Maybe it is just the angle, but why are the kids jumping out those windows and not the ones that seem to be directly over the mattresses? I guess this shows my age: my first reaction was to ensure these kiddos were safe! It does look wicked fun!!
this post was submitted on 13 Feb 2025
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They aren't falling straight down.
Those windows seem easier (even safer) to climb than the others where they would have to support themselves on the frame.
See? You are the one I want to have around when I'm doing these kind of things. You are completely right, those other windows aren't as easy or safe! I just didn't notice and would have fallen to my death with the sash most likely. Having smart friends who think more clearly than "yes, let me do something dangerous for fun!" is awesome and the reason I have to still alive.
What about the kid who is actively falling straight down?
You say that based on Doppler effect or you have more frames?
He's clearly facing a diagonal that will lead to the mattresses. People usually jump on the direction they are facing, but there isn't enough information on the image to tell if he's doing the things people do most of the time or if he's laughing after jumping to his death in a very unusual position.
I don't know what's going on haha but it looks to me like the kid is jumping beside the mattresses which is kinda funny.
They might be trying to do a roll on impact, so horizontal momentum might be intended.
Yeah! That's even more fun!
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Comment from an old reddit post:
Ashfield Valley estate in Rochdale. It was completed in 1969 and while it was initially popular, like many housing estates at the time, it quickly declined and by the 1980s was a haven for drug users, glue sniffers and squatters as well as being home to a large number of families, OAP's and single people. In January 1987, frozen water pipes cracked, flooding 15 of the 26 blocks. Many of the tenants were evacuated, with some having to sleep in a local church. 23 blocks were demolished in 1992.
That's crazy!
But it looks like crazy fun...
1980s England wasn't the most sheltered place I guess
1980s everywhere
Really? Given your history, West Germany as well?
Everywhere, really.
Well at least the places i went to school. Germany ( It was West Germany back then ), Brazil, USA and Colombia.
I feel like all the sheltering came around in the 90s.
I mean, I'm guessing some of the 90s sheltering was maybe in response to the crazy 80s
What's the spring situation like here? Did mattresses not have them back then? Have they been removed?
My mattresses were just stuffing. The spring board under it had the springs. Do you have springs in your mattress now. I went memory foam and air combo decades ago so im not sure what a typical one has now.
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I did this in the 70s!!!!!!! good old days :)
Holy shit!!! We did that too! And we did it inside the building too.
We used to do this off roofs into the snow as a kid.
I did that until i knocked a kidney stone loose at 14
Good, clean fun.