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The Bookless Club: What were the backyard games in your neighbourhood?

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Jane Macdougall is a freelance writer and former National Post columnist who lives in Vancouver .

She writes The Bookless Club every Saturday online and in The Vancouver Sun .

This week ’s question for readers: What were the backyard games in your neighbourhood? Send your answers by email text, not an attachment, along with your full name to Jane at [email protected].

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