Thankfully I had my childhood but in the late 60s, early 70s and we did all the things that are now considered dangerous. That was called having a childhood. Not sitting at home running your life on facebook and inviting the lads around for a game playing session.
This is why today's generation are clueless with practical things like levers, ropes, weights and everything else. All those things we learnt out in the real world by actually building things like camps and rope swings in dangerous places.
I grew up in the late 70s and remember being warned over and over not to go play at the nearby disused brick pits, some of which had been flooded, I remember lectures at school about how you couldnt see what was in the bottom, quite likely the bottom was very very deep, risk of drowning etc.
they did eventually drain one the pits and the crap in the bottom of it put me off wanting to swim in it ever.
Thankfully I had my childhood but in the late 60s, early 70s and we did all the things that are now considered dangerous. That was called having a childhood. Not sitting at home running your life on facebook and inviting the lads around for a game playing session.
This is why today's generation are clueless with practical things like levers, ropes, weights and everything else. All those things we learnt out in the real world by actually building things like camps and rope swings in dangerous places.
Yeah, plus the voice of Donald Pleasence to catch the show offs and the unwary......I do think the children of the 1970's should be awarded a medal for survival without the aid of a hi-vis....:D
i'm really saddened to hear another teenager has lost his life due to swimming in a quarry. I'm just confused as to what kinds of difficulties these teens get into, is it the cold, is it underwater hazards??
It just seems so tragic that a seemingly innocent activity is so dangerous and these deaths seem particularly sad.
It happens every summer and it's a tragedy for all those poor families who lose their children this way. These quarries are often very deep and may, as already stated, have hidden obstacles and projections and so anyone swimming or diving could get into a lot of trouble.
I'd like to see greater education about this danger within schools and the opening up of more school and other swimming pools during the summer to help prevent these tragedies.
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That's a fair point and no lifeguards sitting on a high chair looking bored like at the swimming pools either
I grew up in the late 70s and remember being warned over and over not to go play at the nearby disused brick pits, some of which had been flooded, I remember lectures at school about how you couldnt see what was in the bottom, quite likely the bottom was very very deep, risk of drowning etc.
they did eventually drain one the pits and the crap in the bottom of it put me off wanting to swim in it ever.
Why exactly is that though? Something to do with the weight? Is fresh water heavier?
It happens every summer and it's a tragedy for all those poor families who lose their children this way. These quarries are often very deep and may, as already stated, have hidden obstacles and projections and so anyone swimming or diving could get into a lot of trouble.
I'd like to see greater education about this danger within schools and the opening up of more school and other swimming pools during the summer to help prevent these tragedies.