In 1955, the Bredevoort Playground Association was founded. It was the first association of its kind in the municipality of Aalten. The membership fee was thirty cents per month, and the donor fee was two guilders per year (source: Dagblad Tubantia).
A report by the Youth Affairs Working Group provides an overview of the playground associations in Aalten in the year 1973:
Bredevoort Playground Association:
Location: Schoolstraat, Bredevoort. The building, owned by the municipality, is now fully completed.
Number of members: 85 families.
Activities: Various indoor activities. On Wednesday afternoons during the winter months, this playground association organises various indoor activities for the youth.
Playground Association “Robbedoes”:
Location: Behind the houses on Saksenstraat and Berkenhovestraat.
Number of members: 90 families and 50 donors.
Activities: Playground open 6 days a week, participation in walking tours 3 times a year.
In winter: bingo night once a week; film in the clubhouse twice a month; shooting night once a week; drop-in evenings twice a month; children’s party afternoon once a year.
Playground Association “Rond de Vlag” (disbanded):
Location: Koopmanstraat. The “Rond de Vlag” playground association has been disbanded. Consequently, activities for the youth are no longer organised.
Number of members: 24 families were members.
Activities: Four-day evening walk once a year, children’s party at Vultink once a year, neighbourhood party at Vultink once a year.
Playground Association “Wildebras”:
Location: Eerste Broekdijk.
Number of members: 40 families and 10 donors.
Activities: Night hike twice a year, walking once a week, outing afternoon once a year, woodworking in the clubhouse once a week, recreation evening in the clubhouse once a week.
Playground Association “Prins Willem Alexander”:
Location: Behind the houses on Nijverheidsweg.
Strictly speaking, this cannot be called a playground, as there is no play equipment on the site. There is also no small football pitch.
The interests of this playground are represented by the neighbourhood association “De Nijverheid”.
Number of members: 156.
Activities: Sports day in the playground once a year, outing once a year.