Step back into your childhood with John Turrell, and reminisce about school playground games from years past.
Based on more than 20 years of research into children’s games and child-lore across Herefordshire and Worcestershire between 1880 and 2010, Turrell’s book Acky, Acky 1, 2, 3! is a deep dive into the games played – from tag to What’s the Time Mr. Wolf – the songs sung and the rhymes that were chanted by children in the streets and in school playgrounds across the two counties.
This event, ironically not suitable for children, is an uncensored look at games and their contribution to social history, and why children’s games are still alive and thriving. Expect fun and, of course, games. Turrell is a former teacher, and researcher with a long-time interest in children’s play and language.
PLEASE NOTE: Readers will find examples of offensive language at various points in the book. This book records the words used by the contributors without any attempt to censor them.That does not mean that any of them are condoned or approved of, but that actual usage is kept in the interests of social history and recording the reality of children’s play. Readers may find the racial language, the slurs and stereotyping offensive – it was and still is.
