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Jubilee street closure= fit children.

We seem to have made a habit of expanding primary schools by building new ones in the playgrounds of existing ones. Does exercise suffer? I find myself singing praise on the council for providing free road closure for the Jubilee parties throughout the borough. In our party-decorated, car-free street there were about 45 children. Badminton, scooter TT races, hopscotch, football, three-legged races and complete exhaustion. Who needs the Olympics? Free road closure throughout the year means this sort of healthy barely supervised fun for kids that we oldies remember in our childhood but on a regular basis. Yea and now I've tried it I like being a street drinker. Hey and the Queen approved too.

Arthur Breens ● 5078d3 Comments

Kids need exercise and it's a tragedy that seems to need to be scheduled these days along with the 1000 other things that kids do.I remember 'going out to play' as being just about the only activity in my not so distant youth!

Sam Salisbury ● 5077d

Hurrah to your post Arthur!!Great to see kids doing this weekend what I did 30 plus years ago without a PSP or games console in sight. This weekend and the Jubilee events left me feeling quite emotional at certain points, remembering better times....Silly sod I am!!

Bud Richards ● 5077d

It just needs parents to spend more active time with their kids and stop threatening to take legal action against schools who want their 'little treasures' to play outside when it is wet (seriously). Kids are precious but parents need perspective. Cosseting children from all danger will do nothing for either their long-term health or self-confidence.

Nigel Brooks ● 5078d