plantfit 7,592 Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 What childhood games did you play? I remember they seemed to have seasons ie: Marballs, conkers, soap carts (trollies) etc Roger Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 There were also Bigger marbles too And you were someone, if you had shiney ball bearings. The bigger the better. And cigarette cards stood up against the fence, flirt another card at em, knock em over to win em? Also the cards which were sold with a stick of chewing gum (collect em all) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,592 Posted January 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 Hi Mick, Forgot about the cards, could be another post," What cards did you collect?" Brooke Bond tea cards, remember them? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lynmee 38 Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 Anyone remember playing Tin Can Lurkey? Lynmee Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 Yes, we played that too. Also played Queenie, Queenie, who's got the ball. What time is it Mr. Wolf. Whip and top, around pancake day [chalk your design on the top]. Rump stick a bum, here I come. Leapfrog. Two balls up against a wall, always reciting a rhyme while you did this. Skipping rope. [again reciting a rhyme] Hedge hopping. Hide and seek. Spirit tapping. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 Rum stick-a-bum !!! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted January 25, 2007 Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 In the winter, the locals lads would get a tin can, poke holes in it, put string through 2 at the top, then fill it with bits of paper and wood, light it and swing it round. We called it a winter warmer. We'd also get 2 cans, put 2 holes near the top, tie string in a loop, and walk on them, holding onto the string. I think there was also a game called Bulldog. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dodie 51 Posted January 25, 2007 Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 Anyone remember snobs Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted January 26, 2007 Report Share Posted January 26, 2007 I remember them. 5 pastel coloured cubes. You used to throw so many up in the air, and pick up the rest from the ground and catch the lot. I had a diabalo as a kid, anyone remember those? And a yo-yo that I could never do tricks with. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob237 89 Posted January 26, 2007 Report Share Posted January 26, 2007 Without a doubt the most dangerous school play ground game that I encountered as a kid was the exotically named "Rum, Stick a bum, here I come!", to which Red refers in an earlier post........involving as many kids as possible running at a wall and piling on top of one another to form a pyramid. IIRC, in the mid 50's a dreadful accident occurred when the supporting wall collapsed under the weight of 20+ kids at The King's School, Grantham??** - one fatality and several very serious injuries. Thereafter, the Education Committee banned the game in all the Nottingham City Schools - under the threat of compulory expulsion. Anyone remember this lethal game...or is my advanced age exposed yet again? Cheers Robt P. **Thatcher's school...pity she wasn't in the pyramid, perhaps because she never associated with the rough kids. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,592 Posted January 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2007 Rob, If she had done she would have sent in an American businessman, done an assessment, shut down the schools as being non profitable, demolished the buildings and built retail parks on them and destroyed the community. as in the coal mines. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob237 89 Posted January 26, 2007 Report Share Posted January 26, 2007 LOL.......brilliant........rather accurate too! Many elderly Grantham folk who knew her wouldn't, to this day, p*** on her if she was on fire. Not 100% certain over the location of the dreadful accident - hence my question marks - reckon it was either The Kings', or Oakham School. It was certainly that local....I'll ask Mr G. Oogle. Cheers Robt P. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Caz 25 Posted January 26, 2007 Report Share Posted January 26, 2007 Does anyone remember Kernackers? jeez they were bloody dangerous,hard plastic balls on string,which you had to clack together over your arms so that they clacked together,which they did, but of course when they fell they landed on your arms,wrist,knuckles etc. I used to be black & blue. My mum took them off us & hid them in the top cupboard,which was supposedly out of bounds !tony! not when you stood on the armchair it wasn't .............LOL Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bip 88 Posted January 26, 2007 Report Share Posted January 26, 2007 Does anyone remember Kernackers? jeez they were bloody dangerous,hard plastic balls on string,which you had to clack together over your arms so that they clacked together,which they did, but of course when they fell they landed on your arms,wrist,knuckles etc. I used to be black & blue. My mum took them off us & hid them in the top cupboard,which was supposedly out of bounds !tony! not when you stood on the armchair it wasn't .............LOL I remember those Caz my children had them for a short while until it was reported that many were braking do to stresses in the plastic balls….never realised you were that young Hmmmmm……..now I know I’m ancient…dam olay and these stupid tablets I bought off the internet, both produces promised so much… Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted January 26, 2007 Report Share Posted January 26, 2007 Our rum stick a bum wasn't as dangerous as the school playing ground one. I remember that 1 person bent over and grabbed the fence, another ran up behind and jumped on their back [much like mounting a horse!] then someone else bent down behind, hanging on to the first person, and so on. I can't ever remember forming a pyramid. Who remembers conkers? Lethal little buggers, they were. We used to either soak, or boil them in vinegar to make that like concrete. I used to close my eyes when the lads tried to whack mine, as I knew my knuckles were in for it. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dodie 51 Posted January 27, 2007 Report Share Posted January 27, 2007 We played a game called may I cross your shining water, where you had to do squashed tomatoes, mirrors, giant strides and fairy steps. I can remember a shop at the bottom of Carleton Road that sold clay pipes and using them for bubbles. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted January 27, 2007 Report Share Posted January 27, 2007 True, Dare, Kiss or Promise? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,592 Posted January 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2007 Go on then Mick I'll have a Dare Roger Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pemberton 15 Posted January 27, 2007 Report Share Posted January 27, 2007 Hoola Hoops - good exercise but afraid I'd be useless now! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Caz 25 Posted January 28, 2007 Report Share Posted January 28, 2007 Our rum stick a bum wasn't as dangerous as the school playing ground one. I remember that 1 person bent over and grabbed the fence, another ran up behind and jumped on their back [much like mounting a horse!] then someone else bent down behind, hanging on to the first person, and so on. Not sure if that's called rum sticka bum Katy!!?? LOL ha ha Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Craig Strongman 13 Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 Did anyone stick a bit of cotton wool onto a stick, and play doctors and nurses? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bamber 128 Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 I was a 9 year old consultant with a surgery in the back of mum's MG; the nurses T*** S*** and G***** J*****. And my trousers stayed firmly on Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 There was a few strange lads in my year that used to play " bums & willy's " ?? Can't say i joined in , they wouldn't let me play . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 There was a few strange lads in my year that used to play " bums & willy's " ??Can't say i joined in , they wouldn't let me play . Red Nowadays they call that "Diversity" Which reminds me, did I ever tell you that I work with Derby supporters. Me Dad sez "It takes all sorts" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bigal 3 Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 Referring to Snobs - does anyone remember the rules. They were 5 cubes about 1" square and you threw them in the air and picked others up and caught the thrown ones again before they hit the ground. I think there were 10 stages. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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