3 | Flip a Coin and Take a Trip Down
Memory Lane
This is one for the whole family and perhaps your elderly neighbors too.
Politely ask them to dig around for an old half-penny coin (or equivalent
out-dated coin depending on your homeland), perhaps a vintage travel
guide (such as one ofthese) and if you really want to commit yourself, a
vintage bicycle or Penny Farthing from an antique store—complete with
a set of retro trouser clips.
Once your intergenerational team has rounded itself up, set off down
your local road at a moderate pace and at each junction take it in turns to
flip your coin. Heads = go left. Tails = go right. Repeat this process for an
afternoon and along the way ask each other about memories from each
place or junction—what did these places look like 10 or even 20 years
ago? What has changed and what has remained the same? Enjoy the
leisurely ride down memory lane.