Childhood Memories

Childrens' Activities and Resources

Hedge Detectives

Spot the Bittern

Birds and Birdwatching

Be an Oral Historian

Play

Elaine Griffin Singh
- Childhood in Ely's open spaces.
Dudley Coleridge
- Swinging on drag lines
Michelle George
- Playing with trainee guide dogs (1)
- (2)
Roger Newstead
- Imaginative outdoor play.

Collecting

Roger Newstead
- Pond dipping
Flanders Hopkins
- Birds eggs
George Reynolds
- Planespotting

Swimming & Boating

Dudley Coleridge
- Open-air swimming
Flanders Hopkins
- Non swimmer in the blue lagoon
George Reynolds
- Playing on the islands
- Swimming

Children's jobs

Flanders Hopkins
- Helping with harvest
Peter Lee
- Delivering milk
Fruit picking
- Peter Lee: Picking apples
- George Reynolds: Fruit picking

Fishing

Elaine Griffin Singh
- Fishing - The one that didn't get away.
John Lupson
- Catching fish for supper and taking birds' eggs.