...Live and learn
Tell the years they flew
And we never knew
We were foolish then
We would never tire
And that little fire
Is still alive in me
It will never go away...
--From Madonna and This Used To Be My Playground
Old playground equipment has all but disappeared,
but at least we have pictures to prove the dangers
we faced every day during recess! Ha!
From Scottamos via Flickr
I was running in circles pushing one of these things one time
when I tripped and got caught underneath it.
My back was all scraped up.
It scared me to death.
In college there was one of these things at
the Bethany City Park.
My friends and I would sit on it and close our eyes
and push each other as fast as we could.
Then we'd get off
and walk around like the dizzy fools that we were.
From Reva G via Flickr
From Carlfbagge via Flickr
From Odalaigh via Flickr
I never made it all the way to the top of one these crazy things.
From Kamoda via Flickr
I came across a few of these hippos in the sand during my childhood.
From Mutant Mandias via Flickr
Many memories of slide rockets from a park in California where I once
won a Halloween costume contest, and here in Oklahoma City at Stars and Stripes Park.
From lisa.williams via Flickr
These ridiculous things were quie popular.
There were triangles of gigantic cheese that mimicked the style.
From Carlfbagge via Flickr
Burn-your-hiney slide.
From Carlfbagge via Flickr
This contraption is called a Witch's Hat. It was evil.
From Aefitzhugh via Flickr
I saw similar things to this Octopus,
but I've never seen one of these.
Nice chains.
From Joe Shlabotnik via Flickr
Now these things were the biggest disappointment of all.
They were cute, but after about five minutes the fun was over.
From Joe Shlabotnik via Flickr
From Joe Shlabotnik via Flickr
These things looked like great fun, too.
We hopped on top only to quickly find out
we'll be going nowhere fast.
I really liked the blue ducks and yellow chicken versions.
Did you have a favorite piece of playground equipment growing up?
4 comments:
The first one of course Jen :) ahhh those were the days.
Liability and litagation gone crazy have nearly taken all the good old stuff out of parks now days ... shame .... hugs le xoxo
The BEST piece of playground equipment in my hometown playground was an old WWII fighter jet that had been gutted and filled with cement. We kids could climb on the wings, sit in the cockpit, and pretend we were the red baron! The plane sat in our town's playground for something like 30 years before someone realized that it was the only plane of its kind remaining in the world. So it was removed, refurbished, and is now on display in the National Naval Air Museum in Pensacola, FL. Thousands of children played on that plane and it is a great shared memory for all of us.
I was joyous to see the next-to-last pic you posted of the dolphin statue. My hometown has had an almost identical dolphin at a beachside park for several decades. Multiple generations have played on "Spirit" the dolphin. This is the first time I've ever seen another one like it!
Gosh, I miss playground time.
I love the new playgrounds. When I was a kid they had two kinds of surfaces, gravel and asphalt at the schools I attended. I remember kids would go flying off the little merry go round and get all sorts of scrapes and abrasions.
Ahhh, this totally brought back GREAT memories!
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