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<blockquote data-quote="JTL" data-source="post: 776971" data-attributes="member: 49289"><p>The streets belonging to the kids.</p><p>I grew up in the fifties and sixties and the streets truly belonged to the kids.</p><p>Hardly a car in sight hardly a car parked up.</p><p>Football cricket even tennis was played on the streets .... even bus route streets where the bus would slow down for the kids to pull their string tennis net ... to one side of the street while it passed.</p><p>This was Manchester not some backwater.</p><p>My dad would go out or make me .... and shovel up the horse droppings for his garden.</p><p>The horse would be delivering milk .... hardware .... collecting scrap .... carting timber etc.</p><p>No this was the 19's not the 18 50's and sixties.</p><p>Now every street is lined with millions of quids worth of shiny metal and the streets belong to the owners of the shiny metal.</p><p>Don't dare kick a ball there or play any other game.</p><p>I would love that my grand kids could reclaim the streets but no .... the stress of homework and exams takes up far to much of their time.</p><p>Childhood used to be free and special and different from the adult **** .... not so much these days.</p><p>Liberate the children .... liberate the streets ..... I know I know .....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JTL, post: 776971, member: 49289"] The streets belonging to the kids. I grew up in the fifties and sixties and the streets truly belonged to the kids. Hardly a car in sight hardly a car parked up. Football cricket even tennis was played on the streets .... even bus route streets where the bus would slow down for the kids to pull their string tennis net ... to one side of the street while it passed. This was Manchester not some backwater. My dad would go out or make me .... and shovel up the horse droppings for his garden. The horse would be delivering milk .... hardware .... collecting scrap .... carting timber etc. No this was the 19's not the 18 50's and sixties. Now every street is lined with millions of quids worth of shiny metal and the streets belong to the owners of the shiny metal. Don't dare kick a ball there or play any other game. I would love that my grand kids could reclaim the streets but no .... the stress of homework and exams takes up far to much of their time. Childhood used to be free and special and different from the adult **** .... not so much these days. Liberate the children .... liberate the streets ..... I know I know ..... [/QUOTE]
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