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

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I'm interested to see what is the norm.

I did nothing, no swimming, dance, brownies or anything like that. I do remember other girls doing Brownies and Ballet after school and asking my mum if I could go. She shut it down and told me I wouldn't like it.

These days of course most children do a lot of extra curricular activities but wondering if perhaps it wasn't such a thing years ago.

Yes I did brownies, dancing, netball, choir, keyboard lessons.

I did ballet which I gave up to start horseriding. Also did brownies and guides

I did fencing, pottery and brownies/guides. Also had piano lessons. I did all of those for years. Had a very short phase of Ailkido but that was not successful!

Ballet. Drama. Swimming. Music lessons and orchestra. Athletics. Rainbows/brownies/guides.

Brother did Beavers/Cubs (didn't like Scouts), swimming, drama and a lot more music. O can't remember him having an equivalent to the ballet lessons...

Nothing for me. But money was very tight and transport very limited.

Brownies then guides, badminton and figure skating (all 80s)

Nothing. No money and the only driver was at work.

Nope nothing. I did drama for a little while and Red Cross for a while as a teen. I turned out ok 😂

I did Rainbows and Brownies

My 2 DC only have football practice. They do swimming in school. Neither were interested in scouts

I did Brownies and swimming club, but we never did family outings at the weekends like kids seem to now. We just played or hung out with friends.

No. My 80s / 90s evenings were spent eating chocolate digestives and watching the Crystal Maze. I’ve turned out alright though.

I did swimming and brownies, and riding. And music (at school and Saturday mornings).

I was in primary school in the 90s. I did swimming until I was competent and a kind of gym club in the village except we didn’t learn much gym at all and just played games. I was desperate to go to proper gymnastics but I wasn’t allowed because of the cost. I used to wish I had a sport I was good at.

Brownies, choir, ballet and horse riding. Latter two on a Saturday. Gave up riding when 11 and ballet when 12 but had done them both since I was 4/5. Did brownies for about 2 years. Piano lessons when 7 after school for a year.

I swam too, mostly Sunday some time or in school holidays, had lessons briefly but they wanted DB and me in competitions and we weren’t competitive.

Sunday School and Choir
Piano lesson
Brownie/guides

80s rather than 90s. Did Brownies/Guides for a couple of years. Had music lessons for four years (was dismal at it) and a sport for about a year (even more dismal at it). Nothing that continued beyond the age of about 13.

ETA had swimming lessons for a couple of years too.

nothing just read books for fun!

I was born in 1985. My family were not well off at all but I did at various points:

Brownies
Swimming Club
Dance (ballet and ballroom)
Music lessons
Drama

At primary age in the 70s I did swimming lessons, brownies and piano.

Edit. Actually maybe not swimming lessons. We went as a family though.

I did something 7 days a week. Dancing, swimming and gymnastics. When i look
back my DF was a saint ferrying us round after working all day.

Piano and woodwind lessons
Youth orchestra
Church choir
Guides

Went to brownies for a while, didn't last long.
Played in a netball team at one point and went to a Saturday morning badminton club.

You reminded me, I did piano lessons too and hated them so only for a year, after school.

A bit earlier, but I did tap and ballet on a Saturday morning for about 2 years, the price went up and I was asked by my Mum if I really enjoyed it as it was getting expensive. Both my sons did football after school and weekends, they weren’t interested in anything else.

Gosh horse riding. I remember really wanting to do that too.

I've turned out alright (I think), but it does make me a bit sad that I never got to find out what I enjoyed or was good at. Didn't learn to swim until I was 12 either and I taught myself.