When Kids Could Play Outside (Paperback)

When Tom a forty three year old man goes on a quiet bicycle ride in the Cotswold the last thing he expects, is that his life will soon change forever. Tom crashes & as he lies dying in a damp cold forest he takes his final breath but instead of passing over to the other side, he gets re-born in the mid to late 70's as a seven year old boy in a mining village where he grew up getting a second chance to re-live his life all over again. The stories come fast & furious in this true & somewhat controversial account of growing up in the 70's, it's a time with very little rules or restriction & playing outside was an education in its own right, a test of true character & survival. Nothing is off limits as Tom re-lives an era full of danger, competitiveness, pranks, freedom & fun something that the modern generation of children have been deprived of. When kids "could" play outside will transport you back to 70's when computer games & the internet were still in their infancy & children's idea of fun was a simple outdoor active. This is a must read for anyone who was lucky enough to have grown up the 70's & had to discover who they were the hard way.