Comments on: Playpark tyre swings http://www.capetowndailyphoto.com/blog/2009/05/playpark-tyre-swings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=playpark-tyre-swings Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:13:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bobhttp://www.capetowndailyphoto.com/blog/2009/05/playpark-tyre-swings/comment-page-1/#comment-3157 Bob Sun, 16 Aug 2009 08:38:43 +0000 http://www.capetowndailyphoto.com/?p=2650#comment-3157 I'm trying to find a "how to" site for making these, so I googled "tyre swing".10 pages later, this is the first photo of the type of swing I've been looking for! Other than this, I've just managed to find one ancient sketch of one. Looks like people outside of South Africa don't know what they're missing out on! I’m trying to find a “how to” site for making these, so I googled “tyre swing”.

10 pages later, this is the first photo of the type of swing I’ve been looking for! Other than this, I’ve just managed to find one ancient sketch of one. Looks like people outside of South Africa don’t know what they’re missing out on!

]]> By: Where to buy tyre swings | Cape Town Daily Photohttp://www.capetowndailyphoto.com/blog/2009/05/playpark-tyre-swings/comment-page-1/#comment-2227 Where to buy tyre swings | Cape Town Daily Photo Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:32:50 +0000 http://www.capetowndailyphoto.com/?p=2650#comment-2227 [...] the end of last month I posted a photo of a swing made from an old car tyre. Today I happened to spot a road-side vendor selling these tyre swings pretty close to where I [...] [...] the end of last month I posted a photo of a swing made from an old car tyre. Today I happened to spot a road-side vendor selling these tyre swings pretty close to where I [...]

]]> By: Paulhttp://www.capetowndailyphoto.com/blog/2009/05/playpark-tyre-swings/comment-page-1/#comment-2022 Paul Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:25:36 +0000 http://www.capetowndailyphoto.com/?p=2650#comment-2022 Tracy, the sad thing is that it's quite possible that some underprivileged person, perhaps even in SA, is getting paid around R10 for the item which (as you say) is sold for about R1000 in the UK. I'm not saying that it is so, just that it happens with other items (and not specifically with the UK either :) ). This is how the world seems to work.Laura, yup, they must be! It must be part of the African recycle mindset, or rather "use what you have" ingenuity, from where these ideas are born! :)Pamela, ha ha, doormats, yup, we have those too... we also have sandles made from old tyres! Well... the soles at least. Apparently you can walk with them for at least 40,000KM before sending them in for retreading. ;D Perhaps I'll track down one of these to get a photo of for you guys. Tracy, the sad thing is that it’s quite possible that some underprivileged person, perhaps even in SA, is getting paid around R10 for the item which (as you say) is sold for about R1000 in the UK. I’m not saying that it is so, just that it happens with other items (and not specifically with the UK either :) ). This is how the world seems to work.

Laura, yup, they must be! It must be part of the African recycle mindset, or rather “use what you have” ingenuity, from where these ideas are born! :)

Pamela, ha ha, doormats, yup, we have those too… we also have sandles made from old tyres! Well… the soles at least. Apparently you can walk with them for at least 40,000KM before sending them in for retreading. ;D Perhaps I’ll track down one of these to get a photo of for you guys.

]]> By: Pamela Pattisonhttp://www.capetowndailyphoto.com/blog/2009/05/playpark-tyre-swings/comment-page-1/#comment-2001 Pamela Pattison Wed, 03 Jun 2009 07:12:15 +0000 http://www.capetowndailyphoto.com/?p=2650#comment-2001 Hi from a UK resident - we don't have them here nor have I seen them anywhere in Europe - but we can get door mats made out of strips of tyre rubber, hideous but effective! We noticed the swings in SA and loved seeing the really little children cocooned by them. Hi from a UK resident – we don’t have them here nor have I seen them anywhere in Europe – but we can get door mats made out of strips of tyre rubber, hideous but effective! We noticed the swings in SA and loved seeing the really little children cocooned by them.

]]> By: Laurahttp://www.capetowndailyphoto.com/blog/2009/05/playpark-tyre-swings/comment-page-1/#comment-1992 Laura Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:54:07 +0000 http://www.capetowndailyphoto.com/?p=2650#comment-1992 I lived in Ireland for some years and never once saw the car tyre swings and I visited plenty of parks with my kids. I think they are a Proudly South African item!!! I lived in Ireland for some years and never once saw the car tyre swings and I visited plenty of parks with my kids. I think they are a Proudly South African item!!!

]]> By: Tracyhttp://www.capetowndailyphoto.com/blog/2009/05/playpark-tyre-swings/comment-page-1/#comment-1991 Tracy Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:01:38 +0000 http://www.capetowndailyphoto.com/?p=2650#comment-1991 I didn't see any of these in the UK play parks during our stint there. You could buy them at around R1000 a pop from posh garden centres though. I didn’t see any of these in the UK play parks during our stint there. You could buy them at around R1000 a pop from posh garden centres though.

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