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The dates mentioned in this article mesh perfectly with my memories. I know that in my school district, the merry-go-rounds and monkey bars were yanked out of every elementary school in the county only a year or so after I made the jump to junior high, so we're talking around 1982 or so.

And for what it's worth, I did see a LOT of kids get hurt on those things on a regular basis. But they were usually kids I didn't like, so I thought they deserved it. ;)

That's about the time I made the jump too, but they hung around for a little longer and can still be found in lower income areas if you look hard enough or old parks. There is a very small, old park that is part of a historical home here in Ohio and there is on of the merry go rounds there that they mentioned--there is one in the small town of Richmond, Indiana too-we found that one time when we took a break from driving. My daughter, 5, just LOVES the merry go round and see saws.

BTW, I got a black eye when I ran into the cross bar of a swingset(circ 1974) one time while running away from a boy who had a frog!