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What kind of playgrounds did you play in as a kid?

Asked by Berserker (33548points) July 3rd, 2011

When I was little, most of the playgrounds I played in, either from school or public playgrounds, were basically made of metal and wood. Some had bridges, nets to climb, twirly slides, (most plastic, but some were metal) bridges made out of tires that you walked over or crawled inside of. Little huts, fireman poles, wooden ladders with chains, tire swings, stuff like that.
There were also teeter totters, but those were extremely rare. I only saw them in really old playgrounds, but I loved those.
My favourite playground things were always swings though. I could spend hours on those.
As I grew older, I witnessed the transition of wooden playgrounds to plastic and metal playgrounds. It seemed that all the areas around me updated their playgrounds and replaced them with modern equipment. Of course, being older by then, my interest was lost, but it’s a random thing I just thought of. Playground equipment today mostly still seems the same, but to me, they do appear to take less room, tires are completely gone, and they do seem a bit safer.
What kind of playgrounds did you play in? And what was your favourite thing to play in/on/whatever?

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