I organised a play street for 4 years between 2014-2018 in St George, Bristol. Our street has only 30 houses and isn’t a through road; a core group of 7 households responded to my initial invitation to be involved in our regular playing out sessions, which we held at varied frequency – weekly, fortnightly and monthly – over the years. Children living in the street aged from 2yrs – 12yrs played out and were sometimes joined by friends from nearby streets. It was a marvellous time, with outdoor play and neighbours chatting becoming the norm again after decades of the street space feeling that it belonged to cars rather than people.
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