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Children growing up in the 1940s and 1950s had far fewer toys than children do these days and spent most of their time outdoors. With little traffic on the roads they played out on the streets of their neighbourhood. For children growing up in Haslemere, a relatively rural location, children played in woods, farmland and the local recreation grounds. Children at this time were also expected to have a hobby and joining societies such as the Girl Guides or the Scouts were part and parcel of growing up.

Track 14 Playing at the Copse

Credit line: Peter Moorey talks about building a bonfire and playing at the Copse.

Transcription:

Interviewer: Do you remember any of the kinds of things you got up to in those days as a kid?

Interviewee: Well, we used to build a bonfire once a year for November 5th and I had a marvellous childhood because behind underwood Road was the Copse, as we called it, and it was full of sweet chestnut trees and a flat grass verge where we used to play all the kids games: Cowboys and Indians, built camps, we caught lizards, Sand(?) lizards that are no longer with us now, we caught butterflies and taught ourselves a lot of wood craft.

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