Any out there from east 56th St. and Linden Blvd. mid to late 1940’s to around 1950-51? Went to P.S. 232 (Winthrop Jr. High School). The Tomahawks of East 56th St. Billy Simon, Bobby Brown, Big and Little Louis, Owen Seitel, Mike Walsdorf. We played our games in the big alley on E. 56th St. If you remember, send e-mail.
In Bensonhurst Brooklyn we played another version of boxball. We used 4 boxes and the pitcher threw the ball bouncing it in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th box in quick succession. The batter had to hit the ball back into the 1st box in front of the pitcher. Caught was out, out of the box was out. One bounce a single, etc. we considered the most advaced form of box baseball and the older kids were very good at throwing the ball in the 3 boxes with all kinds of spins and reversing bounces. You could almost have he ball grazing the ground by the third bounce and very difficult to hit. The games we played that were offshoots of punchball or slapball depended on how many players were available. We called them triangle (3 bases) and squareball (4 bases) They were played the width of the gutter (street). There was a chalk square in front of the batter that the pitcher had to lob the ball into for a strike. The batter could slap any pitch. Justballs was selling spaldeens as of a year ago.
I am 71 years old and and recently realized that my grandchildren don’t know how to play any of the games we played when I was little. I have bought a length of clothesline and, at Christmas, I’m going to take them outside and teach them to jump rope to some of the rhymes from your website. They brought back wonderful memories. Of course, I think I’ll be a “steady-ender” most of the time.
When I was a child growing up in Far Rockaway NY, the cold war was there , I remember the cuban missle crisis and how we knew we were going to have a war. It was the 60s and all of us guys went and played ( against our Parents Advise ) in the Old AC Field the AC stood for Army Camp. Back during WWII the Field was a small Army Camp. well we played there for hours as kids, learning all we needed to for survival ( should the russians land on the beach ) Which by the was was only 300 ft from my house. I remember the day me and 4 other kids were in the field just playing away when this Drunk ( thats why our Parents didnt want us there ) Popped up and scared the daylights out of us all.We ran as fast as our little feet would carry us back the the safe haven of home. Those long past days of childhood still bring a smile from the face of this 49 year old kid .
eeney meeney dessemenney shoo ba tumbaleeney ochy cochy liberache i love you take a peach, take a plum take a stick of bubble gum no peach no plum no stick of bubble gum i like coffee i like tea i like the other girl and she likes me so stand back white girl don’t be shy i’ll get another girl to kick your behind last night and the night before looked through your peephole and guess what i saw you didn’t wash the dishes lazy you didn’t flush the toilet nasty you jumped out the window you must be crazy thats why we call you ochy cochy liberachy i love you something like that??
double double this this double double that that double this double that double double this that candy apples on a stick makes my tummy go 246 not because im dirty not because im clean just because i kissed a boy behind a magazine hey boys how bout a fight? hey comes (boys name) with his pants on tight he can wiggle he can wobble he can do the splits but most of all he can kiss kiss kiss with his red hot LIPS! does anyone remember the one that goes something like: i went to chinese checkers to buy a loaf of bread bread bread they asked me what my name was and this is what i said said said (dont remember the rest) i also forgot the rest of a similar one: i went to chinese checkers to see a movie star… please help if u know or have an idea or what it is