1. Playgrounds of peril
Look at the size of that slide! This picture was taken in 1965 - showing the communal provision of children's playgrounds such as this in Ashton Park, Preston, a fairly recent innovation on the British scene Photo: Archive
2. Playgrounds of peril
This is my favourite of these photos - showing children at the Grange after-school play centre - all the way back in 1969! How many more children can that pole hold up? Photo: Archive
3. Playgrounds of peril
Small playing areas like this were dotted all around the county - this 1969 version of the see-saw is not a patch on the modern ones we see now Photo: Archive
4. Playgrounds of peril
We're in the 1970s now, and Paul, three, and Ian Yates, six, watch David Hehir, 19, build a log ladder at a "peppercorn play-area" at Oxford Street in Preston's Avenham district Photo: Archive