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SidneyKay
Upstart Joined: 01 Nov 2007 Posts: 4 Location: USA	Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 1:35 pm    Post subject: Regency Children games?   Since computers or tv weren't around then, just what kind of activities did Regency children do? What kind of games did they have? _________________ Kay
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Candice
Queen of the Board Joined: 14 Sep 2006 Posts: 2731 Location: Minneapolis, MN	Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 1:50 am    Post subject: Re: Regency Children games?   SidneyKay wrote: Since computers or tv weren't around then, just what kind of activities did Regency children do? What kind of games did they have? Same things we had when I was a kid. (Oh Lord, I feel old!) Board games, spillikins (similar to pick-up sticks), badminton (called battledore and shuttlecock), blind man's buff, charades, hide and seek, card games, hoops, dolls. I once saw a wonderful Regency paperdoll book on the UK version of Antique Roadshow. So, other than electronics, bikes, and all things plastic, not much has changed. _________________
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KalenHughes
Viscountess of the Manor Joined: 20 Sep 2006 Posts: 1100	Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 9:02 am    Post subject:   They had "sports", too. They had skating and curling (if they lived in the right places), and riding (this is how I spent LARGE parts of my childhood). Boys might have had fencing lessons. _________________ -Kalen w/a Isobel Carr Ripe for Pleasure, May 2011 Book 1: The League of Second Sons www.isobelcarr.com
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