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Article: CONKERS AND OTHER GAMES FROM THE PAST sundaybriefing by Deborah Anderson
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- The Sunday Herald
- Article date:
- October 11, 2009
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BREAKING out the darning needles and painstakingly stringing up
conkers to battle it out with pals was once part of everyone's
childhood.
But it is a game which is disappearing, along with the likes of
hopscotch and British Bulldogs, swept aside by the Xbox and other
digital delights.
Today the game of conkers will be celebrated at the World Conker
Championships, organised by Ashton Conker Club in Northamptonshire,
with an audience of more than 4000 people.
Surrounded by horse-chestnut trees, the World Conker
Championships began in 1965 on Ashton village green but have now
moved on to a larger site.
John Hadman, one of the organisers, has been playing conkers in
Ashton for more than 70 years ...