Summer playschemes have long been a mainstay of holiday activities for children, especially of working parents. Here’s some pictures looking back to playschemes in past years.
9. Singalong time
Pictured at the Coronation Club, Stuart Street, Thurnscoe, where Curt and Joanne of Barnsley group N'Chanted were performing for the Station House Community Association summer playscheme on August 22, 2001 Photo: Mike Waistell (Staff)
10. Good eggs
Netherthorpe and Upperthorpe young people's platform (NUYPP) held an 'eggstravaganza' during their 2003 Easter playscheme at the Ponderosa, Crookes Valley. Ready for the egg and spoon race are, left to right, Liah Edwardes, 9, Joy, aged 6, and Hamse Jama, aged 11 Photo: Andrew Partridge
11. All aboard
Youngsters from the Beighton Playscheme aboard Princess Katharine, leaving the Sheffield Canal Basin for a trip down the South Yorkshire Navigation Canal on August 13, 1979 Photo: Sheffield Newspapers Ltd
12. Having a swinging time
Children at the Hasland Youth Club playscheme in Chesterfield on August 16, 1971 Photo: ©Sheffield Newspapers Ltd