If you grew up in the 80s/early 90s. Did you do extra curricular activities?

I did Brownies which I could walk to in the village and I had flute lessons. Everything else like choir, orchestra and sports clubs which I did was provided by school so free and I could walk home from school which was important as we only had one car which my dad had for work.

I think part of the reason I only did the clubs my DPs thought worthy is because both of them worked ft and therefore were too busy to take me. Of course in those days ft meant both of them were home before 5 with no additional work so it wouldn't have been that hard to drop me off at brownies one evening a week.

Yes, speech and drama, piano, gymnastics, tennis.

Swim week every summer (only swimming lessons available) and lifesaving as we got older.

Rowing club started when I was 12 so that was a huge thing until I left home after uni.

Dropped tennis but took up guitar in secondary. And girl guides. Kept piano to 3rd year (of secondary) and speech and drama until final year secondary. And did hockey in school but involved staying after school once a week so my mum had to come 15 miles to collect me that day instead of the bus home, and on guides day she came 10 miles to the in between town where I'd jumped off the bus.

Finished secondary on mid 90s.

One bit of me thinks clubs and groups weren't as much of a thing. But I'd cousins who did tons of relatively low cost stuff. But my Aunt only worked part-time.

If money was an issue I can see why dance was avoided, even in the 80s dance was expensive, cost of lessons, outfits, shoes, tap and ballet.

For us the constraints was definitely time and transport. My sister did one club that needed a drive she went with her friend and the two Dads sorted between them who was dropping off and who was collecting.

Brownies and Guides, and a youth orchestra from about 7 (which I bloody hated, I also got a place in the Youth Choir but Mum had a hissy fit & refuses to let me swap because my twin sis had not got a place).

We used to have organ lessons too, but the tutor was a horrible, dirty old bastard (and quite obviously a paedophile in hindsight). Lots of thigh rubbing, hands lingering too long on your fingers, touching your legs to get the right position on the pedals; the 80s were fucked for child safety, but that may have been my narc never believing a word we said, nor wanting us to ‘show her up’ by making a fuss.

Shudder.

I was school age from 1984-1998.
At primary age, I did ballet, tap & gym (for a brief time from age 5-6 ish), swimming (lessons only until I could swim reasonably well from age 6-7 ish), Brownies (my favourite and I did this from age 7-10) and piano lessons (age 7-9).
At secondary, I just did music (orchestral instrument from age 13-18).

I had lots of opportunities. I sailed, keyboard lessons, table tennis, badminton, swimming, dancing, gymnastics, brownies, to name a few, not all at the same time but had plenty of opportunities. Being an only child I guess made it easier logistically and financially. I’ve given my kids the same opportunities to try things out.

Did ballet until I was 11, swimming lessons when younger and got to the point where you either quit or joined swimming club (I quit!), brownies / guides / rangers, learnt 2 musical instruments and played in the school, local and county youth orchestras all through secondary school. My brother did swimming, cubs/scouts/ventures, football for a while and hockey.

I was born in 1970.

I did piano lessons and clarinet lessons for bloody years, it was expensive and I hated it but classical music was DFs passion and I was good at it annoyingly.

I wanted to do ballet but instead was sent to interpretative dance classes run by one of DMs friends.

I would have loved to do Brownies but it was never offered as an option, not sure why.

I have made sure DS got to attend whatever he wanted of his own choosing.

Only since I've a child of my own have I realised how little interest my parents showed in clubs and sporting activities for me and my sister ( mid 80's growing up)

No after school activities, brownies or guides, sporting activities.

It would have been difficult with the only car and driver being my Dad, but that wasn't the reason. I think it's because we didn't particularly push it and they didn't want the extra work and expense.

Clubs and activities are so important to give you kids differesets of friends and broaden their horizons. Helps with their health if it's a sport etc

Another one of of those where again you realise your own parents weren't all that once you have your own kids.

Brownies/Guides, Swimming lessons, Tennis

Ballet - forced to do it for 2.5 years and hated it
Piano - forced to do it for 3 years and hated it

I wanted to learn Karate with my friends but DM said it wasn’t ladylike so I was not allowed. I’ve taken this up as an adult and love it.

I hated being forced to learn ballet and piano so much that I never practiced unless forced and never sat exams as I wasn’t even good enough for Grade 1. What a waste of money and I don’t know what my parents were thinking wasting money like that. As a consequence of my experience I said to DH that DC can quit an activity after the payment period has finished but I will never force this attitude on them.

Older than you but did Brownies then Guides. Dad took us swimming every week until I was about 12. Also had riding lessons and learnt the flute for a while.

yes- lots of different types of dance and theatre lessons. Ballet, tap, modern, commercial jazz, ballroom, latin, freestyle, musical theatre and drama. At one point I was out at a class 7 days a week- my parents weren’t well off, but they clearly saw I loved it and the benefit of it, I did cut down a bit when I started secondary school and dropped the drama and musical theatre classes during my gcse’s.

I did piano and choir. I remember my classmates going to guides and ballet.

I did loads, at least one things per evening and after school too, in fact there were more things available to do for children in our area 30 years ago than there are now which is very sad.

I did ballet until I persuaded my parents to let me do piano lessons instead. Swimming lessons. Recorder lessons (at a music school not at my primary school). Girls Brigade. These were early 90s. Later in the 90s I did artistic roller skating and a volleyball course but that was only a few months long.
My brothers all did piano too and boys brigade. My parents were very encouraging with this stuff.

I did lots of sports - swimming, track and field, squash, netball, sailing, rowing, etc. Oh and french too.

I went to Brownies but nothing else.

I remember most of my friends doing things like gymnastics, dance and piano lessons.

I did netball, cricket, football, choir and majorettes.

I did swimming, gymnastics, dance, and horseback riding for a bit until it was just my mom and I and money was gone.

Then I went to a preforming arts High school so got to continue dance and musical theater for free.

I did brownies for a bit. Also went to woodcraft folk with a friend. I only did things that were free or very very cheap, and if someone else’s parents were happy to take me. If there were trips I didn’t go, so often felt left out or on the periphery of groups. No swimming, music lessons, sport etc. I did do language classes for a couple of years in my father’s native language. I hated them! They were free too.

My DD started swimming asap and piano lessons age 5. She loves both. We would go more but I work full time so there’s an after school daily but those include French lessons and a coding club.

Swimming (which I'm forever grateful for!)
Piano but I sacked that off after a few months
Never had an inclination for Brownies or Guides, despite my family affiliation
Mostly I liked just chilling out after school, same as now really 😆

My son has sports many times a week..

No, nothing like that because we were poor. Kids get a lot more opportunities now, which is good.

There are lots more things in place to allow kids from lower socioeconomic backgrounds to be less excluded than they used to be.

Not all at the same time, and some provided via school: brownies, dancing, two instruments, orchestra, choir, racket sports, netball, hockey, swimming, drama. Both parents worked so it filled the time. Loved it and miss it.