Are these still used in schools?

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Optima44@reddit

I got hit round the head with one of these. Hurt so badly.

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CharieRarie@reddit

Yup I work in a primary school and these are still very much in use! One kid could even skip with them, very impressive.

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One of my first more serious injuries was from something similar to this. If I remember correctly, we (for some reason) had a skateboard on a rope. I was on the skateboard, someone pulled the rope, and it hurt a lot.

Absolute deathtraps.

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Motor-Platform295@reddit

Weren't they called Romper Stompers?

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Kooky-mutant@reddit

I work in a school that has these !

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LeniJF@reddit

As someone who works in Education admin and put an order in for some of these yesterday, yes they are still used.

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SunJay333@reddit

They terrified me because always fell off. Would do a weird little shuffle in them

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Cumulus-Crafts@reddit

Bildad the Shuite mention raaagh

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ceeearan@reddit

I don't know tbh, I haven't been at school for years now.

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Holy_God@reddit

Had them in 2007 ish

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TheThingwithTheFeath@reddit

Ohhh I remember these! You would stand on them and hold the strings and try to walk! We had them in the early 2010s.

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Auntie_Cagul@reddit

1970s here..

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Paull7@reddit

Used them in the early 00s primary school

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Sophisticated-Tiger@reddit

Soooo....not that thing where you put dtring between two cans and make a telephone line? I jest of course, I know they are stilts.

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tiny-brit@reddit

I was in primary school in 2009 and I have no idea what this is.

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jimmybiggles@reddit

i was in primary back then too, they're like stilts - stand on the "bucket", pull the string up, and it's like arm-assisted walking kinda? we had the bright idea of doing a race on these across our concrete playground... 3 out of 8 of us gashed up their faces pretty good 😅 but at least i won 😉

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Ok_Bumblebee_9873@reddit

Bucket stilts. I remember having them back in the late 90s early 2000s.

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Bloxxerboi@reddit

Cuppy-duppy-suppies or whatever i called them

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Phat-Lines@reddit

I was also in primary in 2009 and I remember these but never used them. You put your feet on them and hold the string and pull up, so you can walk as if they were your feet.

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DozyDrake@reddit

"used" is a strong word. It implies that they had some sort of purpose

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Amelieee1@reddit

Stilts... the ropes were always wet somehow!

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Hollykw@reddit

Ahhhh yes can hear the clop clop they made

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PoolRamen@reddit

They were probably at their peak when I was a kid (70's) and I still can't remember an actually valid reason why they existed

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Amazing-Visual-2919@reddit

I went to school in the 70s and we never got them. Probably for the best as I'd definitely have fallen off them.

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Jacktheforkie@reddit

For fun

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Business_Beach6551@reddit (OP)

Our first high heels 😆

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Somerandomcoroikafan@reddit

I left primary school in 2019 and have fond memories of these. Surprised I never managed to injure myself with them though

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elhazelenby@reddit

I loved these! 2001 kid here

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DameKumquat@reddit

Skilts? There was a big craze for making them in the early 80s. Never had them in school though.

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Competitive_Pen7192@reddit

Are they a metaphor for pulling yourself up by the boot straps?

Probably lost on primary school children...

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