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
5. Playgrounds of peril
No weight restrictions on this rickety looking roundabout. The delighted youngsters from Christ Church School, Preston, were in a spin when councillors invited them to the official opening of a new playground at Hartington Road Photo: Archive
6. Playgrounds of peril
Whoops! An official red tape mix-up has robbed children of their favourite playground. While Town Hall officials were congratulating themselves on providing the adventure fun park - workmen were bulldozing it flat. Diggers and cutting equipment moved in as officials sat back oblivious to what was happening - workmen had got the wrong playground. Pictured is Bob Smithson with his workers among the playground wreckage on Smiths Recreation Ground in Frenchwood Photo: Archive