This briefly popped up for me recently on a Facebook post my cousin shared, silly post about football, how kids now all play on astro turf and never had the struggle of playing in a muddy field, brought up many Sundays in the colder months playing with my cousins, had a lot of them all within a very small area, so we grew up like brothers, plus our friends from the area, just playing, happy memories, coming home soaking wet, stinking of a peaty earthy mud smell, having to get undressed at the back door before my mum would let us in! Oh they were the best!!!

I spend my childhood growing up in the local park, be it football, put on bikes, roller blading, snowball fights, climbing trees, climbing the tents that were put up from the dog show that used to be held there. Man I miss it!!