benjamin1945 16,139 Posted February 15, 2016 Report Share Posted February 15, 2016 Who played 'Postmans Knock'...........and do you remember who with ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted February 15, 2016 Report Share Posted February 15, 2016 Yep, I played Postmans Knock..................With Anyone who wanted to play. Haha 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted February 15, 2016 Report Share Posted February 15, 2016 Carni, the original 'Wild Child', backed up by her friend, SueB48. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted March 3, 2016 Report Share Posted March 3, 2016 Hide and seek, Nobody ever came looking for me :-( 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted September 6, 2016 Report Share Posted September 6, 2016 Used to see how much poo I could get in me nappy before me Mam found out! She'd go bleddy crackers. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted September 7, 2016 Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 My dad always accused me of playing silly buggers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted September 7, 2016 Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 1 hour ago, Bubblewrap said: My dad always accused me of playing silly buggers  That's all right - provided you don't let them win. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted September 7, 2016 Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 I used to play the fool too & he often won  Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted September 7, 2016 Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 Well I've played the fool, and acted the clown! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted December 12, 2016 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 As kids we used to put dining chairs together and make a bus.  We could play for ages, taking it in turns to be the driver and conductor.  One Xmas I had a bus conductor's outfit for a present and it included a ticket machine like this:  Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted December 12, 2016 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 We used to play that game Compo.. trouble is my Miserly Dad would take full fare...no tokens or passes!!...i mean it was Christmas!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted December 28, 2016 Report Share Posted December 28, 2016 Used to love rubbing the football in dog poo then crossing it in for headers, did we laugh, one of our lot lost the sight in one eye due to parasitic worms. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted December 28, 2016 Report Share Posted December 28, 2016 Blimey, you're a bundle of fun RR. It reminded me of something said on Top Gear many years ago regarding the pranks the three presenters played on each other. "It's all harmless fun till someone gets hurt, then it becomes hilarious ". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted December 28, 2016 Report Share Posted December 28, 2016 We used to try our best Bruce Lee moves out on our mates in the school playground, good job the courts ruled "death by misadventure" in the subsequent court case or we'd still be locked up.  Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted February 16, 2017 Report Share Posted February 16, 2017 Just found this old picture ..... Poor Roger    Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,409 Posted February 16, 2017 Report Share Posted February 16, 2017 Winter warmers are something I will never forget! My friends showed me how with a National Dried Milk tin. Light the tinder spin it round and it makes a great hand warmer they said. Tried it and ARGHHH... burnt hands, a perfect imprint of the paint from the tin on my palms and four hysterical 'friends' Did you ever put rose hips (itchybacks) down the girls necks? or a nut or bolt in a tobacco tin with some daddy longs, girls loved the smell.. Spirit tapping involved an industrial sized cotton reel and you tied each knocker with two lines at an angle. As a car went through each door got two raps. It was great fun till dad went through on his bike. He stopped to get rid of the cotton he'd gathered and of course as he pulled it rapped some more. All the neighbours could see was this bloke in the middle of the street pulling on cotton and making the knockers rap their doors. They were not best pleased, father even less so. No sense of humour some people. Did 'one potato' at the top of Nottintone Place. Gather in a circle, both fists in and someone start -one potato two... err weren't you supposed to holding the pram with your baby brother in it? Damn thing took off like an Exocet missile straight for the main road. Some guy bless him hurled himself across the road in front of a bus and stopped it in the nick of time. It was quite a long time before I could sit down. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,271 Posted February 16, 2017 Report Share Posted February 16, 2017 Winter warmers - A sort of early form of microwave great for almost "instant" baked potatoes and chestnuts. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tabbyoddsocks 28 Posted June 6, 2017 Report Share Posted June 6, 2017 Dad told me of a game they played as kids. Â Put a small log/branch on the ground with another going across at right angles (bit like a see-saw). Â Put a stone on the downward end, stamp on the upper one, and then whack the stone with another stick as it came down. Â We tried it with my Scouts a few years back but had to stop as there were too many mishaps! Â (Elf and safety and all that), At Scouts we also played glow stick throwing. Â Tie a glow stick (crack light/snap light) on a bit of string. Whirr it round (like a big wheel) and then let go - see which went highest. Â Had to be careful when it came down though - it bloody hurt if it hit you on the head. Â Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveN 1,118 Posted August 22, 2017 Report Share Posted August 22, 2017 Tonight (Tuesday Aug 22nd) there's a programme on ITV 1 at 7.30pm which goes through ITV's archive looking at hobbies and pastimes over the past 60 years. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted August 22, 2017 Report Share Posted August 22, 2017 Surprised no ones ever made a program about "Games played as a kid"  Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveN 1,118 Posted August 22, 2017 Report Share Posted August 22, 2017 Well very disappointing I thought! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,580 Posted August 22, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2017 Some interesting stuff on there I thought,I think people were more sociable then or people did more group things then, or am I wearing rose tinted glasses again  Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted August 23, 2017 Report Share Posted August 23, 2017 Bugger missed it could have done with a reminder just before it started ....Oooooo hold on I haven't got ITV1 only got ITV ITV2 & ITV3. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted August 23, 2017 Report Share Posted August 23, 2017 I don't know if it's the start of a series but I won't be bothering again. Pigeon fanciers/racers, bingo players, Corrie-addicts, grown-up folk dressing as cowboys and Indians, radio hams and a bloke whose hobby was photographing telecom masts. Gimme a break. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted August 24, 2017 Report Share Posted August 24, 2017 On ‎23‎/‎08‎/‎2017 at 7:15 PM, TBI said: a bloke whose hobby was photographing telecom masts.  Ooh that sounds good. I wonder if the masts have numbers you can underline in a book? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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