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www.dailymail.co.uk said:
Historians have uncovered photos of the world’s first children’s slide – it was built 90 years ago this week from a giant plank of wood with no sides and no safety surface.
The primitive piece of play equipment was constructed in 1922 by Charles Wicksteed, who also invented the modern swing and revolutionized the way children played outdoors.
Girls and boys can be seen climbing the dangerously steep four-metre high ladder in these charming sepia-tinted photographs, then pushing themselves down the long wooden plank, which has nothing to stop them falling off.
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The primitive piece of play equipment was constructed in 1922 by Charles Wicksteed, who also invented the modern swing and revolutionized the way children played outdoors.
Girls and boys can be seen climbing the dangerously steep four-metre high ladder in these charming sepia-tinted photographs, then pushing themselves down the long wooden plank, which has nothing to stop them falling off.
Read more...
