Terry Hutchinson

Friends and street games, in detail. "Canny", forms of chase and catch, "tally ho". Horror at playing "catchy kiss" with girls. Older children using time in hide and seek for a kiss. Sledging. Going into the fields to play soldiers, one boy made catapult sling from his own boot leather. Cricket - bat struck by lightning. Dangerous games with trees. Relay races in the street. Later got bikes. Going bird nesting, details of how they found eggs of various types. Accidentally killed a partridge so had eggs fried. Set fire to home guard station, world war two. Relationship with local policeman. Haystack fires. Trying to bowl googlies. Single mother and her daughter lived nearby, eccentric, chased people away and wouldn’t take anything from anyone.

Location: East Herrington
County: Tyne and Wear
AUD1992-11

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