The terrifying playgrounds of the past
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Anonymous
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Where's the mulch?
http://rarehistoricalphotos.com/dangerous-playgrounds-1900s/ 
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Anonymous
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Mulch is for sissies, we had rocks. |
Anonymous
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Yes, we had pebbles under the monkey bars and the climbing done.
We also had a merry go round, haven't seen those in ages. |
Anonymous
| Ha! We had one similar in height when I was in first grade overseas. |
Anonymous
We had metal maypoles! All the empty metal handles would swing around and clock you on the head!
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Anonymous
| I love 'danger' playgrounds! Merry-go-rounds, see-saws, metal slides, roller slides, big metal jungle gyms... |
Anonymous
| Actually, playgrounds in most western countries outside of the US are more like those than like our infantilized playgrounds here. And their kids are less likely to have acute or long-term health problems. A playground like that in the OP is far better for a child than spending all day every day indoors the way most kids do when not in school. |
Anonymous
Those were the days!
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Anonymous
There is one at Meadow Lane Park in Vienna |
Anonymous
| Those playgrounds motivated us to take our play seriously. No accidents, or as few accidents as possible, made us more physically adept! |
Anonymous
We had asphalt. It was so hot on the feet in the summer. I loved the merry go round. |
Anonymous
I remember broken arms, broken legs, sprained ankles. Some kids are daredevils, some kids are careless. We can think the old fashioned, dangerous playgrounds were better for a variety of reasons, but they weren't safe. |
Anonymous
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Metal slides that would singe your legs going down. Super fun climbing up these slides, too.
Metal/steel playground equipment to include a dome, monkey bars, a dragon, a high slide and low slide, see saws (with tires submerged for cushioning), those metal animals on springs, merry go rounds and best of all, gray pea gravel under our feet. I can hear the crunch crunch sound of all F the kind s running around! Local to Fairfax County. I'm 48. Anyone else remember playing in retired, gutted airplanes? Recall this was a thing. USAF surplus planes. I remember my fave was in Van Dyck Park in Fairfax. |
Anonymous
Omg my grade school had one of these! |
Anonymous