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

Nope nothing . We just played out . My mother wouldn’t even but a recorder and the said book that went with it! I turned out ok

no, was not allowed, only homework or 20 hours part-time job - 4 hours Friday night and 8 hours both Saturday and Sunday once 16 years old.

I forgot the piano lessons.

I did brownies/guides, tennis, squash (briefly), swimming when younger, horse riding and dance (ballet, modern and tap but mainly ballet).

I did a drama class during primary, but nothing for secondary.

I was born in 85 and didn’t do any extra activities outside of school, I know some of my friends did but it just wasn’t something offered to us as kids so we didn’t expect to do it. I’m annoyed that my parents never made sure I learnt to swim though, I had to get lessons as an adult which was embarrassing and I will never have the same confidence in the water that I would have done if I’d have learned as a child.

86 - Does church choir count? My sisters and I were all members for a time. We all joined army cadets after we turned 13 and shooting club through that (my best friend joined too). My husband did air cadets as did another friend. I did some in-school extra curriculars like choir and a sewing club. I had friends who did ballet or tap dance (still a bit jealous about the tap dance).

We all learned to swim as standard through primary school weekly lessons.

Born in early 90s. Did ballet and tap as a small girl. Swimming lessons age 4-9 ish.
netball as a teenager.
brownies and the guided - absolutely loved these!!

I did majorettes for a few years; tried judo but that didn't last long. Tried recorder too, but didn't last.
Swimming we did at school.

Born in 1972 so can only really talk about the 80s. I did no after school activities at all. They weren’t a thing where I grew up (very deprived area of a big city). The only thing was Sunday school which I hated but was forced to go to from 0-16 years.

Late 70s/80s mostly free or very low cost stuff-church groups/Sunday school, LA funded music groups and swimming. Odd stuff at libraries/parks/other schools eg kite making out of leaves. Mum must have scoured the local papers for these. Again walked there independently or dropped off with younger sibs and left.
paid for Brownies/guides and riding. Other sibs did dancing, roller disco and karate.

Tried piano lessons for a while, horse riding, judo but our main one was swimming and we had lessons most days after school and then would have regular competitions too.

Swimming lessons and brownies up until 9

Then youth club on a Friday night which has a disco , tuck shop and cool boys who taught us to smoke

I was down the pub at 14

70s/80s here. We could do one activity as well as Brownies/Guides (which was viewed as being character/skills building). My extra was horse riding, but in those days there wasn't all the kit they have now. All my kit was second hand and my Mother (teacher) also taught evening classes so that we could have our extra activity.

I'd have been happy with no extra activities but my mum insisted I had to do a couple. So I went through quite a few. Some lasted years and others only a couple of sessions.

Brownies
Swimming
Ballet
Gymnastics
Horse riding
Violin
Karate

I'd have loved to join a football club but there wasn't anything like that locally for girls.

Do kids still do elocution nowadays?

I haven't heard of any kids doing it but I loved it as a kid.

Nope, nothing until I was early secondary age and then I'd go swimming once a week after school but just with a couple of local friends at the council pool, rather than a club.

Yes but nothing attached to school, there were no 'after school club' things in the 80's (in my area, anyway).

Outside of school I did elocution and drama, music lessons, swimming and Brownies (for like 2 minutes because I hated it).

Nothing for me. We were immigrants to London, and didn’t even know there were activities 😂

Our school didn’t have anything.

My son did swimming, football and St John’s Ambulance.

In the 80s - I did Brownies & Guides, Ballet, Horse Riding, Ice-Skating, Spanish, Drama, Piano, Orchestra, Tennis and Elocution.

My mum was highly aspirational and lived her life through me! I hated them all with a passion. The only activity I enjoyed was horse-riding which my mum did not approve of!

Lots of after-school clubs that were free, athletics, hockey, football, cross country, etc. I ran with the local running group Harriers (it was 20p) and went to the YMCA on a Friday night and performed in the odd show.
We had horses and a pool on the farm so could ride and swim by aged five but we weren't well off.

I did Brownies, then Guides, swimming and Drama classes. I came from a poor family as well

Yes rainbows/ brownies, dance lessons, swimming lessons, music lessons

My Grandmother arranged it all and took us though, my Mum wasn’t interested in us doing anything she didn’t seem to think it was important.

Swimming lessons until I could swim proficiently. Brownies. Horse riding, although this involved being used as slave labour for 8 hours for 15 minutes falling off a pony !