When I was at school some kids used to come from a nearby village on the waterfront. When they went home at night they told us the were going to play on the wreck. I always imagined that this was some old abandonded ship, maybe a galleon or something. Years later I realised they were going to meet at the rec - short for recreation ground - where they would play on swings and slides and in the park.....
A childhood belief about in the street
others believed things like this
- I thought the “rec” button on tape recorders said wreck and it would wreck your tape if you pushed it!— Alberto Richardson
- I used to believe that boarding school was where people went to play board games.Anon
- my mum told me that the 'public' park was closing so she could go home— xx-lotty-pop-xx
- I used to think that a conductor while conducting told the players what to play as opposed to their music.— Daryl
- When I was 7 years old I used to believe that the Pirates with their ship they really existed — Enrico
- I didn't quite grasp the concept of time zones, and thought that Chinese kids went to school at night.— Giselle