bars and that merry-go-round thing, too when I was a kid. I didn't go on the slide much because I didn't like splinters or having the backs of my legs fried.
 
We used to set fire to caps or matchbooks. The whole dirt hill might have been a bit much..." Everybody in the house, no TV for a week".
 
April 13, 2015. Students on playground in Yichuan, Shaanxi province, China[SUP]1[/SUP]

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[SUP]1[/SUP]They could not all fit inside the building to take an exam. School officials said sitting for the exam outside would test the students' organizing capacity.
 
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Playing here would have been a *real* adventure. Who needs equipment. Picture not so great (Thank goodness!:))

From New York Evening Post, June 21, 1924.

Caption: Burial field on West 212th street, where pioneers of North Manhattan were laid to rest, now is used as playground by children, who parade frequently with skulls unearthed from old cemetery.
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Well we have to consider that in the 20's some kids didn't have "childhood" as later generations knew it. They weren't as sensitive certainly. They might go out to work in the farms or mills in the city. They might be out hawking papers at a very young age. Doing piecework with their family for a few dollars. Childhood as a time to play and go to school wasn't really created till the 1950's from what I understand.
 
Grant Park Playground, Monash, Australia
For children and adults, free public use, opened in the 60's. Concerns about public liability led to its eventual closure in 1992. It reopened in 1996 with less "dangerous" equipment.

Monster slide
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Riding a rail
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Rocking horse, rocking giraffe, and rocking...uh...chair?

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