The program on WNYC brought back many memories of Brooklyn, Quentin Road
> between West 4th and 5th street. We played all the games you mentioned and
> some variants. Playing Association with a rolled up Daily News or Mirror
> for a football or square or triangle using a spaldeen. The dificulty with
> square was that Mrs. Deutch had a window between second and third and we
> had to avoid a tag as well as the water she threw at us.
> We also played Chinese handball both with our hands and and our FEET. We
> also had a novel form of stoop ball. It was played on Mr Bock’s “stoop”
> with a spaldeen and invisible runners. The stoop was not steps but a
> “correctly” slanted wall surrounding his lawn. Mr. Bock was also an a
> constant thorn in our side by calling the police.
> During WWII we play “Commando Tactics”. At dark we would meet and find a
> route thru the yards of a neighborhood. It was more than once people in
> their homes would come out to see who was there. It was a miracle that we
> had no ‘wounded”.
> Thanks for the memories!!
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