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After school and weekend activities

TheCatWoman

Were you taken to after school and weekend activities, like dance classes, brownies/guides, cubs and scouts, sunday school etc? 

I think they're a lot more common now, every child's life seems to be full of activities, but when I was younger there didn't seem to be so many and I was never allowed to go anyway.

Do you feel that lack of activities has held you back in some way, or did you dread being forced to go to them?

I'm really interested in how social groups and social skills develop as well as anything people learn such as music, dance, drama etc. How were these things introduced to you? For me things like singing and dancing were something people on telly did, not quite real and something that it never occured to me that I could do.

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  • I went to Brownies and Guides, but that was because my Mum did and enjoyed it. I enjoyed doing some badges as you could choose things that fitted with your interests. When I was in Rangers we did the Duke of Edinburgh Award and my interest was meteorology. I remember getting daily weather maps sent from the Met office, as well as keeping my own readings. That was mainly just once a week. I didn't do dance as I would have been too ungainly. I couldn't have done like some children who did something nearly every day of the week.

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  • I went to Brownies and Guides, but that was because my Mum did and enjoyed it. I enjoyed doing some badges as you could choose things that fitted with your interests. When I was in Rangers we did the Duke of Edinburgh Award and my interest was meteorology. I remember getting daily weather maps sent from the Met office, as well as keeping my own readings. That was mainly just once a week. I didn't do dance as I would have been too ungainly. I couldn't have done like some children who did something nearly every day of the week.

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