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Both girls and boys played marbles. There were large glossy ones called ‘alleys’, while the girls played with smaller ones known as ‘pimsells’. The girls enjoyed hopscotch, while the boys preferred ‘fox and hounds’. We'd choose three or four to be foxes and they would run off with a four-minute head start and hide or keep moving around in a wood or field with long grass. The foxes had a piece of wool round their arm. After the foxes had gone the hounds had to find them and rip the wool off. This was supposed to be the end of their life. The foxes could blow the whistle or howl to give the hounds a hint. Then when all the foxes were caught the game ended. It could go on for hours.