70s playground equipment

All the parts look original. Of course most parks didnt have a four-story roof slide 50 foot steel tower or bloody Aztec stone temple slide.

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Miracle Equipment Company of Grinnell Iowa and Jamison Fantasy Equipment of Los Angeles California which manufactured a moon rocket nautilus submarine and space slide.

. Sony 75 75XE9405 Marantz SR7012 514 Atmos Monitor Audio Gold 100 C150 A10 C265-IDC SVS SB2000HTPCXbox SX. The playground equipment was dismantled despite the objections. Lawyers and regulators have all but killed the traditional Jungle Gym a piece of playground equipment that was tall and unforgiving of mistakes. Time Is Money Youll Save Both When You Buy Our Playground Equipment.

Consumer Product Safety Commission CPSC didnt exist before 1972 late Baby Boomers got away with playing with a lot of toys in the 1960s-early 1970s that would never pass muster. We had an 8 foot tall football shaped monkey bar structure in our school playground. They also removed the 56 seater rocking horse from the parks round my way. And as the old adage goes the bigger the better.

Two companies were noted for their military and space-themed playground equipment. Get a free quote on your new playground set today. And while 70s and 80s kids might fondly reminisce and call modern playgrounds soft anyone who taught in those decades knows updates had to be made70s and 80s playgrounds were basically an invitation to the emergency room. CA 1895 RARE HOLOW PREMIERE MALLARD.

VTG Playground Modular Gym Swing Set Parrott Pattern Overlay Building Plans. And kids can also turn things that dont look like playground equipment into a fun thing to climb. The merry-go-round as I prefer to call it is a favorite among children who have the need for speed. Most like the Central Park playground above were fairly simple.

Monkey bars a slide a merry-go-round and a swing-set all on a nice rock-hard surface. A Space Age rocket-themed playground set by Miracle Playground Equipment introduced circa 1968 photographed in Burlington Colorado in 2009. With Christmas just around the corner and millions of kids eagerly waiting to open presents I thought it was a good time to look back at a few toys of the past. Tire swings tire bridge tire wall.

Growing up in suburban Los Angeles in the 70s meant lots of time at the local playground. Dont fall on each other kids. Looking for top-quality affordable commercial playground equipment for sale that kids will love. Contact Us Design Your Schools Perfect Playground.

VINTAGE EARLY HEDDON 100 FAT BODY M. It all worked and provided hours of fun. Skip to Main Content Close. The Boston Sand Gardens became the first supervised.

Vintage NOS 1970s MPI Old School Sk. As long as cars and stampeding horses werent involved parents were happy. Photos by Brenda Biondo That said removing and replacing playground equipment. Playground equipment manufacturers offer a multitude of pre-designed playgrounds as well as endless possibilities with custom designed one of a kind playgrounds that are tailored for your needs space and budget.

Two seesaws and a snail-shaped climber circa 1970s photographed in Vandergrift Pennsylvania in 2007. Scary playground equipment was by no means exclusive to the US. In her photo-essay published on Divine Caroline Dahlia Rideout contemplates the wonders and dangers of playgrounds of the 70s. Zakrzewska a German woman brought the idea to Boston in 1885.

Clowns are scary especially for anyone whos seen the horror classic It. Great deals on Playground Equipment. So please when you find monkey bars taunting you from ten feet off the ground. Mary-Goes-Down aka Merry.

For decades playgrounds evolved with some of the riskier features being removed or dumbed down turns out kids. This piece of playground equipment goes by a few different names including the roundabout merry-go-round and carousel. Veteran teachers take a look at these photos and remember we survived. Old dangerous playground equipment can still be found.

The real purge started in 1988. We called this the big slide because it was so high compared with the nearby small slide. Growing up in Kansas in the 60s and 70s most of these pieces were still around. Hardness ASTM D2240-66T 1000 psi minimum tensile strength ASTM D638 ASTM D412 Resistant to abrasion.

Avondale Lake Avon IL I first went down the big slide in 1946 making the slide at least 63 years old. Contact us to learn more or request a catalog. Old-school playground equipment created for bending the twig. The idea for supervised playgrounds originated in Germany as a way to keep children from playing in the streets.

We gleefully jumped off the top of that thing into small piles of sand. Almost every town or city park had swings teeter totters a jungle gym monkey bars horizontal bars for the girls to do knee spins on one or two or more steel slippery slides. Fast Free shipping on many items. Getting out to nature involved a car trip and because most suburbs were planned in the.

We offer quick delivery of outdoor playsets swings slides and other play structures. Ad For Schools Of Any Budget. Playgrounds of the 70s. AAA State of Play is the trusted supplier of durable commercial playground equipment for schools parks day-care facilities and churches across the country with expertise in providing a variety of fun safe products for kids.

As I remember it this was the most used piece of equipment in the park it was great fun. Judging from the 16 ladder steps the height to the slide platform is about 15 ft. Just finished the 4 way teeter totter today it is also sand blasted and powder coated except for the figurines they are hand painted by both my daugthers and myself. In the 70s and 80s if you went to the playground it seemed like at least half of it consisted of stuff made from tires.

Its use however is all the same. Ad Save Time Money While Choosing The Playground Equipment Vendors That You Need. What a circus act. These playgrounds were piles of sand and police supervised the children.