Anya and I visited the temporary installation of retro playground equipment at Raffles Place on Saturday. This is the sort of playground I grew up playing at and I really wanted her to be able to share that. We were very happy to bump into Ling Siew and family there because it meant that Anya had someone her size to see-saw with.
When I was a kid, I loved hanging out at the playground with friends and neighbours. I remember playing often at the playground at the flats near my grandmother’s place in Veerasamy Rd. My fond memories of the playground of my childhood include spinning on the merry-go-round until I was dizzy, swinging so high I felt like I was about to fly off into space, and leaving the person on the other side of the see-saw stuck in mid-air and suddenly banging the see-saw down to the ground! Good times. ;)
retro ice-shaver
old-school snacks
games we played
swinging
see-saw
merry-go-round
frisbee
the little one joins in
sand is fun
‘Playsets of Yesteryears’ will be at Raffles Place until 19 May, after which it will move on to East Coast Park, Bishan-AMK Park and Singapore Botanic Gardens.
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