I never had any real boundaries as a kid, in the sense that my parents never told me I couldn't go to X or passed Y. I was pretty much allowed to do what I wanted. Never got grounded either. My parents were obviously far too lenient.
We used to have tournaments that involved almost all the kids (of a range of ages) in the area. There would be bike races, kerby (other people played this, right?!), water pistol fights, football matches, rugby matches, rounders games, everything really.
I had to pay for my own phone calls, and considering I never got any pocket money (we had a spare change jar that I could pilfer), it wasn't easy.
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