One of the great joys that I had growing up (in a few different countries) was playing football (soccer) or cricket or field hockey on pavement – i.e., on the public streets. There’s childhood bliss in being able to create a make-shift goal in a neighborhood and all the local kids get together and yell and scream and play. If a car showed up we’d slow the game down, wait for the vehicle to pass, and resume.

I guess you know where I’m probably going with this – a friend of mine was told to stop playing a hockey game on the street today, by a cop. The game was largely between young kids (under 10) with a couple of adults joining in both to supervise and to have fun.

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