Life seems to be changing at an ever-increasing pace for our children as they wrestle with the pros and cons of technology and an increasingly commercialised society. They seem to be either glued to a screen for an unhealthy amount of time or competing to have the very latest this or that to keep up with their peers.
What happened to playing in the streets all day until your mum called you in for tea? And shouts of ‘you’re either in or out’ and ‘shut the door behind you’? Ah, simpler times.
Of course, kids still play out, but they have more indoor options to choose from now. Sending a child to their room used to be a punishment, now it means 12 hours straight of Fortnight or Roblox.
Anyway, join us as we take a journey from the past to present with a series of stirring images of kids playing outside in Liverpool streets - from as far back as 1890.
13. Boys scrap beside blocks of housing in Liverpool. They are members of the Rodney Youth Centre, known as ‘The Street Corner With A Roof’, in 1956.
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14. Children play on sleds on a snow covered hill in Liverpool in 2007 after heavy snow fall across the country caused airport closures and commuter chaos.
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15. Children use a lamp post as a swing while playing on the street in Liverpool, in 1956.
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16. Kids playing football on a concrete pitch in Liverpool, in 2000.
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