did anyone else have trouble getting the parkie to open up and hand out the balls and other equipment (checkers and stuff like that)? there used to be 2-3 parkies in the house who would be playing cards and wouldn’t open up unless you got a mom to go over. our park was not too close so we didn’t go very often. we had see saws (see saw margery daw), sliding ponds (i’d forgotten that term!), monkey bars (wish they were still around), a ‘pool’ (just a bunch of sprinklers in a recessed area. the only way you got a ‘pool’ out of it was to plug the drains with tissues), skully board (bottle caps), sand pile and a big grassy area. it was up the hill from ps11. can’t remember the street name but the carmelite convent was up there, too. (da bronx)
we did the swing tricks, too. one standing, one sitting, ducking under, standing up for maximum ‘pump’. would we kill our kids for doing this now? thanks for the memories!!!