Past, caring: Tony D’Souza’s Thought for the Week

‘These were the greatest adventure playgrounds imaginable.’

by Tony D’Souza 19th November 2021

My childhood memories are of carefree days spent playing on the old bomb sites of London. These were the greatest adventure playgrounds imaginable. The fallen masonry, the crushed arches, and the little culverts where you could hide, giggling, while your playmates looked for you. We played for hours on end. Sometimes, in summer, you could put your hand on the bricks and almost feel the heat from the fires of the blitz.