Freedom to play : we made our own fun / Norah L. Lewis, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lewis, Norah Lillian, 1935-

Series:

Studies in childhood and family in Canada.

Studies in childhood and family in Canada

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Amusements--Canada--History--20th century.

Amusements.

Play--Canada--History--20th century.

Play.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

""When we were children we made our own fun"" is a frequent comment from those who were children in pre-television times. But what games, activities and amusements did children enjoy prior to the mid-1950's? Recollections of older Canadians, selections from writings by Canadian authors and letters written to the children's pages of agricultural publications indicate that for most children play was then, as now, an essential part of childhood. Through play, youngsters developed the physical, mental and emotional skills that helped them cope with life and taught them to get along with

Contents:

CONTENTS; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; GO OUTSIDE AND PLAY; Betty Bell: The Fair Land; Anna V.M. Robinson: Happy Mountaineers; Fanny Heeks: Good Times at Oakville; Don Clay: The Absolute Freedom We Had; Helga Erlindson: A Trip on a Steamer; Wild Rose: Wild Flowers; Eileen Scott Campbell: We Were Free to Roam; A Farmer Boy: (untitled); R.B. Green: We Always Found Something to Do; Earl Sherman: I Was Into Everything When It Came to Sports; Peggy Sherman: Songs to Sing, Games to Play,and Places to Explore; Rex G. Krepps: When Our Parents Were Away

Dick Saunders: Growing Up in North-Central British Columbia Gary L. Saunders: Rattles and Steadies: Memoirs of a Gander River Man; Judy Wells: I Can't Remember a Dull Moment; Paul Barker: The Effects of a Distant War; Kim Gosse Hilliard: My Games Parallel My Life; PLAYING IS PLAYING WHEN SHARED; Ethel Swan: Maple Leaf Club Picnic; Chick: Strange Bedfellows; The Kay Children; Scouts and Smoking: (untitled); Barry Broadfoot: The Very Best Time for Us; Janet McNab: School Field Day; Byron Kingsbury: Sports Were Fine; Ellsworth V. Griffin: Went to Picnic in an Ox Cart

Margaret Muskett: Going to Make a Playhouse Reggie Meeks: Boys' Farming Club; Ann Thrasher Rogers: From Small Town to Big City; Hattie Morrill: Camp Fire Girl; Iola Crouse: A Charivari; Ivy Moulton: How I Had Fun as a Kid; Dawn McKim: We Had Freedom Galore; Wilhemena Rosin: More Praise for the Red Cross; Bill Wells: Being Youngest Had Its Advantages; Janet Reid: Growing Up in the Ottawa Area; Janet Marshall: Cut Outs and Other Games; Olga Kudurudz: Dauphin Fair; Mary Kett: (Untitled); Nellie Mailie: Camping with the Guides; Pathfinder-in-Chief: Boy Scout Week

Jean Wilson: A Very Busy Childhood Tony Plomp: Through the Eyes of a Newcomer; Polly King: Paper Doll Poems; PLAYING IS PLAYING GAMES; Henry Barone: We Knew How to Have Fun; Hal C. Sisson: Lefty Wilson and the Naked Lady; Mariposa Lily: A Fine Coasting Tray; Clarence Orser: Made a Pair of Skis; Anemone: Tennis and Golf; Ina Trudgeon: The Games Kids (Used to) Play; Laura Whitelaw: A Game of War; Ruth Pinder: A Skating Party; Theodore Holden: Making a Rink; Freda Mallory: We Organized Ourselves; Margaret Walker: Every Season Had Its Activities; Gwyneth Davies: A Skating Party

Fred Greaves: Games of War Walter Kenyon: Scotch Games at Banff; Helen Porter: Playing Marbles the St. John's Way; Hugh and Jim McCullum: Childhood Games in the Yukon in the 1930's; Margaret Nichols: Growing Up in Quebec; Lis Schmidt Robert: There Were Lots of Playmates; Twilight: Spring Sport; Helen Hansen: Seems Like Old Times; Olive Kastaskuk: A "Muligan" Roast; CREATING THEIR OWN EQUIPMENT; Evan Shute: Insect Collection; Simon Gaudet: A Mechanical Leaf; Danny Goosen: Enjoys Doing Fretwork; E.H. Harris: Building Boats Along the Skeena; Margaret Dwyer: Birds Returning; Carl Victor Friesen: Whoopie Ti Yi Yo!

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9786610925629

9781280925627

1280925620

9780889207318

0889207313

OCLC:

753479527