Before Smartphones When Kids Had Real Fun

Looks like the dog is enjoying it too!

before cops take away the fun...

Imagine that!? Kids with their noses on the ground, crawling.... and most likely no child died as a direct result. People are so germaphobic these days - THAT is what's frightening!

Reminiscent of a Norman Rockwell painting

I LOVE the way kids valued their toys back then. Toys were treasured because kids were lucky to have them. We lined up our little stuffed animals and performed plays for them.

Flamenco?

That are some good balancing skills :o

Not sure I would call that playing.....

One of my favorite games to play as a kid. I remember my neighbor had one in their backyard.

In the UK these were called Space Hoppers.

This was before we could put our children in the tumble dryer.

This is awesome.

This is one I believe hasn't died in years gone by. I do see kids or sidewalk and street art every year. I remember drawing our hopscotch game on the pavement with chalk

Set up by the fire dept. during a heat wave. People so poor they didn't have air conditioning, some as you can see didn't even own a bathing suit.

Nowadays a kid can't even own a toy gun and people would call the head dress as 'profiling' or any numerous other terms

We used to play on the roof of the house. We also used to climb trees equally as tall, or taller. NEVER once did a child fall or get hurt. Kids are adaptable that way. A child can get hurt falling off a skateboard or bicycle, it's just as easy

They're playing "Duck, Duck, Goose" - one of my favorite

Must have been the newest edition. That was the day we all headed to the stores to buy brand new comic books

it's the cup song

This is the paramount of the word "creative"

So cute!

We used to try to get the swing to flip over the pole! Of course that would be impossible, but on a good 10 foot (3 meters) tall swing set it would certainly feel like you were about to go around!

Adorable!

Oh. I thought they were peeing. (The graffiti doesn't help)

Beautiful & iconic! Love it..

If you will find kids doing this today, the child services probably will be in line 1 or at your door.

And most likely they NEVER did drop her. Look how tall the slide was too! Now this IS a playground!

That's sad..... hard time to be a kid

Any kid who's ever played in hay can tell you, this stuff is itchy!

Getting the 'cats eye' marbles or another 'shooter' was always the BEST. I lost most of my great marbles to the older kids. Especially my sister, she had won all the GREAT marbles on the block.

i like this not only because of the happiness on the child's face, but the beauty of a weapon made for destruction now being used in the most innocent fashion. what a great shot.

Where's the suffocating throng of tourists?

Adorable. That is one big telephone receiver, even for an adult - It's as long as her whole arm!

We did this indoors at the homes of kids who lived in 2 story houses. We would ride the carpeted stairs.

Sometimes we used sheets as parachutes too. We knew the umbrella might break, and that is actually what we would get in trouble over, but not for playing on the roof. lol

Okay, who peed in the tub?!

Those three kids were LUCKY. They actually got a boat to play in. It looks like 8 others had to watch

Awww.... That bread is as tall as himself. ♥

What a great shot..on time lapse probably

Yes Hope Floats, thanks for sharing your great memories.

Wow

Wow Glasgow were grim.

Damn skateboarding hooligans.

Adults would disapprove. It's not that kids don't want to play, it's just that we don't get as many opportunities any more.

My home state. As you can see, not much else to do there. Pretty flat. Putting pennies on the rails was another thing we used to do.

As a kid, I'd have done the same. And twirl. Anything to see how the skirt floats in the air

The image of freedom!

One of my favourite old school activities. My class was the best at this sort of entertainment.

wow,they were lonely,loos like a ghost town.lol. ¨just the 2 of us¨

In the too big boots handed down from an older boy probably stuffed with wool or old newspaper to prevent slipping :) lol