Before Smartphones When Kids Had Real Fun

brought a smile on my face

classic

reminds me of my childhood bestie dog moments

Like they're having the best day ever :)

Such a wonderful capture

Health and Safety violation right there. Shut these kids down.

Just after WW11. They didn't have any choice except to make their own fun. The wartime deprevations in Britain went on for years.

I like the baby just sitting in a stroller in the background!

yeah... today adult would just go there and ask them to stop.

This game wouldn't be popular on the dirty streets of New York :(

Yeah.. no kid would want to do this in any major city today... and dont even mention how their moms would react

Ohh beautiful

Muttley's best friend

Still happens but dogs like to lick their a*s and people are less likely to use a public fountain

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There's a separate fountain for the black dogs.

this is so pure <3 i used to perform to my dolls when i was about 5 :)

Reminded me of my younger days :)

Nobody noticed but... The teddy bear is pointing its arm to the girl... That hand higher!!!

So sweet

nice

When kids could actually stay on the street alone, without the adult supervision.

This little girl is a born comedienne .. the facial expression is priceless!

Loved this one

dfinitely flamenco!

Zoos have figured out they can make money with this one. They charge you to go in the 2 level enclosure to feed giraffes at some zoos.

One kid gets lifted in the air to feed a giraffe, the over gets a nice slap on the face

what on earth is happening with the other kids face?

Don´t tell mum...

Looks like the kid is holding a smartphone to get a ncie photo....

interesting how the streets are empty.

I'm a child of the late 50'es. I got my cousin talked into walking the streets where we lived, in order to do exactly what those lads are doing.it was mostly a bullet proof way to top up the pocket monies :-) I'd devised a cane of roughly three feet long with a well chewed piece of gum stuck to one end of the stick. That was the vital bit of the kit, as that little gum had to pick up what we spotted ;-).

Ok, this is is sad.

These days they would be fishing for pokemon. Love the hats though. Bring that back.

Ah, the great butt splinter game. Good times.

I remeber doing this with a bunch of my playmates. That was a fun day

Lovely!

Looks like this could have been straight out of the Little Rascals. Super cute

These were the best toys ever

I loved my space hopper. It went everywhere with me. 😂

I need to find out who took this photo..the boy on the left looks exactly like my son! His that age now.

Hey, these are still fun! Even as an adult!

I had one as a child. I remember looking at the ads, thinking "Wow look at the expression on those kids' faces. I expected it to be a lot more fun."