I can wash the dishes I…
I can wash the dishes I can sweep the floor I can kiss the nicest boy Behind the parlor door First he gave me peaches Then he gave me pears Then he gave me fifty cents Kissed me on the stairs Gave him back his peaches Gave him back his pears Gave him back his fifty cents and kicked him down the stairs
I’m passing this great game…
I’m passing this great game onto my kids. Growing up in Brooklyn we played everyday at times, in fact the whole block played, kids of all ages. I also remember using my Easy Bake Oven to make the skully caps. It was a blast (NO COMPUTER NEEDED!!!) At one time we were playing so much we decided to paint the board onto the street so we didn’t have to draw it all the time. It’s great to play it again with my kids and bring the game to NJ. Get out there with your kids and have some fun!!!
Hi, I remember the game…
hi Carlton Ave, yeah we…
Just had to throw my two…
Just had to throw my two cents in. I hung on mostly in Kelly Park and Melet Park, we called it Mellow Park (Remember how kids like to rename stuff) they were both in Brooklyn, Midwood, Sheepshead Bay and Ave U. area. Anyway, it was rubber matts under the swings, slides and monkey bars, the hardest damn rubber I have ever felt. Laid right on top of the CMent. Only thing it did was cut down on how bad your knees got skinned. Only helped a little cause you could still get bloody. We used to do the flying acts off the top arch of the swing, 20 feet high on to a fence, just like spider man, which is what we called it. Crazy Eddies were when you would pop the swing from under foot and the seat would swing over the bar holding it… Loved doing that one, less chance of being hurt like when you would do a “Spider-Man” I miss the old swings. Don’t see any steel cover swings anymore. The are all those rubber ones that pinch your ass in the seat. No wonder kids stay home and play video games. Playgrounds are lacking in Play these days. Man am I old.
Hey Alen UK, If…
Hey Alen UK, If they had done something like that, in my Native Brooklyn NY, they would have made a lot of criminals out of us kids. Street games were the only thing keeping us out of trouble. Sad the local government where you are from doesn’t see it that way. However, maybe they will make the connection with the rise in crime… One could only hope.
I know this was written…
I know this was written a long time ago but yes, it was just like the movies… I grew up in Brooklyn NY, Sheepshead Bay area and all I could remember was wanting to go play all the time… Would run home, eat and boom out to play for as late as I could get away with… Then home for dinner and TV… Ahhh Youth.