Under 65...

[sYc]

One of the biggest changes I see is in sports, at least around here. Year round we were outside playing some sort of sport, with friends or if all else failed, alone. Now it is rare to see one youngster, much less a group, playing ball.

I can remember shooting baskets with gloves on because it was so cold. And how about playing "burnout" with a baseball, ouch.

[Mr70]

Same here.
We used to play Softball,Football and Hockey on the street.
Everytime a car came,we all yelled "CAR"..and stopped the game momentarily,only to resume play the minute the cussing driver was out of the vicinity.
We carried over onto the local fields as we grew older & more serious.
Today,there are no fewer then 6 public fields I drive by daily,and not one time Jan.-Dec. have I seen any gathering of kids playing anything on them.Just dog walkers.
Why were they constructed?

[firstgenaddict]

Yep... Everything was played in the street when I was a kid...

[69LM1]

It is actually against the law here to play street ball!

[Z-11 396]

Alot of us were into this....Kasey

http://oldfortyfives.com/TakeMeBackToTheFifties.htm