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Five small boys and two girls walking along a brick wallJan 1935

by Sam Hood
These young children from the 1930s probably enjoyed freedom unknown to Sydney children of the same age today. Roaming the back streets with your mates in bare feet was a popular way to spend the summer holidays for many children in the inner city and suburbs.