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Every playground in the largely "health and safety"-free UK had those, until about the late 1980s when they all seemed to get cut away and scrapped almost simul
by Gordonjcp 4y ago
Every playground in the largely "health and safety"-free UK had those, until about the late 1980s when they all seemed to get cut away and scrapped almost simultaneously. While technically it's not actually illegal to crush small children with 300kg of scaff poles and keyclamps, it turns out that it *is* in fact frowned upon, and some sort of rule was introduced.
- jaclaz 4y agoWell, there was also (at least here in Italy) what I call the great pavement revolution. In the old times these structures were installed everywhere, if you were lucky it was grass or dirt, but gravel, concrete or asphalt were all common (roughly in ascending order of seriousness of bruises[1]). Then, around the late '90's came out some new norms that imposed soft pavements and playgrounds were updated with these new floors (and new structures), UNI/BS EN 1176 and 1177. [1] personally I have very few photos as a kid without one or both knees bruised, though riding the bycicle was another common cause