Jackstones and a spider-web mirror

I was at Peckham Rd school from 1944 to 1954.Was Marlene Hodge in those days.Went from infants to senior school there.Looking back I realise what a great education we had there and it was a happy school.Teachers were strict but fair. I lived in Longford Road at the back of the King Charles pub.Have happy memories of being able to play in the street for hours.We played hopscotch and skipping and marbles and I had many a small bruise on the back of my hands playing jackstones with real stones!Then we would spend hours drawing different colours on our tops and whip them around to see what they looked like. Remember when we used to get a twig from the hedge and form a round shape with it and then go round collecting all the spiders webs to form what we thought was a mirror. We used to have ‘concerts’ in our back garden singing and dancing etc we thought we were great ha ha.All these pleasures did not cost a penny and made us kids so happy.Tried to introduce my grandchildren to these pleasures they would try the games for a bit and then I used to get ‘can we go and watch TV now Nan. Well I suppose times move on and we all have to go with the flow and I must admit I do love my computer and my Kindle Fire.