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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 19 Learning to Swim

Credit line: Peter Moorey talks about learning to swim.

Transcription:

Interviewee: When I was a youngster I used to go along the Hindhead Road to Frensham Hall Farm where a Countess Corders(?) used to allow us to swim in her ornamental ponds. The pond’s still there to this day and I learnt to swim. And round the side there were turtles and as you walked round they used to plop into the pool. But all the boys and girls of my age used to congregate there after school, this went on for years when the summer where we learnt to swim.

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