i grewup in queens rochdale village i remember many friday and sat.nites going downtown to the fillmoure east and seeing some of the best music of our times at the late show ill allso never forget comming home at 4 or 5;00 in the morning and waiting for the bus at parsons blvd.and having the best pizza i ever had.these were the best days of my life and i woulding change them for anything.i just want to thank all my freinds for making this possible.love wayne
Hello I have just found your discussion group about chinese jump ropes. Being from Great Britain we used to call this either ” French skipping ” or ” Elastics “, However I can only remember one rhymn : Scotland England Ireland Wales Inside Outside Inside Tails Jumping with the elastics like this : ( Left = position of left foot ) etc: Left Elastic Right Elastic Elastic Left Elastic Right Left Elastic Right Elastic Elastic Left Elastic Right Elastic Left Right Elastic Left Elastic Elastic Right Elastic Left Right Elastic Land on the elastics. When this has been completed successfully on ankles, raise the elastics to; shins, knees, bottoms, waists, etc….. If this was not hard enough the ends take one foot out reducing the width… Please have a go and we’ll await the replies. Have fun ! Catriona. P.S. I am a playground supervisor desperate for the revival of old games.
down down baby down by the roller coaster sweet sweet momma never wanna let you go shimmy shimmy coca pop shimmy pow shimmy shimmy coca pop simmy shimmy pow momma momma sick in bed called the doctor and the doctor said lets get the rythem of the head ding dong lets get the rythem of the head ding dong lets get the rythem of the hands clap clap lets get the rythem of the hands clap clap lets get the rythem of the feet stomp stomp lets get the rythem of the feet stomp stomp lets get the rythem of the hot dog lets get the rythem of the hot dog put it all toghether and what do you get ding dong clap clap stomp stomp hot dog put it all backwards and what do you get hot dog stomp stomp clap clap ding dong
We used to play a game called ‘elephant’ in which two boys would bend over butt to butt and clasp hands between their legs. A third boy would bend over at one side of the pair, place his head beneath the joined butts, wrapping his arms around one leg of each boy to form a steady foundation of humanity. Another boy would then run toward the ‘elephant’, and as he arrived, flip himself over with the top of his head down into the notch formed by the three backs and land back to back with the third boy who would hunch his back and try to throw the runner off balance. The runner would of course come down as hard as possible to try and collapse the elephant. I don’t remember the game having any point to it except the fun of the roundhouse play.
I played Skully in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, NY in the late 50’s and and early 60’s almost every summer day. I lived on 70th Street between 17th and 18th Aves. I recall A friend of mine Dennis, carving a court in the street with a large screwdriver and then painting in the grooves with white paint. That court lasted until they redid the street in the late 1970’s. Great times and games !!
Yes there are. GO to www.VIRTUALKISS.COM and go to the icon on the far left called KISSING GAMES: Then you click one of the games ad learn to play it. The rest is selfexplanitory!!! IF U NEED ANY OTHER FUN, FUN GAMES EMAIL ME @ I’m just at school right nw and on the computer during lunch.. I love doing this!!
heres the lyrics as directed by my 6 yr old neice. down town baby down by the roller coaster sweet sweet baby ill never let you go i met a boy from matiska he said matiska obriska ice cream soda pop cherry on top shimmer shimmer coca pop shimmer shimmer pop oooh shalina walking down the street i said it i ment it i stole my mommas credit im hot im cool so hit me one more time.