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  1. Thoroughly enjoyed the nostalgic post. It reminded me of another post, read a few months ago where someone was writing that trees are being cut off in Canadian schools and neighbourhoods because fears were kids might try to climb them, fall and break their arms. I personally don’t know how to climb a tree but my mum does and grandma was a champion of climbing trees. But my younger cousins (who happen to live in Canada) don’t even know if people ever climbed something called a tree but they know every wrestler, boxer and Porsche on the TV. It’s sad that the future of our world would one day lie on their fragile shoulders.

    Monsieur, you could teach our grandkids about Conkers. You and other elders could form a local society to help these games from being extinct. A lot is possible if you have help.

    Anyways, thank you and hopefully I’ll use that for TPA.

    P.S: Could girls of your time play Conkers or was it just boys game?

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    • I don’t remember girls playing conkers, although no reason why they shouldn’t have. Gender roles were much more clearly defined two generations ago, whereas today all games are open to everyone, and quite rightly too. They did climb trees though and often better at it than me. Girls who liked playing boys games were known as tomboys. You don’t hear that word now, as girls play football and rugby, and boys do cookery at school as a mainline subject, which is good,
      I shall look forward to reading your link


  2. Monsieur, I was rereading this post and noticed you used ‘sixer’ and ‘tenner’. What do they mean? Like six Conkers left or ten Conkers left?

    Also do you know if this game by played by French boys of your time?

    Thank you in advance.

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