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[Humour] Britain's brutalist playgrounds



Stat Brother

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NSC Patreon
Jul 11, 2003
73,363
West west west Sussex
It's an old article (that's just popped up again) so I won't be surprised if we haven't 'done this' before.
But I'll also be very surprised if this still doesn't cough up some great, eye-watering, off season stories.

https://www.theguardian.com/artandd...list-playgrounds-in-pictures?CMP=share_btn_tw

Churchill Gardens estate in Pimlico, London, 1978

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Balfron Tower playground, Poplar, London, 2015
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Our local slide was comparatively mahooosive.
But halfway down it leveled off for a couple of feet before the second descent.

No guide rails - naturally.

On optimum slide days, with the correct polyester nylon blend shorts on, even the most timid of slidophiles would generate enough speed to take off at the start of the second descent.

If we were lucky we'd land back onto the downslope.
If we were lucky enough we'd land on the flat run off.
If we were somewhat unlucky we'd clear the whole thing landing on the floor.

Concrete floor - naturally.


Happy dayz.
 


Notters

Well-known member
Oct 20, 2003
24,865
Guiseley
They're not much better than that here now. It's weird as the parks up here are incredible, but they don't seem to put any effort into the playgrounds.
 


dazzer6666

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Mar 27, 2013
52,005
Burgess Hill
It's an old article (that's just popped up again) so I won't be surprised if we haven't 'done this' before.
But I'll also be very surprised if this still doesn't cough up some great, eye-watering, off season stories.

https://www.theguardian.com/artandd...list-playgrounds-in-pictures?CMP=share_btn_tw

Churchill Gardens estate in Pimlico, London, 1978

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Balfron Tower playground, Poplar, London, 2015
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Our local slide was comparatively mahooosive.
But halfway down it leveled off for a couple of feet before the second descent.

No guide rails - naturally.

On optimum slide days, with the correct polyester nylon blend shorts on, even the most timid of slidophiles would generate enough speed to take off at the start of the second descent.

If we were lucky we'd land back onto the downslope.
If we were lucky enough we'd land on the flat run off.
If we were somewhat unlucky we'd clear the whole thing landing on the floor.

Concrete floor - naturally.


Happy dayz.

We had one a bit like that in our village rec. It was made of steel - you could fry an egg on it in summer (or the back of your legs), and the steel/polyester/friction combination created enough static to power the village :laugh::laugh::laugh:
 


BNthree

Plastic JCL
Sep 14, 2016
10,776
WeHo
It's an old article (that's just popped up again) so I won't be surprised if we haven't 'done this' before.
But I'll also be very surprised if this still doesn't cough up some great, eye-watering, off season stories.

https://www.theguardian.com/artandd...list-playgrounds-in-pictures?CMP=share_btn_tw

Churchill Gardens estate in Pimlico, London, 1978

View attachment 112327
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Wow I went to school right next to that estate (didn't live anywhere near there though) and remember that playground!
 


Sussex Nomad

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Aug 26, 2010
18,185
EP
At our rec in EP (Lashmar Road) was a climbing frame with about a 15 foot gap to the roundabout. We used to tie a rope from the top of the frame to the roundabout. About ten of us would get as much speed up on one circuit of the roundabout whilst someone would grab the loose rope. When it would then tighten up and send whoever was holding the rope about 15 foot in the air, all good fun and bruises!
 



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