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string of beads
The images are mine - at least most of them - the memories are from the people of...
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rose beetle man
I was gathering memories from the staff team of a school in Bethnal Green. The Head and...
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a tear drop over my desk
The bombsites were spaces for play right from the first. They were places or horror and...
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my playhood and yours
The groups that met to talk about their play memories included people born and bred in the East...
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the bit between my teeth
There are some parts of Tower Hamlets where play has been neglected. The Play Times project was...
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it’s not pretend, it’s real
One thing that surprised everyone who shared a memory was how serious the business of play had...
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they’re not the same now
People always remembered their childhood play experiences favourably and saw them as being very...
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like a room we all shared
“We was always outside, all weathers. Partly that was the fact that the houses was overcrowded...
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streets went up and up
“They did some improvements and put in a bath, in the kitchen. When part of our family...
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the marks are still there
This picture shows the gate at the back of a school. The playwork team have chosen to run their...
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a balanced diet
I was told many stories about surviving on wartime rations. The Ministry of Food...
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they think that is playing
The bombsites were spaces for play right from the first. They were places or horror and...
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we was terrors
“We was terrors, we played Knock Down Ginger.” “Oh I can’t tell you, we used to pay Knock...
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do girls still do that?
I heard about lots of traditional social playing. People told me stories of games with rhymes...
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all together like
The great parades on Catholic holy days were exciting to all the children in the East End. The...
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the smell of Mondays
Monday was washing day. “I remember as a kid, as the oldest girl, I had to help Mum out...
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it was gone, just gone
The people I spoke to told me amazing stories. They described their ‘playhood’ in vivid detail....
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I don’t want to remember
Approaching people to ask if they are prepared to share their memories is always a...
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A String of Beads
