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Originally Posted by The Gardens
We used to do that outside our house with a pound note on a string,you'd be amazed at how long it took some people to realise it was all a wind up,their reactions were priceless.:p
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Originally Posted by The Gardens
We used to do that outside our house with a pound note on a string,you'd be amazed at how long it took some people to realise it was all a wind up,their reactions were priceless.:p
There used to hang good quality ships rope around the bars on the top of the old iron lamposts around Scottie there was a loop at the bottom of the rope which the girls ,me sister included ,would wrap around them , using a cardy or a coat as a seat.They would twirl and spin around about half a dozen times and then back the other way 10 or 12 times.Some of the girls were really acrobatic and daredevil,lowering their heads close to the deck , making really tight spins ,using one hand ,stuff like that.
They were always skippin as well, sometimes with 2 girls opposite each other twirlin 2 ropes alternately as a queue of girls lined up to skip, remember them chanting something ,mantralike,which reached a crescendo as one girl jumped out of the whirling ropes and the next one jumped in. I`ll have to ask our Marie about the chants.
we used to get lolly ice sticks and interlace them to make a six pointed star using hot tar on hot days as adhesive. when slung properly those stars skimmed through the air good style...
you described that well Jimbo .. I can just picture it all in my mind :celb (23):Quote:
Originally Posted by jimbo
thanks lindylou,I asked my sister about the chants but she`d forgotten them..
A bit more of a dangerous "game" was to go down "over the bridge" to a
big old warehouse where they used to barrel up Guiness. Im not too sure about what went on in the place, but what interested us kids was that the men on the first floor of the warehouse wrapped copper wire around these massive barrels of Guiness and after each wrap a machine guillotined about 3 inches of the wire that fell down into the street outside.There was always oil and loads of these strips of copper wire .We used to pocket as much as our cecks could hold .These we bent into a long U-shape.Next was a trip to Woolies on Great Howard st.(Gratey) to rob packets of elastic bands.These were looped together and then using half a wire coat hanger formed into a Y shape ,the "lazzy" was attached to eyeholes made at the top arms of the Y shape to create a really effective catapult a "catty" .The ammo were the U shaped wires called "slugs",which were used for recreation and inter street slug fights that were fairly dangerous.If properly shot out of the catty using an extra flick of the shoulders, arms and hands those slugs really moved,spraying up showers of sparks on the concrete that surrounded us.Being hit by one was no joke, but there were a few basic rules to avoid serious injuries,such as shouting "SLUG" when firing.The inter street rivalry brought wounds and excitement but no real animosity,and suddenly the slug wars, after a year or two were over.
We used 'Diana' air pistols in the Garden's backie - hard or what :)
It was lazzie bands and paper bent and folded into U shapes for the classroom only.
But we were nice kids really - honest, it was all done with the consent of the opposition.
Apart from those games already said......I used to spend many summer hours on Rice Lane Rec, They used to let the grass grow dead long (never seems to grow that long now) We'd be made up when the fella used to come and mow it cos we used to pile the 'hay' up (as we called it lol...it was CUT GRASS Luv!) and make a HUGE pilke then my brother and his mates used to get us to line up and get an arm an a leg, swing us and throw us on....funny how when they got to me, they swung harder and I landed on me backside:disgust:
We used to play in our den on Hartleys hill, and whenever it snowed, we'd all take a biscuit tin lid or a tray....dependin how big your arris was, and slide down!
We had hours of safe fun, (cept for the odd flasher), those were the days weren't they?:handclap:
How come all you red blooded scouse males haven`t mentioned "Catch a girl
Kiss a girl" children`s game yet? All the girls would be given a few minutes to
run away then the lads would chase after them,and when you caught one you
got a kiss. needless to say all the not so nice looking ones ran very slowly.
There was also "grab the can" in which two teams lined up on each side of the street, a tin can was placed in the middle of the street, each member of
the teams was given a number then when your number was called out by the
umpire who stood near the can. The object was to either grab the can and
get it back to your side without your opponent touching you, this meant you both circled around the can waiting to make the first move.
gregs dad
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Yeah, remember catch the girl, kiss the girl - whoooohooo do I remember it. Also True, dare, kiss or tell (or 5 minutes in hollywell) as we'd call it.
Ged ,we called it truth,dare, promise or command in the`40`sQuote:
Originally Posted by Ged
gregs dad
The thing is though. Did you?