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a pot of hot water always…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on January 6, 2009 by Streetplay DiscussionsJanuary 6, 2009

a pot of hot water always worked in my neighborhood

Posted in Reader Stories | Tagged basketball disturbances

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-KIPw7z1Qo&feature=related…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on January 5, 2009 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 20, 2014

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-KIPw7z1Qo&feature=related johnny on the pony video

Posted in Johnny on the Pony, Other Games

i was really into them for…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on January 5, 2009 by Streetplay DiscussionsJanuary 5, 2009

i was really into them for a while as a kid then once spawn figures came out i got into it again. my wife won’t let me open any of them in case they’re worth something someday. i have spawn, star wars mostly now. as a kid it was G I Joe, and a few marvel super heroes i e hulk, the thing etc. wish i still had those from childhood.

Posted in Toys

hahahaha…..i remember trying…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on January 5, 2009 by Streetplay DiscussionsJanuary 5, 2009

hahahaha…..i remember trying that. no recycling of old matresses in our neighborhood.

Posted in Toys | Tagged Springs

talking about those 2 large…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on January 5, 2009 by Streetplay DiscussionsJanuary 5, 2009

talking about those 2 large marble looking things on a string that you swung and clanged together? i think we called them klackers or something like that.

Posted in Toys | Tagged Clackers

one of the things i remember…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on January 5, 2009 by Streetplay DiscussionsJanuary 5, 2009

one of the things i remember from childhood is my parents sending my lil sis and i to a neighbor’s apt for a cup of sugar, cigarettes or other small items. we’d also run errands down to the corner store to get things on credit. i was too young to know what credit meant but i’d hand the note to mr. jimmy behind the counter and he’d give me a bag of whatever was on the list then he’d scribble into his ledger and off i went. people were so much friendlier back then and i guess it’s because you kept the same neighbors for many years.

Posted in Reader Stories | Tagged Borrowing from neighbors

I grew up in Kensington in…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on January 5, 2009 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 19, 2014

I grew up in Kensington in the 60’s, and that’s definitely Ringaleevio.

Posted in Other Games, Ringoleavio | Tagged I grew up..., spring (the game)

Hi, We played this…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on January 2, 2009 by Streetplay DiscussionsFebruary 2, 2019

Hi, We played this game during the 1950’s in East New York. I recently introduced it to a group of Boy Scouts and they went nuts over it. Do you need the rules?

Posted in Other Games | Tagged "Three Feet Over Germany", Girl / Boy / Cub Scouts

I remember growing up in…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on December 10, 2008 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 18, 2014

I remember growing up in Brooklyn playing stickball, handball and off the point during the sixties and seventies. I was the king of fishing up spaldeens from the sewers on our block with strung together wire hangers. it was a real art to get the ball to hold in the hanger as you carefully pulled it up from the darkness. then we would boil them to rejuvenate them so they could bounce again.

Posted in Brooklyn, Other Spaldeen games, Stickball, Wallball / Off the Wall/Point | Tagged off the point

Looking at the spanish list…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on December 10, 2008 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 18, 2014

Looking at the spanish list and the first game is exactly the same as a english traditional game called oranges and lemons, with the rhyme being all about the bells around london and the capture including a threat to chop of your head, you the choose secretly betwen oranges and lemon, join the appropriate line and end with a tug of war exactly the same as on your site. I wonder which country first played this and if they use the same tune?

Posted in Clap and Rhyme, International

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