Relive your Manchester school days with these iconic playground games we loved

Arguably the best thing about school was the hours spent in the playground having fun with our friends and getting competitive while playing a variety of games and activities.

Like many areas across the UK, Manchester has a handful of playground games that children have enjoyed for decades. Some are still popular today, while others are lesser known - especially those that are considered a little violent nowadays.

Below is a selection of some of the most iconic playground games that the majority of us will remember fondly - or not so fondly, if you were rubbish at them!

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A game that could sometimes cause injury is Conkers. Two players each have a conker threaded onto a string or shoelace which is wrapped around their hand. They must hold the string still and take it in turns to hit each other’s conker. The aim is to break your opponent’s conker, resulting in yours being the only one remaining.

Probably the simplest playground game there is, but one that can go on for what feels like hours. A child is chosen as “it” and chases the other players around the playground trying to tag one of them. If you get tagged, you become “it”. Blind Man’s Bluff makes the game a little harder, with whoever is “it” wearing a blindfold.

Many of us will remember the cuts and bruises we often received while playing British Bulldog. Usually the game involves one or more children being selected as the bulldog and standing in the middle of the playground or playing field.

The remaining players stand at one end of the area and attempt to leg it to the other