Story: Culture and recreation in the city

Kids skipping

Kids skipping

The Binns children play with a skipping rope at the back of their Grey Lynn home in Auckland, about 1905. City kids often played in their backyards or in the street.

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Auckland City Libraries - Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero, Sir George Grey Special Collections
Reference: 80-BIN60
Photograph by Ernest Charles Binns

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How to cite this page:

Jock Phillips, 'Culture and recreation in the city - Making their own fun', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/25664/kids-skipping (accessed 20 April 2024)

Story by Jock Phillips, published 11 Mar 2010