denshaw 2,872 Posted March 30, 2018 Report Share Posted March 30, 2018 Oz, Sun valley did have a big scalextric where you sat down and had a steering wheel. Sure it was only 4 lanes though. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,872 Posted May 28, 2018 Report Share Posted May 28, 2018 Still got my Boomerang, threw it away lots of times. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted May 28, 2018 Report Share Posted May 28, 2018 Mine never came back. I've thrown the thing all over the place Practiced 'til I was black in the face I'm a big disgrace the Aboriginee race...... Alright! where's the rest of the NS choir? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,600 Posted May 28, 2018 Report Share Posted May 28, 2018 My boomerang won't come back! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted May 28, 2018 Report Share Posted May 28, 2018 I knew I could count on the choir ladies. Come on Ben. We're outnumbered. We need the background vocal I think it goes something like. Umma Umma knocker. knocker Knocker Knocker Knock Or Australian words to that effect. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted May 28, 2018 Report Share Posted May 28, 2018 Just missed my chance there! But I sat in my armchair and performed a thought Harmonise with Margie. Our Boomerang never came back either. The closest we got to it returning was when Chris threw it and it did a form of half circle, landing about twenty foot to his left. Mind you the competition between the men was impressive., I can't imagine how many attempts it took to get even half a circle. The children never got a look in. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted June 2, 2018 Report Share Posted June 2, 2018 Something popped in my head the other day [and promptly popped out again, it just came back to me] as a kid we used to play 'Hands, knees, and bumps-a-daisy', giving each other quite a 'bump' with our bums. Then holding 1 hand of your partner, high up, go 'la la la la la laaa, as you turned around. Anybody else play this? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sue B 48 1,226 Posted June 2, 2018 Report Share Posted June 2, 2018 Yes Katy and we would bump as hard as we could, until some one got mardy and the game would come to an end. Not me 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,600 Posted June 3, 2018 Report Share Posted June 3, 2018 15 hours ago, IAN123. said: Still remember all the skipping and two ball songs...ian did stray quite often to the 'girls side'. Nothing to be ashamed of Ian... I was often doing ' boy' activities like shinning up trees, climbing over railings, fishing for minnows and sliding down the sides of the brickyard on my backside. I did play with a doll but she was never 'my baby' - she was just one of my pupils when I played at 'schools' along with my teddies and toy dogs! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted January 31, 2019 Report Share Posted January 31, 2019 Anyone coming out to play? No girls aloud. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted July 13, 2019 Report Share Posted July 13, 2019 On 1/24/2007 at 10:08 PM, katyjay said: Skipping rope. [again reciting a rhyme] We never had a skipping rope, we just jumped up & down Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted December 3, 2020 Report Share Posted December 3, 2020 Today my Mum gave me the 10” Bowie knife I used to play with as a kid, she found it in the outhouse, I used to take it to school in my haversack, I remember my teacher borrowing it to prise open a recently painted window, no questions asked Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted December 3, 2020 Report Share Posted December 3, 2020 We called it Knivey, you stood about 6ft apart & see how close you could get to your mates foot using penknives, darts, pitchforks, pokers & 6” nails anything sharp, sometimes ending up in A&E. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,138 Posted December 3, 2020 Report Share Posted December 3, 2020 Take care. The penalty for carrying it in public can be 4 years in prison and an unlimited fine. We used to have scout knives on our belts when we were kids and nobody was bothered. Times have changed. On my continental business trips I always used to carry a Swiss Army penknife and a mains tester screwdriver as there were often things which required ‘sorting’ in French and Italian hotel bedrooms. (not in Germany of course!). They would certainly be confiscated at the baggage check nowadays. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted December 3, 2020 Report Share Posted December 3, 2020 My Dad had an old single barrel shotgun with boxes of cartridges, me Mam wouldn't have it in the house, kept it in the coal house, we used to take it down the woods with our mates & shoot at trees & things, luckily non of us were killed 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,138 Posted December 3, 2020 Report Share Posted December 3, 2020 I’ve never owned a shotgun but I did use to borrow one from a farmer neighbour when we had a rabbit problem. They are nasty, lethal bits of kit. I’ve known two people who’ve committed suicide with a shotgun. I do have a couple of .22 air rifles which will easily pick off rabbits, squirrels and pigeons. One has a laser sight so it’s virtually impossible to miss the target. I don’t have the heart to kill anything these days though and I just do the occasional bit of target shooting. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted December 3, 2020 Report Share Posted December 3, 2020 In later years my youngest brother acquired the said gun & modified it to fit in the inside pocket of his coat, me Dad gave it to the inspector at Canning Circus to get rid of Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted December 5, 2020 Report Share Posted December 5, 2020 It was also good for sharpening pencils We made our own games. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David sheridan 159 Posted July 31, 2022 Report Share Posted July 31, 2022 On 7/1/2007 at 8:59 PM, Beefsteak said: For the younger generation what about 'Kerby' where you throw a ball across the road at the opposite kerb, if you hit it and it bounces back you got 1 point ,if it bounced back and you caught it you got 2 points? Yeah well remember that ga.e , how many times did it bounce and hit a car or go over a persons front garden ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David sheridan 159 Posted July 31, 2022 Report Share Posted July 31, 2022 On 12/4/2020 at 1:35 AM, philmayfield said: I’ve never owned a shotgun but I did use to borrow one from a farmer neighbour when we had a rabbit problem. They are nasty, lethal bits of kit. I’ve known two people who’ve committed suicide with a shotgun. I do have a couple of .22 air rifles which will easily pick off rabbits, squirrels and pigeons. One has a laser sight so it’s virtually impossible to miss the target. I don’t have the heart to kill anything these days though and I just do the occasional bit of target shooting. How about when we'd buy staples at the hardware shop and fire them from a elastic band from our hands it bit like a catapult or gaddy as we called them . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,597 Posted November 5, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2022 Anyone play this when you were kids, indoor/table cricket "owzthat" I had a steel set when I was a kid with the scores on one piece and the reason you were out/not out on the other piece, used to roll the score one to get the score and if you rolled "out/owzthat"" you had to roll the other one to give the reason you were out or not out, Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,597 Posted November 5, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2022 What about domino's and I don't mean the pizza ones, these are the ones I used to play with as a kid over sixty years ago with my grandmother who lived on Bathley street Meadows, they were originally bought by my grandfather from a second hand shop after he returned home from the first world war, I still play with them today Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,138 Posted November 5, 2022 Report Share Posted November 5, 2022 It used to be a popular pub game amongst the old boys but I haven’t seen it played in our local for years. Perhaps I should revive it now I’m of suitable age. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted November 5, 2022 Report Share Posted November 5, 2022 Reminds me of my grandparents at Radford. They had a set of dominoes and I always thought it was a bit of a daft game. I used to play with them as building blocks, or do the thing of lining them up and knocking them down in a line. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted November 5, 2022 Report Share Posted November 5, 2022 There is a domino game over here called Mexican Train. Quite popular, up to 6 players. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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